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 Some of you who know me know that my wife and children know this far too much, but I turned 50 just a couple of weeks ago, and for some reason, this birthday really got me thinking, like almost for a whole year prior to turning 50, I'd think about it a lot and talk about it.

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 And it's odd because turning 20 was nothing, 30, nothing, 40, nothing, like not even a blip, but for some reason, turning 50 really got me thinking a lot about myself and everything.

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 And I'm sharing this, it's not really a proper introduction to the sermon, I just wanted to share with you how cool it is the way God works sometimes in our lives.

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 And the day after I turned 50, I was reading a manuscript of a friend of mine who's writing a book, and in the manuscript, this is the day after I turned 50, he shared the story of a man who on his 50th birthday said to God,

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 God, may you, by your mercy, may the 50s, may my 50s be the most productive and fruitful decade of my entire life.

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 And that man also prayed that when he turned 60 and when he turned 70 and when he turned 80.

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 And I thought to myself, that's exactly God's word for me today on my first day, so to speak, in a new chapter of my life.

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 And it's really changed the whole way I view my future.

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 That this is to be, if Christ does not come, and if God spares me for 10 more years, that by God's grace, my plan and my hope is that this will be my most fruitful decade of my life.

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 And I plan to pray that again at 60, if Christ doesn't come.

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 And I share this because, you know, today we're going to be talking about sin again.

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 And one of the things which is really important for us to understand is that in Christ, change is always possible.

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 Like, no matter what the story of our life has been up until now, failure or sin is not the final word about us.

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 And that repentance and amendment of life is always possible.

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 Whether we are 20 years old, 50 years old, 80 years old, or 100 years old, repentance and amendment of life is always possible.

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 And the devil might try to tell us that something, whether until we're going to have a greed and envy,

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 and the devil might want to tell us that those are things about us that are the story of our lives and the final word about us.

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 But it is never the case.

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 A repentance, a new word from God, and a new way of living is always an option and a possibility.

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 So, today we talk about the last of the Ten Commandments.

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 And that Ten Commandment is about coveting.

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 And I thought today that what we would do is both I would try to open up the text

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 and at the same time try to triangulate around the text so that we would have a bit of a sense as to what this commandment means.

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 And in particular, that we might have a sense as to whether or not we are guilty of breaking this sin.

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 Because the Bible teaches us time and time and time again that sin darkens the intellect.

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 One of the most important, I mean, Jesus' words about how we are far more ready to see the speck in somebody else's eyes

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 before we see the log in our own eyes.

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 That is just so completely and utterly true about every one of you.

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 And it's spectacularly true about me.

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 And often we can hear maybe even a very, very powerful message or read a very wonderful devotional book on sin.

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 And inwardly we are saying, I so wish my brother could hear that.

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 Or I so wish my neighbor or my boss could hear that.

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 And we rarely say, Lord, have mercy upon me.

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 You know, we rarely see ourselves pinned to the wall by the word of God.

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 And I have to confess that for quite a few years I had spoken on envy.

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 For quite a few years I was the chaplain at Augustine College.

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 And one of the things I did every first term with the students, I spent the first five weeks teaching them how to pray.

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 And I spent the last seven weeks going through each of the seven deadly sins.

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 And those of you who don't know what that old, very ancient Christian sort of examination of conscience guide,

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 going from most deadly to least deadly, they're all deadly.

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 Okay, don't go home and say, whoa, I just, you know, I only have lust.

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 That's not the most deadly sin.

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 They're all deadly.

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 But some are more deadly than others.

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 And going from deadliest to least deadly,

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 I mean, this is like going from a snake whose bite will kill you in one second to a snake whose bite will kill you in ten minutes.

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 I mean, they're all deadly.

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 Okay.

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 So pride, envy, anger, sloth, greed, gluttony, lust.

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 And so every year I would teach the students these different sins.

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 And then one day, to my horror, I realized that I was guilty of the sin of envy.

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 And that the sin of envy had, in fact, a significant role in my life.

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 I was horrified to realize that I had taught about it for quite a few years,

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 completely and utterly blind to the fact that I had the sin of envy,

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 that it had a role in how I lived my life.

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 And one of the reasons that sins can be so, sins, or certain families of sins can be so powerful in our lives,

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 is that the more spiritual the sin, the more interior it is, and often the most dangerous it is.

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 That's why, in fact, pride begins at the top and lust goes to the bottom.

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 Just because the sins, in a sense, are going from the most spiritual sins to the least spiritual sins.

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 And the more spiritual and interior the sin, the harder it is to recognize that we are guilty of it.

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 And, in fact, if you think about it, how many people have ever asked you, have ever come up to you and said,

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 you know, I know that you're a prayer warrior.

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 Please pray for me because I'm struggling with envy.

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 Like, very few of us ever hear that type of prayer request.

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 You know, it might be that I'm dealing with anger, or I'm, you know, I'm dealing with lust,

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 or I'm, you know, dealing with this or that, but rarely do we ever hear somebody say,

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 you know, George, please pray for me because envy has such a hold in my life.

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 And because we're so completely and utterly blind for it, to it, we don't see it.

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 And here's how I recognized about myself.

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 I realized one day as I was walking along that I was thinking about some clergy that I knew.

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 And as I was thinking about the clergy that I knew, I resented their success.

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 I resented the good churches they seemed to have, the fact that they didn't have problems that I had,

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 the attendance, their abilities.

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 And I realized that as I was walking, my entire moment of walking,

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 that entire time of walking was filled with different types of resentment about the success,

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 the gospel success of these other ministers.

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 And envy is the sin of being sad or sorrowful at another's good.

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 Envy is the sin of learning of another person's good or success, and that makes us unhappy.

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 That's what the sin of envy is.

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 There's one famous verse in the Bible which really helps to emphasize just how deadly

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 and how important a sin this is for us to try to get a handle on.

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 And if you turn in your pew Bibles to page 862,

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 and all of you, because some of you I know bring your own Bibles, which is always a good thing,

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 Matthew 27, verse 18, just one simple verse.

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 One of those verses you could read hundreds and hundreds of times and never really quite get it.

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 But Matthew 27, verse 18, if you're using your pew Bibles, it's page 862.

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 And here, Jesus is before Pilate, and this is what the Word of God says in verse 18.

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 For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him.

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 Why was it that the scribes and the Pharisees, the religious leaders,

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 why is it that they were so angry at Jesus?

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 Why is it that they hated him?

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 Why is it that they actually wanted the God, the Son of God, to die?

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 Why is it that they wanted the promised Messiah of God,

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 the fulfillment of the Old Testament promises?

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 Why did they want that fulfillment to be put to death?

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 Why is it that they wanted the Lord to die?

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 who has been to some friend that you haven't seen for a while?

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 And as your friend, as she starts to tell you about how her job is going

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 and the house that they're living in and what their children have accomplished,

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 and if as you hear about this, you feel sad or resentful or angry,

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 you have envy.

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 if

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 on Tuesday

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 you discover

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 that somebody else got that

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 promotion and it just fills you

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 with great sadness, you know what, you probably have envy

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 I

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 felt

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 envy because other people were

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 better at preaching the gospel than me

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 isn't that sinful?

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 just as soon as

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 we hear about that, we should

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 automatically know that that's sinful

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 the other thing which often goes along

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 with this and

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 maybe I just, because it's familiar with me

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 I can say this and it's just sort of

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 you can't even imagine this, but not only

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 can it be that maybe it's our sister

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 or an old friend or a co-worker

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 or something and we hear of some great good

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 or great blessing that's happened to them

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 and inwardly our reaction

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 is resentment or sadness or

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 anger or questioning God

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 or something other than rejoicing

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 and often the very

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 next thing that goes through our mind

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 in our internal conversation is

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 like, I'm better than that person

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 like, I did better in school

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 like, you know

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 I was better going through this and this

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 I'm better at this and this and this

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 and like, how on earth is it that

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 I'm better than this person

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 and yet these things are happening to that person

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 once again

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 we probably have envy in our lives

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 and it is disfiguring

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 how we relate to other people

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 friends

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 God made us

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 to aspire

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 to the greater

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 aspire

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 A-S-P-I-R-E

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 and to rejoice in it

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 think about it for a second

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 there is one person

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 who is always greater than us

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 and that is God

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 how can we

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 let habits grow

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 in our lives

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 where that habit is

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 that we feel sorrow

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 at another person's

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 experiencing blessing

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 and how is it

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 that we can develop

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 within ourselves

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 an attitude

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 that we are

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 better than that other person

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 and how dare that other person

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 have that good

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 when we don't

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 how can we have that

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 grow in our lives

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 and then rejoice

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 in God's presence

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 when God is always greater

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 you see the danger?

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 not only is the danger

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 that it disfigures our lives

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 that it can lead to

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 things like hatred

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 and murder

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 I mean even murdering

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 God the Son of God

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 but that it in fact

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 can quench the Holy Spirit

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 in our lives

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 make it impossible

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 for us to come to Christ

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 because it's impossible

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 if we have a deeply

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 ingrained habit

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 of resenting

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 the excellency in another

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 to come to God

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 who is the most excellent

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 and rejoice

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 you know

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 God wants us

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 to have heroes

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 God wants us

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 to aspire

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 to be better

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 God wants us

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 to rejoice

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 in success

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 I mean God's hope

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 and desire for us

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 is that if we hear

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 if I hear about

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 some other minister

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 and I'm just speaking

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 personally folks

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 I hear about

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 some other minister

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 and that person's

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 church is growing

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 and people are coming

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 to Christ

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 and I should say

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 way to go

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 praise God

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 you know

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 way to go

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 praise God

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 God wants us

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 to have heroes

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 you know

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 that's a separate thing

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 some of you have heard

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 David Short preach

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 and you know

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 every time I hear

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 David Short preach

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 I say to myself

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 Father help me to preach

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 even half as good as him

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 or a quarter as good

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 God wants us to have

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 to see people

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 who's

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 you know

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 whether it's their ability

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 to make a home

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 or to paint a painting

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 or to deal with conflict

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 or you know

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 to have this type of success

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 or academic ability

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 or just

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 loveliness of character

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 or ability to share

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 the gospel

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 and God wants us

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 to look out at the world

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 not seeing the world

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 from the perspective

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 and the lens

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 of lack

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 or scarcity

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 or

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 resentment

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 but to look out

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 at the world

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 and say

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 look at these

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 fantastic people

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 worthy of aspiration

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 heroes

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 Father help me

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 to be somewhat

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 even vaguely

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 like them

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 a prayer like that

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 praises God

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 I realized

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 in my own case

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 of envy

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 that one of the things

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 that I had to do

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 was to pray daily

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 for the success

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 of every one

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 of the clergy

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 that I felt envious of

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 that that's what

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 I had to do

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 to have some type

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 of healing

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 from that

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 is to everyday

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 pray

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 Father may their church

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 their ministry

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 their ability

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 to preach

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 their ability

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 to evangelize

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 their ability

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 to whatever

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 may it just get

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 better and better

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 and better

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 and Father

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 do with me

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 as you will

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 Lord have mercy

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 upon us

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 and incline our hearts

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 to keep this law

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 that we shall not

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 covet

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 the second aspect

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 of coveting

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 is the sin

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 of greed

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 or avarice

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 greed

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 is the inordinate

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 desire

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 for possessions

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 and the archetype

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 of this sin

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 of the inordinate

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 desire for possessions

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 is the inordinate

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 desire for money

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 and why is it money

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 and it's because

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 of this

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 let's say I have

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 inordinate desire

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 for expensive

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 sunglasses

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 you know at some

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 point in time

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 sanity will intervene

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 you know maybe

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 it's ten pairs

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 of sunglasses

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 maybe it's fifty

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 maybe it's a hundred

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 but at some point

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 in time even a vague

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 sense of shame

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 will stop you

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 from buying the

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 hundred and first

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 but you can have

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 a constant desire

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 for more money

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 I might have a huge

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 desire for cream

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 puffs

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 but at some

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 point in time

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 my desire for

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 cream puffs

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 will come to an

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 end

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 but there is an

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 infinite

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 almost infinite

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 desire for more

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 and more money

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 and so the desire

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 for more and more

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 money

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 the inordinate

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 desire for money

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 is taken as the

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 archetype of this

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 type of sin

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 and that is the

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 sin of greed

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 the problem here

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 is not that we

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 can recognize greed

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 as a sin

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 but that we can

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 rarely recognize it

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 as a sin in us

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 many of us

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 might say to

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 our wife

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 or our friend

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 gosh that person

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 is greedy

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 isn't it

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 like didn't it

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 just offend you

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 to go to that

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 restaurant

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 and just see

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 how greedy

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 they were

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 or doesn't it

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 just offend you

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 to go to their

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 house and see

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 how greedy

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 it is

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 but it's very

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 very easy

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 sometimes for us

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 to see greed

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 in other people

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 it's very

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 very very hard

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 for us to see

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 greed in ourselves

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 once again

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 when was the last

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 time somebody

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 said to you

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 please pray for me

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 I'm struggling

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 with greed

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 it's rarely

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 something

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 that we will

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 ask another

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 person to pray

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 for in us

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 we rarely

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 see it

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 in ourselves

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 it's

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 it's just

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 something that

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 can have this

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 and the other

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 thing about greed

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 is it has

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 nothing to do

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 with money

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 when I was in

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 Africa a couple

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 of years ago

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 I mean I was

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 visiting with people

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 who had

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 virtually nothing

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 and their

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 generosity

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 was unbelievably

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 humbling

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 and I have

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 because I

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 speak sometimes

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 across the country

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 and I have

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 been with people

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 blessed with

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 spectacular financial

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 resources

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 and I have been

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 with them

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 and I have been

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 embarrassed by their

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 greed

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 but at the same

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 time the other

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 thing has happened

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 as well

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 I've been with

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 people who have

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 virtually no

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 financial resources

00:16:52.820 --> 00:16:53.360
 and I've been

00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:54.180
 struck with their

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 greed

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 and I have been

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 with people with

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 great financial

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 resources

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 and I've just

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 praised God

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 for how

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 unbelievably

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 generous they are

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 like the amount

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 of money that we

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 have is

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 not an indicator

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 of our greed

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 greed is a

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 disposition of

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 the soul

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 and as such

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 we can be

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 generous with

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 little

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 generous with

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 much

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 greedy with

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 little

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 greedy with

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 much

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 but greedy

00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:16.980
 is still

00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:17.740
 being greedy

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 having this

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 greed is still

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 a sin

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 just turn to

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 one passage

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 in the Bible

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 there's many

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 passages in the

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 Bible

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 I just wanted

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 to turn to

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 one

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 once again

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 in Matthew

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 it's in the

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 Sermon on the

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 Mount

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 and it's

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 Matthew chapter

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 6

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 verses 21

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 24

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 if you're

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 using your

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 pew Bibles

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 actually we'll

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 begin at

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 verse 19

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 which is on

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 page 837

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 page 837

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 Matthew chapter

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 6

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 verse 19

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 and this is

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 part of the

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 Sermon on the

00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:50.079
 Mount

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 it's Jesus'

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 sermon

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:52.100
 and here's

00:17:52.100 --> 00:17:52.360
 what he

00:17:52.360 --> 00:17:52.740
 teaches

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 do not

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 lay up

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 for yourselves

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 treasures

00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:55.920
 on earth

00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:56.519
 where moth

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 and rust

00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.660
 destroy

00:17:57.660 --> 00:17:58.059
 and where

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 thieves

00:17:58.380 --> 00:17:58.839
 break in

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 and steal

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 but lay

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 up for

00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:01.180
 yourselves

00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:01.680
 treasures

00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:02.220
 in heaven

00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:03.519
 where neither

00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:03.960
 moth

00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:04.500
 nor rust

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.120
 destroys

00:18:05.120 --> 00:18:05.720
 and where

00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:06.059
 thieves

00:18:06.059 --> 00:18:06.440
 do not

00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:06.880
 break in

00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:07.420
 and steal

00:18:07.420 --> 00:18:08.400
 for where

00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:09.059
 your treasure

00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:09.579
 is

00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:10.839
 there your

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 heart

00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:11.400
 will be

00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:11.819
 also

00:18:11.819 --> 00:18:13.000
 the lamp

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:13.240
 of the

00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:13.500
 body

00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:13.839
 is the

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 eye

00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:14.720
 if therefore

00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:15.240
 your eye

00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:15.680
 is good

00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:16.140
 your whole

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.460
 body

00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:16.799
 will be

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 full of

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 light

00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:17.940
 but if

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 your eye

00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:18.920
 is bad

00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:19.339
 your whole

00:18:19.339 --> 00:18:19.660
 body

00:18:19.660 --> 00:18:20.000
 will be

00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:20.299
 full of

00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:20.759
 darkness

00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:22.000
 if therefore

00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.460
 the light

00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:22.920
 that is in

00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:23.240
 you is

00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:23.779
 darkness

00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:24.799
 how great

00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.279
 is that

00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:25.799
 darkness

00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:27.059
 no one

00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.740
 can serve

00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:28.700
 two masters

00:18:28.700 --> 00:18:29.779
 for either

00:18:29.779 --> 00:18:30.140
 he will

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 hate the

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 one

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 and love

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 the other

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 or else

00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:32.859
 he will

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 be loyal

00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:33.700
 to the

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 one

00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:34.759
 and despise

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.200
 the other

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 you cannot

00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:37.099
 serve

00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:37.980
 God

00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:38.920
 and mammon

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 and that

00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:41.059
 intervening

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.579
 there's lots

00:18:41.579 --> 00:18:42.319
 of stuff

00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:42.759
 you can get

00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.059
 out of that

00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:43.960
 intervening text

00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.440
 about the

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 light within

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 you being

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 darkness

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 partially

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 what Jesus

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 is saying

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 is that

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 idle

00:18:49.879 --> 00:18:50.539
 when

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 a sin

00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:52.000
 such as

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 money

00:18:52.639 --> 00:18:53.659
 a desire

00:18:53.659 --> 00:18:54.099
 for more

00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:54.359
 and more

00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:54.599
 money

00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:55.180
 takes a

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 hold

00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:55.920
 of you

00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:56.960
 when

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 money

00:18:57.339 --> 00:18:57.720
 in effect

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.180
 becomes

00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:58.759
 an idol

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 by which

00:18:59.339 --> 00:19:00.460
 you serve

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 money

00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:01.440
 rather than

00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:02.000
 having money

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.759
 serve you

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.519
 or even

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 more importantly

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 to have

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 money

00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.779
 serve

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 God's

00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:06.819
 purposes

00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.759
 in the

00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.159
 world

00:19:08.159 --> 00:19:09.480
 when money

00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:10.579
 or possessions

00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:12.059
 becomes something

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:12.759
 that you

00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.099
 and I

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 serve

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:15.399
 it starts

00:19:15.399 --> 00:19:16.259
 to twist

00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:17.319
 how we

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 see things

00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.639
 how we

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 evaluate

00:19:19.139 --> 00:19:19.859
 things

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 how we

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 understand

00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:21.599
 things

00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:22.119
 what we're

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 sad about

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 what we're

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 happy about

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 and it

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 starts to

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 inwardly

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 change us

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 and if that

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 which

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 and so that

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 even as

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 things are

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 happening in

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 the world

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 the way we

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 react to

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 them is not

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 reacting from

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 God's

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 perspective

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 but from

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 the perspective

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 of idolatry

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 and sin

00:19:35.699 --> 00:19:36.799
 and we can

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 become unaware

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 of this

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 then the light

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 within us

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 is darkness

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 and we can't

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 even see to

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:43.359
 realize that

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 it's dark

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 we can

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:47.019
 serve

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 money

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 we can

00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.279
 serve

00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:50.980
 the desire

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 for possessions

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 but we

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 were meant

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:53.800
 to serve

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 God

00:19:54.320 --> 00:19:55.680
 and others

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.320
 in obedience

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 to God

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:58.480
 I have met

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 people

00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.779
 who

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 have allowed

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.759
 marriages

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.580
 to end

00:20:02.580 --> 00:20:03.340
 and

00:20:03.340 --> 00:20:05.460
 relationships

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.380
 with children

00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:07.160
 to end

00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:08.320
 because they

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 pursue the

00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:10.140
 next deal

00:20:10.140 --> 00:20:11.180
 or the next

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 promotion

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:13.339
 ahead of

00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:13.919
 their wife

00:20:13.919 --> 00:20:14.399
 or their

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 children

00:20:14.899 --> 00:20:15.579
 or their

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 friends

00:20:16.159 --> 00:20:18.559
 we

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 trust

00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:20.079
 money

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 but we

00:20:20.919 --> 00:20:21.240
 are meant

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.740
 to trust

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:22.200
 God

00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:23.500
 we believe

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:24.039
 that money

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 will satisfy

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 us

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.779
 without realizing

00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.359
 that only

00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:28.519
 God can

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 satisfy us

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 you know

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 it's not

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 the case

00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:33.399
 that in a

00:20:33.399 --> 00:20:34.180
 poor area

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:35.299
 everybody is

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:35.759
 unhappy

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.119
 and in a

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 rich area

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:37.159
 everybody is

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 happy

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 it's not

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 the case

00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:40.819
 at all

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 I'm not

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 romanticized

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.299
 the poor

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:42.480
 at all

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 by the way

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 it's never

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 God's

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 will

00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:44.299
 it's

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 very

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 in very

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 few

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:45.899
 cases

00:20:45.899 --> 00:20:46.240
 is it

00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.539
 God's

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:46.680
 will

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:46.940
 for us

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 to be

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.500
 poor

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:49.319
 I mean

00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:49.660
 God

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.200
 calls

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 some

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 small

00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:51.539
 number

00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:51.960
 of people

00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:52.279
 to a

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.460
 life

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:52.599
 of

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.039
 voluntary

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.519
 poverty

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:54.200
 it is

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.500
 a very

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:54.980
 small

00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:55.319
 number

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 of

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:55.720
 people

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.139
 but God

00:20:56.139 --> 00:20:56.379
 does

00:20:56.379 --> 00:20:56.720
 call

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.019
 some

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.359
 people

00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:57.539
 to

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:57.940
 voluntary

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.399
 poverty

00:20:58.399 --> 00:20:58.579
 it's

00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:58.740
 not

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.079
 God's

00:20:59.079 --> 00:20:59.200
 will

00:20:59.200 --> 00:20:59.519
 to be

00:20:59.519 --> 00:20:59.799
 poor

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.460
 and I'm

00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:00.619
 not

00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:01.500
 romanticizing

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:01.740
 them

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.579
 but it

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.039
 is definitely

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.619
 the case

00:21:03.619 --> 00:21:04.680
 that having

00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.279
 more money

00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:06.039
 does not

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.619
 necessarily

00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.700
 satisfy us

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.339
 only God

00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:09.319
 satisfies us

00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:10.359
 we believe

00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:10.759
 that money

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.259
 will care

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:11.799
 for us

00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:12.659
 ultimately

00:21:12.659 --> 00:21:13.299
 only God

00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:14.199
 cares for us

00:21:14.199 --> 00:21:15.119
 we come

00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:15.699
 to believe

00:21:15.699 --> 00:21:16.299
 that money

00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:16.619
 is our

00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:17.419
 greatest need

00:21:17.419 --> 00:21:18.159
 more and more

00:21:18.159 --> 00:21:18.859
 money is our

00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:19.519
 greatest need

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:20.659
 it blinds us

00:21:20.659 --> 00:21:21.119
 to the fact

00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:21.399
 that our

00:21:21.399 --> 00:21:22.119
 greatest need

00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:23.059
 is intimacy

00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:23.879
 with God

00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:25.679
 and our

00:21:25.679 --> 00:21:26.439
 second and

00:21:26.439 --> 00:21:27.119
 third greatest

00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:27.799
 need flow

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.439
 from that

00:21:28.439 --> 00:21:29.059
 intimacy

00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.879
 with others

00:21:29.879 --> 00:21:32.299
 I tell my

00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:32.720
 children

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.179
 you know

00:21:33.179 --> 00:21:33.779
 dads have

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.199
 lectures

00:21:34.199 --> 00:21:34.759
 and bad

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.199
 jokes

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:36.480
 and I

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:36.980
 tell my

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.360
 children

00:21:37.360 --> 00:21:37.779
 that my

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.220
 hope for

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.580
 them is

00:21:38.580 --> 00:21:39.340
 you know

00:21:39.340 --> 00:21:40.220
 I mean

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.720
 my fundamental

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.360
 hope

00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:43.140
 I'll tell you

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.500
 what I pray

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.259
 I pray five

00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:44.940
 things for my

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.580
 children every

00:21:45.580 --> 00:21:45.799
 day

00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:47.039
 first of all

00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:47.700
 I pray that

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.220
 they will come

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.680
 to saving

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.180
 faith in

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:49.900
 Jesus Christ

00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:51.120
 secondly

00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:51.920
 I pray that

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.259
 they will

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:52.740
 grow into

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.340
 confident

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:53.819
 joyful

00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:54.319
 disciples

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:54.840
 of Jesus

00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:55.319
 Christ

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:56.700
 thirdly

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.200
 I pray

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:57.640
 that God

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:58.240
 will protect

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.680
 them from

00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.299
 spiritual

00:21:59.299 --> 00:21:59.920
 and from

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.319
 physical

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:00.779
 harm

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:02.080
 fourthly

00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:02.799
 I pray

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.200
 that they

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.519
 will know

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.080
 what God's

00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:04.680
 purpose is

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.000
 for their

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.340
 life

00:22:05.340 --> 00:22:06.460
 and fifthly

00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:07.340
 I pray

00:22:07.340 --> 00:22:07.720
 that God

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.140
 will grant

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.400
 them a

00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:08.740
 godly

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.200
 spouse

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:12.299
 and I

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:12.660
 actually do

00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:13.100
 a sixth

00:22:13.100 --> 00:22:13.420
 thing

00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:14.100
 I learned

00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:14.560
 this from

00:22:14.560 --> 00:22:15.180
 that man's

00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:15.560
 dad

00:22:15.560 --> 00:22:17.180
 actually

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:18.700
 I pray

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.080
 for that

00:22:19.080 --> 00:22:19.480
 future

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:19.920
 spouse

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.519
 some of

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:20.700
 you were

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:20.880
 at the

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.299
 wedding of

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.779
 Sean and

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:22.519
 Victoria last

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.120
 summer and I

00:22:23.120 --> 00:22:23.980
 shared how I

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.240
 had been

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.799
 praying for

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.360
 Sean before

00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:25.920
 I ever met

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.120
 him

00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:27.460
 because like

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.060
 even now I

00:22:28.060 --> 00:22:28.519
 pray for

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.299
 Tommy's wife

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.820
 and Tommy

00:22:29.820 --> 00:22:30.240
 is only

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.660
 seven

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:32.140
 it means

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:33.080
 possible Tommy's

00:22:33.080 --> 00:22:33.519
 wife hasn't

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.200
 been born yet

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.840
 but God can

00:22:34.840 --> 00:22:35.460
 sort all that

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:35.759
 out

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:38.680
 but I

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.000
 you know

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:40.120
 and I

00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.920
 tell my

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.940
 kids that

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.360
 it's far

00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:42.860
 better to

00:22:42.860 --> 00:22:43.140
 be in

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:43.580
 God's

00:22:43.580 --> 00:22:44.100
 will and

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.420
 be a

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.220
 janitor and

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:45.539
 have a

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.039
 godly

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:47.259
 wife and

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.880
 family than

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.279
 it is to

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.759
 be very

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.500
 very rich

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:51.660
 not wrong

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.340
 to be rich

00:22:52.340 --> 00:22:53.420
 I'm going to

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:53.940
 say more about

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.400
 that in a

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:54.680
 second

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:57.160
 but we

00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.900
 believe that

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:58.680
 we can come

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.180
 to believe that

00:22:59.180 --> 00:22:59.740
 money is our

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.299
 greatest need

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:00.940
 but ultimately

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.840
 intimacy with

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.399
 God is our

00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:03.019
 greatest need

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.859
 and intimacy

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.899
 with others

00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:06.119
 through God

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.879
 is our

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.599
 second greatest

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.019
 need

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:09.659
 money can

00:23:09.659 --> 00:23:10.139
 lead us to

00:23:10.139 --> 00:23:10.939
 believe that

00:23:10.939 --> 00:23:11.599
 we can approach

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.339
 God as an

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:12.779
 equal

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:14.919
 we can only

00:23:14.919 --> 00:23:15.579
 approach God

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.079
 as God

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:19.699
 we become

00:23:19.699 --> 00:23:20.699
 less and

00:23:20.699 --> 00:23:21.740
 less like

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.899
 God by

00:23:22.899 --> 00:23:23.879
 grasping

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.480
 anything

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:27.019
 we become

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.699
 more and

00:23:27.699 --> 00:23:28.259
 more like

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:28.859
 God in his

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.559
 character by

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:29.940
 giving

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:31.220
 man by

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.500
 the name

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:31.919
 of John

00:23:31.919 --> 00:23:32.399
 Maxwell

00:23:32.399 --> 00:23:32.940
 once said

00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.659
 something which

00:23:33.659 --> 00:23:34.059
 has always

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.639
 stuck with

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:34.799
 me

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.200
 one of the

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:36.099
 highest forms

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:36.799
 of living

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.879
 is giving

00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:40.299
 because God

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.819
 is the great

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.079
 giver

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.639
 you can't

00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.039
 out give

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.480
 God

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:44.259
 just as I'm

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.740
 bringing this

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.399
 to an end

00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:46.619
 John Wesley

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.740
 gave very wise

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.599
 advice to some

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.099
 of the business

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.980
 people who came

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.759
 to him after

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.279
 they had come

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.779
 to faith

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:53.619
 and he said

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.079
 to them that

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.579
 there's nothing

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.059
 wrong with

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.559
 praying for

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.179
 success in

00:23:56.179 --> 00:23:56.639
 their business

00:23:56.639 --> 00:23:57.079
 okay if you

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.700
 folks out there

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.500
 you're in sales

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:58.960
 you own a

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.339
 business

00:23:59.339 --> 00:24:00.299
 pray for

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:01.159
 help

00:24:01.159 --> 00:24:02.639
 I mean you

00:24:02.639 --> 00:24:02.980
 have to go

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.279
 and you have

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.699
 to make a

00:24:03.699 --> 00:24:04.000
 sale

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.839
 pray for

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.279
 help with

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.439
 that

00:24:05.439 --> 00:24:06.679
 you're doing

00:24:06.679 --> 00:24:07.159
 a business

00:24:07.159 --> 00:24:07.740
 pray for

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.139
 help in

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.500
 running your

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:08.799
 business

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.220
 pray for

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.819
 the prosperity

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.099
 of your

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:10.379
 business

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:10.980
 nothing wrong

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.279
 with that

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.679
 at all

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.859
 Christianity

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.919
 is not a

00:24:13.919 --> 00:24:14.459
 creation

00:24:14.459 --> 00:24:15.139
 denying

00:24:15.139 --> 00:24:15.939
 religion

00:24:15.939 --> 00:24:17.279
 the person

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.799
 who has

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.599
 renounced all

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.179
 for Christ

00:24:19.179 --> 00:24:19.619
 and is living

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:20.139
 in voluntary

00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:20.639
 poverty

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.759
 is no more

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.480
 spiritual

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:24.119
 than the

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.899
 person who

00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.959
 has a

00:24:25.959 --> 00:24:26.740
 husband and

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.459
 children and

00:24:27.459 --> 00:24:28.059
 a nice house

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.740
 in the suburbs

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.539
 it's no more

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.359
 spiritual to be

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:30.880
 one rather

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.440
 than the other

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.500
 it's not that

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:32.839
 at all

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.779
 and so John

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.539
 Wesley's advice

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.180
 to the business

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.680
 people was

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.440
 pray for your

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:36.859
 business

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.500
 pray that it

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.140
 will prosper

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:39.059
 but at the

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.819
 same time

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.799
 pray that you

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.519
 will become

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.519
 more and more

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.079
 generous

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:44.960
 at the same

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.380
 time

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:48.259
 you know

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.240
 ministry costs

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.640
 money

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.599
 spreading the

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.480
 gospel costs

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:51.859
 money

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:53.039
 and if God

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.700
 has blessed

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.700
 you with

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.380
 generous

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:56.099
 with great

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:57.200
 financial resources

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.980
 he has blessed

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.539
 you with the

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.440
 great privilege

00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.840
 of being

00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:00.340
 generous

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:01.059
 in gospel

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.600
 ministry

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:03.460
 pray for your

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.039
 business to

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.480
 prosper

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.779
 and also

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.480
 pray that you

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.019
 will become

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.799
 more and more

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.299
 generous

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:10.299
 if we are not

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.220
 generous with

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.819
 what we have

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:13.000
 now we will

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.860
 not be generous

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.700
 when we are

00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.120
 richer

00:25:15.120 --> 00:25:17.279
 it's one of the

00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:17.860
 reasons why it's

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.400
 important for

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:18.940
 students to

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.319
 tithe

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:22.240
 because one of

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.100
 the lies that

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:24.140
 greed tells us

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:25.000
 is well when I

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.539
 make an extra

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.539
 five thousand dollars

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:26.940
 a year that

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.220
 will be

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.639
 generous

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:29.139
 and we

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:29.720
 always want

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.099
 to make that

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.700
 extra five

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.279
 thousand or

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.720
 ten or

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.259
 hundred or

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.639
 whatever the

00:25:32.639 --> 00:25:33.220
 number is

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:34.359
 where when we

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:36.759
 have all our

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.680
 RSPs and

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.319
 we are well

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:38.799
 established

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:40.039
 if we are not

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.700
 generous with

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.240
 the very little

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.740
 that we have

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.159
 we won't be

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:42.599
 generous when

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.319
 we have lots

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.680
 in fact it

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.039
 can be a lot

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.639
 harder to be

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.119
 generous when

00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:45.759
 you have lots

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:47.139
 it can be a lot

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:47.720
 easier to give

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.539
 five bucks than

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.279
 it is to give

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:49.940
 fifty thousand

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.460
 dollars

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.079
 it can be a

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:51.879
 really hard thing

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.680
 to sign a check

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.079
 like that

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.619
 I've never had

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.399
 that experience

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:55.200
 by the way

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:56.900
 I'm going on

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.220
 what other

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.720
 people have

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.340
 told me

00:25:58.340 --> 00:25:59.600
 but if we're

00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:00.160
 not generous

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:00.640
 with what we

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.180
 have now we

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.500
 won't be

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.039
 generous when

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.299
 we are

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.640
 richer

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:03.740
 generosity is

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.319
 a habit of

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.819
 the soul

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.880
 a disposition

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.500
 and a

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:06.880
 worldview

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:08.920
 pray for

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.519
 generosity

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.900
 pray for the

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.640
 ability to

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.080
 tithe

00:26:12.080 --> 00:26:13.640
 Lord have

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.580
 mercy upon us

00:26:14.580 --> 00:26:15.259
 and incline our

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.860
 hearts to keep

00:26:15.860 --> 00:26:16.380
 this law

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:17.640
 just want to

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.100
 look very

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:18.819
 very briefly

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.899
 at the final

00:26:19.899 --> 00:26:21.079
 triangulation

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.480
 of this

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:23.779
 commandment

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.079
 and just

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:24.779
 turn in your

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.359
 Bibles to the

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:25.639
 book of

00:26:25.639 --> 00:26:26.200
 Deuteronomy

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.679
 just so you

00:26:26.679 --> 00:26:27.159
 can notice

00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:27.859
 something about

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:29.099
 the commandment

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.859
 and it's on

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:31.519
 page 161

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:34.319
 page 161

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.700
 it's Deuteronomy

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.939
 chapter 5

00:26:36.939 --> 00:26:38.639
 verse 21

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.599
 is this the

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.419
 last commandment

00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:40.960
 just want you to

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.579
 notice something

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.179
 in particular

00:26:42.179 --> 00:26:42.899
 about this

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:45.559
 page 161

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.200
 you shall not

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:47.059
 covet your

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.859
 neighbor's wife

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:49.059
 and you shall

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.679
 not desire

00:26:49.679 --> 00:26:50.319
 your neighbor's

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.819
 house his

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.279
 field his

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.079
 manservant his

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.839
 maidservant his

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.619
 ox his donkey

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.079
 or anything

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:55.000
 that is your

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.539
 neighbor's

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.579
 now notice the

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.099
 first thing that

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.479
 we're not to

00:26:57.479 --> 00:26:58.599
 covet I'm not

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.599
 to covet my

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:00.479
 neighbor's wife

00:27:00.479 --> 00:27:02.559
 the third if

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.579
 the first way

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.559
 the first sort

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.299
 of aspect of

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:06.399
 coveting is the

00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:07.419
 sin of envy

00:27:07.419 --> 00:27:08.240
 if the second

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.059
 aspect to try to

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.859
 understand it is

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:10.539
 the sin of greed

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.799
 the third thing

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:13.199
 is to understand

00:27:13.199 --> 00:27:13.919
 that we can have

00:27:13.919 --> 00:27:14.679
 a desire for

00:27:14.679 --> 00:27:15.439
 what can never

00:27:15.439 --> 00:27:17.279
 be ours

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:19.139
 and by that

00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.559
 I don't mean

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.299
 like 50

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.000
 billion dollars

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.460
 like Bill

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:21.819
 Gates

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.839
 okay

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.680
 I mean

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.359
 something more

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.039
 fundamental

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:27.379
 and this is

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:27.680
 what I mean

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.079
 by that

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.680
 Louise and I

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:28.980
 will be

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.539
 celebrating our

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.299
 25th wedding

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.779
 anniversary

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.519
 thanks be to

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:31.819
 God

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:33.359
 in the 24th

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:33.940
 of October

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:36.099
 and you know

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:37.379
 25 years ago

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:37.839
 I don't know

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.200
 maybe there were

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:39.220
 4 billion people

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.720
 on the planet

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.539
 and in a sense

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.200
 what I said

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.639
 when I stood

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:41.940
 at the front

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.420
 of the church

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.480
 and turned to

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.220
 Louise and

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:46.140
 exchanged vows

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:47.279
 with her

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.180
 and the two

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.799
 of us entered

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.440
 into the estate

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:50.440
 of holy matrimony

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:51.100
 I in a sense

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.600
 was saying

00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:52.339
 to Louise

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:52.620
 Louise

00:27:52.620 --> 00:27:53.740
 there are 2

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.360
 billion other

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:54.860
 women in the

00:27:54.860 --> 00:27:55.319
 face of the

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:55.620
 planet

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:56.980
 and I am

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.380
 turning my

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.940
 back on all

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.319
 of them

00:27:58.319 --> 00:28:00.539
 and I will

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.180
 only be with

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:01.620
 you for the

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:02.079
 rest of my

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.420
 life

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:04.019
 and she in a

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.460
 sense was

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.000
 saying George

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.480
 there's 2

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:05.940
 billion other

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.360
 men in the

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:06.660
 planet

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:07.480
 and I'm

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:07.839
 turning my

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.299
 back on all

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.579
 of them

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.059
 and for the

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.600
 rest of my

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.180
 life I will

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.720
 only be with

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:10.920
 you

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:12.860
 and I am

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:13.700
 to say that

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.279
 and it is

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.740
 to be a

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.320
 good thing

00:28:15.320 --> 00:28:16.019
 that's a

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.460
 good thing

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:16.800
 it's something

00:28:16.800 --> 00:28:17.120
 that I am

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:17.660
 to rejoice

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.000
 in

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.759
 and so you

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.640
 see when I

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.259
 covet my

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.720
 neighbor's

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:23.320
 wife I am

00:28:23.320 --> 00:28:24.279
 coveting something

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:25.400
 that I can

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 never have

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 if I am

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 coveting something

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 that by the

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 very very

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 structure of

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 creation it's a

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 whole other

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:36.279
 sermon about

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 how the very

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 very nature

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 of the created

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 order is that

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 I am desiring

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 something that

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 I can never

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 have in

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 theory Bill

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 Gates could

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 listen to this

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 sermon say I'm

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 going to leave

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 my entire 50

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.160
 billion fortune

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:49.240
 to George and

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 I would get

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 it and I

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 would be

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 flabbergasted

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 you know but

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 that could

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 conceivably

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 happen I'm

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 not going to

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 bet my life

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 on it but I

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.720
 can never have

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 my neighbor's

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:03.099
 wife if I

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 am a person

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 who is same

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.160
 sex attracted

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 if I was a

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.259
 person like

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 that I can

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.840
 never have I

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 can never

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 sexually know

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 that man

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 it is something

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 that I can

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.360
 never have

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 and never

00:29:17.540 --> 00:29:18.000
 desire

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 there's other

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 examples as

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:20.720
 well

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:22.400
 Lord have

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:23.060
 mercy upon

00:29:23.060 --> 00:29:23.780
 us and

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 incline our

00:29:24.280 --> 00:29:24.700
 hearts to

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 keep this

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.840
 law let us

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 bow our

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 heads in

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:26.720
 prayer

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:41.279
 father thank

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:42.000
 you so much

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.440
 for loving

00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:42.860
 us

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 thank you

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.059
 father so

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:47.100
 much that

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:48.000
 you see each

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.640
 one of us as

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:49.319
 we really are

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:50.420
 that you you

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:51.180
 know the dreams

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.779
 we have at

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.240
 night that we

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.839
 don't remember

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.400
 you know the

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:54.460
 faces and the

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 fronts that we

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 have you know

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.620
 the things we're

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.660
 ashamed of and

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.140
 the things we

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:59.060
 delight in you

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 father we give

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.960
 you thanks and

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.640
 praise that you

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.460
 know us better

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.060
 than we know

00:30:03.060 --> 00:30:03.940
 ourselves and

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.980
 still you love

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:06.640
 us and sent

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.580
 your son Jesus

00:30:07.580 --> 00:30:08.420
 to die upon the

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.539
 cross for us we

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.279
 thank and praise

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.920
 you father that

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:12.039
 when your son died

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:13.160
 for each of us

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:14.120
 that he knew

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:15.200
 every single thing

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:16.400
 about us and

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:17.440
 still he willingly

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.539
 died for us

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:20.120
 thank you father

00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:21.840
 that as we come

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:22.360
 to know you

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:22.980
 through Jesus

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.819
 that we will

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.559
 never discover

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.259
 something about

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.039
 ourselves that

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.700
 you didn't know

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:28.059
 already and

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.880
 still you loved

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:30.740
 us loving father

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.500
 may your holy

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.539
 spirit move and

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.079
 work in our

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:34.059
 lives may your

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:35.299
 holy word move

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:36.079
 and work in our

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:37.460
 lives so that we

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:38.559
 might see ourselves

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.740
 as you see us

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:41.400
 and father as we

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:42.519
 see the things in

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.299
 our lives that we

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.299
 need to repent of

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:46.339
 in your mercy may

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:47.420
 your holy spirit

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:48.599
 lead us to

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:49.960
 repent and to

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.960
 amend our lives

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:52.279
 may we have the

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.319
 joy and comfort

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:54.180
 of your holy

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:55.720
 spirit that new

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.480
 life in you is

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.819
 possible that

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.700
 goodness is good

00:30:58.700 --> 00:31:00.100
 for us and that

00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:01.039
 you can use us

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:02.039
 no matter what

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:03.079
 our disposition or

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:04.220
 state of life or

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.900
 prevailing sins

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.980
 father thank you so

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.640
 much that no matter

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:09.900
 what those are you

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:11.880
 can bring a blessing

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:13.200
 to the world through

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:14.500
 us when we trust in

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:15.140
 your son Jesus

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:16.900
 Christ father thank

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.680
 you for your mercy

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:19.480
 in Jesus's name we

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.500
 pray amen

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:27.600
 because of

00:31:27.600 --> 00:31:49.680
 the�