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 Today's scripture reading comes from Proverbs 4, 1 through 9.

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 Please follow along in your bulletin.

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 Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive that you may gain insight.

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 For I give you good precepts. Do not forsake my teaching.

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 When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,

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 he taught me and said to me,

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 Let your heart hold fast my words.

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 Keep my commandments and live.

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 Get wisdom. Get insight.

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 Do not forgive and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

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 Do not forsake her and she will keep you.

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 Love her and she will guard you.

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 The beginning of wisdom is this.

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 Get wisdom. And whatever you get, get insight.

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 Prize her highly and she will exalt you.

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 She will honor you if you embrace her.

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 She will place on your head a graceful garland.

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 She will bestow on you a beautiful crown.

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 Train up a child in the way he should go.

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 Even when he is old, he will not depart from it.

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 Proverbs 22, 6.

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 This is the reading of God's word.

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 How's it going?

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 I am Eric Scott.

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 I'm the youth guy here at Watermark Community Church.

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 And although I have spoken and preached other places,

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 this is my first time preaching at Watermark.

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 And so Millen, being the great friend that he is,

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 had two important pieces of advice for me when I walked in today.

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 His first piece of advice, don't puke on stage.

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 And his second one, just remember, any mistakes that you make will end up on YouTube.

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 I'm glad to know that I have great friends who are looking out for me

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 as I come and share God's word with us today.

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 So I am the youth guy.

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 And as you look at your bulletin and you see that I'm speaking on youth today,

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 you probably think, well, that kind of makes sense

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 as we go throughout our series of Proverbs.

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 But there's actually a bigger reason that I'm speaking on youth

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 than just the fact that I am the youth guy.

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 That is a major part of it.

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 But also, if you think about it, on the whole spectrum of life,

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 I'm actually, this may surprise some of you,

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 closer to a 13-year-old than to a 35-year-old.

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 At least in age, possibly in maturity sometimes.

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 But I think that the way that the church approaches youth

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 and the attitude that it has towards the youth,

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 not just what we classify as youth in terms of middle schoolers and high schoolers,

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 but in terms of people younger than us,

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 the generation that's coming up,

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 has an impact not just on them, but on me as well,

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 and on the generation that I am a part of.

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 And so as I come today, I'm not just saying,

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 this is how we should approach them.

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 But I'm a part of that group.

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 I'm a part of this youth that needs to be constantly trained

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 and taught what it means to follow God,

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 what it means to seek Him and to know Him.

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 And so, like I said, today we're continuing our series on Proverbs.

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 And just in case you haven't been here,

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 I want to review a couple things about the series of Proverbs

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 that have been something we've been coming back to every week of this series.

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 The first thing is that as we look at the book of Proverbs,

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 it's not just a collection of teachings,

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 do this, do that, do this, do that.

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 But it's actually more about who we are,

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 about being people who love and fear God,

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 rather than just people who do the right things.

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 And so as we look at the book of Proverbs,

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 we're trying to look at it not just from the perspective of

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 what are we supposed to do,

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 but also the perspective of

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 who are we supposed to be in light of who God is

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 and what He has revealed to us of Himself.

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 And the second thing is that throughout this series of Proverbs,

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 we've been talking about an oriental rug.

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 Do we have the picture?

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 And we've talked about how

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 when you look at the back of an oriental rug,

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 you see knots and you see loose threads dangling down.

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 And you see that there's something,

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 but you're not quite sure of what the full, clear picture is.

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 And the front of the rug has that full, clear picture.

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 And we've sort of compared this

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 to the way that we are able to see the world

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 versus the way that God sees the world.

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 When we look at the world,

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 we can see, similar to the back of the rug,

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 we see this jumbled mess.

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 We see knots, we see loose strings hanging around,

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 and we see enough to know that there's

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 something of a picture being worked out there,

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 but we can't see the full picture.

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 But God from the other side sees this full picture,

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 and he's working in light of this full picture.

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 And so as we try to live in this world

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 and get this understanding of the picture,

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 ultimately, we don't do that through doing the right things,

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 but through God revealing it to us.

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 And so as we look at the book of Proverbs,

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 we want to see in this book,

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 not just what kind of broken picture

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 from the world's perspective can we get from it,

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 but also how does God's word

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 and how does who God is

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 help us to understand the more full picture

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 so that we can live in the truth

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 of what this book is revealing to us.

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 And like I said,

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 today we are talking on the book of Proverbs.

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 We're talking on youth.

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 And so one thing I want to really look at

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 is according to the book of Proverbs,

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 what should shape our interaction with the youth?

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 And I think there's a lot that the book of Proverbs has to say

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 on our interaction with youth,

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 with whether it's our own kids

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 or just the younger generation in general.

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 It has a lot of advice that it gives to people.

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 Train up a child in the way that he should go.

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 Again, like we said,

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 it's not this strict promise

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 that if you do the right thing as a parent,

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 your kids are going to turn out okay.

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 But it's a general rule that generally,

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 parents who train up their child correctly

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 have children who turn out the right way.

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 There are exceptions to that.

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 There are parents who are amazing parents

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 and whose kids totally turn away from God.

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 There are parents who are terrible parents

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 who have kids that end up following God wholeheartedly.

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 But as a general rule,

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 parents who train up their children

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 in the way that they should go

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 have kids who follow God.

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 And so we have a collection of these teachings

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 saying things like discipline your kids.

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 Don't withhold discipline from them.

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 It'll help them to grow into the person

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 that they're supposed to be.

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 But the overwhelming majority of the teaching

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 that the book of Proverbs gives

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 on our interaction with youth

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 is given by example rather than by speaking it.

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 And here's what I mean by that.

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 The book of Proverbs is a collection of teachings

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 that a father gives to his son.

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 The father basically sits down with his son.

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 He says,

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 Hey kid, you don't get the world.

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 You don't know how it works.

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 And I'm not just going to abandon you

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 to live in this messed up understanding of reality,

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 but I'm going to take you under my wing.

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 I'm going to teach you.

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 I'm going to tell you,

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 here's how things work.

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 And so we have a collection of these teachings

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 from this father who loves his son,

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 who takes him under his wings,

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 and who teaches him how the world should work.

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 And this, I think, gives us an example

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 of how our interaction with the youth around us should be.

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 It's not just a distance thing,

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 but it's something where we come in,

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 we get involved in their lives,

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 and Solomon is modeling this to us

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 throughout the book of Proverbs.

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 And as we look at that,

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 what exactly is it that he's saying

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 we're supposed to do with the youth?

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 How is it that we're supposed to instruct them?

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 And so let's jump in and look at that.

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 The first thing that Solomon teaches us

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 about our interaction with youth

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 and how it's supposed to be

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 is that ultimately our training,

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 our instruction of youth

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 should be training and instruction in wisdom,

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 which has its root in the fear of the Lord.

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 This stand spins a lot.

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 Can we lock that down some more?

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 That is much better.

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 Sorry about that.

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 That ultimately,

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 our instruction of youth

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 is that we instruct them and train them

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 in wisdom

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 and not just in the right things to do.

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 Ultimately,

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 the goal of the church

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 is not to raise good kids

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 who stay in school,

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 don't do drugs,

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 stay out of prison,

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 grow up,

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 probably get married

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 and have a nice spouse

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 and good kids of their own.

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 The goal of the church

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 is to produce disciples of Christ,

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 people who know Jesus,

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 who love Jesus,

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 who follow him

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 with all that they have

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 and all that they are.

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 And ultimately,

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 the book of Proverbs

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 points us towards this.

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 The book of Proverbs,

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 when Solomon is teaching his son,

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 he says,

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 the beginning of wisdom is this,

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 get wisdom.

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 He doesn't say,

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 the beginning of wisdom is this,

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 go out

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 and be a good person,

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 be nice to the people around you.

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 He says,

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 ultimately,

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 the beginning of wisdom

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 is get wisdom.

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 And he teaches his son

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 that wisdom starts

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 in the fear of the Lord.

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 Here at Watermark,

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 we have this phrase that we use

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 that says,

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 the gospel changes everything.

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 The gospel,

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 this good news

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 that we have

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 that although

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 we were sinners,

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 although we were rebels

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 against God,

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 he came down

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 as a man,

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 as Jesus.

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 He came down,

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 lived the perfect life

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 that we could never live

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 and died

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 to pay a price

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 that we could never pay

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 so that we can have

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 a new relationship with God.

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 This is the good news

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 that we believe

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 that unites us

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 as Christians.

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 And this changes

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 everything

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 about who we are.

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 Because ultimately,

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 it says

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 that our standing

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 with God,

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 the way to be

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 the right people,

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 is not by doing

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 the right things,

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 is not by

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 going out

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 and volunteering

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 at the elderly home

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 or feeding the poor,

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 but ultimately,

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 the thing that marks

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 the difference

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 is our standing

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 with Christ,

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 whether we have trusted

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 in him or not.

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 And yes,

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 this does lead

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 to a change

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 in our actions.

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 Yes,

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 this does lead

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 to what society

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 would label

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 as more moral behavior.

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 But ultimately,

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 this change

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 in our behavior

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 is based

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 not in what we've done,

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 but in who we are.

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 And once who we are

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 has been transformed,

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 that leads

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 to a change

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 in what we do.

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 And so,

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 in Proverbs,

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 we see this,

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 that Solomon

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 is constantly going back

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 to the fact

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 that at the core

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 of training up a child

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 must be this instruction

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 in wisdom

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 and fear of the Lord

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 and shaping him

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 or her

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 into the right person

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 that is seeking God

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 and desiring to know him

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 rather than just

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 doing the right things.

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 And just as a youth worker,

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 I see this occasionally

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 in terms of parents

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 who come into the church

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 and they bring their kids

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 because they want their kids

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 to learn good morals.

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 They come into the church

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 and they bring their little kids

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 and send them off

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 to Sunday school

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 because they want them

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 to learn to not do drugs,

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 to stay in school,

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 to stay out of prison probably,

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 and probably be

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 like a few steps higher

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 on the whole moral chart

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 than just good enough

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 to stay out of prison.

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 But they come in

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 not because they want

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 their kids to know Christ,

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 but because they want

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 their kids to be good people.

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 And this is a recipe

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 for disaster

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 because the kids

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 see right through that.

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 And the kids see

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 that ultimately

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 their parents

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 aren't concerned

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 with Christ.

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 Their parents are concerned

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 with them being good people.

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 And they see

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 that the primary thing

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 is missing.

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 And so what happens

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 so many times

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 is these parents

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 come in

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 and they come in

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 hoping for their kids

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 to become

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 these good people

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 except for that

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 the parents

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 don't have any interest

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 in knowing Christ.

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 And the parents

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 drop their kids off

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 on Sunday morning

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 and then

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 maybe go to church,

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 maybe just go home

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 and relax for a couple hours

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 and then come pick up

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 their kids.

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 And they're hoping

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 to get this moral change

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 without getting

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 the primary thing

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 which is a relationship

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 with Christ.

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 They're hoping

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 to get this secondary thing

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 without getting

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 the primary thing

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 that leads to it.

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 And C.S. Lewis,

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 the guy who wrote

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 The Chronicles of Narnia,

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 says that that is a recipe

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 for disaster.

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 That people who seek

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 secondary things

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 without first getting

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 the primary things

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 that lead to those,

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 they lose

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 not only the primary thing

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 but the secondary thing

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 that they're seeking as well.

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 That ultimately,

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 even if they did turn out great

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 and have

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 the best behavior ever

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 and, you know,

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 go into school

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 and get stickers on a chart

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 for great behavior every day,

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 if they don't get

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 the part about knowing Christ,

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 then we lose.

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 Because ultimately,

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 their good works

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 don't make them

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 better in God's sight.

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 But their good works

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 still leave them

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 falling short.

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 And ultimately,

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 Christ is what they need

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 to be this new person

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 that they're supposed to be,

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 the person that we're supposed

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 to be training them to be.

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 The second thing

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 that Proverbs tells us

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 about our interaction

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 with youth

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 is that youth

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 will not train themselves

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 in wisdom and godliness.

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 It tells us,

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 train up a child

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 in the way that he should go.

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 This isn't a passive command

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 to sit back

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 and let him go

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 and, hey, have fun,

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 see ya.

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 Because ultimately,

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 there's this understanding

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 that they will be trained,

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 they will be sent

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 in a certain direction,

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 and if we're not pointing them

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 in the right direction

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 and showing them,

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 hey, this is the way

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 that we're supposed to go,

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 this is the God

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 that we're supposed to serve,

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 this is how we're supposed

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 to serve them,

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 they're going to seek out

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 other ways.

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 Like, I don't know

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 if you guys get this,

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 but teenagers

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 understand that they

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 don't get the world.

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 They understand

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 that it's a confusing

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 and messed up place,

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 and they're like,

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 I don't understand

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 how this works

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 or how I'm supposed

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 to fit into it.

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 They put on a face

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 that says,

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 I've got this all figured out,

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 I'm in control.

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 But when you sit down

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 with them

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 and they're honest with you,

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 they'll admit,

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 I'm totally confused.

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 They'll admit,

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 I don't get what's going on.

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 And they'll admit

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 that I need someone

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 who I can talk to

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 who has a better grasp

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 on this thing

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 than I do.

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 And they go out

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 and they will seek

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 people who can be

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 that mentor,

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 that guide,

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 that uncle,

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 aunt,

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 big brother,

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 parent figure

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 in their lives.

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 And the Bible says

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 that we need to be there

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 for them to be

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 that figure,

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 to train them up

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 in the way of the Lord

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 because if Christians

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 and the church

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 aren't there for them,

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 they're going to still

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 seek out wisdom,

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 they're going to still

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 seek out advice

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 and training

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 on how to live

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 in the world,

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 but they're going to seek it

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 from other sources.

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 They're going to seek it

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 from the media.

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 They're going to seek it

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 from their friends at school

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 because their friends at school

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 are just as good

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 at pretending

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 they have everything

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 all together

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 as they are,

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 only they believe

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 that their friends

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 actually have it all together.

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 And if we are not

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 intentional

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 in actively pursuing

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 training them up

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 in the knowledge

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 and fear of the Lord,

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 they're going to be

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 trained up

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 in other ways.

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 And so,

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 we as a church

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 need to intentionally

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 pursue training them up

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 in the wisdom

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 and knowledge of the Lord.

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 And just a side note,

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 this doesn't mean

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 that we pretend

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 to be perfect

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 so that they'll come to us

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 because they see

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 that we have it all together.

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 Like I said,

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 they know that the world

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 is a messed up place.

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 They know

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 that they can't

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 figure it out

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 on their own

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 and they know

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 that it's a messed up

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 enough place

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 that probably

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 other people

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 don't have it all

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 figured out either.

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 And so,

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 a lot of times

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 what I've seen

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 is that parents

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 or youth workers

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 or adults in their lives,

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 when they see kids

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 who are having

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 problems

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 and questions

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 and don't get it,

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 their response is,

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 I have to be perfect

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 for them

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 so that they'll know

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 that I have it all together

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 and that I can help them

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 through this time.

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 The problem with that

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 is either

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 the kid knows

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 that you're a liar

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 because they know

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 that you're actually

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 messed up

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 or they believe

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 that you're actually

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 perfect

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 and the fear

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 of talking to someone

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 who's so much better

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 than them

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 scares them away.

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 And so,

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 repeatedly,

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 what I've seen

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 in my life

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 is these people

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 who set themselves

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 up as examples,

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 as this perfect person

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 that you should

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 look up to

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 and respect

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 and aren't real

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 with people

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 that they're trying

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 to work with

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 end up alienating people

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 rather than

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 drawing them in.

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 And what youth

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 are looking for

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 is people

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 who will be real

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 with them,

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 who will show them

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 that,

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 no,

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 I don't have it

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 all figured out,

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 no,

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 I'm not perfect,

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 but I'm learning

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 and I'm trusting God

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 and he is drawing me

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 closer to him

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 every day.

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 And I think

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 this is something

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 that is especially

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 true for parents.

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 There's a guy

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 named Reggie Joyner.

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 He's a specialist

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 in family ministry

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 and he has a quote.

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 He says,

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 kids need to see

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 their parents

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 struggle with answers

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 face their weaknesses,

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 deal with real problems,

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 admit when they're wrong,

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 fight for their marriage

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 and resolve personal conflict.

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 They need to see these things

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 because if they don't see

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 these things,

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 then when these issues

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 come up in their own lives,

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 they won't understand

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 how to deal with them.

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 And ultimately,

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 this doesn't mean

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 we, you know,

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 take our two-year-old

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 and explain to them

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 every problem

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 that's going on

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 in terms of

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 our struggle

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 to stay pure

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 in our relationship

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 as parents

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 or whatever.

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 But it means that

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 on an age-appropriate basis,

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 you show

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 the people around you,

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 the youth that you're

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 working with,

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 whether that's your kids

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 or whether that's

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 someone you're mentoring

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 or just someone

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 you're having a conversation with,

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 you demonstrate to them

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 how the gospel

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 is shaping and transforming

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 your life,

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 the situations in it,

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 and the way that you react to it.

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 Because like I said,

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 ultimately,

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 our goal is not

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 just to have kids

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 who do the right thing

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 and have the right behavior,

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 but kids who realize

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 that they are sinners

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 who are saved

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 only by the grace of God.

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 And what better way

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 to show them

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 this truth

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 than to demonstrate to them

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 that we are sinners

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 who are in the process

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 of being saved

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 and transformed

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 by God's grace

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 and showing them

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 what this looks like

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 as it plays out

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 in our actual daily lives.

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 And that leads into

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 the third thing

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 that Proverbs says

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 about how we interact

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 with youth,

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 and that's that

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 the truths that we teach

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 must constantly be said

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 and lived

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 in our daily lives.

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 That ultimately,

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 youth may listen

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 to what we say,

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 they're much more likely

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 to live what we live.

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 In this passage

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 in Proverbs chapter 4,

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 Solomon says,

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 when I was a son

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 to my father,

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 Solomon's father

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 was David,

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 this great king in Israel.

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 He says,

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 when I was a son,

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 when he was my father,

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 he taught me

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 and he said these things.

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 We just listened

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 to that scripture

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 being read.

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 And then he goes on

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 and he repeats

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 to his own son

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 what David,

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 his father,

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 taught him.

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 Now here's what we can see

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 from that passage.

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 If Solomon's taking

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 what his father taught him

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 and passing that teaching

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 on to his son,

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 it presumes that he's

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 probably been living

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 that teaching out

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 in his own life

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 for a number of years

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 because he finds it

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 valuable enough

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 to pass on to his own son.

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 And if he's been living

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 this truth out

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 in his life

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 for this many years,

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 that puts his son

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 in this unique position

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 to be able to look

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 at this teaching

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 and say,

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 is it working?

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 As I watch

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 my father's life

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 and he says

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 that these things

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 are true,

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 are they true

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 in his life?

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 Does the pursuit

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 of wisdom

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 truly lead

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 to the good life?

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 Is it helping him

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 find peace and joy

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 or is he living

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 in fear and anxiety

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 because of these things?

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 Is he just

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 completely stressed out

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 because the things

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 that he's telling me

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 are way too overbearing

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 and hard?

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 The son

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 in this story

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 has the opportunity

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 to look at Solomon's life

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 to see,

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 hey,

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 this is working for him.

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 Hey,

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 my dad's pursuing

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 a relationship with God

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 and it's actually

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 bringing him peace.

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 It's bringing him joy.

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 It's transforming

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 his relationships.

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 I want that.

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 And the son

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 is in this unique position

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 to view

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 what's going on

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 in his father's life

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 and to live

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 in response

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 to that.

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 See,

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 the truth is

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 that a lot of times

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 the youth around us,

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 they'll completely

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 ignore what we say

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 but they'll follow

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 everything that we

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 teach them

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 through our actions.

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 It's why

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 if you're a parent

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 and you're in an argument

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 with your kid

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 and things are getting

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 heated and escalated

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 and you yell out to them,

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 well,

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 you just need to calm down.

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 Are they going to calm down?

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 No,

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 because your words

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 say calm down

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 but your actions say

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 get angry,

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 get heated,

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 let's go.

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 And they follow

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 your examples

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 or your actions

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 rather than your words.

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 And that's not just

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 something that happens

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 in an argument

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 but it's something

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 that happens

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 in every area

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 of your lives.

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 If you

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 or I

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 say to the youth

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 around us,

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 hey,

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 you need to follow God

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 and then

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 every waking minute

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 that we have

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 we spend at our jobs

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 stockpiling money

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 and getting more

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 and more

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 and more stuff

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 rather than trusting

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 in God

00:22:03.879 --> 00:22:04.680
 and relying on Him,

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 we're going to end up

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 with a generation

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 of youth

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 that we taught

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:10.059
 to follow God,

00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:10.639
 we told them

00:22:10.639 --> 00:22:11.299
 they need to

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 and it's important

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 and instead

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.700
 they're out there

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 working 80,

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:16.759
 90,

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.759
 100 hours a week

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 stockpiling as much

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 money as they can

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:21.400
 and worshipping money

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 as their God

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 instead.

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 There's a guy

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 named Christian Smith,

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 he's a sociologist

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 from Notre Dame,

00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:28.200
 he's done a lot

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 of research

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 into youth culture

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:32.140
 and youth

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 especially in the church

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 and what they think

00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:36.759
 about the gospel,

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:38.059
 what they believe

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.759
 about God

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:41.059
 and what they turn

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.580
 out like

00:22:41.580 --> 00:22:42.799
 and what factors

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:44.079
 impact their growth

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:44.559
 and development

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 as people

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 and he has

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.839
 a quote

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.519
 that is,

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.539
 it's short,

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.159
 it's simple

00:22:49.159 --> 00:22:50.680
 but it's incredibly deep

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:52.359
 and slightly scary.

00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:53.460
 He says,

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 when it comes

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 to kids' faith,

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 parents get what they are.

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.379
 When it comes

00:22:59.379 --> 00:23:00.039
 to kids' faith,

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 parents get what they are.

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 If you want your kid

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 to be a Christ follower

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:10.299
 but instead of

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.960
 following Christ

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.639
 with our own lives,

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.779
 we're going out

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:15.039
 and seeking

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:17.119
 approval through wealth,

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.779
 approval through comfort,

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:20.339
 we shouldn't be shocked

00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:21.259
 when our kids go out

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:22.200
 and seek approval

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.720
 through wealth

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.180
 and approval

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:23.779
 through comfort.

00:23:25.399 --> 00:23:26.639
 If we want our kids

00:23:26.639 --> 00:23:27.519
 to follow Christ,

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.700
 we need to be

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.759
 Christ followers ourselves

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.859
 and we need to teach them

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.460
 that not just

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.119
 through our words,

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:33.220
 although words

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 are very important

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.740
 but we need to also

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.700
 model it for them

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.799
 through our actions.

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 and a lot of times

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:41.079
 the actions that we

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.819
 model for them

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.839
 are going to stick

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.480
 much better

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.139
 than the words

00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:44.759
 that we use

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.879
 when we talk to them.

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 And as I'm up here today

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.379
 and I'm speaking,

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:51.339
 I don't want you to think

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:52.019
 that I'm just speaking

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.480
 to parents

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.359
 and leaving everyone else

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.879
 off the hook

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 because ultimately

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.440
 the job of training up

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.460
 the next generation of youth

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 is a job

00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:59.579
 that the Bible assigns

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.879
 to the entire church.

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 Whether you're a young single

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:02.980
 like me

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:04.640
 who could have an impact

00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:05.799
 on the teens

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.400
 and the children

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:07.900
 or maybe you're

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.980
 a parent here

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:10.200
 whose kids have grown up

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.740
 and gone off

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.299
 and moved out,

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:12.660
 you have a unique

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:14.200
 opportunity to impact

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:15.299
 other people

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:16.039
 in the church,

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:17.599
 maybe a newly married couple

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 or maybe

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:20.059
 a new set of parents

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:22.279
 because ultimately

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:25.579
 like I've said repeatedly

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:27.460
 but it's an important point

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.400
 that I don't want us to miss,

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.480
 the goal is not

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:31.519
 just to have good kids

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.640
 who get good grades

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.640
 get good jobs,

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.920
 get a good family

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.780
 someday of their own,

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.440
 stay out of prison,

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.259
 stay off drugs.

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:39.520
 The goal is to create

00:24:39.520 --> 00:24:40.440
 disciples of Christ

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:42.960
 and the Bible says

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:44.040
 that that is the job

00:24:44.040 --> 00:24:44.660
 of every Christian.

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.940
 It's not specifically

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.600
 the job

00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:48.460
 of only

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:50.040
 the parents in a family

00:24:50.040 --> 00:24:51.560
 to disciple their kids.

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:53.259
 It is specifically

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.960
 their job

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:55.060
 to disciple

00:24:55.060 --> 00:24:55.980
 and train their own kids

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.560
 and they have

00:24:56.560 --> 00:24:57.700
 a unique opportunity

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.320
 to do that

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:59.200
 within their own family.

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 However,

00:25:00.520 --> 00:25:01.160
 it is the job

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.880
 of every Christian

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:03.080
 to make disciples.

00:25:04.760 --> 00:25:05.180
 Jesus'

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.540
 last recorded words

00:25:06.540 --> 00:25:07.300
 in the book of Matthew

00:25:07.300 --> 00:25:07.800
 are

00:25:07.800 --> 00:25:09.280
 go into all the world

00:25:09.280 --> 00:25:10.180
 and make disciples

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:11.160
 of all nations.

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:12.540
 He gives that command

00:25:12.540 --> 00:25:13.480
 to his disciples

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 as the last thing

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:15.380
 that he does.

00:25:15.840 --> 00:25:16.380
 He wants us

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:17.200
 to go into the world

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:18.720
 to train up people

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.740
 from wherever we are

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:21.160
 to follow him

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:22.800
 regardless of whether

00:25:22.800 --> 00:25:23.760
 they're our own children,

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.120
 friends,

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.940
 people that we're mentoring,

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:28.880
 just other random people

00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.260
 around us,

00:25:29.300 --> 00:25:30.360
 maybe people that we work with.

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:32.500
 our job is to make disciples

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.659
 and that doesn't change

00:25:33.659 --> 00:25:34.339
 regardless of

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.819
 the generational barriers.

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 Our job is

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:38.139
 to make disciples.

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.240
 And so,

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:42.439
 for those of us

00:25:42.439 --> 00:25:43.379
 who aren't parents here

00:25:43.379 --> 00:25:44.579
 or maybe who are parents

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.639
 but who have kids

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.319
 who have grown up

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:47.519
 and moved out already,

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.240
 we actually have

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.159
 a unique opportunity

00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:50.979
 to impact the youth

00:25:50.979 --> 00:25:51.740
 around us.

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 Because,

00:25:53.939 --> 00:25:54.479
 let's face it,

00:25:54.479 --> 00:25:55.319
 we've all been teenagers

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.759
 before.

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:57.559
 We know that teenagers

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:59.179
 will talk to people

00:25:59.179 --> 00:26:00.059
 who aren't their parents

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.599
 about things

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.679
 that they won't talk to

00:26:01.679 --> 00:26:02.579
 with their own parents.

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.419
 Yes?

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.720
 I've got girl problems.

00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.919
 I'm not talking to mom

00:26:06.919 --> 00:26:07.339
 about it.

00:26:07.419 --> 00:26:08.119
 I'm going to talk

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:08.720
 to someone else

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.799
 who actually understands

00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:10.639
 the world

00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.700
 because my parents

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.379
 obviously don't.

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:16.559
 I got a yeah

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.139
 from the youth

00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:17.539
 and back.

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:21.220
 They'll talk to us

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:22.099
 about things

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.819
 because

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:25.000
 if we disagree with them,

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.740
 that's not going to make

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.720
 things awkward at home.

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:29.640
 Because if we tell them

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.259
 to do something

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.059
 and they

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:32.539
 really don't want to do it,

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.559
 they're not going to get

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.519
 in trouble for not doing

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.539
 what we tell them to do.

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:37.039
 Although they probably will

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:38.079
 if they don't do

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.559
 what their parents

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.000
 say to do.

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.339
 They'll talk to us

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.920
 because

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:43.960
 a lot of times

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.599
 kids think that

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.599
 their parents are perfect

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.380
 and have it all together

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:47.640
 and couldn't understand

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.339
 if their own kids

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:48.940
 had problems.

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.880
 And so they have

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.400
 this willingness

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:52.079
 and vulnerability

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:53.160
 to come to us

00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:55.220
 who aren't parents

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:57.220
 and share with us

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.640
 things that they

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:58.000
 wouldn't share

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.860
 with their own parents.

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.660
 Or maybe they'll come

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.200
 to parents

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:01.279
 of their friends

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.660
 but not to their own parents.

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.740
 And this gives us

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.900
 a unique opportunity

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:07.539
 to speak the gospel

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.380
 into the situation

00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:09.539
 in their lives.

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.759
 To look at what's going on

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.039
 and say,

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:12.299
 hey,

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.480
 I see that you have

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:13.960
 this problem.

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:17.620
 Here's what the Bible says

00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:18.620
 about how we should

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:19.500
 approach this problem.

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.660
 Here's what

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:22.140
 the gospel says

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:23.540
 about how

00:27:23.540 --> 00:27:24.600
 our approach

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:25.080
 to this

00:27:25.080 --> 00:27:25.940
 should be different

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.660
 than the world's

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.340
 approach to this.

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:30.120
 And we have this opportunity

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:31.280
 but the question is

00:27:31.280 --> 00:27:32.420
 will we be willing

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:33.480
 to step outside

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.259
 of our comfort zone

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.480
 to invest in people

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.620
 who otherwise

00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.660
 we probably wouldn't

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.740
 want to invest in

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.840
 and who

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:41.660
 you know,

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.280
 in the end

00:27:42.280 --> 00:27:43.960
 could leave us

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.440
 heartbroken,

00:27:44.580 --> 00:27:45.840
 could just be a total

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.700
 pain to work with,

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:48.660
 but who we could

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.640
 impact amazingly

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.460
 for God's kingdom.

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:54.079
 And I think

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:55.240
 for the parents

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.660
 in here

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.779
 in relation to this,

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.279
 for those of you

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:00.079
 who have teenagers

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:01.160
 or who have had

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.880
 teenagers before,

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.259
 you know,

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.220
 there comes a point

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:04.000
 where kids sort of

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:05.019
 stop talking to their

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.940
 parents a lot of times

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.920
 about certain issues.

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.840
 And they are willing

00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.500
 to talk to others

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.259
 about these issues.

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.200
 And so,

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:11.940
 I think,

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.480
 this is me personally,

00:28:13.600 --> 00:28:14.160
 not necessarily

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.900
 the book of Proverbs

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.259
 talking,

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.480
 but I think one of

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.120
 the most amazing

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:17.980
 things that Christian

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.720
 parents can do

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.700
 is introduce

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.920
 their kids

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:22.380
 to other

00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:23.140
 older Christians

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:24.279
 who can be

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:25.140
 a sounding board

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:26.079
 when that time comes

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.559
 that they're not

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.259
 willing to talk

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.980
 to their own parents.

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:31.160
 That they can

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:32.620
 go to,

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:33.759
 you know,

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.319
 say that

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.759
 someday I'm a parent

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.759
 and,

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.319
 you know,

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.339
 I introduce my kids

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:39.640
 to my friends

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.680
 so that when my kids

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.160
 reach a point

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:41.539
 where they don't

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.240
 want to talk to me,

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.700
 they have my friends

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.900
 that they can talk to

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.940
 who I know

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.640
 will point them

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.559
 back to Christ,

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.700
 who will point them

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.359
 back to the gospel,

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.259
 who will train them

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:51.259
 in godliness.

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.700
 Because,

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.200
 like I said,

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.579
 they're going to

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.079
 talk to someone

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.519
 about it.

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.460
 I would much

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.019
 rather have it

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.919
 be someone

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.899
 who I trust,

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.659
 someone who I know,

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.220
 someone who's going

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.679
 to point them

00:28:59.679 --> 00:29:00.099
 to Christ,

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:01.460
 rather than someone

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.079
 who's going to

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.539
 point them

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.700
 away from him.

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.980
 And I think

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.639
 one of the greatest

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:07.679
 resources that we

00:29:07.679 --> 00:29:08.319
 at Watermark

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.980
 have for helping

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.700
 parents connect

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.099
 their youth

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.759
 with other kids

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.359
 or connect,

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:12.639
 or,

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.299
 sorry,

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:13.980
 with other adults

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:15.359
 is our community

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:15.740
 groups.

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:17.819
 Here at Watermark,

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.599
 our community

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:19.740
 groups are actually

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.680
 geographically based,

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.660
 not affinity based.

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.339
 What that means

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:23.859
 is when you join

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.620
 a community group,

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.779
 generally you're

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.259
 in a community

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.960
 group with people

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:28.420
 who live near you,

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.620
 rather than people

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.559
 who are at the

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.339
 same stage in life

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.880
 as you.

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.160
 So that means

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.480
 for me,

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.579
 my group is not

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.559
 a group of singles,

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.640
 but it's a group

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.420
 of people who live

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.180
 in the Saiying Poon

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.559
 area.

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:40.140
 It means that my

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:41.059
 group doesn't just

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:42.019
 have people who are

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:43.579
 all in their 20s,

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:45.159
 but we have people

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:45.960
 all the way up

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.980
 through probably

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.599
 their 50s.

00:29:48.439 --> 00:29:49.399
 And it's not just

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:49.759
 singles,

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.480
 but we have

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.639
 singles and

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:52.539
 newlyweds and

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:53.559
 parents of little

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.220
 kids and parents

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.779
 of teenagers,

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:56.220
 and we have people

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:57.019
 from all different

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.899
 stages of life.

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:00.199
 And if you bring

00:30:00.199 --> 00:30:00.859
 your kids into

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.559
 this environment,

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.980
 it introduces you,

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.939
 it gives you the

00:30:03.939 --> 00:30:04.779
 ability to introduce

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:06.059
 them to a variety

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.740
 of different people

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.299
 who are different

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.619
 than you,

00:30:07.679 --> 00:30:08.359
 who they may feel

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.720
 comfortable getting

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.559
 to know and talking

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.679
 with on issues that

00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:12.379
 they may not feel

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.800
 as comfortable

00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:13.480
 talking to you

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:13.700
 about.

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.440
 And so,

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:15.980
 you know,

00:30:16.020 --> 00:30:16.800
 we talk constantly

00:30:16.800 --> 00:30:17.500
 about the importance

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.280
 of community groups

00:30:18.280 --> 00:30:19.720
 and how living out

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.260
 the gospel in

00:30:20.260 --> 00:30:21.160
 community is important,

00:30:21.300 --> 00:30:21.960
 and I think this is

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.880
 one of the big ways

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:24.180
 where that is true.

00:30:26.080 --> 00:30:26.800
 And so,

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:28.440
 I want to close

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.260
 with asking us

00:30:29.260 --> 00:30:30.780
 how this specifically

00:30:30.780 --> 00:30:32.100
 relates to us

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.660
 in Hong Kong.

00:30:34.540 --> 00:30:35.420
 And one of the big

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.080
 questions I want to

00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:36.680
 ask us is,

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:37.980
 as we interact

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.420
 with the youth

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:38.860
 around us,

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.500
 whether that's

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.520
 our own kids

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.619
 or other kids

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:43.440
 that we interact

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.940
 with on a daily

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.799
 basis through

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.920
 mentoring,

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.759
 through running

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.339
 into them on the

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.599
 streets,

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:47.900
 whatever,

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:50.359
 which God

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:50.940
 are we teaching

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.579
 them to worship

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.539
 as the real God?

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.700
 Through our words

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.259
 and through our

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.639
 actions.

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.720
 Which God

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:59.299
 are we teaching

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.859
 them to worship

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.859
 as the real God?

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.180
 Here at Watermark,

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.859
 we talk a lot

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:05.420
 about the idols

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:06.779
 in our lives

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.359
 and in the city.

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.740
 And if you look

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.539
 around at Hong Kong,

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.539
 they have a lot

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.500
 of different things

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.359
 that they tell you

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:13.319
 you should worship

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.759
 as God.

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.420
 They tell you

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:16.019
 worship money

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:17.839
 because it will

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.559
 satisfy you.

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.259
 If you get enough

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.920
 in your bank account,

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.740
 you will be happy.

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.839
 They tell you

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.180
 that you should

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.980
 worship your social

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.519
 status,

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.120
 that being a member

00:31:26.120 --> 00:31:26.799
 at this club

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:28.160
 is better than being

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:28.960
 a member at that club

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.900
 and so if you have

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.240
 a membership

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.799
 at this club,

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:31.240
 you're in.

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.559
 If not,

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.960
 sorry.

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.880
 They tell you

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.760
 to worship education,

00:31:37.300 --> 00:31:38.700
 to spend eight hours

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.640
 a night after school

00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.200
 studying,

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.700
 studying,

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.240
 studying,

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.920
 working your hardest

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.760
 so you can get

00:31:43.760 --> 00:31:44.680
 into the best university

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.200
 so that someday

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:46.100
 you can get the best job.

00:31:47.800 --> 00:31:48.580
 They tell us

00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:49.460
 to worship stuff.

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.760
 How many apartments

00:31:50.760 --> 00:31:51.260
 do you have?

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.240
 How many cars

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.720
 do you have?

00:31:53.560 --> 00:31:54.400
 How much more

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.960
 can you get?

00:31:56.280 --> 00:31:57.100
 Because once you

00:31:57.100 --> 00:31:57.600
 get enough,

00:31:57.820 --> 00:31:58.380
 you'll be happy.

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.920
 The city

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:02.220
 constantly barrages

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:03.180
 us with these messages

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:05.360
 and if we're not

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:06.000
 careful,

00:32:06.320 --> 00:32:07.560
 it's easy for us

00:32:07.560 --> 00:32:08.600
 to slip into the mode

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:10.019
 of just going along

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:11.180
 with what the city says

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:13.940
 and teaching our youth

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.580
 whether consciously

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:15.600
 or subconsciously

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:16.460
 to follow

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:17.420
 what the city

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:18.299
 tells us to follow.

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.820
 To tell them

00:32:20.820 --> 00:32:21.560
 that their education

00:32:21.560 --> 00:32:22.620
 is truly the most

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.320
 important thing,

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.220
 not a relationship

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.660
 with God.

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:26.100
 To tell them

00:32:26.100 --> 00:32:26.820
 that getting money

00:32:26.820 --> 00:32:27.799
 truly is the most

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.420
 important thing,

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.360
 not ultimately

00:32:29.360 --> 00:32:30.060
 getting a relationship

00:32:30.060 --> 00:32:30.519
 with God.

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.779
 And so I have

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:33.000
 some diagnostic questions

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.819
 that I'm going to

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.240
 read off

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.759
 that you can

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.940
 ask yourself

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.759
 on your free time

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:38.299
 or after the service

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:38.740
 or whenever

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:40.700
 just to think about

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.660
 what are we truly

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.619
 teaching our youth

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.180
 is the most

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.720
 important thing

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.059
 in life.

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:46.140
 The first one is

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:47.299
 what do I demonstrate

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:48.500
 is the most important

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.539
 thing in my life

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.759
 through how I invest

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.279
 my time?

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:55.200
 What do I demonstrate

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:56.140
 is the most important

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.880
 thing in my life

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.559
 through how I use

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:58.019
 my time?

00:32:59.099 --> 00:33:00.500
 Am I showing them

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.519
 that a pursuit

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.099
 of Christ

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:02.659
 is the most

00:33:02.659 --> 00:33:03.319
 important thing

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:04.419
 spending time

00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:05.539
 reading my Bible

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:06.259
 spending time

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.539
 praying

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.079
 spending time

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.799
 with other Christians

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:09.019
 or am I telling

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:10.480
 them that the pursuit

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.219
 of money is the most

00:33:11.219 --> 00:33:11.819
 important thing

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:13.339
 and working 100 hour

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:14.719
 weeks so that I can

00:33:14.719 --> 00:33:15.759
 build up that nest egg?

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:18.139
 The second question

00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:18.919
 what do I demonstrate

00:33:18.919 --> 00:33:19.980
 is the most important

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:21.319
 thing in my life

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:22.199
 through how I invest

00:33:22.199 --> 00:33:22.659
 my money?

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:26.039
 Jesus says that

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:27.679
 where our treasure is

00:33:27.679 --> 00:33:28.119
 there our heart

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:28.699
 will be also.

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:31.380
 what are we showing

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:31.819
 them that they

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.380
 should treasure?

00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:33.880
 Should they treasure

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:35.840
 flats and just

00:33:35.840 --> 00:33:37.299
 collecting real estate?

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.860
 Should they treasure

00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:41.059
 cars, clothes

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:42.000
 or should they

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.640
 treasure Christ?

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:44.360
 And what are we

00:33:44.360 --> 00:33:45.200
 showing them through

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.920
 the way that we use

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.240
 our money?

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.660
 Next, what do I

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:50.460
 demonstrate to them

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.720
 is important through

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.840
 how I treat others?

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:55.119
 especially my spouse

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:56.039
 them

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:57.279
 our helper

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.179
 and the others

00:33:58.179 --> 00:33:59.379
 that they see me

00:33:59.379 --> 00:34:00.059
 interacting with

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.980
 on a daily basis.

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:03.240
 Am I demonstrating

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.859
 to them

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:05.199
 that having power

00:34:05.199 --> 00:34:06.059
 is the most important

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.819
 and so I take a

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.639
 domineering stance

00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:08.179
 in all of my

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.639
 relationships?

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.679
 Or am I

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.900
 demonstrating to them

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:13.539
 that loving Christ

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.679
 is the most important

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.319
 thing and letting

00:34:15.319 --> 00:34:16.099
 that transform

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:17.199
 the way that I

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:18.900
 approach conflict

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.480
 the way that I

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.739
 approach friendships?

00:34:20.739 --> 00:34:20.939
 relationships.

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:24.319
 Next up, what do I

00:34:24.319 --> 00:34:25.419
 say should be the

00:34:25.419 --> 00:34:26.039
 most important

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:27.659
 things in the

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.199
 lives of my

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:28.899
 children based on

00:34:28.899 --> 00:34:29.819
 how I require them

00:34:29.819 --> 00:34:30.639
 to use their time?

00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:33.819
 Am I requiring

00:34:33.819 --> 00:34:34.559
 them to spend

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.599
 five hours a night

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.199
 doing homework

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:36.919
 after school

00:34:36.919 --> 00:34:37.839
 because their

00:34:37.839 --> 00:34:38.799
 education is the

00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:39.500
 most important

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.059
 thing on earth?

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.739
 Or am I

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.419
 encouraging them

00:34:42.419 --> 00:34:42.979
 to use their

00:34:42.979 --> 00:34:43.639
 time in the

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.299
 pursuit of Christ?

00:34:44.399 --> 00:34:44.759
 And I'm not

00:34:44.759 --> 00:34:46.019
 saying education

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:47.579
 or jobs or any

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.159
 of this is a

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:50.419
 bad thing in and

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:50.920
 of itself.

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.639
 But I'm saying

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:51.980
 that if it

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.579
 takes the place

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.099
 of Christ and

00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.700
 if it replaces

00:34:53.700 --> 00:34:55.420
 him, it becomes

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:56.159
 a bad thing.

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.300
 Next question,

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.720
 what do I

00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:00.340
 discipline my

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:00.880
 children for?

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.340
 What does this

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.940
 show about my

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.380
 values?

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.619
 Is my

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.639
 discipline an

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.619
 attempt to

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.460
 teach them in

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.059
 God's ways and

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.940
 train them to

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.599
 become a person

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.240
 who fears the

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:11.920
 Lord or is my

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:14.000
 discipline an

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.519
 attempt to get

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.139
 them to conform

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:16.119
 to societal norms?

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:19.440
 Next up, what

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:20.119
 do I encourage

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.900
 the youth around

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.859
 me to pursue in

00:35:21.859 --> 00:35:22.159
 life?

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.920
 In my daily

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.739
 conversations with

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:25.119
 them, am I

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:26.259
 telling them, hey,

00:35:26.359 --> 00:35:27.239
 you go, you get

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:29.239
 lots of money, you

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:30.019
 become the best

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.960
 athlete ever, or am

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:32.119
 I telling them to

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.739
 pursue Christ?

00:35:34.799 --> 00:35:35.739
 And finally, what

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:36.599
 do I talk about the

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.839
 most around the

00:35:37.839 --> 00:35:38.420
 youth in my life?

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:38.819
 What am I

00:35:38.819 --> 00:35:40.039
 demonstrating is

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:41.039
 important by

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.779
 talking about these

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:42.119
 things?

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:44.279
 Again, the

00:35:44.279 --> 00:35:44.759
 things that we

00:35:44.759 --> 00:35:45.380
 talk about in our

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:46.500
 conversations reveal

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:47.420
 a lot about who we

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:48.739
 are and what's

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.400
 important to us.

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.179
 So what am I

00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:51.159
 saying is important

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:52.099
 through my

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.619
 conversations?

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.940
 Back in ancient

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:58.179
 Israel, there was a

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:59.219
 passage of the

00:35:59.219 --> 00:36:00.359
 Bible that was

00:36:00.359 --> 00:36:01.259
 central to the

00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:02.480
 life of the

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.179
 Israelites on a

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:03.819
 daily basis.

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.279
 It's called the

00:36:05.279 --> 00:36:05.539
 Shema.

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:09.239
 It's in Deuteronomy

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:09.960
 chapter 6.

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:11.059
 I'm going to read

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.480
 it quick.

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:22.059
 It says,

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:23.139
 Hear, O Israel,

00:36:23.279 --> 00:36:24.039
 the Lord our God,

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.920
 the Lord is one.

00:36:25.779 --> 00:36:26.779
 You shall love the

00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:27.619
 Lord your God with

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.679
 all your heart and

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.400
 with all your soul

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:30.339
 and with all your

00:36:30.339 --> 00:36:30.559
 might.

00:36:31.259 --> 00:36:32.279
 And these words that

00:36:32.279 --> 00:36:33.059
 I command you today

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.759
 shall be on your

00:36:33.759 --> 00:36:34.000
 heart.

00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:35.759
 You shall teach them

00:36:35.759 --> 00:36:36.659
 diligently to your

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.659
 children and shall

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.500
 talk of them when you

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.819
 sit in your house and

00:36:39.819 --> 00:36:40.480
 when you walk by the

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:41.839
 way and when you lie

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.640
 down and when you

00:36:42.640 --> 00:36:42.980
 rise.

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:44.500
 You shall bind them

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:45.200
 as a sign on your

00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:46.320
 hand and they shall

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:47.280
 be as frontlets between

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:47.780
 your eyes.

00:36:48.120 --> 00:36:48.960
 You shall write them

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.800
 on the doorposts of

00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:51.059
 your house and on

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.559
 your gates.

00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:53.760
 In ancient Israel,

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:55.260
 this passage was

00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:57.000
 central to their life

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.940
 in following Christ.

00:36:59.240 --> 00:37:00.200
 The fathers would

00:37:00.200 --> 00:37:00.840
 repeat it to their

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:03.180
 families every day in

00:37:03.180 --> 00:37:03.920
 an attempt to train

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.920
 their kids and teach

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.820
 them about God and

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.400
 who he was.

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:08.000
 And even today,

00:37:08.160 --> 00:37:09.940
 this is central to the

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:11.019
 life of the Jewish

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.260
 faith.

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:12.019
 I have an uncle and

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.820
 aunt who are Jewish

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:14.039
 and they have a four

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:15.039
 year old daughter that

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.940
 they adopted from

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:17.099
 Vietnam and every night

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:18.280
 before she goes to

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:18.440
 bed,

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.820
 they repeat this passage

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.360
 to her.

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:22.019
 And they teach her,

00:37:22.200 --> 00:37:22.820
 Hear, O Israel,

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.539
 the Lord our God,

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.320
 the Lord is one.

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.579
 And you shall love

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:27.440
 the Lord your God with

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.000
 all your heart,

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:29.019
 with all your soul,

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.519
 and with all your

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:29.740
 might.

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.380
 When we look at the

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:32.139
 book of Proverbs,

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:33.400
 really all that's

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:34.500
 happening is there's a

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:35.619
 father who's taking

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:36.300
 this teaching and

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:36.900
 putting a little bit

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.780
 more flesh and bones

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:38.159
 on it,

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:38.880
 who's teaching his

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.139
 son,

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:41.539
 the Lord your God,

00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:42.280
 the Lord is one.

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.760
 Love the Lord your

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:44.400
 God with all your

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:44.679
 heart,

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.019
 soul,

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.440
 and might.

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.719
 And then showing

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:48.400
 them here's how that

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:50.099
 love plays out in

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:51.059
 your daily life and

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:52.139
 affects and transforms

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:52.820
 your relationships,

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.579
 the way that you use

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:53.940
 your money,

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:54.980
 the way that you use

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.460
 your time.

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:58.619
 And I think that,

00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.820
 that again,

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.320
 one of the most

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:01.019
 important things that

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:02.619
 we can do is just

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:03.619
 constantly repeating

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:04.300
 this message,

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:05.360
 to our youth.

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:08.039
 Speaking to them,

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.720
 living to them,

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:12.480
 the Lord your God,

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:13.320
 the Lord is one.

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:15.140
 Love the Lord your

00:38:15.140 --> 00:38:15.800
 God with all your

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:16.060
 heart,

00:38:16.220 --> 00:38:16.560
 soul,

00:38:16.700 --> 00:38:17.019
 and might.

00:38:18.120 --> 00:38:18.800
 And it seems so

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:19.060
 simple,

00:38:19.160 --> 00:38:20.019
 it seems so

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:21.400
 ordinary,

00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:21.920
 plain.

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:24.220
 But ultimately,

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:25.019
 God has been using

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.500
 ordinary,

00:38:25.740 --> 00:38:26.160
 plain people,

00:38:26.240 --> 00:38:26.800
 doing ordinary,

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:28.100
 plain things to

00:38:28.100 --> 00:38:29.260
 impact generations

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:30.180
 that follow them

00:38:30.180 --> 00:38:31.260
 for millennium.

00:38:31.260 --> 00:38:34.200
 and I think that if

00:38:34.200 --> 00:38:35.820
 we would take this

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.220
 teaching,

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:37.840
 take what he reveals

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:38.680
 to us in Deuteronomy

00:38:38.680 --> 00:38:39.540
 and what he reveals

00:38:39.540 --> 00:38:40.300
 to us in Proverbs

00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:40.900
 and throughout the

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:41.620
 rest of the scriptures

00:38:41.620 --> 00:38:43.340
 and apply that to our

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:44.140
 interaction with the

00:38:44.140 --> 00:38:44.820
 youth around us,

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.980
 it would have an

00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:47.140
 incredible impact on

00:38:47.140 --> 00:38:48.040
 this next generation

00:38:48.040 --> 00:38:48.820
 that is coming up.

00:38:48.820 --> 00:38:50.760
 So let's close in

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:50.960
 prayer,

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:52.640
 and the band will

00:38:52.640 --> 00:38:53.440
 come back on stage

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:54.400
 and close us out.

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.600
 Dear Father,

00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:57.519
 thank you for today,

00:38:57.600 --> 00:38:59.000
 thank you for your

00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.280
 word,

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:00.960
 for giving it to us,

00:39:01.100 --> 00:39:02.519
 for teaching us

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:04.220
 about how a

00:39:04.220 --> 00:39:05.100
 relationship with you

00:39:05.100 --> 00:39:06.380
 should impact our

00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:07.059
 relationships with

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:07.360
 others,

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:09.380
 specifically with the

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:09.980
 youth in our lives

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.559
 around us.

00:39:11.180 --> 00:39:11.980
 Thank you for the

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.740
 gospel and the fact

00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:13.280
 that it changes

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:13.760
 everything,

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:15.680
 and that we can

00:39:15.680 --> 00:39:18.000
 raise up this next

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.480
 generation,

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:19.920
 to know you,

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.700
 to follow you,

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:22.140
 not because of our

00:39:22.140 --> 00:39:22.500
 own goodness,

00:39:22.620 --> 00:39:23.380
 but because of how

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:24.039
 the gospel has

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.559
 changed and

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.420
 transformed us.

00:39:26.140 --> 00:39:27.200
 So please be with

00:39:27.200 --> 00:39:28.140
 us as we approach

00:39:28.140 --> 00:39:29.360
 the different youth

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:30.100
 that we come into

00:39:30.100 --> 00:39:31.440
 contact with on a

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:32.260
 daily basis.

00:39:33.160 --> 00:39:34.440
 Let our interaction

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:35.140
 with them be marked

00:39:35.140 --> 00:39:35.920
 by your grace,

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:38.100
 and not by simply

00:39:38.100 --> 00:39:39.000
 an attempt to make

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:40.120
 them become better

00:39:40.120 --> 00:39:40.500
 people,

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:42.260
 but an attempt to

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:43.460
 see them truly love

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:43.640
 you.

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:45.460
 Thank you for your

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:46.120
 love for us,

00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:47.600
 and in Jesus' name,

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:48.000
 Amen.

00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:49.820
 Amen.

00:39:49.820 --> 00:39:50.700
 Amen.

00:39:51.700 --> 00:39:52.460
 Thanks, Eric.

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:54.840
 We're going to

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.580
 respond with a

00:39:55.580 --> 00:39:59.740
 song, and verse

00:39:59.740 --> 00:40:00.519
 two of the song

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:00.800
 says,

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:02.340
 I see a generation

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:03.880
 rising up to take

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:04.600
 their place.

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:07.539
 With selfless faith,

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:09.080
 with selfless faith,

00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:11.280
 I see a near revival

00:40:11.280 --> 00:40:12.840
 stirring as we pray

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.680
 and seek.

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:15.460
 we're on our knees.

00:40:17.319 --> 00:40:18.659
 And as I was just

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:19.299
 listening to the

00:40:19.299 --> 00:40:21.779
 sermon, I got to

00:40:21.779 --> 00:40:22.619
 confess, I probably

00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:23.639
 sang the song

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:25.000
 probably close to

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.799
 50 times and

00:40:25.799 --> 00:40:26.599
 probably heard it

00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:28.279
 close to 100 times,

00:40:28.399 --> 00:40:29.960
 and it kind of

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.279
 just hit me.

00:40:30.339 --> 00:40:31.179
 I never really sang

00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:32.480
 that second verse

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:33.339
 with much conviction.

00:40:33.839 --> 00:40:34.399
 I don't know if I

00:40:34.399 --> 00:40:35.699
 ever really saw a

00:40:35.699 --> 00:40:36.379
 vision for a

00:40:36.379 --> 00:40:38.799
 generation that

00:40:38.799 --> 00:40:39.539
 would rise up to

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.239
 take their place.

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:41.839
 So, I don't know,

00:40:41.959 --> 00:40:43.399
 my prayer is that I

00:40:43.399 --> 00:40:44.839
 would really see

00:40:44.839 --> 00:40:45.819
 that in my heart as

00:40:45.819 --> 00:40:47.219
 I sing this and

00:40:47.219 --> 00:40:47.899
 going forward.

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:50.179
 And one thing that I

00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:51.699
 really like about the

00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:52.959
 word generation is that

00:40:52.959 --> 00:40:54.419
 it's so all-encompassing.

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:56.139
 It's not like I see

00:40:56.139 --> 00:40:57.899
 the Tam family, or I

00:40:57.899 --> 00:40:58.759
 see, that's my

00:40:58.759 --> 00:41:00.199
 surname, or I see the

00:41:00.199 --> 00:41:01.559
 Scott family, or I see

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:03.599
 the Thomas family, or

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:05.000
 whatnot, rising up.

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.440
 It's like a

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:05.940
 generation.

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:06.840
 It's a generation

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:08.679
 that crosses ethnicity,

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:12.599
 gender, race, culture.

00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:13.980
 It's the universal

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:14.780
 church of God.

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:17.239
 And I think that's

00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:17.960
 really powerful, because

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:18.619
 it kind of makes me

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:20.159
 see the youth, see

00:41:20.159 --> 00:41:21.719
 anyone younger than

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:22.960
 me as part of that

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:23.760
 generation, that

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:25.280
 potential generation.

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:27.539
 And we know that

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:29.179
 God no longer is

00:41:29.179 --> 00:41:30.420
 bringing salvation

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:31.320
 through just the

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:32.000
 nation of Israel.

00:41:32.219 --> 00:41:33.059
 Christ has come

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:34.280
 through the nation of

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:35.440
 Israel, and now

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:36.320
 salvation and the

00:41:36.320 --> 00:41:37.060
 good news comes

00:41:37.060 --> 00:41:38.420
 through all of the

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:38.740
 church.

00:41:39.060 --> 00:41:39.780
 I think that's just

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:41.360
 amazing, incredible.

00:41:41.580 --> 00:41:42.820
 So let's just sing

00:41:42.820 --> 00:41:43.019
 that.

00:41:43.100 --> 00:41:43.680
 Feel free to stand

00:41:43.680 --> 00:41:44.820
 with me as you

00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:45.900
 respond with Hosanna.

00:41:46.519 --> 00:41:47.480
 I have just a couple

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:48.300
 announcements for us.

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:48.940
 As we close, you can

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.660
 take a seat if you

00:41:49.660 --> 00:41:49.860
 want.

00:41:51.080 --> 00:41:52.740
 Here at Watermark, we

00:41:52.740 --> 00:41:53.960
 don't pass an offering

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:54.280
 plate.

00:41:54.640 --> 00:41:56.260
 We have boxes set up

00:41:56.260 --> 00:41:56.940
 around, so we have

00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:58.080
 one right there, one

00:41:58.080 --> 00:41:58.860
 right there, one out

00:41:58.860 --> 00:41:59.620
 that door as you

00:41:59.620 --> 00:41:59.820
 leave.

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:01.620
 And we believe that

00:42:01.620 --> 00:42:02.580
 our giving should be

00:42:02.580 --> 00:42:03.580
 a response of worship

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:04.599
 to what God has

00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:06.360
 done for us and in

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.539
 us.

00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:07.239
 And so we don't

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:08.759
 want to feel like

00:42:08.759 --> 00:42:09.539
 we're forcing people

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:10.219
 to give.

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:11.299
 So we have these

00:42:11.299 --> 00:42:12.199
 boxes that you can

00:42:12.199 --> 00:42:13.400
 give as your own

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:14.860
 personal response if

00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:15.920
 you feel led to after

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:16.460
 the service.

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:18.900
 Also, we have a

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:20.199
 prayer team that will

00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:21.840
 be set up after

00:42:21.840 --> 00:42:23.500
 service if you need

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:23.819
 prayer.

00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:25.099
 Will they be back

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:25.539
 there by that

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:25.739
 pillar?

00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:27.779
 Right here?

00:42:27.980 --> 00:42:28.400
 They'll be right

00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:28.619
 here?

00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:29.860
 So you can come up

00:42:29.860 --> 00:42:30.900
 and get prayer if you

00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:31.420
 need prayer for

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:32.360
 anything in your life.

00:42:32.360 --> 00:42:34.240
 Also, we have

00:42:34.240 --> 00:42:36.700
 VBS coming up for

00:42:36.700 --> 00:42:37.200
 the children.

00:42:37.680 --> 00:42:38.260
 It will be from

00:42:38.260 --> 00:42:40.200
 August 13th to 17th

00:42:40.200 --> 00:42:41.559
 in the mornings, and

00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:42.860
 it's for kids age 5

00:42:42.860 --> 00:42:43.380
 through 10.

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:45.160
 We will have sign up

00:42:45.160 --> 00:42:46.099
 right out at the

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:46.980
 desk by the coffee

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.840
 after service.

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:48.780
 If you're interested,

00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:50.380
 please swing by that

00:42:50.380 --> 00:42:51.620
 desk or talk to

00:42:51.620 --> 00:42:52.800
 Melanie or Natalie for

00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:53.740
 more information about

00:42:53.740 --> 00:42:54.059
 that.

00:42:54.700 --> 00:42:55.780
 And community groups.

00:42:55.780 --> 00:42:56.579
 If you are not a

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:57.260
 part of a Watermark

00:42:57.260 --> 00:42:58.099
 community group, we

00:42:58.099 --> 00:42:58.800
 would love for you to

00:42:58.800 --> 00:42:59.240
 join one.

00:42:59.239 --> 00:43:01.619
 We will be having

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:02.479
 people at the desk

00:43:02.479 --> 00:43:03.619
 out there if you're

00:43:03.619 --> 00:43:04.459
 interested in signing

00:43:04.459 --> 00:43:05.139
 up for a community

00:43:05.139 --> 00:43:06.339
 group after the

00:43:06.339 --> 00:43:06.719
 service.

00:43:07.359 --> 00:43:08.639
 So as we close, I'd

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:09.799
 like to read Deuteronomy

00:43:09.799 --> 00:43:11.079
 6, 4 through 9 again

00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:11.619
 for us.

00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:14.199
 It says,

00:43:14.299 --> 00:43:15.059
 Hear, O Israel, the

00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:16.059
 Lord our God, the Lord

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.500
 is one.

00:43:17.459 --> 00:43:18.439
 You shall love the Lord

00:43:18.439 --> 00:43:19.279
 your God with all your

00:43:19.279 --> 00:43:20.479
 heart, with all your

00:43:20.479 --> 00:43:21.759
 soul, with all your

00:43:21.759 --> 00:43:21.979
 might.

00:43:22.799 --> 00:43:23.939
 And these words that I

00:43:23.939 --> 00:43:24.839
 command you today shall

00:43:24.839 --> 00:43:25.619
 be on your heart.

00:43:26.399 --> 00:43:27.259
 You shall teach them

00:43:27.260 --> 00:43:28.160
 diligently to your

00:43:28.160 --> 00:43:29.460
 children, and shall

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:30.300
 talk of them when you

00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:32.020
 sit in your house, and

00:43:32.020 --> 00:43:32.740
 when you walk by the

00:43:32.740 --> 00:43:34.500
 way, and when you lie

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:36.080
 down, and when you

00:43:36.080 --> 00:43:36.400
 rise.

00:43:37.120 --> 00:43:38.180
 You shall bind them as

00:43:38.180 --> 00:43:39.320
 a sign on your hand, and

00:43:39.320 --> 00:43:40.320
 they shall be as frontlets

00:43:40.320 --> 00:43:41.140
 between your eyes.

00:43:41.820 --> 00:43:42.840
 You shall write them on

00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:43.680
 the doorposts of your

00:43:43.680 --> 00:43:45.280
 house, and on your

00:43:45.280 --> 00:43:45.580
 gates.

00:43:47.220 --> 00:43:47.820
 You're dismissed.

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:48.500
 Have a great week.

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:50.679
 You're dismissed.

00:43:50.860 --> 00:43:51.900
 Have a great week.

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:53.539
 Yeah.

00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:12.320
 Thanks.

00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:13.139
 Of course.