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 Thank you so much, Aaron.

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 So good to see you all.

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 Really blessed to be here.

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 I heard there was a queue coming up.

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 Was that right?

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 Oh, yeah, that's bad.

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 We'll try and talk to the management

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 and see if we can get more lifts up.

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 But you know when there isn't a queue?

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 Nine o'clock.

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 No queue then.

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 Ten o'clock.

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 No queue.

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 10.30 for the pre-service prayer.

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 Guess what?

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 No queue.

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 So if you want to have no queue,

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 that's when you come.

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 But honestly, we're trying to figure things out.

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 It's a special...

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 It's been actually an exciting

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 but also a reflective week for me

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 because this is the three-year anniversary

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 of us being in the Admiralty Center.

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 Three years.

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 We've been doing this for three years

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 and it feels as though every few months

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 we have to do some kind of changes.

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 We have to install some kind of fans

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 because people are fainting.

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 We have to add more chairs.

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 We have to change into a different floor.

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 And we are still figuring it out.

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 And what I do really cherish

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 is that we have a community

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 that is willing to have grace

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 and figure it out together.

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 Yesterday we had a group of leaders again

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 just going,

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 what do we do?

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 How are we going to go about this?

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 And where's God leading us?

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 And just constantly trying to communicate

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 and just ask,

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 Lord, what is it that you want from us?

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 And what is it that you desire for us

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 as a church?

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 And so we're actually going to take

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 a bit of a break from Genesis.

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 We've been going through the book of Genesis

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 since Easter.

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 So it's been quite a long time.

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 We've gone all the way to Genesis 24

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 and we're going to take one week intermission.

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 And I realized it's because

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 as I look around now,

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 as I look and I see,

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 I see familiar faces.

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 I see new familiar faces

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 and I see just completely new faces.

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 And then I'm just like,

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 well, every, again,

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 every few months,

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 I feel as though it's time to do

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 just like a little pause

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 so I can introduce who we are

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 and also a bit of housekeeping

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 and a constant reminder

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 of why we do what we do.

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 Those gathering statements,

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 honestly, they're there for me.

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 They're there for me

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 because I'm coming every Sunday going,

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 what am I doing here?

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 Why is it that I'm here?

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 And so actually those are

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 almost my mission statements.

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 I'm here because it's a complex time

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 and I'm trying to live

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 in the most simple way that I can.

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 I'm trying to walk daily

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 in the ways of Jesus.

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 I'm trying to know him

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 and I'm trying to enjoy him.

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 That's what I'm trying to do

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 every single day.

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 And then I'm trying to gather

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 with people who I perceive

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 a spiritual family,

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 people who I'm hoping to raise up,

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 people who I'm hoping

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 will raise up my sons and daughters.

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 Daughter.

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 Only one daughter.

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 No more.

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 We're done.

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 Daughter.

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 So that's it.

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 Three.

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 We're good.

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 Lord have mercy.

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 And then I'm also going,

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 okay, how do we disciple leaders

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 of the next generation?

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 We started this

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 when I was still part of Young Life,

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 which is now headed up by Aaron.

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 And there's quite a few of you here.

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 How do we pour into the next generation?

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 How do we continue to see people

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 who are growing up,

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 who are young,

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 but are worshipping the Lord

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 and who are choosing

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 to follow the way of Jesus?

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 And how do we reach those

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 who are on the fringe,

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 who actually,

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 if we don't go out and reach them,

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 they won't even come in.

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 So we're trying to figure that out.

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 Of course,

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 logistically,

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 that means then there's some issue

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 as we try and bring more people in.

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 Then we get more cramps.

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 There's less oxygen to go around.

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 And then we're trying

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 to figure that out.

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 So we are continually praying,

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 Lord,

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 what is it that you want us to do?

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 And I realize a lot of this is on me.

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 It's a humbling experience for me

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 because these last three years

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 have been the most enjoyable,

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 most rewarding,

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 but also the hardest

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 because you're constantly

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 having to make decisions

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 that not everyone likes.

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 And actually,

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 more importantly,

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 I realize for me,

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 we as a church,

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 we will only go as far

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 as I go

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 in terms of me being a leader.

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 I think we look at the world right now

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 and what do we see?

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 We see a leadership problem.

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 We see there are not enough

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 godly leaders out there

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 who would humble themselves

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 and lead in a way

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 that God actually desires.

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 In fact,

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 I personally think

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 you can trace all of the world's problems

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 back to a lack of good godly leadership.

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 And that's humbling

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 and terrifying for me as a leader.

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 And actually,

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 it's Alistair Begg who said this,

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 that the church does not advance

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 beyond the spiritual progress

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 of its leader.

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 They did a survey 80 years ago

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 for the Anglican church in England

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 and they were looking

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 at all the different parishes around

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 and seeing which of the churches

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 and the communities that are thriving

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 and which ones are not.

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 And you know what they found?

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 It all came down to

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 whether there was a shepherd,

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 there was a leader

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 in that congregation.

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 Oh, that's a humbling,

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 terrifying experience

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 for me to say the least.

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 So I'm constantly asking myself,

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 how am I with the Lord?

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 Do I love the Lord?

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 If I want you to love the Lord,

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 then I need to be growing

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 in the love of the Lord.

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 If I want you to be reading

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 and abiding in the word daily,

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 then I need to be abiding

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 in the word daily.

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 I want you to be praying.

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 I want you to be scattering.

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 Guess what I need to be doing?

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 Those very things.

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 How do I walk and go from the front?

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 And that's a tough thing.

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 And I'm going to share with you

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 from a passage today

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 which I hold dearly to my heart.

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 I think it makes it into my prayers

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 on a weekly basis

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 because I can't do without it.

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 Because when we're talking about

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 what it means to be a shepherd,

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 Jesus talks directly about it.

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 And actually in John 21,

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 just before he leaves,

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 he picks out one of his leaders

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 who made tons of mistakes,

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 a guy called Peter

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 who denied him three times

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 and by the fire,

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 he goes to Peter in John 21,

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 do you love me?

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 And if you love me,

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 you'll feed my sheep.

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 For me, that's the constant question

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 that I ask myself.

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 Lord, do I love you?

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 I should only feed your sheep.

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 I should only pastor if I love you.

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 And I can tell you this.

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 It's an honest confession.

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 You can go by in ministry

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 not loving the Lord.

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 You can completely ignore the Lord.

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 But that's not my hope

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 and that's not my prayer.

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 And actually,

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 that's my request for a prayer

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 from you to us

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 and to our leaders.

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 Would you continue to pray

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 for your leaders

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 that they would continue

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 to love the Lord,

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 continue to know the Lord

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 and continue to enjoy the Lord.

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 And of course,

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 after Peter says,

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 yes, I do love you,

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 I do love you,

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 I do love you,

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 unknowingly,

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 knowing that actually

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 Jesus was trying to restore him,

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 restore him for those three times

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 that he actually denied him,

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 he ends up in a place

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 where it's okay,

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 you are now going to feed my sheep.

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 Peter, many years later,

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 writes a letter.

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 He writes a letter

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 and this is the passage

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 that we're going to focus on today

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 is 1 Peter 5, 1 to 11.

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 And it's talking about

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 how do we as shepherds

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 actually shepherd the flock?

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 And hopefully,

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 with this intermission,

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 with this bit of a breather

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 from Genesis,

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 which we'll be back in next week,

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 Gabe is going to go

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 into Genesis 25,

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 but this week,

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 we'll just have a breather

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 and go, okay,

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 what is the heart behind

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 everything that we're doing in this?

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 And what is my heart?

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 And what is God's heart

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 for our flock here?

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 So as is our tradition,

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 can I invite you to stand

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 for the word of the Lord?

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 Kelly is going to come up

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 and read it to us

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 and maybe I'll say a quick prayer

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 before we do that.

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 God,

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 we stand for your word

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 because we

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 we don't only respect this,

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 we revere your word.

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 We depend on it.

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 We are filled with awe

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 that these words are from you,

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 that you would speak to us

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 in a way that we would understand.

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 And Holy Spirit,

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 there are times

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 when we are hard of hearing,

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 we don't understand.

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 So Holy Spirit,

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 would you guide us today?

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 Would you speak to us today

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 through your word?

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 Minister to us, Lord.

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 1 Peter,

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 chapter 5,

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 verse 1 to 11.

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 Shepherd the flock of God.

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 So I exhort the elders among you

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 as a fellow elder

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 and a witness

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 of the sufferings of Christ,

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 as well as a partaker

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 in the glory

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 that is going to be revealed.

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 Shepherd the flock of God

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 that is among you,

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 exercising oversight,

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 not under compulsion,

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 but willingly,

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 as God would have you,

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 not for shameful gain,

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 but eagerly,

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 not domineering

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 over those in your charge,

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 but being examples

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 to the flock.

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 And when the chief shepherd appears,

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 you will receive

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 the unfading crown of glory.

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 Likewise,

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 you who are younger,

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 be subject to the elders.

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 Clothe yourselves,

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 all of you,

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 with humility

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 toward one another,

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 for God opposes the proud,

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 but gives grace

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 to the humble.

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 Humble yourselves,

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 therefore,

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 under the mighty hand of God,

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 so that at the proper time

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 he may exalt you,

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 casting all your anxieties on him,

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 because he cares for you.

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 Be sober-minded,

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 be watchful.

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 Your adversary,

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 the devil,

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 prowls around

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 like a roaring lion,

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 seeking someone to devour.

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 Resist him,

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 firm in your faith,

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 knowing that the same kinds

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 of suffering

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 are being experienced

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 by your brotherhood

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 throughout the world.

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 And after you have suffered

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 a little while,

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 the God of all grace,

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 who has called you

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 to his eternal glory in Christ,

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 will himself restore,

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 confirm,

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 strengthen,

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 and establish you.

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 To him be the dominion

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 forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Please take a seat.

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 Thank you, Kelly.

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 Just a bit of context here.

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 He's writing to the church

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 and he's writing this letter

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 and actually,

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 most of the letter,

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 he's actually just talking

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 about suffering.

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 He's saying,

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 when you become a Christian,

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 it's not about health and wealth.

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 It's not about how you

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 then have your purpose

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 that makes you feel

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 completely satisfied

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 and then you can walk around

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 happy,

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 singing in the rain.

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 It's way more than that.

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 In fact,

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 there's going to be

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 a lot of suffering

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 that happens in your life.

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 That's what he's talking about.

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 And then in chapter 4,

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 verse 17,

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 he says,

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 there will be judgment.

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 There will be judgment

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 and it will start first where?

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 It will start first

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 with the church.

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 The church who has received

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 the good news,

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 who has been entrusted

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 with this good news,

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 who knows how to live,

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 who at least knows

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 how they should live,

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 judgment is going to start

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 with the church.

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 And then he jumps into

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 this leadership passage,

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 which tells me that

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 it not only starts

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 with the church,

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 it starts with the leaders

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 of the church.

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 And actually,

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 for us as we're here,

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 you might be sat here going,

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 oof,

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 thank goodness I don't have to

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 be in the pulpit every week.

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 Oof,

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 thank goodness that I'm

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 not an actual pastor

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 and a leader.

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 No, I'm talking about

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 anyone who's a leader for me.

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 I'm looking at this passage

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 going,

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 oh,

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 this is what it means

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 to be a leader.

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 Of course,

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 1 Timothy 3 says,

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 he who desires

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 a leadership role

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 to be an elder,

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 that is a noble thing.

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 So we should all

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 continue to strive

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 to be the leaders

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 in our communities,

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 in our families,

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 in our workplaces,

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 in our friendship groups.

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 But right now,

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 he's talking to these elders here

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 and it's funny

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 because he's talking to them

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 as a fellow elder himself.

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 So he's kind of going,

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 say,

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 hey,

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 I'm the same as you.

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 And then he starts

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 on this passage.

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 So he's talked about suffering.

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 He's talked about judgment

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 that will come

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 and he says judgment

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 will start from the church.

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 So the church needs

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 to not have any hypocrisy.

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 Say what you believe,

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 do what you believe

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 and actually live it out

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 so that the world can see.

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 Sadly,

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 that rarely happens

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 sometimes, right,

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 is what we feel.

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 People outside keep saying,

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 I don't go to church

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 because of the hypocrites.

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 And that's just

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 the heartbreaking thing.

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 And you look at this passage,

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 you say,

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 that's not what it's supposed

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 to be.

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 And so then he goes

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 and he talks about the suffering

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 and he says,

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 so I exhort.

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 That word is an old-fashioned word.

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 Anyone use the word exhort recently

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 in just conversations?

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 Jojo has?

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 Did you just put your hand up?

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 Well, yesterday.

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 Oh, nice.

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 Between the two of you,

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 look at that.

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 We have some great leaders

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 already in our church.

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 The word exhort for me means,

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 it was actually a word

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 that was used by Greek warriors

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 standing in front of the soldiers

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 trying to exhort them.

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 What were they trying to do?

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 They were trying to pour courage

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 into them.

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 Encourage.

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 Pour courage into them

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 so that they could go into battle.

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 They were trying to move their hearts.

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 That's what I'm trying to do here.

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 I'm trying to use this book,

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 the word of God,

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 which gives us life,

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 and I'm trying to speak it

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 into your heart

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 so that your heart

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 would be moved

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 so that you would then

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 have a desire

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 to know him more,

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 to enjoy him more.

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 That's what I'm trying to do.

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 So he's exhorting these elders

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 and he's saying,

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 hey, me,

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 I'm a fellow elder as well.

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 And guess what?

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 Not only am I a fellow elder,

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 I was a witness

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 of the sufferings of Christ

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 as well as a partaker

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 of the glory

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 that is going to be revealed.

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 This is interesting.

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 He's saying,

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 if you're going to be a leader,

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 if you're going to be an elder,

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 you will have suffering

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 and you will have glory.

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 How many of us

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 just want the glory?

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 How many of us

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 just want a thriving small group?

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 Just want a thriving

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 church community?

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 Just want a thriving business?

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 The Bible doesn't seem

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 to talk just about glory.

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 He's talking a lot

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 about suffering as well.

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 Romans 8 talks about this,

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 that if we're going to

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 be glorified with him,

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 if we're going to be raised with him,

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 we also must suffer with him.

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 And so he's talking about

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 suffering in the sense

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 that it's not just about the hype.

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 There is way more.

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 And actually for Peter,

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 he was a witness

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 to the sufferings of Christ.

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 Why?

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 He was there.

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 He was there when he was dragged

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 from the garden

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 to the cross.

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 He was also there

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 in Mark 9,

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 Luke 9,

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 at the Transvigoration,

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 where he's up in the mountain

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 and he sees Jesus

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 just in all his glory.

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 So much glory

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 that he's like,

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 Jesus,

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 let's build three tents here

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 and let's just stay here forever.

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 We love the glory that is here.

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 And what does Jesus say?

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 He says,

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 well, no,

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 we're going back down.

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 That passage is fascinating

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 because as soon as they go

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 back down the hill,

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 where do they end up?

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 Into chaos.

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 There is demonic possession.

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 There are seizures happening.

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 And it makes you think,

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 wow,

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 they wanted to stay

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 in the mountaintop,

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 but they had to come back down.

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 But he also knows

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 that at some point

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 the glory is going to be revealed.

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 That's where Romans 8

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 comes back in and says,

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 creation is groaning.

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 There is suffering.

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 But my goodness,

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 there is going to come a day

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 where Jesus is going to return

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 and we're going to see

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 that glory again.

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 I,

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 as a fellow elder,

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 exhort you

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 as a witness

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 of the sufferings of Christ

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 as a partaker

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 in the glory

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 that is going to be revealed.

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 This is my instruction.

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 This is my advice.

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 Shepherd the flock of God

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 that is among you.

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 Shepherd.

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 Careful.

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 Watch over

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 is what he's saying.

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 Shepherd the flock of God

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 that is among you.

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 And of course,

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 straight away,

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 we're thinking shepherd.

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 What does a shepherd do?

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 Is anyone a shepherd here?

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 No.

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 Hong Kong's mostly lawyers,

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 bankers,

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 doctors,

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 no shepherds.

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 But a shepherd,

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 if you go back to Psalm 23,

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 you'll see

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 someone who cares,

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 someone who leads

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 the sheep

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 to the green pastures,

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 to the still waters,

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 to the right path,

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 but also to the valleys,

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 the valleys of the shadow of death.

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 Also prepares tables

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 in the presence of the enemy

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 in the sense that it protects.

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 The shepherd protects,

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 guides,

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 and pursues.

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 Surely his goodness and mercy

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 will follow us

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 all the days of our lives.

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 A shepherd,

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 someone who cares.

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 And it's interesting here,

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 it says,

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 the shepherd,

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 the flock of God.

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 That,

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 for me,

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 I paused straight away

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 as I read that

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 because it's not

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 shepherd the flock

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 of James

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 or shepherd the flock

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 of Gabe

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 or Christine

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 or Joe

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 or Alex.

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 It's shepherd the flock

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 of God.

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 You're not actually mine.

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 Thank goodness

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 you are not mine.

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 You are the Lord's.

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 But all that does

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 is make it even

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 harder for me

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 because I'm like,

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 oh,

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 I best look after this.

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 I best look after this

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 because this isn't mine.

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 You guys are not mine.

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 I've got to care for you,

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 watch over you

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 so when the chief shepherd

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 appears,

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 you will be beautiful.

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 Shepherd the flock

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 of God among you.

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 The word among you

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 is basically

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 the ones in front of you.

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 What does this tell me?

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 I cannot choose

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 who to pastor.

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 If you're sat in this room,

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 I'm hoping to shepherd you,

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 to care for you,

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 to watch over you.

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 If you're sat in this room,

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 it also goes the other way.

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 You're looking at me

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 and going,

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 well,

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 this is my shepherd.

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 That's all I've got.

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 There's this relationship

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 which is,

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 we're going to shepherd

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 the flock that is

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 in front of us,

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 not the group

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 that we wish to have

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 because when we look

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 at sheep,

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 when we look at each other,

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 when we look at people,

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 it often gets ugly.

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 Inherently flawed

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 is what I am,

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 as are you.

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 But we shepherd the flock,

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 we look after them

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 because they're

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 entrusted to us.

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 And we exercise oversight

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 to over,

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 just,

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 again,

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 in Psalm 23,

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 you'll see,

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 even though I walk

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 through the valley

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 of the shadow of death,

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 I will fear no evil.

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 Your rod and your staff,

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 they comfort me.

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 Why?

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 Because sheep would wander.

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 So the shepherd would then

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 actually have to use

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 a rod and a staff

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 to drag them out of the bushes,

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 to take them away

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 from the cliff edge.

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 And so it's this constant

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 of just caring and overseeing

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 and to making sure

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 that they're okay.

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 And I don't do it,

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 it says here,

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 and not under compulsion,

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 but willingly.

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 And I can tell you this,

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 I willingly,

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 and it excites me

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 and it loves me

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 and it's my way

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 of loving you

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 when I come up

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 to open up this word

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 to you every day

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 because I know

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 that this is how

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 I'm going to love you,

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 this is how I'm going

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 to shepherd you

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 by telling you

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 not just my wisdom

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 and not just my truth

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 because there is limited

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 wisdom and truth

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 that comes from me,

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 but from this book.

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 And I love that.

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 And no one's forcing me

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 to do this.

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 I loved being a teacher

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 in England.

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 I can imagine sometimes

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 going back to there

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 because the students

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 would do what I say.

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 You guys don't really

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 do what I say,

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 but I love it.

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 I love it

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 and I wouldn't choose

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 to be anywhere else

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 is what I'm saying.

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 Not for shameful gain,

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 but eagerly

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 and not domineering

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 over those in your charge.

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 I'm not here

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 to force anyone.

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 I can't force anyone.

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 Everyone's here

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 by their own volition.

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 Everyone here

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 has to make that decision

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 to follow Jesus themselves.

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 That's a hard one for me

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 and I'll talk a little bit

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 more about this later,

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 but I have this idol

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 which is control.

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 I want to,

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 well,

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 mostly control myself

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 and the circumstances

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 around me,

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 but that can translate

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 into how I shepherd the flock.

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 I can't force anyone

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 to do anything.

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 I'm not here to do that.

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 All I'm here to do

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 is to then be

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 an example to you.

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 We've had a group

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 called The Fellowship

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 this last year

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 where we were challenging

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 each other going,

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 what does it mean

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 to be a disciple of Jesus

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 in Hong Kong

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 where schedules are packed?

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 And so we decided,

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 actually,

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 if this is the most important

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 thing in our lives,

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 we will make time

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 to read the Bible.

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 We will make time

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 to pray for one another

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 and guess what?

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 We did.

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 Every day,

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 well,

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 every weekday,

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 we managed to do that

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 but the main premise

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 of that was,

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 hey,

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 I'm not going to force you

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 to do this

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 but here's the real challenge.

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 How about you

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 call yourself higher

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 and me as your shepherd,

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 I'll simply hold you there

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 because we all know

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 we need people

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 around us

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 to help us.

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 We need accountability.

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 accountability.

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 I have,

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 again,

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 I've shared publicly

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 that I've been trying

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 to exercise more

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 and one day

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 I'll be able to beat

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 my wife in a wrestling match

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 and so therefore

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 I signed up to the gym

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 and I had brothers around me

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 who will remind me,

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 have you done leg day?

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 And I said,

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 I don't want to do leg day.

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 Leg day's painful.

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 But they're like,

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 no,

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 it's important

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 for your overall health

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 as you're building

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 muscle everywhere.

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 You need leg day.

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 So I do it once a week,

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 one set

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 and that's it.

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 But we need people

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 around us

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 to do this.

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 But the whole point is

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 I can't do it for you.

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 I can't force you

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 to do anything.

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 I wouldn't want to.

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 But you call yourself higher

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 and I promise

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 I can hold you there

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 or at least I will try

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 to hold you there.

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 I will do it with you

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 is what I'm saying.

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 I'll be an example to you.

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 1 Corinthians 9.27

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 is what was etched

00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:05.580
 onto my basketball shoes

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 as a university player

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 and it said,

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 I discipline my body,

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 training it to do

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 what it should

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 lest after preaching

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 to others

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 I myself might be disqualified.

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 For me,

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 I'm all about,

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 if I want you to do it,

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 I'm going to do it first

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 and I'm going to do it more.

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 I discipline myself

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 because the last thing

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 I want is to tell you

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 to do it

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 and then you end up

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 doing it and I don't

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 and then I end up

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 being disqualified.

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 That's not what I want.

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 That's why Paul says,

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 1 Corinthians 11.1,

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 imitate me

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 as I imitate Christ.

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 Like look,

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 we all want to follow Jesus.

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 We want to follow

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 in the ways of Jesus

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 but Jesus we can't see right now.

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 It's pretty hard

00:19:38.860 --> 00:19:39.740
 but guess who they saw

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 at that point?

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 Paul.

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 Guess who you can see

00:19:41.800 --> 00:19:42.380
 at this point?

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 You can see me.

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 You can see Jojo.

00:19:43.620 --> 00:19:44.200
 You can see Kelly.

00:19:44.300 --> 00:19:44.820
 You can see Hank.

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:45.720
 You can see Gabs.

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 You can see people who,

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 okay,

00:19:47.040 --> 00:19:47.720
 they're doing it.

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 I'm going to follow them.

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 That's the whole point

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 of why we're gathering here together

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 because it's hard to do it

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 on our own

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 but once we start seeing

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 other people do it

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 who are setting the example

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 for us,

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 then maybe we have

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:00.759
 a better chance

00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:02.040
 of doing it ourselves.

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 Shepherd the flock

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 of God among you.

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.580
 Not domineering over those

00:20:06.580 --> 00:20:07.100
 in your charge

00:20:07.100 --> 00:20:08.320
 but being examples

00:20:08.320 --> 00:20:09.840
 to the flock.

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 And when the chief shepherd

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 appears,

00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:12.880
 oh,

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 that's it.

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 So I'm not the boss.

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 Thank goodness.

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 I'm the under shepherd.

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 There is a chief who's coming.

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 There is a glory

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 that is going to be revealed

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 and when he comes,

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 I will receive

00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:23.480
 the unfading crown of glory

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 as will those

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 who are leading,

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 who are laying your lives down

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 for the people

00:20:26.360 --> 00:20:27.280
 that you're trying to lead.

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 When you're pulling teeth,

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 pulling people,

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 if you stay,

00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:32.060
 if you stay on that road,

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 if you continue to persist,

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.640
 when the chief shepherd appears,

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 you will receive

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 the unfading crown of glory.

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 That's the one

00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:39.080
 that a racer gets.

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 That's the one

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.700
 that an athlete gets.

00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:41.120
 That's the one

00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:41.840
 that the warrior gets.

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 The crown belongs to you

00:20:44.120 --> 00:20:45.660
 should you do all of this.

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:47.580
 But before he carries on

00:20:47.580 --> 00:20:47.820
 with that,

00:20:47.860 --> 00:20:48.279
 he then says,

00:20:48.360 --> 00:20:48.560
 stop.

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.060
 Likewise,

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:49.980
 you who are younger,

00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:51.360
 Mervyn, Jasper,

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.220
 Hannah,

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.060
 who else is younger?

00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:54.660
 There's lots of people

00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.160
 who are younger here.

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.340
 He turns

00:20:56.340 --> 00:20:57.180
 and he says,

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.980
 you who are younger,

00:20:58.900 --> 00:20:59.840
 be subject to the elders.

00:21:01.800 --> 00:21:02.240
 That's a,

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.100
 he kind of,

00:21:03.300 --> 00:21:04.220
 he's on the same topic

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:04.800
 but then he kind of

00:21:04.800 --> 00:21:05.740
 turns on the young people.

00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:06.140
 He says,

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.300
 look,

00:21:07.340 --> 00:21:08.200
 you're around a lot of people

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:09.000
 who are older than you

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:10.940
 and you might think

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.759
 that you know everything

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:14.680
 and they don't get

00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:15.660
 this new era,

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.940
 this new generation

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:17.940
 of way of doing things.

00:21:19.080 --> 00:21:19.820
 He turns to them

00:21:19.820 --> 00:21:20.180
 and he says,

00:21:20.300 --> 00:21:20.460
 hey,

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.960
 be subject to the elders.

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:24.160
 This is a tough one.

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:25.860
 This is a tough one

00:21:25.860 --> 00:21:26.400
 because you've got to

00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:27.460
 look at the people above you

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.660
 and often you disagree with them

00:21:28.660 --> 00:21:29.180
 because they don't

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:30.000
 understand you either.

00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.500
 But when he's talking

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:31.940
 to the church,

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.400
 when he's talking

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:33.040
 to the younger people,

00:21:33.100 --> 00:21:33.340
 he's saying,

00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:33.540
 hey,

00:21:34.080 --> 00:21:35.000
 you're still going to have

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:36.160
 to be subject

00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:36.720
 to the elders.

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 There is still wisdom there.

00:21:38.820 --> 00:21:39.600
 I find myself,

00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:39.920
 okay,

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.500
 so I think,

00:21:40.580 --> 00:21:41.680
 I feel as though personally,

00:21:41.820 --> 00:21:42.820
 this is a bit of a sharing

00:21:42.820 --> 00:21:44.340
 of a midlife crisis situation

00:21:44.340 --> 00:21:44.740
 right here,

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 is I think the young people

00:21:46.100 --> 00:21:46.620
 think I'm old

00:21:46.620 --> 00:21:47.160
 and the old people

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.700
 think I'm young.

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 And I'm kind of,

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.540
 I'm kind of stuck

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 in this middle ground.

00:21:52.820 --> 00:21:53.519
 At least that's what

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:53.980
 I think anyway.

00:21:54.120 --> 00:21:54.279
 But,

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:56.420
 I think what happens is

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:57.500
 I end up getting

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.720
 to see both sides.

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 The older people

00:22:00.580 --> 00:22:01.220
 looking at the young ones

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.360
 going,

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.560
 oh,

00:22:01.600 --> 00:22:02.300
 we can't trust them.

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:04.080
 We can't trust them.

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.740
 They make stupid mistakes.

00:22:06.320 --> 00:22:06.960
 And on the whole,

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:07.440
 you know,

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:09.120
 you're pretty stupid.

00:22:09.840 --> 00:22:10.220
 You know,

00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:11.420
 because you make stupid mistakes,

00:22:11.560 --> 00:22:12.040
 as did we.

00:22:13.800 --> 00:22:14.620
 But then the younger people

00:22:14.620 --> 00:22:14.759
 are like,

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.740
 you don't understand us.

00:22:16.560 --> 00:22:17.540
 You don't understand us

00:22:17.540 --> 00:22:18.200
 and you don't even know

00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:19.040
 how to use your phone.

00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:20.800
 All you know

00:22:20.800 --> 00:22:21.680
 is how to crush the candy

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.220
 and that's it.

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.259
 And you know,

00:22:23.300 --> 00:22:24.420
 no one uses Facebook anymore.

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:26.500
 And I sit in the middle

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:26.820
 and I'm going,

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.240
 you know what,

00:22:27.300 --> 00:22:28.740
 there's such great things

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.259
 that can be learned

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.000
 from both sides.

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.759
 If only both sides

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.400
 are willing to listen.

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.980
 If only the young people

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:36.259
 will just look up

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.440
 and go,

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.720
 wow,

00:22:36.800 --> 00:22:37.640
 you've lived so many

00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.400
 more years than I.

00:22:39.060 --> 00:22:39.400
 Yes,

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:40.940
 I really was in nappies

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:43.680
 when you were already

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.820
 doing this thing

00:22:44.820 --> 00:22:45.279
 called life.

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:46.920
 There is something

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.960
 to learn from you,

00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:49.220
 even the mistakes

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.779
 that you made.

00:22:50.300 --> 00:22:50.800
 There's something

00:22:50.800 --> 00:22:51.880
 that I can learn from you.

00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:54.040
 And for an older person

00:22:54.040 --> 00:22:55.040
 to then say the same

00:22:55.040 --> 00:22:55.340
 and going,

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.620
 oh,

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.440
 wow,

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:58.180
 how do you use

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.780
 this device?

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.400
 How do you join

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:01.800
 the TikTok?

00:23:02.320 --> 00:23:02.520
 Oh,

00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:03.060
 you have to move

00:23:03.060 --> 00:23:03.600
 out of Hong Kong.

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:03.840
 Okay.

00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.740
 And he carries on

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.800
 and you know

00:23:09.800 --> 00:23:10.360
 that's what he's saying

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:10.740
 because he says,

00:23:10.840 --> 00:23:11.580
 clothe yourselves,

00:23:12.280 --> 00:23:12.780
 all of you,

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:13.400
 with humility

00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:14.700
 toward one another.

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.440
 So he says,

00:23:15.520 --> 00:23:16.140
 clothe yourselves

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.720
 with humility

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.460
 but then he says,

00:23:17.600 --> 00:23:18.140
 all of you,

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:19.319
 just before the old people

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:19.900
 cross their arms

00:23:19.900 --> 00:23:20.100
 and say,

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.380
 yes,

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:20.960
 you young people,

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.860
 be subject to us.

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.480
 He turns,

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:22.779
 he says,

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.460
 all of you,

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.640
 humble yourselves

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.480
 toward one another

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.819
 for God opposes the proud

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.539
 and gives grace

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.480
 to the humble.

00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.579
 And this next part

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:29.940
 is the prayer

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:31.019
 that I pray always.

00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:32.079
 So therefore,

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:33.160
 humble yourselves

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:34.120
 under the mighty hand

00:23:34.120 --> 00:23:34.420
 of God

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:35.500
 so that at the proper time

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.360
 he may exalt you,

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:38.160
 casting all your anxieties

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.759
 onto him

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.960
 because he cares

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:41.740
 for you.

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.900
 That's my prayer

00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:44.420
 so often.

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:47.740
 he touches on the topic

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.259
 that I think

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.640
 is the most important topic,

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.120
 humility.

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.120
 Humility.

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.980
 I'm reminded of a

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:56.259
 somewhat prideful

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:57.380
 and embarrassing moment

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:57.900
 for myself.

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:59.920
 Growing up as a young pastor

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:01.259
 and who liked to talk,

00:24:02.340 --> 00:24:02.940
 I saw,

00:24:03.080 --> 00:24:03.840
 I met a pastor

00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:05.620
 who was very well known,

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.660
 very experienced

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:07.140
 in speaking

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.480
 and I said,

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:07.680
 hey,

00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.480
 I've got a couple people

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:09.779
 who,

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.220
 you know,

00:24:10.340 --> 00:24:11.240
 around the same age as me,

00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:12.640
 same stage in ministry,

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:14.100
 would you like to mentor us

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.639
 and teach us

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.779
 how to speak,

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.639
 how to speak like you?

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:18.339
 And then he just said,

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.399
 no.

00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.259
 I was like,

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.459
 oh.

00:24:22.639 --> 00:24:23.079
 I said,

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.500
 I said,

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:23.759
 why?

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.119
 He said,

00:24:24.179 --> 00:24:24.399
 well,

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.219
 I think I've done that

00:24:26.219 --> 00:24:26.740
 quite a lot

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.919
 and one of the dangers

00:24:27.919 --> 00:24:28.519
 of that is

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.819
 if someone has the gifting

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.939
 but they don't have

00:24:30.939 --> 00:24:31.379
 the character

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:32.119
 or the humility,

00:24:33.219 --> 00:24:33.839
 it just ends up

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.559
 in the wrong place.

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.279
 He'd been in ministry

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.199
 for 42 years

00:24:37.199 --> 00:24:37.919
 and every scandal,

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.799
 every moral failure,

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:41.059
 every just problem

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.559
 that has happened

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.079
 in the church

00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:43.139
 comes from this issue

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.880
 called pride.

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.300
 What happens

00:24:45.300 --> 00:24:46.220
 before the fall?

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.680
 Pride.

00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:50.160
 And he's talking

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.800
 to everyone,

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.660
 young and old.

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.500
 He's talking to you

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:52.940
 and me

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.400
 and you

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:53.820
 and you.

00:24:55.280 --> 00:24:56.020
 Clothe yourselves.

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.300
 Clothe yourselves

00:24:57.300 --> 00:24:57.680
 in the sense

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:58.380
 that it's not natural

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:58.720
 to you.

00:24:58.840 --> 00:24:59.600
 You don't wake up

00:24:59.600 --> 00:25:00.300
 and suddenly

00:25:00.300 --> 00:25:00.960
 you're humble.

00:25:01.280 --> 00:25:01.620
 In fact,

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.780
 it's almost unnatural.

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.520
 You have to go

00:25:03.520 --> 00:25:04.180
 and deliberately,

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:04.940
 intentionally go

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.759
 and clothe yourself

00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:06.879
 with humility

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:09.759
 toward one another

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.660
 for God opposes

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.059
 the proud

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.799
 and gives grace

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:13.319
 to the humble.

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.940
 And then he moves

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.660
 into anxiety

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.900
 which is really interesting

00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:17.519
 because he goes

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.099
 humble yourselves

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.599
 therefore under

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.359
 the mighty hand of God

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:20.900
 and then he says

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.980
 casting all your anxieties

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.500
 onto him

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.500
 because he cares for you

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.779
 and that speaks to me.

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.640
 I humble myself

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.720
 under the mighty hand of God

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.019
 and then,

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:27.900
 I mean,

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:29.180
 I'm a very anxious person

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:31.180
 so I cast my anxieties

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.039
 onto him.

00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:33.319
 He's not jumping topics here.

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:34.099
 It's the same thing.

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.480
 Why?

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.959
 Because anxiety

00:25:35.959 --> 00:25:38.740
 is actually a form of pride.

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:42.339
 If you're an anxious person,

00:25:42.719 --> 00:25:43.759
 if you're anxious about studies,

00:25:44.159 --> 00:25:45.279
 if you're anxious about your work,

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.659
 if you're anxious about your relationships,

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.379
 did it ever occur to you

00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:50.839
 that you're actually being prideful?

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:54.579
 John Piper says this,

00:25:54.699 --> 00:25:56.759
 anxiety is a fruit of pride

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:58.539
 because it is an attempt

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.619
 to carry a weight

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.599
 that only God

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.639
 is designed to bear.

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.519
 Humility casts

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.180
 its burdens,

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:06.000
 pride clings to them.

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.720
 Let me read that

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.400
 one more time.

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:10.579
 Anxiety is a fruit of pride

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:11.839
 because it is an attempt

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.779
 to carry a weight

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.700
 that only God

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.759
 is designed to bear.

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:17.339
 Humility casts its burdens,

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:19.599
 pride clings to them.

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:22.079
 As a leader,

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.819
 I think about that

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.440
 all the time.

00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:25.579
 I have lots of anxieties

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:27.000
 about how to keep

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:28.680
 a big group of people

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.819
 in a small office space

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.359
 in Hong Kong

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.119
 cool.

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.439
 How to fit everyone,

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:35.000
 how to welcome people.

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.899
 So, you know,

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:37.299
 you were very kind

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.039
 in saying the gathering

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.720
 was very welcoming,

00:26:39.139 --> 00:26:39.919
 but the truth is

00:26:39.919 --> 00:26:40.639
 it's so big,

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:42.200
 we can't really

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.559
 quality control that.

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.819
 Someone can walk in here

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:46.099
 for a whole month

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.759
 and not have anyone

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.319
 speak to them,

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.319
 and that breaks my heart.

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:48.599
 There's nothing,

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.019
 we can't,

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:50.099
 we haven't got a system

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.659
 in place yet

00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.659
 to figure that one out.

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:53.119
 So I'm anxious about that.

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.679
 I'm anxious about

00:26:53.679 --> 00:26:54.559
 the life groups that we have.

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.099
 I'm anxious about

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.899
 the leaders that we have.

00:26:55.939 --> 00:26:56.539
 Are these groups

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.659
 growing towards Jesus

00:26:57.659 --> 00:26:58.559
 or are they just

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.559
 becoming social groups

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.339
 where they're just

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:01.119
 wanting to hang out?

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.779
 I have all these anxieties

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.299
 as a pastor.

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:05.700
 Am I shepherding the flock well?

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.879
 And then God reminds me,

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.700
 you know that anxiety

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.379
 that you have, James,

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.720
 about a pretty good thing

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.420
 which is trying to care

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.839
 for people?

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.819
 Well, that's pride.

00:27:13.399 --> 00:27:14.599
 Because this isn't your flock.

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:16.500
 One of the first people

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.220
 that I discipled

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:18.299
 was when I was 19,

00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:19.740
 I was in second year university,

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.039
 I had a friend

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.940
 who was two years younger

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.299
 than me,

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.480
 brought him to Christ

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:25.259
 and then I would lose sleep

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.680
 over him

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.600
 for the next four years

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.200
 because he then

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:28.140
 showed up at university,

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.220
 started hanging out

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.880
 with the wrong crowd

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.640
 and I would spend,

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:32.000
 how do I stop him

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.539
 from hanging out

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.019
 with that crowd?

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:34.060
 How do I stop him

00:27:34.060 --> 00:27:35.019
 from going to these parties?

00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:35.660
 How do I stop him

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.460
 from doing all these things?

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:38.140
 And I would get so caught up.

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.440
 I'd be like a parent

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:42.200
 lying in bed going,

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:43.759
 where is he?

00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:44.360
 1 a.m.

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:45.180
 He must be still out.

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.920
 Every parent just has

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:49.060
 that sad laugh.

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.580
 We all know

00:27:50.580 --> 00:27:51.360
 what that feeling is.

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.779
 And then God reminded me

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.340
 then going,

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.680
 whew,

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.279
 who taught,

00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:57.620
 you're treating him

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:58.400
 like your project.

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.940
 You're treating him

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.600
 like he's yours.

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.240
 He's not.

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.500
 He's mine.

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:06.360
 Shepherd of the flock

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:07.019
 of God

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.860
 that is among you

00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:09.480
 and cast all your anxieties

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.220
 onto him.

00:28:11.320 --> 00:28:12.140
 What about you?

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.420
 If humility

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:16.019
 is the key trait

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:17.120
 of whether you truly

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:18.140
 understand and grasp

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:18.980
 what the gospel is,

00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:19.779
 do you have

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.560
 this humility?

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.180
 C.S. Lewis

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.779
 has that quote

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.160
 which is,

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:24.440
 humility is not thinking

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:25.360
 any less of yourself.

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.400
 It's simply thinking

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:28.340
 of yourself less.

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.680
 So you're not so

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.340
 self-centered.

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.779
 My favorite quote

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.240
 of humility

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:34.420
 is being as close

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.120
 to the truth

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.740
 as possible.

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:39.039
 C.S. Lewis

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.779
 has another quote

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.200
 which is,

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:41.120
 the best view

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.880
 of a man

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.799
 is from below.

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.480
 Recently quoted

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.059
 in the Odyssey

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.660
 as well.

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.759
 Because when

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.480
 you look

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.299
 at how someone

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:51.480
 treats someone

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.359
 who is junior

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:52.779
 to them,

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.539
 you will see

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.039
 whether they are

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.680
 truly humble

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.200
 or not.

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.259
 Paul talks a lot

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.640
 about this

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.240
 in 1 Corinthians

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.940
 that it's not

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.859
 the wisdom

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.420
 of the world

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:00.940
 that we need.

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:01.580
 We need people

00:29:01.580 --> 00:29:02.100
 who are willing

00:29:02.100 --> 00:29:02.860
 to be fools

00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:04.180
 for Christ.

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.680
 Who recognize

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.420
 that any wisdom

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:06.900
 that we have,

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:08.100
 any consulting firm

00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:08.799
 that has these

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.400
 great things

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:09.880
 to teach you

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:10.600
 about how to live

00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:11.120
 and how to make

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:11.460
 profits,

00:29:11.580 --> 00:29:12.759
 that is just

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.100
 the wisdom

00:29:13.100 --> 00:29:13.759
 of the world.

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:16.080
 And that's foolishness

00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:17.580
 when it comes

00:29:17.580 --> 00:29:18.120
 to the wisdom

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:19.100
 of God.

00:29:20.820 --> 00:29:21.460
 And then be

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.960
 sober-minded.

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.580
 Be watchful.

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.960
 Your adversary,

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.480
 the devil,

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:27.200
 is prowling

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:28.160
 like a roaring lion

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:29.240
 seeking someone

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.380
 to devour.

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.620
 I look at

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:34.599
 all of us here

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.400
 and I'm like,

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:37.859
 the moment we leave

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.579
 this sanctuary,

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:39.900
 we go out,

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.740
 we are bombarded

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.720
 by messages

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.440
 and images

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:43.480
 that we are not enough.

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.740
 You've got voices

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:47.000
 in your offices

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.819
 that tell you

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.920
 what you should be doing,

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.740
 the roles you

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.579
 should be pursuing.

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:54.240
 And what's that?

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.779
 For me,

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.859
 that's just the adversary,

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.940
 the devil,

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:59.079
 prowling around,

00:29:59.240 --> 00:29:59.920
 seeking someone

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.519
 to devour,

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.319
 someone to just

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.900
 pluck away.

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:05.759
 But then it says,

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.299
 resist him,

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.140
 firm in your faith.

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.460
 And actually,

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.059
 it's interesting,

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.180
 I looked into this

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.759
 this week

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.559
 and I was praying

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.200
 over this passage,

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.099
 the Bible actually

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.700
 never says,

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:14.859
 flee from the devil,

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.620
 never run away

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:16.160
 from the devil.

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:17.180
 The closest thing

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:18.299
 is James 4,

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:18.859
 verse 7,

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.220
 which says,

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.960
 submit yourselves

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.640
 to the Lord

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:22.079
 and the devil

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.720
 will flee

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.880
 from you.

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.259
 Sorry,

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:25.160
 submit yourselves

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.440
 to the Lord

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.880
 and resist the devil

00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:27.779
 and he will flee

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.319
 from you.

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.680
 This imagery

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.480
 that the devil

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.700
 is a prowling,

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.720
 roaring lion,

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.920
 what Paul

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.779
 and Peter

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.619
 do not say

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.819
 is,

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.559
 fight him.

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.500
 Because I don't think

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:40.859
 there's anyone

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.480
 who can fight

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.960
 and beat a lion.

00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.399
 I look around

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:44.940
 this room,

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.420
 I mean,

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:46.839
 maybe Gabs

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.359
 and Ken

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:48.119
 might have a chance

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:49.899
 at doing it.

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:51.679
 But it doesn't say,

00:30:51.919 --> 00:30:52.819
 stand up to the lion,

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:53.839
 fight him.

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.619
 It says,

00:30:54.699 --> 00:30:55.000
 resist.

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.759
 It's really interesting.

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.359
 Submit yourself

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:57.819
 to the Lord,

00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:58.459
 resist the devil

00:30:58.459 --> 00:30:58.939
 and the devil

00:30:58.939 --> 00:30:59.699
 will flee from you.

00:31:00.199 --> 00:31:00.559
 So actually,

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.159
 this lion

00:31:01.159 --> 00:31:02.159
 that's prowling around,

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.339
 whilst it looks scary,

00:31:03.439 --> 00:31:03.980
 doesn't actually

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.980
 have any power over us.

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.299
 Isn't that interesting?

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.500
 This prowling lion

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:10.919
 doesn't have

00:31:10.919 --> 00:31:12.220
 any power over us.

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.079
 Psalm 23,

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.460
 4,

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.139
 even though I walk

00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:16.619
 through the valley

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.240
 of the shadow

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.859
 of death,

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:19.059
 it's not even real.

00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:19.779
 It's a shadow

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:21.319
 of death.

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.839
 Imagine if we lived

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.439
 in such a way

00:31:23.439 --> 00:31:24.319
 where that lion

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:25.639
 cannot touch us

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:26.980
 and all we need to do

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.859
 is resist

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:29.000
 and stand firm

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.579
 in the faith.

00:31:35.199 --> 00:31:35.859
 And knowing

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.539
 that the same kinds

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:36.939
 of suffering

00:31:36.939 --> 00:31:37.779
 are being experienced

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.519
 by your brotherhood

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:39.139
 throughout the world,

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.899
 that what you're going

00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:40.559
 through right now,

00:31:40.679 --> 00:31:41.399
 you are not alone.

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.220
 That's one of the

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.079
 enemy's lies as well.

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.759
 That everything

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.399
 that you're going through,

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:44.879
 whether it's with

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.440
 your relationship

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.080
 that you have,

00:31:46.260 --> 00:31:46.860
 at work,

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.340
 at studies,

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:47.940
 whatever it is,

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.340
 and the temptations

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:49.880
 that you're facing,

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.480
 you're not alone.

00:31:50.800 --> 00:31:51.540
 It's being experienced

00:31:51.540 --> 00:31:51.880
 while you're

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:52.680
 brotherhood all

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.280
 around the world.

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:54.560
 You are not alone.

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.260
 I think that's another

00:31:55.260 --> 00:31:56.060
 reason why we gather,

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:56.920
 to remind ourselves

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:58.840
 that we are not alone.

00:32:01.520 --> 00:32:02.420
 And after you have

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:03.260
 suffered a little while,

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:05.520
 so just nonchalant,

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:06.080
 so casual,

00:32:06.320 --> 00:32:06.480
 okay,

00:32:06.520 --> 00:32:07.100
 you're going to suffer,

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:07.860
 but you're going to

00:32:07.860 --> 00:32:08.560
 suffer a little while,

00:32:08.800 --> 00:32:09.240
 but you're going

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.680
 to be okay.

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:11.580
 It's 2 Corinthians 4,

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.020
 17.

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.520
 It says,

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.279
 do not lose heart.

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:15.799
 Though your outer

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.980
 cells are dying,

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:18.319
 wasting away day by day,

00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:19.039
 your inner cells

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.799
 are being renewed.

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.099
 And these light

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:23.319
 momentary afflictions,

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:23.960
 light,

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.660
 feather-like,

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.579
 momentary afflictions

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.180
 are nothing when

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.819
 compared to the

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:28.059
 eternal weight of glory

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.740
 that awaits you.

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.660
 There's going to be,

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.359
 there is suffering,

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.480
 but it's going to be

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.579
 only a little while

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:34.559
 when compared to the

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.400
 glory that is going

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.139
 to be revealed

00:32:36.139 --> 00:32:37.339
 when the chief shepherd

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:38.920
 comes back.

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.940
 Hang on.

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:41.240
 If you are suffering,

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:41.940
 you are in the

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.799
 right place.

00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:45.400
 More importantly,

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:47.019
 God is with you.

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:49.080
 And after you have

00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:49.720
 suffered a little while,

00:32:49.820 --> 00:32:50.580
 the God of all grace

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:51.299
 who has called you

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:52.500
 to his eternal glory

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.000
 in Christ,

00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:54.759
 he himself will be

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.840
 the one that restores

00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:55.980
 you,

00:32:56.080 --> 00:32:56.720
 confirms you,

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.779
 strengthens you,

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.860
 and establishes you.

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.640
 Not the shepherd,

00:33:00.340 --> 00:33:01.620
 not the ordained

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:02.059
 pastor,

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.759
 he himself

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.720
 will do it.

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:06.279
 He will restore you.

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:06.980
 Whatever's broken,

00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:07.799
 whatever's fractured

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.320
 in your life,

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:09.079
 in your heart,

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.960
 he will be the one

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.559
 that restores it.

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:12.500
 And then when it says

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.899
 confirm and strengthen,

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.899
 he's going to be the one

00:33:14.899 --> 00:33:15.419
 that stops you

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:16.639
 from collapsing on yourself.

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.639
 He's going to be the one

00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:18.079
 that stops you

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.960
 from toppling over

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.779
 in this life.

00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:20.700
 And he is the one

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.619
 that's going to establish you

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:22.839
 and root you in the ground

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:25.220
 so that you won't fall away.

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.480
 He himself.

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:28.000
 The lion can do nothing.

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.599
 The pastor that you have

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:31.799
 is simply an under-shepherd

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:31.799


00:33:32.179 --> 00:33:33.899
 Called just to exercise oversight

00:33:33.899 --> 00:33:35.039
 and be an example to you,

00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:35.779
 to care for you.

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:38.819
 But you can take encouragement

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:40.039
 that the chief shepherd

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.859
 is coming back

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:43.279
 and all you will have to do

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.379
 is suffer a little while

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:46.079
 and then he will call you

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:48.259
 to his eternal glory.

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.139
 Of course,

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:50.259
 when we think about the shepherd,

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:53.160
 when we think about Psalm 23,

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.879
 we're only really thinking

00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:55.839
 about one person.

00:33:57.899 --> 00:33:58.339
 Jesus.

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.619
 The shepherd who,

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:01.440
 if we have him,

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.399
 we will lack nothing.

00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:03.619
 We will have no wants.

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:06.039
 Jesus is the one

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.599
 who leads us

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:07.399
 to the green pastures

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:08.599
 where we will be fed

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:10.460
 with the truth of God,

00:34:10.839 --> 00:34:11.440
 the bread of life.

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:12.699
 He is the one

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.119
 who leads us

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.019
 beside still waters

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:15.199
 where he will grant us peace,

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:16.199
 this peace that this world

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.699
 cannot give.

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:17.460
 He was the one

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.079
 who will lead us

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.579
 on the path

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.519
 of righteousness,

00:34:19.819 --> 00:34:20.599
 the right path

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.219
 for us,

00:34:21.279 --> 00:34:22.380
 for his namesake.

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:23.239
 It will be for him.

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.980
 And sometimes that path

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:27.259
 will lead you

00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:28.199
 to the valley

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:29.000
 of the shadow of death.

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:30.940
 But even when you're there

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.519
 and you're surrounded

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.119
 by shadows

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.839
 and you're surrounded

00:34:32.839 --> 00:34:34.159
 by roaring lions,

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:36.699
 you will not fear

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:38.159
 because his rod

00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:38.839
 and his staff

00:34:38.839 --> 00:34:40.179
 is the one that guides

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:41.179
 and comforts.

00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:42.079
 In fact,

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:43.420
 your greatest fear,

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:45.199
 whatever your greatest fear is,

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:46.159
 he invites you

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.719
 to come and sit

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.319
 at the table

00:34:47.319 --> 00:34:48.380
 with that fear

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:49.599
 because he's prepared it there.

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:50.500
 He's not even afraid.

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.059
 He's chilled.

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:51.839
 He's sat down.

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.779
 And when he anoints you,

00:34:54.839 --> 00:34:55.799
 your cup overflows.

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:59.580
 And all this while,

00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:00.700
 while you've been a sheep,

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.760
 trying to cling on

00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:02.240
 to the shepherd,

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:03.300
 trying to pursue him,

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:04.500
 thinking that the Christian life

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.880
 is hard,

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.440
 guess what?

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.860
 Surely his goodness

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.300
 and mercy

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:08.160
 will follow you

00:35:08.160 --> 00:35:09.300
 all the days

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:10.380
 of your life.

00:35:10.560 --> 00:35:11.240
 It's not been you

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:11.960
 chasing after him.

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.680
 It's been him chasing

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:13.640
 after you all along.

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:17.680
 That is the true shepherd.

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.820
 That is the chief shepherd

00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:19.940
 who laid his life down

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:21.060
 for us

00:35:21.060 --> 00:35:22.060
 and humbled himself

00:35:22.060 --> 00:35:22.940
 to the point of death,

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:24.000
 even death

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.539
 on the cross.

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:27.219
 He who gave us

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:28.320
 his crowns,

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:30.739
 he gave us his robe

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:32.779
 so that we would have life.

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:34.199
 That should humble us

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.900
 to the core

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:38.099
 and anxiety should flee.

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.719
 We're going to take

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:41.300
 communion later,

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:41.920
 but before that,

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.500
 I'm going to invite

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.019
 a friend up.

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.820
 I said I've been trying

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:44.840
 to do this a little bit more.

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:46.340
 We won't do this every week,

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:47.380
 but when it comes

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:47.940
 to shepherding,

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:49.360
 it'll be of great comfort

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:50.340
 and consolation to you

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:51.460
 that I am not the only one

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.279
 who is shepherding

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:53.259
 this flock here.

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:54.460
 We have a group

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:55.159
 of leaders

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:56.860
 that we all met last night,

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.260
 but then there's

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:58.440
 a smaller group

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:59.240
 called the lead team

00:35:59.240 --> 00:36:01.039
 that has been here

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:03.460
 from pretty close

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:03.900
 to the beginning.

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.760
 I'm going to invite

00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:05.619
 a dear friend up,

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:06.659
 Alex Lee.

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:07.820
 We're going to have

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.260
 a little chat

00:36:08.260 --> 00:36:09.360
 and hopefully he'll tell

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.840
 you some stuff

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.659
 that maybe I have

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.340
 no way of telling you

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:11.519
 either.

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.360
 Can we give you

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:12.840
 a round of applause?

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:19.280
 Hey, Alex.

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.280
 Let's take a seat

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:21.079
 so you don't look as tall.

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.440
 Thank you.

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.940
 Tell us about yourself.

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.820
 About myself?

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:33.059
 Well, my name is Alex.

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.159
 Alex.

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:37.159
 I grew up in the States.

00:36:37.759 --> 00:36:38.159
 I'm sorry.

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:44.539
 The son of two immigrants

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.400
 who left Taiwan

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:46.579
 to raise me in the States

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:47.500
 with nothing

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:49.360
 and so I spent most

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:50.539
 of my life in the States

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.159
 before coming here

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.619
 to Hong Kong.

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:54.940
 now married to my wife,

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.279
 Cara.

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.299
 Congratulations.

00:36:56.839 --> 00:36:57.179
 Thank you.

00:36:58.239 --> 00:36:59.359
 And I moved here

00:36:59.359 --> 00:37:00.619
 at the very start of COVID

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.440
 to marry Cara

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.639
 to start my new job

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.940
 in the global

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:05.179
 telecommunications industry

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:06.940
 and then fast forward

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.679
 kind of six and a half

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:08.139
 years later

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:09.699
 and meeting yourself

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:10.699
 and just many people

00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:11.299
 in this body.

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.659
 Just grateful

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:13.539
 to be seated here now

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:14.299
 and of course

00:37:14.299 --> 00:37:15.339
 we had our two young daughters

00:37:15.339 --> 00:37:16.139
 as well who were upstairs

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:17.699
 and here we are.

00:37:18.259 --> 00:37:19.000
 And did you go

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.759
 to the same college

00:37:19.759 --> 00:37:20.179
 as Hank?

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:20.940
 Is that...

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:23.480
 We did.

00:37:23.779 --> 00:37:24.000
 Wow.

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:25.159
 Not at the same time.

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:29.359
 100 years apart

00:37:29.359 --> 00:37:30.019
 or something like that.

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.900
 Roughly speaking.

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.579
 And of course

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:37.500
 you're here to leaders

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:38.420
 and servers as well

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:39.279
 and you're always

00:37:39.279 --> 00:37:40.079
 encouraging to me

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:41.259
 and I share this passage

00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:41.779
 with you

00:37:41.779 --> 00:37:42.940
 at the beginning

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:43.420
 of the week

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:44.380
 and you've been

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:45.219
 ruminating over it

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:45.880
 and praying over it.

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:46.880
 What's come to mind

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.579
 for you that you think

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:49.259
 is good to bring up

00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:49.639
 here today?

00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:51.440
 I think the first thing

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:53.079
 I mean before even

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:53.820
 like speaking about

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:55.480
 this specific passage

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:57.039
 is I think my main

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:58.579
 takeaway and kind of

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:59.059
 well honestly

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.860
 meditating over this

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.559
 not just this week

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:01.740
 but as a lead team

00:38:01.740 --> 00:38:02.700
 we went through this

00:38:02.700 --> 00:38:03.740
 I can't remember

00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:04.740
 maybe three six months

00:38:04.740 --> 00:38:05.240
 ago now

00:38:05.240 --> 00:38:06.900
 and the very kind of

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.800
 obvious takeaways

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:08.280
 for all of us

00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:08.960
 is like oh this is

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.840
 this is just a passage

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.700
 about leadership

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:12.519
 and then we read this

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:13.819
 again last month

00:38:13.819 --> 00:38:15.439
 and honestly what God

00:38:15.439 --> 00:38:16.619
 was speaking in that

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:17.519
 moment to me was

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:19.159
 this is a passage

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:20.159
 about identity

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:21.259
 because you read verse

00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:22.419
 one and you see

00:38:22.419 --> 00:38:25.000
 just how in tune

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.679
 Peter is

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:26.199
 I mean of course

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:27.239
 I mean you probably

00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:27.859
 have to read the rest

00:38:27.859 --> 00:38:28.519
 of first Peter

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:29.719
 to kind of understand

00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:30.439
 like the rest of the

00:38:30.439 --> 00:38:31.259
 book is a book about

00:38:31.259 --> 00:38:32.519
 what does it mean to be

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:32.960
 a Christian?

00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:33.659
 What does it mean to be

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:35.079
 a disciple of Christ?

00:38:35.139 --> 00:38:35.639
 What does it mean to

00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:37.099
 follow him to endure

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.659
 his sufferings?

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:39.019
 Like he talks literally

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:40.440
 just about suffering

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:41.779
 at the end of chapter

00:38:41.779 --> 00:38:43.139
 four just before this

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:45.199
 so really this leadership

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:46.299
 piece is almost kind of

00:38:46.299 --> 00:38:47.179
 just like a small

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:48.579
 appetizer like in the

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:49.139
 middle of it

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:51.779
 but really I think

00:38:51.779 --> 00:38:52.619
 yeah it just kind of

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:53.559
 weighed on me just how

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.940
 Peter just really wanted

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:56.559
 the church at this time

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:58.039
 to understand just how

00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:59.879
 much the glory of Christ

00:38:59.879 --> 00:39:01.139
 weighed on him

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:02.059
 and our life group

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.960
 talked about kind of

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.899
 like earlier this week

00:39:03.899 --> 00:39:04.420
 what does it

00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:05.319
 what does God's glory

00:39:05.319 --> 00:39:06.519
 even mean?

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:08.599
 so to just really

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.539
 set in on that

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.079
 and just try to

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.739
 understand Peter

00:39:10.739 --> 00:39:11.340
 and his shoes

00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:12.460
 and he just really

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:13.599
 intimately knew Christ

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.280
 I mean he's one of

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:14.820
 the guys that like

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:16.159
 walked with Jesus

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:18.179
 and I think that

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:18.800
 before you do any

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:19.320
 sort of leading

00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:20.280
 any sort of serving

00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:21.500
 I think that that

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:22.380
 identity piece is

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:23.019
 just so key

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:24.179
 so that was the

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:25.759
 reflection when we

00:39:25.759 --> 00:39:26.739
 got together about

00:39:26.739 --> 00:39:27.239
 a month ago

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:28.139
 and then just

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:29.139
 ruminating over this

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.800
 probably every day

00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:30.420
 this week

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:32.000
 I think by the time

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.599
 I got to Friday

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.280
 I messaged you

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:33.920
 I was like okay

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.659
 because you're like

00:39:34.659 --> 00:39:35.119
 hey what should we

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:35.900
 have a dialogue on

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.340
 and I know your

00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:37.059
 sermon just covered

00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:38.360
 which is impressive

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:39.300
 you covered literally

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:39.740
 everything

00:39:39.740 --> 00:39:40.660
 and there's just so

00:39:40.660 --> 00:39:41.380
 many different topics

00:39:41.380 --> 00:39:41.780
 in here

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:43.160
 but it just came back

00:39:43.160 --> 00:39:43.940
 again to oh let's

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:44.559
 just have a discussion

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:45.720
 on leadership

00:39:45.720 --> 00:39:46.579
 but even before

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:47.079
 doing that

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:48.280
 I think probably

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:49.840
 my exhortation

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.320
 and encouragement

00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:51.480
 to this group

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:52.099
 to this church

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:53.380
 would probably be

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:54.180
 that I mean

00:39:54.180 --> 00:39:54.960
 God's word is just

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:55.960
 it's beautiful right

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:58.200
 if you haven't opened

00:39:58.200 --> 00:39:59.099
 it in a long time

00:39:59.099 --> 00:39:59.980
 or you feel like

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:01.340
 you struggle to open

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:01.960
 it on like a regular

00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:02.340
 basis

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:03.079
 I would just say

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:04.160
 I'll just start

00:40:04.160 --> 00:40:05.380
 just start small

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:06.160
 start somewhere

00:40:06.160 --> 00:40:06.840
 I mean that's literally

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:07.460
 what I did for my

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:08.200
 devotional this week

00:40:08.200 --> 00:40:09.019
 is I just read these

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:09.960
 11 verses

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:11.059
 every day in the morning

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:12.039
 it wasn't

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:12.640
 don't get me wrong

00:40:12.640 --> 00:40:13.140
 I didn't sit there

00:40:13.140 --> 00:40:14.059
 for like two hours

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:16.380
 with noise cancelling

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:17.059
 headphones on

00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:18.019
 just taking this in

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.539
 maybe it was just

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:19.400
 a couple minutes a day

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:21.039
 but if that's you

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.720
 I mean I would just

00:40:21.720 --> 00:40:22.220
 encourage you

00:40:22.220 --> 00:40:23.820
 like put away the

00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:24.860
 put away the

00:40:24.860 --> 00:40:26.180
 the barrier

00:40:26.180 --> 00:40:26.800
 which is the

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:28.579
 Bible 365 plan

00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:29.539
 and the intimidation

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:30.220
 that comes with that

00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:30.759
 and I can't get

00:40:30.759 --> 00:40:31.019
 started

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:32.119
 and just pick

00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:32.639
 any passage

00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:33.179
 honestly I would

00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:33.679
 encourage you to

00:40:33.679 --> 00:40:34.299
 pick this passage

00:40:34.299 --> 00:40:34.819
 because it's

00:40:34.819 --> 00:40:35.919
 there's just so much

00:40:35.919 --> 00:40:36.759
 in this passage

00:40:36.759 --> 00:40:37.319
 that I feel like

00:40:37.319 --> 00:40:37.859
 God speaks to

00:40:37.859 --> 00:40:38.459
 different people

00:40:38.459 --> 00:40:39.919
 in different seasons

00:40:39.919 --> 00:40:42.159
 but maybe the last

00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:42.539
 thing I'll add

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:43.519
 before we continue

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:43.959
 is I think

00:40:43.959 --> 00:40:45.819
 just the very

00:40:45.819 --> 00:40:46.339
 last thing is

00:40:46.339 --> 00:40:46.919
 we had settled

00:40:46.919 --> 00:40:47.719
 on discussing

00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:48.419
 leadership on

00:40:48.419 --> 00:40:48.699
 Friday

00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:50.079
 and then Saturday

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:50.579
 morning

00:40:50.579 --> 00:40:51.980
 I hadn't even

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.279
 told you

00:40:52.279 --> 00:40:52.619
 I was like

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.679
 I think verses

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:54.359
 6 to 11

00:40:54.359 --> 00:40:56.000
 like I'm reading

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:56.279
 it

00:40:56.279 --> 00:40:57.219
 God's word is good

00:40:57.219 --> 00:40:58.339
 but I'm

00:40:58.339 --> 00:40:59.039
 I don't think

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.980
 I can take away

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:01.239
 much to like

00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:02.000
 discuss here

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:03.139
 but then

00:41:03.139 --> 00:41:03.719
 lo and behold

00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:04.320
 I think yesterday

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:04.659
 morning

00:41:04.659 --> 00:41:05.739
 it was that

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:06.400
 probably like

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:07.559
 that last half

00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:08.159
 that was kind of

00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:09.039
 speaking to me more

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:09.880
 and God was

00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:10.840
 reminding me of

00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:12.539
 I guess just like

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:13.579
 what suffering

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:14.159
 looks like in my

00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:14.759
 own life

00:41:14.759 --> 00:41:15.219
 you know

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:15.940
 certain challenges

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:16.960
 that I'm facing

00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:17.480
 with like my

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:18.320
 parents and my

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:19.400
 mom and just

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:20.239
 being like

00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:21.000
 reminded to pray

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:21.739
 over those things

00:41:21.739 --> 00:41:23.279
 and then lo and

00:41:23.279 --> 00:41:23.639
 behold

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:25.259
 that same morning

00:41:25.259 --> 00:41:26.159
 I bumped into

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:27.460
 this sister from

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:27.900
 another church

00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:28.579
 that we serve in

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:29.219
 prison ministry

00:41:29.219 --> 00:41:29.579
 with

00:41:29.579 --> 00:41:31.360
 and it was

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:31.699
 just like a

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:32.319
 total chance

00:41:32.319 --> 00:41:32.920
 encounter at

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:33.179
 the mall

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:34.319
 and she was

00:41:34.319 --> 00:41:34.619
 just sharing

00:41:34.619 --> 00:41:35.119
 with me some

00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:36.059
 of her burdens

00:41:36.059 --> 00:41:36.500
 and challenges

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:37.099
 she was facing

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:37.460
 and raising

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:38.159
 her adult son

00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:39.139
 so just the

00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:39.940
 beauty in getting

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:41.639
 to meditate

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:42.360
 on this passage

00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:43.059
 to encounter

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:43.599
 each other

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:44.019
 and then to

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:44.500
 pray together

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:45.059
 that morning

00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:46.380
 just reminds me

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:46.840
 of like

00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:48.000
 what happens

00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:48.460
 when we really

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:49.019
 allow ourselves

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.299
 to

00:41:49.299 --> 00:41:51.420
 we really allow

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:51.840
 the Holy Spirit

00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:52.239
 to minister

00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:52.719
 to ourselves

00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:53.579
 and to lead

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:53.960
 us as we

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:54.679
 open God's word

00:41:54.679 --> 00:41:55.279
 so that's

00:41:55.279 --> 00:41:55.739
 probably where

00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:56.699
 I would start

00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:57.159
 before even

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:57.779
 anything else

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:58.200
 we go into

00:41:58.200 --> 00:41:59.080
 leadership today

00:41:59.080 --> 00:42:01.040
 and you talk

00:42:01.040 --> 00:42:01.800
 about your

00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:02.300
 journey of

00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:02.560
 leadership

00:42:02.560 --> 00:42:02.940
 whether it's

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:03.300
 actually your

00:42:03.300 --> 00:42:03.920
 own experience

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.680
 of the leaders

00:42:04.680 --> 00:42:05.540
 that God

00:42:05.540 --> 00:42:07.160
 placed above you

00:42:07.160 --> 00:42:08.120
 and then of

00:42:08.120 --> 00:42:08.420
 course now

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:08.900
 coming here

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:09.600
 and growing

00:42:09.600 --> 00:42:10.200
 into leadership

00:42:10.200 --> 00:42:10.720
 role yourself

00:42:10.720 --> 00:42:11.360
 what's some

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:11.840
 of the reflections

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:12.420
 that you had

00:42:12.420 --> 00:42:12.920
 that are tied

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.340
 in with this

00:42:13.340 --> 00:42:13.640
 passage

00:42:13.640 --> 00:42:14.900
 yeah I think

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:15.760
 in terms of

00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:16.160
 maybe like

00:42:16.160 --> 00:42:17.200
 my personal

00:42:17.200 --> 00:42:17.840
 journey with

00:42:17.840 --> 00:42:18.220
 leadership

00:42:18.220 --> 00:42:19.860
 I never

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:21.140
 choose to be

00:42:21.140 --> 00:42:21.580
 a leader

00:42:21.580 --> 00:42:22.240
 I mean from

00:42:22.240 --> 00:42:23.000
 the I think

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.800
 my earliest

00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:24.800
 memory of being

00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:25.100
 a leader

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:26.079
 is in the

00:42:26.079 --> 00:42:26.599
 third grade

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:27.019
 in the US

00:42:27.019 --> 00:42:27.339
 is like

00:42:27.339 --> 00:42:27.759
 when you're

00:42:27.759 --> 00:42:28.199
 eight years

00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:28.440
 old

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:30.000
 and my mom's

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.239
 like hey

00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:30.659
 you should run

00:42:30.659 --> 00:42:31.019
 for like

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:31.659
 student government

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:32.599
 for your class

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:33.239
 and I was like

00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:34.339
 so the dork

00:42:34.339 --> 00:42:34.819
 I'm not like

00:42:34.819 --> 00:42:35.199
 I wasn't like

00:42:35.199 --> 00:42:35.880
 popular kid

00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:36.119
 it's like

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:37.039
 dorky Asian kid

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:37.559
 in the most

00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:38.159
 mostly like

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:39.259
 western American

00:42:39.259 --> 00:42:40.000
 school right

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:41.739
 and then somehow

00:42:41.739 --> 00:42:42.559
 I mean obviously

00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:43.179
 my mom's just

00:42:43.179 --> 00:42:43.699
 having like

00:42:43.699 --> 00:42:44.519
 Ivy League dreams

00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:45.119
 of me at like

00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:45.679
 eight years old

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:46.440
 and no I did not

00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:47.039
 I did not go

00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:47.599
 to Ivy League

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:48.380
 but at least

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:48.759
 I made it to

00:42:48.759 --> 00:42:49.199
 the same school

00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:49.500
 as Hank

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:49.960
 that's my

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.500
 that's my

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:51.139
 saving grace

00:42:51.139 --> 00:42:57.119
 and so

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:57.699
 I was kind of

00:42:57.699 --> 00:42:58.480
 lo and behold

00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:59.619
 ended up

00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:01.019
 winning this

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:02.099
 student election

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:02.940
 and getting to

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.500
 leave of course

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:04.099
 I couldn't tell

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:04.460
 you like

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:05.480
 anything about it

00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:05.799
 other than the

00:43:05.799 --> 00:43:06.239
 fact that I was

00:43:06.239 --> 00:43:07.039
 coerced into

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.500
 doing it

00:43:07.500 --> 00:43:08.199
 and then all the

00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:08.679
 way to an adult

00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:09.679
 now you know

00:43:09.679 --> 00:43:10.420
 in my work

00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:12.980
 several years ago

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:13.799
 my boss asked me

00:43:13.799 --> 00:43:14.900
 can you help me

00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:16.000
 can you can I

00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:16.500
 put you in charge

00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:16.940
 of my like

00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:18.139
 organization redesign

00:43:18.139 --> 00:43:18.879
 I was like

00:43:18.879 --> 00:43:19.179
 sure

00:43:19.179 --> 00:43:20.359
 you're definitely

00:43:20.359 --> 00:43:20.859
 asking the wrong

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:21.400
 person but

00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:22.120
 I'll help

00:43:22.120 --> 00:43:22.500
 anyway

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:25.240
 and every draft

00:43:25.240 --> 00:43:25.900
 and every iteration

00:43:25.900 --> 00:43:26.480
 I gave him

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:26.940
 at this time

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:27.200
 I was an

00:43:27.200 --> 00:43:27.900
 individual contributor

00:43:27.900 --> 00:43:28.620
 and led no team

00:43:28.620 --> 00:43:28.940
 at work

00:43:28.940 --> 00:43:29.579
 every draft

00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:29.980
 I gave him

00:43:29.980 --> 00:43:30.360
 was like

00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:31.420
 yep we should

00:43:31.420 --> 00:43:32.099
 grow this space

00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:32.640
 we should grow

00:43:32.640 --> 00:43:33.300
 Bill's team

00:43:33.300 --> 00:43:33.620
 we should grow

00:43:33.620 --> 00:43:34.440
 Bob's team

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:35.079
 and you know

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.480
 you should kind of

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:36.320
 maybe merge like

00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:37.480
 Mike and Matt's

00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:38.099
 teams together

00:43:38.099 --> 00:43:39.640
 and you know

00:43:39.640 --> 00:43:40.440
 there's your design

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:41.079
 and it just kind of

00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:41.760
 keeps me in my own

00:43:41.760 --> 00:43:42.019
 space

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.680
 and every time

00:43:42.680 --> 00:43:43.120
 he came back

00:43:43.120 --> 00:43:43.440
 he's like

00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:44.220
 actually we should

00:43:44.220 --> 00:43:44.680
 put more of the

00:43:44.680 --> 00:43:45.039
 stuff in your

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:45.840
 team

00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:47.180
 I was like

00:43:47.180 --> 00:43:47.720
 I don't have a team

00:43:47.720 --> 00:43:48.019
 he's like

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:48.800
 well you should

00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:49.680
 I was like

00:43:49.680 --> 00:43:50.240
 I would not

00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:51.199
 like to lead a team

00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:52.839
 so no matter

00:43:52.839 --> 00:43:53.939
 the 10-15 drafts

00:43:53.939 --> 00:43:54.359
 I brought back

00:43:54.359 --> 00:43:54.559
 to him

00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:55.119
 every time

00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:56.619
 that didn't

00:43:56.619 --> 00:43:57.399
 include me leading

00:43:57.399 --> 00:43:58.779
 it still came back

00:43:58.779 --> 00:43:59.039
 to him

00:43:59.039 --> 00:43:59.500
 and of course

00:43:59.500 --> 00:44:00.000
 lo and behold

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.539
 I think we know

00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:01.179
 how the story ends

00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:01.779
 I do end up

00:44:01.779 --> 00:44:02.079
 leading

00:44:02.079 --> 00:44:03.119
 so it's not

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:03.539
 something I

00:44:03.539 --> 00:44:04.659
 often choose

00:44:04.659 --> 00:44:05.759
 but I think

00:44:05.759 --> 00:44:06.579
 you did mention

00:44:06.579 --> 00:44:07.459
 as well as

00:44:07.459 --> 00:44:07.839
 kind of like

00:44:07.839 --> 00:44:08.679
 the leaders

00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:09.099
 and mentors

00:44:09.099 --> 00:44:09.639
 in my life

00:44:09.639 --> 00:44:10.039
 and I think

00:44:10.039 --> 00:44:11.239
 you've mentioned

00:44:11.239 --> 00:44:11.959
 here to everyone

00:44:11.959 --> 00:44:12.819
 many times

00:44:12.819 --> 00:44:13.659
 like we're a product

00:44:13.659 --> 00:44:14.619
 of the kind of

00:44:14.619 --> 00:44:15.139
 five people

00:44:15.139 --> 00:44:15.899
 we surround

00:44:15.899 --> 00:44:16.579
 ourselves with

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:18.079
 and that's

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:19.500
 so true

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:20.360
 for the leaders

00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:21.480
 the shepherds

00:44:21.480 --> 00:44:22.119
 like the elders

00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:22.920
 the mentors

00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:23.579
 in our lives

00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:24.019
 as well

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:24.860
 and you know

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:26.039
 I'm just so grateful

00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:27.239
 for just all the

00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:27.599
 different

00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:28.360
 like I just think

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:28.759
 about all the

00:44:28.759 --> 00:44:29.380
 different leaders

00:44:29.380 --> 00:44:29.980
 I've been able

00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:30.460
 to encounter

00:44:30.460 --> 00:44:31.019
 over the years

00:44:31.019 --> 00:44:32.239
 and how they've

00:44:32.239 --> 00:44:32.860
 poured into me

00:44:32.860 --> 00:44:33.819
 and how they've

00:44:33.819 --> 00:44:34.539
 ministered to me

00:44:34.539 --> 00:44:36.639
 and I think

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:38.119
 I've had this

00:44:38.119 --> 00:44:38.819
 unique privilege

00:44:38.819 --> 00:44:39.400
 as well

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:40.199
 in terms of

00:44:40.199 --> 00:44:40.799
 growing up

00:44:40.799 --> 00:44:41.519
 in Texas

00:44:41.519 --> 00:44:42.319
 in the States

00:44:42.319 --> 00:44:43.500
 now being in

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:43.920
 Hong Kong

00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:46.139
 the thing

00:44:46.139 --> 00:44:46.680
 that connects

00:44:46.680 --> 00:44:47.320
 those two places

00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:48.900
 is they both

00:44:48.900 --> 00:44:49.960
 love pastors

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:52.059
 they love to put

00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:53.400
 pastors on a pedestal

00:44:53.400 --> 00:44:54.200
 so I think

00:44:54.200 --> 00:44:55.220
 I learned early on

00:44:55.220 --> 00:44:56.119
 just to be discerning

00:44:56.119 --> 00:44:56.639
 about like

00:44:56.639 --> 00:44:58.159
 what does it mean

00:44:58.159 --> 00:44:59.099
 to actually follow

00:44:59.099 --> 00:45:00.460
 good leaders

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:01.639
 and to understand

00:45:01.639 --> 00:45:02.740
 the heart of a leader

00:45:02.740 --> 00:45:03.220
 not just

00:45:03.220 --> 00:45:04.320
 things they do

00:45:04.320 --> 00:45:04.860
 or their CV

00:45:04.860 --> 00:45:05.599
 but what's like

00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:06.720
 really in their heart

00:45:06.720 --> 00:45:08.619
 and I think

00:45:08.619 --> 00:45:08.960
 I've just been

00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:09.500
 super privileged

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:10.260
 in terms of

00:45:10.260 --> 00:45:11.900
 every step along

00:45:11.900 --> 00:45:12.139
 the way

00:45:12.139 --> 00:45:12.840
 having kind of

00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:13.420
 those good leaders

00:45:13.420 --> 00:45:13.900
 who have that

00:45:13.900 --> 00:45:14.280
 good heart

00:45:14.280 --> 00:45:16.300
 but then on the

00:45:16.300 --> 00:45:17.139
 flip side of things

00:45:17.139 --> 00:45:18.000
 I think leaders

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:18.960
 are also a product

00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:20.420
 of the people

00:45:20.420 --> 00:45:20.820
 they lead

00:45:20.820 --> 00:45:21.599
 as well

00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:22.559
 and I think

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:23.139
 if we think

00:45:23.139 --> 00:45:23.780
 about that

00:45:23.780 --> 00:45:24.659
 that kind of

00:45:24.659 --> 00:45:25.320
 verse two

00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:28.880
 when we talk

00:45:28.880 --> 00:45:29.420
 about shepherding

00:45:29.420 --> 00:45:29.960
 the flock

00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:30.780
 that is among you

00:45:30.780 --> 00:45:31.720
 exercising oversight

00:45:31.720 --> 00:45:32.280
 not under compulsion

00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:33.119
 but willingly

00:45:33.119 --> 00:45:35.119
 not for shameful gain

00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:36.200
 but eagerly as well

00:45:36.200 --> 00:45:37.180
 like I'm just

00:45:37.180 --> 00:45:37.740
 grateful that

00:45:37.740 --> 00:45:38.500
 in this time

00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:39.579
 like in our gathering

00:45:39.579 --> 00:45:40.599
 like I would say

00:45:40.599 --> 00:45:42.139
 like leading

00:45:42.139 --> 00:45:43.000
 and just journey

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.940
 alongside all the people

00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:44.920
 leading alongside

00:45:44.920 --> 00:45:45.299
 the people

00:45:45.299 --> 00:45:45.960
 I've gotten to lead

00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:46.920
 with journey

00:45:46.920 --> 00:45:47.759
 alongside the people

00:45:47.759 --> 00:45:48.659
 and like the different

00:45:48.659 --> 00:45:49.639
 stages of life group

00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:50.940
 like I would say

00:45:50.940 --> 00:45:51.440
 like willingness

00:45:51.440 --> 00:45:52.259
 and eagerness

00:45:52.259 --> 00:45:53.579
 just like defines that

00:45:53.579 --> 00:45:54.259
 which I'm grateful for

00:45:54.259 --> 00:45:54.779
 because that's not

00:45:54.779 --> 00:45:55.359
 common

00:45:55.359 --> 00:45:56.319
 to be honest

00:45:56.319 --> 00:45:57.079
 in many churches

00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:59.799
 and I specifically

00:45:59.799 --> 00:46:00.559
 remember a moment

00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:00.980
 I think

00:46:00.980 --> 00:46:01.940
 we had a leaders meeting

00:46:01.940 --> 00:46:02.739
 at your place

00:46:02.739 --> 00:46:03.239
 I think one time

00:46:03.239 --> 00:46:03.920
 I can't remember why

00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:06.000
 but I remember

00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:06.659
 God's words

00:46:06.659 --> 00:46:07.500
 were just so clear

00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:08.279
 to me in that moment

00:46:08.279 --> 00:46:08.859
 which was like

00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:11.260
 like for whatever reason

00:46:11.260 --> 00:46:11.960
 I was just reflecting

00:46:11.960 --> 00:46:12.920
 on past seasons

00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:14.400
 of not just leadership

00:46:14.400 --> 00:46:15.180
 but just like being

00:46:15.180 --> 00:46:15.680
 in community

00:46:15.680 --> 00:46:16.300
 and God's word

00:46:16.300 --> 00:46:16.660
 was just like

00:46:16.660 --> 00:46:17.400
 oh it just keeps

00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:18.539
 it keeps getting better

00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:20.039
 and that's just

00:46:20.039 --> 00:46:20.800
 genuinely how I feel

00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:22.000
 about this community

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:22.980
 and just the privilege

00:46:22.980 --> 00:46:24.440
 it is to lead here

00:46:24.440 --> 00:46:25.840
 to learn from so many people

00:46:25.840 --> 00:46:27.059
 and yeah

00:46:27.059 --> 00:46:27.579
 so definitely

00:46:27.579 --> 00:46:28.360
 someone who's just

00:46:28.360 --> 00:46:28.920
 been shaped by

00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:29.599
 both the leaders

00:46:29.599 --> 00:46:30.539
 and the people

00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:31.480
 I've got to lead as well

00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:34.160
 we had a fun conversation

00:46:34.160 --> 00:46:34.980
 well maybe fun's

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:35.579
 not the right word

00:46:35.579 --> 00:46:37.400
 a challenging conversation

00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:38.639
 as we were leading up to this

00:46:38.639 --> 00:46:39.360
 in terms of actually

00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:39.900
 the things that you

00:46:39.900 --> 00:46:41.240
 disagree with me with

00:46:41.240 --> 00:46:42.720
 how do you keep me humble?

00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:46.800
 other than jokes

00:46:46.800 --> 00:46:48.039
 about buying shoes

00:46:48.039 --> 00:46:49.500
 and calling you out

00:46:49.500 --> 00:46:50.300
 in front of your wife

00:46:50.300 --> 00:46:51.920
 and things of that nature

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:54.599
 so I think

00:46:54.599 --> 00:46:55.400
 kind of going back

00:46:55.400 --> 00:46:56.720
 to that heart

00:46:56.720 --> 00:46:57.340
 of like I guess

00:46:57.340 --> 00:46:58.180
 I think you've known me

00:46:58.180 --> 00:46:59.300
 for what six years now

00:46:59.300 --> 00:47:00.500
 and I think you know

00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:01.440
 I've never had the

00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:01.960
 kind of like

00:47:01.960 --> 00:47:03.099
 pastor is the

00:47:03.099 --> 00:47:04.280
 the prime person

00:47:04.280 --> 00:47:05.400
 and don't get me wrong

00:47:05.400 --> 00:47:05.700
 because I know

00:47:05.700 --> 00:47:06.760
 there's people in this space

00:47:06.760 --> 00:47:07.960
 and I do want to

00:47:07.960 --> 00:47:08.500
 recognize as well

00:47:08.500 --> 00:47:10.420
 there's people

00:47:10.420 --> 00:47:11.800
 who maybe

00:47:11.800 --> 00:47:13.020
 have been upset

00:47:13.020 --> 00:47:13.740
 or frustrated

00:47:13.740 --> 00:47:14.340
 or even hurt

00:47:14.340 --> 00:47:15.360
 by church leadership

00:47:15.360 --> 00:47:16.400
 or pastors in the past

00:47:16.400 --> 00:47:16.800
 so it is

00:47:16.800 --> 00:47:18.480
 a very difficult job

00:47:18.480 --> 00:47:19.000
 to walk

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:21.360
 and to

00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:22.100
 well essentially

00:47:22.100 --> 00:47:23.300
 you do a lot of talking

00:47:23.300 --> 00:47:24.120
 but it's a difficult job

00:47:24.120 --> 00:47:25.180
 to walk the talk

00:47:25.180 --> 00:47:25.720
 as well

00:47:25.720 --> 00:47:26.160
 and to

00:47:26.160 --> 00:47:27.280
 quote unquote

00:47:27.280 --> 00:47:28.540
 keep so many people happy

00:47:28.540 --> 00:47:29.240
 even though that's not

00:47:29.240 --> 00:47:30.020
 really meant to be

00:47:30.020 --> 00:47:30.680
 the end goal

00:47:30.680 --> 00:47:31.580
 at the end of the day

00:47:31.580 --> 00:47:32.520
 but I would

00:47:32.520 --> 00:47:34.280
 say in terms of

00:47:34.280 --> 00:47:35.580
 I guess keeping you honest

00:47:35.579 --> 00:47:36.159
 again it's

00:47:36.159 --> 00:47:37.239
 it's probably

00:47:37.239 --> 00:47:38.759
 for me

00:47:38.759 --> 00:47:39.279
 it's I always look

00:47:39.279 --> 00:47:39.659
 at your heart

00:47:39.659 --> 00:47:40.099
 as well

00:47:40.099 --> 00:47:41.579
 when people ask me

00:47:41.579 --> 00:47:42.019
 they're like

00:47:42.019 --> 00:47:42.779
 you know maybe

00:47:42.779 --> 00:47:43.739
 they see pictures online

00:47:43.739 --> 00:47:44.440
 we're hanging out

00:47:44.440 --> 00:47:45.299
 like people back home

00:47:45.299 --> 00:47:45.619
 in the states

00:47:45.619 --> 00:47:45.819
 are like

00:47:45.819 --> 00:47:46.779
 who's the bald guy

00:47:46.779 --> 00:47:47.579
 you've been hanging out

00:47:47.579 --> 00:47:48.179
 with so much

00:47:48.179 --> 00:47:49.460
 I'm like

00:47:49.460 --> 00:47:50.799
 my temptation every time

00:47:50.799 --> 00:47:51.059
 is like

00:47:51.059 --> 00:47:52.059
 oh that's my pastor

00:47:52.059 --> 00:47:53.420
 but actually

00:47:53.420 --> 00:47:54.159
 that's my friend

00:47:54.159 --> 00:47:54.900
 like that's probably

00:47:54.900 --> 00:47:56.059
 the first word

00:47:56.059 --> 00:47:56.679
 I would think of

00:47:56.679 --> 00:47:57.279
 followed by like

00:47:57.279 --> 00:47:57.739
 my brother

00:47:57.739 --> 00:47:58.779
 before I even think

00:47:58.779 --> 00:47:59.420
 about calling you

00:47:59.420 --> 00:48:00.079
 like my pastor

00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:01.539
 to my friends back home

00:48:01.539 --> 00:48:02.400
 so I think

00:48:02.400 --> 00:48:03.400
 just thinking about

00:48:03.400 --> 00:48:03.820
 you know

00:48:03.820 --> 00:48:04.440
 inverse

00:48:04.440 --> 00:48:05.000
 what is it

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:05.420
 inverse

00:48:05.420 --> 00:48:07.699
 what is this inverse

00:48:07.699 --> 00:48:09.480
 where's our example

00:48:09.480 --> 00:48:10.039
 inverse

00:48:10.039 --> 00:48:11.079
 I've lost it now

00:48:11.079 --> 00:48:12.340
 first three

00:48:12.340 --> 00:48:14.019
 yeah I think

00:48:14.019 --> 00:48:15.099
 first and foremost

00:48:15.099 --> 00:48:15.619
 I just think about

00:48:15.619 --> 00:48:16.539
 the example you lead

00:48:16.539 --> 00:48:17.699
 with each and every day

00:48:17.699 --> 00:48:18.940
 I see how you lead

00:48:18.940 --> 00:48:19.420
 your family

00:48:19.420 --> 00:48:21.440
 so I take all those

00:48:21.440 --> 00:48:22.059
 things into kind of

00:48:22.059 --> 00:48:22.800
 context like

00:48:22.800 --> 00:48:23.679
 before we even jump

00:48:23.679 --> 00:48:24.340
 into like

00:48:24.340 --> 00:48:25.219
 just different church

00:48:25.219 --> 00:48:25.659
 decisions

00:48:25.659 --> 00:48:26.880
 and even as we do

00:48:26.880 --> 00:48:27.219
 that

00:48:27.219 --> 00:48:28.019
 I think

00:48:28.019 --> 00:48:29.259
 I think you and I

00:48:29.259 --> 00:48:29.940
 it's not like we have

00:48:29.940 --> 00:48:30.800
 deep disagreements

00:48:30.800 --> 00:48:31.400
 but it's

00:48:31.400 --> 00:48:32.860
 it's recognizing that

00:48:32.860 --> 00:48:33.740
 you know

00:48:33.740 --> 00:48:34.500
 I'm willing to say

00:48:34.500 --> 00:48:35.080
 like oh this

00:48:35.080 --> 00:48:36.360
 maybe I don't

00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:37.220
 agree with how

00:48:37.220 --> 00:48:38.300
 you want to do something

00:48:38.300 --> 00:48:39.280
 but I always know why

00:48:39.280 --> 00:48:39.920
 like I always know

00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:40.539
 the heart behind it

00:48:40.539 --> 00:48:41.039
 I think a cheap

00:48:41.039 --> 00:48:42.019
 like a cheap example

00:48:42.019 --> 00:48:42.500
 that is

00:48:42.500 --> 00:48:43.920
 like you really want

00:48:43.920 --> 00:48:44.519
 to get to know

00:48:44.519 --> 00:48:45.160
 everyone

00:48:45.160 --> 00:48:46.240
 that comes in the door

00:48:46.240 --> 00:48:47.060
 and I'm the like

00:48:47.060 --> 00:48:48.780
 corporate pragmatist

00:48:48.780 --> 00:48:49.260
 that's like

00:48:49.260 --> 00:48:50.340
 think about the most

00:48:50.340 --> 00:48:50.800
 productive

00:48:50.800 --> 00:48:52.080
 efficient way

00:48:52.080 --> 00:48:52.600
 to like

00:48:52.600 --> 00:48:53.480
 to use your time

00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:54.060
 because maybe a lot

00:48:54.060 --> 00:48:54.560
 of people that

00:48:54.560 --> 00:48:55.180
 walk in the door

00:48:55.180 --> 00:48:56.280
 actually maybe not

00:48:56.280 --> 00:48:57.140
 maybe don't even

00:48:57.140 --> 00:48:57.920
 want to spend time

00:48:57.920 --> 00:48:58.740
 or get to know you

00:48:58.740 --> 00:48:59.600
 either as well

00:48:59.599 --> 00:49:01.039
 so I think it's just

00:49:01.039 --> 00:49:01.839
 like in those moments

00:49:01.839 --> 00:49:02.900
 I think you have the

00:49:02.900 --> 00:49:04.059
 humility to kind of

00:49:04.059 --> 00:49:04.779
 receive that feedback

00:49:04.779 --> 00:49:06.000
 and I think a lot of

00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:06.880
 times you just input

00:49:06.880 --> 00:49:07.679
 like you immediately

00:49:07.679 --> 00:49:08.940
 change your approach

00:49:08.940 --> 00:49:09.619
 you know anytime

00:49:09.619 --> 00:49:10.400
 we give you feedback

00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:11.099
 whether it's myself

00:49:11.099 --> 00:49:11.900
 or Gabe or Joe

00:49:11.900 --> 00:49:12.940
 or other leaders as well

00:49:12.940 --> 00:49:16.460
 final thing

00:49:16.460 --> 00:49:16.860
 just

00:49:16.860 --> 00:49:18.320
 what's the prayer

00:49:18.320 --> 00:49:19.400
 for all of us here

00:49:19.400 --> 00:49:20.820
 as a community

00:49:20.820 --> 00:49:21.400
 as we

00:49:21.400 --> 00:49:22.579
 either seek to become

00:49:22.579 --> 00:49:23.280
 leaders or already

00:49:23.280 --> 00:49:23.559
 leaders

00:49:23.559 --> 00:49:24.500
 and what are we

00:49:24.500 --> 00:49:25.519
 what are we praying for

00:49:25.519 --> 00:49:27.079
 I think the probably

00:49:27.079 --> 00:49:28.179
 final thing is

00:49:28.179 --> 00:49:29.700
 because we've had

00:49:29.700 --> 00:49:30.460
 different discussions

00:49:30.460 --> 00:49:31.220
 like as a leadership

00:49:31.220 --> 00:49:31.740
 team we're like

00:49:31.740 --> 00:49:32.639
 oh what's the mark

00:49:32.639 --> 00:49:33.260
 of a leader

00:49:33.260 --> 00:49:35.300
 and I think

00:49:35.300 --> 00:49:36.960
 every time

00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:37.860
 it just comes back

00:49:37.860 --> 00:49:38.200
 to

00:49:38.200 --> 00:49:39.480
 we start to go

00:49:39.480 --> 00:49:39.800
 through like

00:49:39.800 --> 00:49:40.900
 this proverbial list

00:49:40.900 --> 00:49:42.800
 and every time

00:49:42.800 --> 00:49:43.340
 it's really like

00:49:43.340 --> 00:49:44.000
 these are really

00:49:44.000 --> 00:49:44.599
 just the marks

00:49:44.599 --> 00:49:45.220
 of a disciple

00:49:45.220 --> 00:49:46.340
 just like someone

00:49:46.340 --> 00:49:47.119
 who follows Jesus

00:49:47.119 --> 00:49:47.720
 it has nothing

00:49:47.720 --> 00:49:48.340
 to do with

00:49:48.340 --> 00:49:49.480
 the kind of position

00:49:49.480 --> 00:49:50.119
 they're in

00:49:50.119 --> 00:49:50.880
 or the

00:49:50.880 --> 00:49:52.019
 particular

00:49:52.019 --> 00:49:53.000
 responsibilities

00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:53.760
 they have

00:49:53.760 --> 00:49:54.400
 it's just like

00:49:54.400 --> 00:49:55.180
 you know

00:49:55.180 --> 00:49:55.900
 people who follow

00:49:55.900 --> 00:49:56.880
 Christ will live

00:49:56.880 --> 00:49:58.260
 sacrificially for others

00:49:58.260 --> 00:49:59.079
 they'll love others

00:49:59.079 --> 00:49:59.440
 well

00:49:59.440 --> 00:50:00.619
 they will minister

00:50:00.619 --> 00:50:01.160
 to people

00:50:01.160 --> 00:50:02.019
 like whether

00:50:02.019 --> 00:50:03.059
 or not you believe

00:50:03.059 --> 00:50:03.960
 you'll fit the

00:50:03.960 --> 00:50:04.960
 description of a shepherd

00:50:04.960 --> 00:50:05.619
 I think you kind of

00:50:05.619 --> 00:50:06.320
 touched on it earlier

00:50:06.320 --> 00:50:07.539
 I think honestly

00:50:07.539 --> 00:50:08.380
 like I know

00:50:08.380 --> 00:50:08.740
 there's different

00:50:08.740 --> 00:50:09.480
 giftings

00:50:09.480 --> 00:50:11.059
 there's different ways

00:50:11.059 --> 00:50:11.860
 in how people

00:50:11.860 --> 00:50:12.440
 love to minister

00:50:12.440 --> 00:50:12.980
 as well

00:50:12.980 --> 00:50:14.300
 but honestly

00:50:14.300 --> 00:50:14.800
 I think everyone

00:50:14.800 --> 00:50:15.539
 does have this kind

00:50:15.539 --> 00:50:16.280
 of gift of shepherding

00:50:16.280 --> 00:50:17.000
 in some regard

00:50:17.000 --> 00:50:18.099
 whether it's

00:50:18.099 --> 00:50:18.780
 I mean it could just

00:50:18.780 --> 00:50:19.519
 be your like

00:50:19.519 --> 00:50:19.840
 you know

00:50:19.840 --> 00:50:20.480
 your spouse

00:50:20.480 --> 00:50:21.380
 your kids

00:50:21.380 --> 00:50:22.920
 you know

00:50:22.920 --> 00:50:23.559
 I know there's

00:50:23.559 --> 00:50:24.159
 Christina mentioned

00:50:24.159 --> 00:50:24.980
 there's just so many

00:50:24.980 --> 00:50:25.360
 people who are just

00:50:25.360 --> 00:50:26.039
 like introverts

00:50:26.039 --> 00:50:26.340
 you know

00:50:26.340 --> 00:50:27.039
 it's I don't feel

00:50:27.039 --> 00:50:27.360
 like I can go

00:50:27.360 --> 00:50:27.740
 out of my way

00:50:27.740 --> 00:50:28.139
 but it's like

00:50:28.139 --> 00:50:28.780
 who is

00:50:28.780 --> 00:50:29.340
 who's already

00:50:29.340 --> 00:50:29.920
 in your way

00:50:29.920 --> 00:50:30.420
 you know

00:50:30.420 --> 00:50:30.920
 who are the people

00:50:30.920 --> 00:50:31.480
 that God has

00:50:31.480 --> 00:50:32.260
 clearly entrusted

00:50:32.260 --> 00:50:32.840
 in your care

00:50:32.840 --> 00:50:33.780
 how do you go

00:50:33.780 --> 00:50:34.320
 deep with them

00:50:34.320 --> 00:50:35.019
 how do you

00:50:35.019 --> 00:50:36.079
 humble yourself

00:50:36.079 --> 00:50:36.679
 before them

00:50:36.679 --> 00:50:37.440
 how do you

00:50:37.440 --> 00:50:38.539
 recognize the anxiety

00:50:38.539 --> 00:50:39.240
 that they carry

00:50:39.239 --> 00:50:39.699
 how do you

00:50:39.699 --> 00:50:40.519
 journey alongside

00:50:40.519 --> 00:50:41.039
 with them

00:50:41.039 --> 00:50:41.279
 and that

00:50:41.279 --> 00:50:41.699
 so that's probably

00:50:41.699 --> 00:50:42.619
 the encouragement

00:50:42.619 --> 00:50:43.299
 I leave everyone

00:50:43.299 --> 00:50:43.819
 with is

00:50:43.819 --> 00:50:45.039
 this passage

00:50:45.039 --> 00:50:45.759
 is really a call

00:50:45.759 --> 00:50:46.779
 to discipleship

00:50:46.779 --> 00:50:47.219
 is a call

00:50:47.219 --> 00:50:48.919
 to follow Christ

00:50:48.919 --> 00:50:49.759
 and you know

00:50:49.759 --> 00:50:50.559
 as we do those

00:50:50.559 --> 00:50:50.959
 things

00:50:50.959 --> 00:50:52.339
 would we just

00:50:52.339 --> 00:50:52.779
 open ourselves

00:50:52.779 --> 00:50:53.359
 to Holy Spirit

00:50:53.359 --> 00:50:53.879
 to lead us

00:50:53.879 --> 00:50:54.359
 in terms of

00:50:54.359 --> 00:50:54.839
 our shepherding

00:50:54.839 --> 00:50:56.659
 thank you very much

00:50:56.659 --> 00:50:56.959
 for your time

00:50:56.959 --> 00:50:57.379
 thanks

00:50:57.379 --> 00:50:57.859
 thank you

00:50:57.859 --> 00:50:58.500
 give him a round of applause

00:50:58.500 --> 00:51:03.119
 I think

00:51:03.119 --> 00:51:03.119


00:51:03.119 --> 00:51:04.559
 not everyone

00:51:04.559 --> 00:51:04.880
 is called

00:51:04.880 --> 00:51:05.440
 to be a shepherd

00:51:05.440 --> 00:51:05.840
 but I think

00:51:05.840 --> 00:51:06.639
 everyone has been

00:51:06.639 --> 00:51:07.360
 called to make

00:51:07.360 --> 00:51:07.780
 disciples

00:51:07.780 --> 00:51:08.199
 right

00:51:08.199 --> 00:51:09.280
 and what does

00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:09.880
 that look like

00:51:09.880 --> 00:51:10.260
 for you

00:51:10.260 --> 00:51:10.699
 what does it look

00:51:10.699 --> 00:51:11.179
 like for me

00:51:11.179 --> 00:51:12.059
 it is different

00:51:12.059 --> 00:51:12.500
 there are

00:51:12.500 --> 00:51:13.980
 I'll quickly

00:51:13.980 --> 00:51:14.440
 reel off some

00:51:14.440 --> 00:51:14.760
 of the needs

00:51:14.760 --> 00:51:15.139
 that we have

00:51:15.139 --> 00:51:15.719
 we need a welcome

00:51:15.719 --> 00:51:15.960
 team

00:51:15.960 --> 00:51:16.579
 we need someone

00:51:16.579 --> 00:51:16.900
 to help

00:51:16.900 --> 00:51:17.920
 actually help

00:51:17.920 --> 00:51:18.820
 newcomers feel welcome

00:51:18.820 --> 00:51:19.099
 and actually

00:51:19.099 --> 00:51:19.480
 if you've been

00:51:19.480 --> 00:51:20.139
 part of this church

00:51:20.139 --> 00:51:20.440
 for maybe

00:51:20.440 --> 00:51:21.179
 three months

00:51:21.179 --> 00:51:21.679
 and you remember

00:51:21.679 --> 00:51:22.119
 what it's like

00:51:22.119 --> 00:51:22.679
 to come into

00:51:22.679 --> 00:51:23.980
 a sea

00:51:23.980 --> 00:51:25.000
 of people

00:51:25.000 --> 00:51:25.739
 that you're just

00:51:25.739 --> 00:51:26.719
 completely unfamiliar

00:51:26.719 --> 00:51:27.260
 with and you're

00:51:27.260 --> 00:51:27.800
 freaking out over

00:51:27.800 --> 00:51:28.620
 that maybe you

00:51:28.620 --> 00:51:29.080
 are perfectly

00:51:29.080 --> 00:51:29.700
 qualified now

00:51:29.700 --> 00:51:30.120
 to become

00:51:30.120 --> 00:51:30.460
 one of the

00:51:30.460 --> 00:51:31.720
 welcome team

00:51:31.720 --> 00:51:32.360
 members

00:51:32.360 --> 00:51:33.200
 to help

00:51:33.200 --> 00:51:33.940
 we need help

00:51:33.940 --> 00:51:34.640
 with youth

00:51:34.640 --> 00:51:35.300
 we need help

00:51:35.300 --> 00:51:36.060
 with youth

00:51:36.060 --> 00:51:37.000
 stepping into

00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:38.360
 the lives

00:51:38.360 --> 00:51:39.020
 of even younger

00:51:39.020 --> 00:51:39.360
 people

00:51:39.360 --> 00:51:40.280
 just constantly

00:51:40.280 --> 00:51:40.740
 for me

00:51:40.740 --> 00:51:41.180
 it's just

00:51:41.180 --> 00:51:41.960
 can generations

00:51:41.960 --> 00:51:42.400
 just keep

00:51:42.400 --> 00:51:42.880
 pouring into

00:51:42.880 --> 00:51:43.540
 the next generation

00:51:43.540 --> 00:51:44.040
 so we need

00:51:44.040 --> 00:51:44.480
 people who are

00:51:44.480 --> 00:51:45.200
 willing to do that

00:51:45.200 --> 00:51:45.900
 we need people

00:51:45.900 --> 00:51:46.360
 who are willing

00:51:46.360 --> 00:51:47.000
 to teach the kids

00:51:47.000 --> 00:51:47.420
 upstairs

00:51:47.420 --> 00:51:48.180
 people who are

00:51:48.180 --> 00:51:49.000
 willing to serve

00:51:49.000 --> 00:51:49.660
 in the worship team

00:51:49.660 --> 00:51:50.360
 and AV

00:51:50.360 --> 00:51:51.300
 and there are so

00:51:51.300 --> 00:51:51.700
 many different

00:51:51.700 --> 00:51:52.280
 opportunities

00:51:52.280 --> 00:51:53.600
 all of it

00:51:53.600 --> 00:51:54.480
 is really that

00:51:54.480 --> 00:51:55.040
 mission statement

00:51:55.040 --> 00:51:55.580
 second point

00:51:55.580 --> 00:51:56.300
 that can we just

00:51:56.300 --> 00:51:56.700
 come and use

00:51:56.700 --> 00:51:56.980
 the gifts

00:51:56.980 --> 00:51:57.380
 that we've been

00:51:57.380 --> 00:51:57.579
 given

00:51:57.579 --> 00:51:59.480
 but all of it

00:51:59.480 --> 00:52:00.380
 comes back to

00:52:00.380 --> 00:52:00.920
 just the one

00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:01.240
 thing

00:52:01.240 --> 00:52:02.659
 there's one metric

00:52:02.659 --> 00:52:03.159
 that I measure

00:52:03.159 --> 00:52:04.280
 my own heart

00:52:04.280 --> 00:52:04.940
 with and I hope

00:52:04.940 --> 00:52:05.300
 that you would

00:52:05.300 --> 00:52:05.800
 measure yours

00:52:05.800 --> 00:52:06.019
 with

00:52:06.019 --> 00:52:06.800
 it's just

00:52:06.800 --> 00:52:07.460
 would we

00:52:07.460 --> 00:52:08.639
 humble ourselves

00:52:08.639 --> 00:52:09.960
 under the mighty

00:52:09.960 --> 00:52:11.179
 hand of God

00:52:11.179 --> 00:52:12.099
 and cast our

00:52:12.099 --> 00:52:12.740
 anxieties

00:52:12.740 --> 00:52:13.539
 onto him

00:52:13.539 --> 00:52:15.480
 he who himself

00:52:15.480 --> 00:52:16.159
 had the crown

00:52:16.159 --> 00:52:16.900
 had the robe

00:52:16.900 --> 00:52:17.960
 but emptied himself

00:52:17.960 --> 00:52:19.179
 who took the form

00:52:19.179 --> 00:52:19.900
 of a servant

00:52:19.900 --> 00:52:22.099
 becoming just like us

00:52:22.099 --> 00:52:23.699
 humbled himself

00:52:23.699 --> 00:52:24.240
 to the point

00:52:24.239 --> 00:52:24.939
 of death

00:52:24.939 --> 00:52:25.699
 even death

00:52:25.699 --> 00:52:27.339
 on the cross

00:52:27.339 --> 00:52:29.000
 and now we

00:52:29.000 --> 00:52:29.619
 finish by

00:52:29.619 --> 00:52:30.699
 looking to

00:52:30.699 --> 00:52:31.619
 this chief shepherd

00:52:31.619 --> 00:52:32.479
 and some of the

00:52:32.479 --> 00:52:33.299
 last words that he

00:52:33.299 --> 00:52:34.019
 said to us

00:52:34.019 --> 00:52:36.099
 which was

00:52:36.099 --> 00:52:37.159
 over communion

00:52:37.159 --> 00:52:37.919
 and so we're

00:52:37.919 --> 00:52:38.459
 going to have a time

00:52:38.459 --> 00:52:38.959
 now where

00:52:38.959 --> 00:52:40.019
 we'll have the

00:52:40.019 --> 00:52:40.799
 elements that are

00:52:40.799 --> 00:52:41.359
 passed around

00:52:41.359 --> 00:52:42.139
 if you are

00:52:42.139 --> 00:52:43.479
 a follower of

00:52:43.479 --> 00:52:43.799
 Christ

00:52:43.799 --> 00:52:44.759
 and you've been

00:52:44.759 --> 00:52:45.579
 baptized

00:52:45.579 --> 00:52:46.599
 into this community

00:52:46.599 --> 00:52:47.439
 then we welcome you

00:52:47.439 --> 00:52:48.599
 to take this with us

00:52:48.599 --> 00:52:49.559
 if you don't understand

00:52:49.559 --> 00:52:51.059
 what it is

00:52:51.059 --> 00:52:52.000
 that is completely

00:52:52.000 --> 00:52:52.320
 okay

00:52:52.320 --> 00:52:52.900
 just simply

00:52:52.900 --> 00:52:53.679
 just pass it along

00:52:53.679 --> 00:52:54.840
 and it's only

00:52:54.840 --> 00:52:55.380
 going to be a few

00:52:55.380 --> 00:52:55.659
 minutes

00:52:55.659 --> 00:52:56.480
 and then we'll be

00:52:56.480 --> 00:52:57.159
 wrapping the service

00:52:57.159 --> 00:52:57.840
 up afterwards

00:52:57.840 --> 00:52:59.059
 so can I just

00:52:59.059 --> 00:52:59.559
 invite you to

00:52:59.559 --> 00:53:01.219
 just close your eyes

00:53:01.219 --> 00:53:01.940
 and bow your heads

00:53:01.940 --> 00:53:02.119
 so

00:53:02.119 --> 00:53:05.500
 just turn your eyes

00:53:05.500 --> 00:53:05.980
 to the Lord