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 Good morning.

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 That was quite good.

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 Good morning. If you don't know me, my name's Chris.

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 I help oversee community groups here at Watermark.

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 At Watermark, if you haven't been here for a while,

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 we often say we're going on a journey together.

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 Because life is a journey, it's a quest, it's an adventure, it's a voyage.

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 And those kind of words are meant to make you feel excited.

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 Like me, when I was six years old, my mum used to read to me

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 The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

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 And I was so excited to hear the story.

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 Because deep inside all of us, journeys and stories like that

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 kind of impact us because we want to be going somewhere.

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 We want to feel like there's some purpose for where we're heading.

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 And the purpose of this journey of life is not just to kind of wander around

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 aimlessly trying to find some random meaning somewhere.

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 The purpose is that there is a destination in mind for all of us.

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 And the Bible is filled with images of journeys.

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 And the Exodus story that we've been going through over the last few weeks

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 is one of those stories.

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 It's a story of redemption where God releases the Israelites out of slavery

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 into freedom in loving and serving the king, the God of Israel,

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 the one who wanted to bring them freedom.

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 And God had made this promise hundreds of years ago to a man called Abraham

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 that he was going to make this people who were going to go into a land

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 and they were going to be blessed and they were going to be a blessing

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 to all the nations.

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 And this is the purpose that God was beginning to unfold.

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 But the problem was this journey to the promised land led through the wilderness.

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 And the wilderness is, well, a wilderness.

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 It's a place of struggle.

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 It's a place of discomfort.

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 It's a place of thirst.

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 It's a place of craving.

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 But it's in the wilderness that God wanted to teach his people

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 what it really meant to trust him.

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 And he wanted to show them how gracious and glorious his power was

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 to provide every single step of the way.

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 Because he wanted to show them that once they got in the promised land,

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 which was filled with all these blessings,

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 that actually the greatest blessing wasn't the gifts and the blessings of the land,

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 the physical blessings,

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 but he was going to be the greatest blessing for them.

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 That's what he was about.

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 And the New Testament, in Hebrews 3, other passages,

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 gives us this same idea of a journey.

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 It uses this Exodus story to describe what it means for us to be Christian.

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 God releases us from captivity to sin,

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 and then he passes us through not the Red Sea,

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 but the waters of baptism.

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 He then leads us onto a journey into a new resurrection,

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 new creation,

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 a restored world which satisfies every desire for peace,

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 for security, for longing,

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 for harmony and joy.

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 And through that, he brings a perfect mediator,

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 not like Moses, an imperfect one,

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 but Jesus Christ,

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 to take us there.

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 But we're not yet in the promised land.

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 Now is actually the journey through the wilderness.

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 That's the way the Bible described it.

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 We haven't yet arrived into full,

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 perfect comfort and redemption.

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 So my aim this morning is to talk about how we live well in the wilderness,

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 and to find that our greatest treasure is not found in making our lives more air-conditioned,

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 but in finding joy in this wilderness.

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 And that's what we're all about in this series.

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 This series is really about how Christ,

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 if you're a Christian,

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 he has set you free,

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 but he set you free from slavery to things.

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 And whether it's control,

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 whether it's your own sense of self-reliance,

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 whether it's fear of others,

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 or today we're looking at comfort,

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 these things we look to to satisfy us,

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 but God says they're not the ones,

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 the things that are ultimately going to satisfy you.

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 And we'll find ourselves,

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 if we chase after these things,

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 drinking from a sewage pipe,

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 rather than drinking from the living water that God wants to give us.

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 So we're going to have a look at this story together,

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 and we're going to look at grumbling in the wilderness,

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 comfort in the wilderness,

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 and God's vision for the wilderness.

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 So grumbling in the wilderness,

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 our comfort in the wilderness,

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 God's vision for the wilderness.

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 So let's kind of dive into the story a little bit.

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 Okay, if you've got your bulletin here,

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 kind of you can check through with me.

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 Chapter 15, 22 to 27.

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 It's been three days since the euphoria of passing through the Red Sea.

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 The honeymoon period is over.

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 The water's running out, it's hot, it's dry,

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 it's worse than Hong Kong in the summer,

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 and Moses sees a spring.

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 And he goes up to it to get water,

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 and it's filthy, undrinkable.

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 And everyone is grumpy and thirsty.

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 This isn't what I bargained for.

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 Where's the 7-Eleven?

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 And God's people are worse than a bunch of whining kids

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 stuck in a traffic jam in a non-air-conditioned bus in the summer.

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 They're whining, they're complaining to Moses,

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 and Moses says,

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 God, okay, help me.

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 And God provides an amazing water purification system,

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 and they can drink.

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 And then, God, remember,

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 who is guiding them with a pillar of cloud and fire,

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 he leads them to Elim.

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 And Elim is like an oasis in the desert.

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 It's got shade, it's got coconut milk,

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 it's beautiful, it's paradise.

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 Finally, it feels like this is more like it.

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 They settle down there for a few days

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 in their little resort of Elim.

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 And then, chapter 16, 1-4,

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 they've got to move on.

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 The holiday's over.

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 They've got to move out further into the wilderness.

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 God is leading them on.

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 And he's leading them somewhere.

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 But nearly one month later,

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 the food supplies start running low.

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 They're on to one-figure day.

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 They're getting seriously hungry.

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 And the Israelites are like me.

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 When I'm hungry, I'm miserable.

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 And the whining starts as a little murmur,

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 and then it grows, and then it grows,

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 and then it grows,

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 until finally the frustration explodes.

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 Verse 3,

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 If only we had died by the Lord's hand in Egypt.

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 There we sat around pots of meat

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 and ate all the food we wanted,

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 but you have brought us out into this desert

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 to starve this entire assembly to death.

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 They're a grateful lot.

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 Now, I don't know if you remember earlier in the story,

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 but in Egypt, I don't remember the Israelites

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 sitting around like barbecues,

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 kind of rejoicing in the food.

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 Do you remember that?

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 No, they were crying out for God to save them,

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 for God to rescue them, right?

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 And they'd forgotten that kind of part,

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 you know, rose-tinted spectacles,

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 looking back on the past.

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 But, you know, when we experience discomfort,

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 our temptation is always to compare

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 to another time, to other people.

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 The grass always looks greener

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 than where we are right at the moment.

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 And they've lost sight of where God is taking them,

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 and they've lost sight of what God has done for them,

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 and they've lost sight of the promised land.

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 And they think, because it's hard now,

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 Moses must be against them,

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 God must be against them,

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 they'd rather die than follow what God has got for them.

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 Because, you see, the Israelites were more focused

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 on their stomachs and discomfort

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 than seeing the goodness of God,

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 and they'd lost sight of him.

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 They'd lost sight of the miracles.

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 They'd lost sight of the way he provided

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 every step of the way.

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 And they kept losing sight of that.

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 Now, it's not that their need for food was illegitimate, totally.

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 Food is necessary to live,

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 but God had showed them,

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 I will provide every step of the way.

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 I just want to use this as an opportunity

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 for you to see just how amazing my grace and my love is,

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 because I will always provide for my people.

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 But they were more interested in getting a comfortable ride

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 than really in knowing God in this process.

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 Now, I don't know about you,

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 but if you've got a bunch of whining kids

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 in the back of your car,

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 and you've already given them a snack recently,

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 and it's not far now,

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 and you're saying,

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 hold on, there's a great meal coming,

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 and they're still whining,

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 I don't know what your response is.

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 My response is usually frustration.

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 But God is incredibly patient with the Israelites.

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 He graciously provides for them.

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 He says, verse four,

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 I'll rain down bread from heaven for you,

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 but I'm not going to give it so you can kind of bulk by,

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 so you can kind of put some away in the freezer for later.

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 Every day, you're going to have to depend on me for grace.

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 Every day, it's a test to see every day,

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 will you trust me?

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 And on the Sabbath,

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 you're going to have to collect enough for two days,

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 and I'm going to provide it,

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 because I want you to rest, put me first,

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 know that you can trust me.

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 To satisfy all your needs with good things,

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 because I'm good, and I care for you.

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 Verse six says,

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 In the evening, you'll know that it was the Lord

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 who brought you out of Egypt,

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 and in the morning, you'll see the glory of the Lord,

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 because he's heard your grumbling against him.

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 Every circumstance that God brings you and I into,

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 no matter whether it's coming to the springs of Elim,

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 and it's beautiful, and it's comfortable,

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 or whether it's wandering in the wilderness,

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 is an opportunity, is a gift,

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 a circumstance where God says,

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 here is a chance for you to rely on me,

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 for you to put me first, for you to trust me.

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 Here's a chance for you to experience my grace sustaining you.

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 Verse 10, God shows up in the wilderness.

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 He says, I am with you.

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 His presence is there with them.

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 That's what he wants to say to some of us now

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 who feel like we're going through a wilderness in our lives.

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 I am there.

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 I am with you.

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 You can trust me to provide.

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 Will you?

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 And the thing is, God in this story is not just interested

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 in giving the Israelites a hard life.

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 He actually provides great tasting manna.

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 He could have provided anything.

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 He provides honey flavored crackers.

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 Okay?

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 And it's a foretaste of the milk and honey

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 that he's going to bring them into the promised land for.

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 And you know, they're full.

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 Verse 18, they lack nothing.

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 And all the grateful Israelites can say is,

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 when they see this manna, what is it?

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 Which is what manna means.

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 Manna means, what is it?

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 You can see how grateful they are.

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 God wants them to know his grace.

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 All they can see is their circumstances and their discomfort.

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 And even after all of that,

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 God providing again and again,

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 the Israelites still doubt that God's going to be good enough

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 to provide for them.

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 So they go out collecting more than God tells them to collect.

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 Just in case.

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 Because you never know if God's really good.

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 He came through last time,

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 but maybe he's not going to come through again.

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 So we've got to provide.

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 We've got to build a little bit of security.

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 We've got to make sure,

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 because maybe God really isn't good enough for us.

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 Let me ask you right now,

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 what's going on in your life?

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 Is it an Elim experience?

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 Does it feel like a wilderness experience?

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 Do you see what's happening in your life as a gift from God,

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 as an opportunity to know him and to see his grace?

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 Or are you like the Israelites,

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 who are more consumed with your comfort,

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 that you've lost sight of a gracious, good God,

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 who has provided many, many things for us?

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 That's the grumbling in the wilderness.

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 Next, our comfort in the wilderness.

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 In this passage, Moses actually says,

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 your grumbling and complaining is not against me.

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 It's not just kind of being real.

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 It's against God.

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 He's saying, you're actually saying to God in this circumstances,

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 you're not good.

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 We can't trust you.

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 Because complaining in a way that refuses to run to God

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 in circumstances and find your hope in him

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 is always, always a desire for something more than God.

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 For them, it was a desire for comfort more than God.

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 And anything you desire more than God,

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 the Bible calls an idol.

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 It's a sign when you start complaining and grumbling

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 that actually you think God is not good,

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 something else you deserve, you should get more than God.

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 It's an idol.

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 I teach on a Monday night at Hong Kong Youth Space.

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 I teach English there.

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 A couple of weeks ago, I was just kind of coming back.

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 I'd done some cleaning in the flat before I went.

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 I finished my class about 9.45.

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 I'm on the bus back.

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 It's 10.15.

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 I'm tired.

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 I'm hungry.

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 I just want to get home and rest.

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 And then Fiona, my wife, calls me.

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 And she's just got back from a long day.

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 And she's just come into the kitchen

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 and just seen the state of the kitchen.

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 And it's not a pleasant sight.

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 I'd forgotten that I'd been a little bit too engrossed

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 in my other things to actually clear up the mess

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 that was in the kitchen.

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 And my wife graciously reminds me that actually,

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 I mean, she needs to take 15 minutes

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 to try and clear everything up

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 so the devastation doesn't kind of remain.

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 And she's tired.

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 And she tells me,

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 hey, can you be just a little bit,

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 she's very gracious.

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 Listen, I know you've helped,

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 but could you just be a little bit more responsible,

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 clear up after you've done,

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 because that would just make my life

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 so much easier in this thing.

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 She's been gracious.

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 But as she's speaking,

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 I'm getting frustrated and impatient.

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 So I quickly try and shut down the conversation.

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 Okay, okay, fine, fine, fine.

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 I'll do it next time.

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 I'll better do it.

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 I'll do it next time.

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 My wife knows that I'm not really listening.

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 No understanding from me

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 as to what she's just had to do.

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 She's tired.

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 And I'm thinking,

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 I don't need this.

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 Don't you know what a long day I've had?

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 Don't you realize

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 that I have done 90% of the cleaning in the flat today?

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 Poor Chris.

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 Isn't life hard?

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 I just need a break.

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 That's all I want now.

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 Just give me some peace.

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 I don't have to deal with this now.

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 Poor me.

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 It's not fair.

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 Isn't life terrible?

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 Now, what's going on in my heart?

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 I held my tongue.

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 I didn't say that to her.

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 But actually,

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 because she didn't experience my apology,

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 she didn't experience my sympathy in that,

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 I didn't express my frustration.

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 I held my tongue.

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 But actually,

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 if you could have seen what was going on in my heart,

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 you would have seen

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 that whether I'd said it or not,

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 exactly the same thing was going on here,

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 and God looks at the heart.

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 Because you see,

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 why am I so impatient and frustrated

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 when something that's clearly my fault

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 and it's been dealt with graciously,

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 well, is it because I'm tired?

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 Well, tiredness contributes to those things,

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 but tiredness doesn't cause me to be impatient.

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 You know,

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 I don't suddenly get tired

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 and then I'm really impatient.

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 It doesn't happen like that.

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 Tiredness lets down my guard,

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 but actually what my heart wants,

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 it wants comfort.

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 It wants me to have my little world

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 just suiting me at that time.

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 And my wife was stopping me

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 getting comfort at that moment.

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 I didn't want to hear it.

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 And I deserve comfort

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 because I work hard.

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 And my wife is not feeling loved

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 by the way that I respond.

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 I'm not actually thinking about her

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 because it's actually all about me.

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 And the root of all our idols

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 is a self-centeredness

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 which wants life to be all about me,

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 what suits me,

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 what's comfortable for me.

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 And it stops me seeing other people

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 and loving them.

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 And I think if I'm honest,

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 as I look around Hong Kong,

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 I think this idol of comfort

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 is one of the ones

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 that we actually struggle with enormously.

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 Even in our church,

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 we struggle with this.

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 Because we're told

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 that satisfaction in life

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 is found just if you can make your life

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 as comfortable and convenient as possible.

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 And discomfort must be avoided.

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 at all possible costs.

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 You see, we live in a city

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 that just revolves around convenience and comfort.

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 Technology and science

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 has developed our lives,

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 transformed it to the point

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 where we are the most comfortable people

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 in the whole of history.

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 There were emperors before

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 were never as comfortable as we are.

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 You know, the Israelites struggle to find food.

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 We have shops open late

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 selling fast food

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 because we can't wait for slow food.

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 and then you even get Food Panda

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 to deliver it to your home

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 so you don't have to walk out of the door.

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 It's amazing.

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 We have helpers,

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 great public transport,

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 fast internet,

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 Siri.

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 You know, you don't even have to

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 press a button on your phone now.

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 You can just talk into it

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 and it does what you want.

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 And I could go on and on and on and on and on.

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 There's so many things we have.

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 Washing machines.

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 You know, incredible.

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 But washing machines are great.

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 But in spite of all the inconvenience we have in Hong Kong,

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 I still find myself complaining.

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 I complain about the lack of space.

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 I complain about the air quality.

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 I complain about those annoying people

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 who stand on the lift texting

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 right in my way

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 so it takes me at least five seconds longer

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 to get either to the lift

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 or get down the escalator.

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 We complain about schooling.

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 Okay.

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 And I then say,

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 it's not like this in the UK.

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 You know, we have great air.

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 And I go back to the UK.

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 And you know, the air's great.

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 And you know, there's space.

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 And then I ring up the customer service.

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 And I'm sent halfway around the world.

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 And they're not contactable after 7 p.m.

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 And the shop's shut at 5.30 or 6.

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 And the nearest one is about 15-minute drive.

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 And the public transport is so expensive

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 and always delayed.

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 And very quickly I realize I'm complaining.

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 Because,

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 and everyone else is complaining as well.

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 Doesn't matter where you go.

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 Everyone complains.

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 Now, why,

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 if we have this unprecedented level of comfort

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 that others in the past would only have dreamed of,

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 do I still complain and grumble?

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 Why?

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 Because I believe the great lie

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 that just having more comfort,

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 a bigger flat,

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 retirement,

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 a vacation,

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 anything else,

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 something more will satisfy me.

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 And you know,

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 we're willing to suffer long hours of work

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 just so we can make our life

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 and our family's life more comfortable

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 in the future.

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 But it doesn't matter where you live.

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 It doesn't matter how much time-saving gadgets you have.

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 You will never truly be satisfied with them

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 because there will always be inconvenience

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 and uncomfortable people

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 and uncomfortable situations

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 that will frustrate you.

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 Always.

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 You will never be satisfied.

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 Because now is a wilderness time.

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 There are times of refreshment.

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 It's not the promised land.

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 There are ELIM experiences.

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 There are good things.

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 But you know,

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 what happens is

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 a greater comfort

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 leads to greater expectations.

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 And yesterday's desires

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 become today's needs and demands.

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 When internet first came out

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 and I first went on the internet,

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 it was amazing.

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 I was like,

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 wow,

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 just,

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 it was great.

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 It was such a privilege.

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 And it would take like 10 years

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 to download one page.

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 But I could wait.

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 Now,

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 if it takes longer than one second,

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 I'm like shouting at the computer.

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 I'm like cursing the thing.

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 Why?

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 Because

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 I now expect

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 and I think

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 that this is what I deserve.

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 And a desire has become a need,

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 become a demand.

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 And the thing is,

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 our expectations

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 are shaped

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 by everybody around us.

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 We compare to everyone around.

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 And we always think

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 like the Israelites

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 that the grass is greener

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 on the other side.

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 So if we just get something more,

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 then it's always going to be better.

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 And we're in a competition

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 in Hong Kong

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 and you can't get left behind

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 by anybody else.

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 And we focus more

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 on what we don't have

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 than what we do.

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 And we become ungrateful.

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 And we'll shy away

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 from ever making decisions

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 which will make us

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 uncomfortable

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 for the sake of the gospel

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 because we think

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 that life is going to collapse

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 if I'm uncomfortable.

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 And so it's going to be moaning

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 and complaining

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 if my life

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 is not the way I want it.

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 Because for me,

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 and I struggle with this one,

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 fundamentally life

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 is more about me

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 than about God.

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 I think I deserve

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 to have comfort

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 and I'm not willing

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 to be inconvenienced

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 because I can't imagine

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 that I can live without it.

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 Spurgeon,

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 who's a great English preacher,

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 said,

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 when we have much

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 of God's providential mercies,

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 his amazing mercy,

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 it often happens

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 that we have

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 but little of God's grace

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 and little gratitude

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 for the bounties,

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 the enormous abundance

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 that we have received.

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 We are full

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 and we forget God,

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 satisfied with earth

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 and we're content

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 to do without heaven.

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 Rest assured,

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 it's harder to know

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 how to be full

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 than it is to know

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 how to be hungry.

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 Take care

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 that you ask

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 in your prayers

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 that God would teach you

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 how to be full.

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 Isn't that interesting?

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 We are often full

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 yet not satisfied

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 and yet God says,

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 I want to teach you

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 how to be full

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 and it's my provision.

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 So where do you see

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 your heart

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 regularly complaining?

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 Are the blessings

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 that you have

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 held with open hands

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 knowing that they're

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 a gift from God

00:24:03.439 --> 00:24:05.679
 graciously given?

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 Are our lives

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:11.179
 personally as a church

00:24:11.179 --> 00:24:12.139
 marked by a radical

00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:13.399
 thankfulness

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:15.179
 and contentment

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 whether we're in Elim

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 or whether we're

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 in the wilderness

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 or are we never

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.839
 happy with what we've got

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.579
 always wanting

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.459
 that we've got to have more?

00:24:24.199 --> 00:24:24.959
 We grumble

00:24:24.959 --> 00:24:25.579
 in the wilderness

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:27.379
 because we seek comfort

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:28.500
 more than we want

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.879
 to find satisfaction

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.480
 in God.

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.500
 Thirdly,

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:36.019
 God's vision

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.879
 for us

00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.659
 in the wilderness.

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:40.179
 God's vision

00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:40.759
 for us

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.319
 in the wilderness.

00:24:43.419 --> 00:24:44.119
 The problem

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.759
 with the Israelites

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 is that they've shrunk

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:48.059
 their little worlds

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:50.019
 down to their stomachs.

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 But God

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:53.019
 wanted to expand

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:54.240
 their vision.

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:55.960
 God had called

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:57.039
 Israel out of Egypt

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 into a relationship

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 with himself

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 to experience

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 his grace

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 and blessings

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 so that they would

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 be a blessing

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 to the nations.

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 You look at the end

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 of this passage

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.700
 verse 32 to 34

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 with this test

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 that God brings

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 them through

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 and God is faithful

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.619
 they're unfaithful

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 but he still provides

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 and he tells

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 this unfaithful people

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 put a piece of manna

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.959
 in a jar

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 to save it

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 as a testimony

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 to generations

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 to come

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 of how good

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 and faithful

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:26.199
 God is

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 because they're going

00:25:26.939 --> 00:25:27.319
 to forget

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.119
 like you forget.

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 And God's vision

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.879
 for this test

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:32.759
 that he takes them

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.099
 through

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.859
 is not just

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 about them.

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.639
 He's wanting

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:36.359
 to make it

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.439
 so that their eyes

00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:38.619
 get focused on him

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.679
 and so that they

00:25:39.679 --> 00:25:40.539
 can see

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.599
 that regardless

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.319
 of how comfortable

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:43.019
 or uncomfortable

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.799
 how convenient

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.539
 or inconvenient

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.480
 God is leading

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.240
 them to a place

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.920
 where his name

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.740
 his glory

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.559
 his goodness

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.200
 will be made

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:50.400
 known to themselves

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 and to millions

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.400
 of people

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.059
 like us

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.579
 who are reading

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.139
 the story

00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:55.799
 even today.

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:57.180
 That's what God's

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.819
 wanting to do

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.619
 through this

00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:59.619
 little incident.

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.579
 But

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:03.940
 what we do

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:06.079
 what I do

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:08.019
 is we focus down

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:09.039
 on our narrow

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:10.299
 things that we

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:11.200
 think we need

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.500
 and we narrow

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:12.920
 the world

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.620
 down to an

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:14.600
 armchair of one

00:26:14.600 --> 00:26:15.680
 when God

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.200
 wants to

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.480
 expand it

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.180
 to a whole

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.920
 world that

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.559
 is out there.

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:25.380
 I think the story

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:27.340
 says these two

00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:28.120
 things for us.

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 One is God's

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:30.080
 vision for your

00:26:30.080 --> 00:26:31.100
 journey and our

00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:32.180
 journey as a church

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:33.420
 is to grow

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:34.220
 our delight

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.980
 in him.

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:37.039
 Grow our delight

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.440
 in him.

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:37.860
 Jesus

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:39.420
 in John

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:40.220
 chapter 6

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.340
 he says to a

00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:41.880
 crowd of people

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.880
 he's fed

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:44.320
 the 5,000

00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:45.640
 hungry people

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.320
 and you know

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:46.759
 what happens

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.460
 after them

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.019
 they start to

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.460
 follow him

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.539
 because

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.940
 they just want

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.580
 to get fed.

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.400
 They want to get

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:53.039
 food because

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.340
 they think

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:53.740
 Jesus

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.960
 he's a great

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.480
 bakery.

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.680
 That's what

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.160
 they're thinking

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:58.160
 and so

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.680
 Jesus

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.820
 says to them

00:26:59.820 --> 00:27:01.019
 your fathers

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.840
 ate manna

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.519
 in the wilderness

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.740
 and they died

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:05.420
 but I

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:07.799
 am the bread

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.620
 of life.

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.720
 Whoever comes

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.079
 to me

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.500
 will never

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.240
 grow hungry

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.319
 whoever believes

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.779
 in me

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.380
 will never

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:14.259
 be thirsty.

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.620
 When we

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.160
 celebrate a

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.500
 communion

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.120
 we celebrate

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:17.720
 with the bread

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.180
 of God's

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.740
 provision

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.579
 for our

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.079
 needs

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.779
 by dying

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.339
 on a cross

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.799
 showing that

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.240
 he's good

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.799
 that he loves

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:22.960
 us

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.259
 that he'll

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.880
 provide for

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:24.279
 us

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.980
 but you know

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.460
 how those

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.339
 people responded

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:29.380
 they started

00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:29.839
 grumbling

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.420
 and they walked

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.859
 away

00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:31.859
 many of them

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.420
 from Jesus

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:33.740
 because Jesus

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.360
 for them

00:27:34.360 --> 00:27:35.300
 was only a

00:27:35.300 --> 00:27:35.680
 means of

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.259
 food

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:38.160
 and if you

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.840
 want Jesus

00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:41.000
 just to get

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.660
 his blessings

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:43.920
 then when he's

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.779
 provided one meal

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.220
 for you

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.700
 you'll soon

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.340
 become hungry

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:46.720
 again

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.400
 and if he

00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.800
 doesn't seem

00:27:47.800 --> 00:27:48.360
 to provide it

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:48.759
 as quickly

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.220
 as you want

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.539
 then you'll

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:49.920
 go away

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.180
 and look

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.620
 for another

00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:51.060
 canteen

00:27:51.060 --> 00:27:51.500
 to find

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:52.039
 food from

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:55.620
 but Jesus

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:55.980
 is saying

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.420
 I'm not just

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.860
 about giving

00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:57.600
 you meals

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.279
 blessings

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.019
 physical

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.560
 things

00:27:59.560 --> 00:28:00.279
 I don't

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.519
 want to

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:00.960
 just give

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.600
 you that

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.179
 I want

00:28:02.179 --> 00:28:02.419
 to give

00:28:02.419 --> 00:28:03.139
 you myself

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:03.939
 the chef

00:28:03.939 --> 00:28:05.019
 and if you

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.359
 get the

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:05.759
 chef

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.159
 do you know

00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:06.359
 what

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:06.699
 you get

00:28:06.699 --> 00:28:07.139
 unlimited

00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:07.819
 blessings

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:09.159
 which will

00:28:09.159 --> 00:28:09.619
 last

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:11.099
 eternally

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:12.379
 satisfyingly

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:13.199
 and I know

00:28:13.199 --> 00:28:13.819
 what you need

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.179
 and I will

00:28:14.179 --> 00:28:14.819
 provide what

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.419
 you need

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:17.199
 it's not

00:28:17.199 --> 00:28:17.879
 about you

00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.219
 and getting

00:28:18.219 --> 00:28:18.759
 the blessings

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.159
 and getting

00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:19.659
 the comfort

00:28:19.659 --> 00:28:20.119
 it's about

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.459
 him

00:28:20.459 --> 00:28:20.799
 because when

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.039
 you get

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.319
 him

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:21.619
 you get

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.019
 everything

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:24.819
 that's

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.359
 what God

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:26.059
 is doing

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.379
 so do you

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:27.859
 come to

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.359
 church

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:28.779
 is your

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.359
 relationship

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:30.059
 with God

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.919
 just about

00:28:30.919 --> 00:28:31.740
 getting fed

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.559
 or is it

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.079
 actually about

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.579
 I want

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.459
 to really

00:28:34.459 --> 00:28:35.419
 know Jesus

00:28:35.419 --> 00:28:39.199
 as a church

00:28:39.199 --> 00:28:40.240
 Jesus says

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.939
 to you

00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.859
 and to me

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.979
 whatever is

00:28:42.979 --> 00:28:43.339
 going on

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.019
 in your life

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:45.159
 right now

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:47.299
 are you

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.919
 willing to

00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:48.459
 lay down

00:28:48.459 --> 00:28:49.379
 your chase

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:50.359
 for temporary

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:51.079
 comfort

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:52.740
 which will

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.299
 soon leave

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:53.779
 you hungry

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:55.319
 are you

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.740
 willing to

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.399
 lay it down

00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:57.000
 for the sake

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.720
 of the gospel

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:59.819
 for the sake

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.359
 of having

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.240
 a satisfaction

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.900
 in me

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.319
 are you

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.519
 going to

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:02.900
 hold it

00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.339
 with open

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.019
 hands

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:06.180
 because I

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.480
 want to

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:07.160
 satisfy you

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:07.680
 in a way

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.720
 that you

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.440
 will not

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.140
 be satisfied

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.519
 if you

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:10.799
 chase

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.299
 comfort

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:13.180
 if you're

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.599
 a Christian

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:13.940
 if you're

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.259
 not a

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.720
 Christian

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.500
 following

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:15.859
 Jesus

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.420
 is not

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:16.720
 going to

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.140
 make your

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.559
 life

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.119
 easier

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.980
 listen

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.200
 it's

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.420
 going to

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:19.680
 make

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:19.960
 your

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.480
 life

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.299
 harder

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:22.440
 guaranteed

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:23.119
 if you

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:23.579
 really want

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:23.839
 to follow

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.180
 Jesus

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:25.380
 it will

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:26.000
 make it

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.339
 harder

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.899
 but it

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:27.039
 will

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.519
 make it

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:27.980
 the most

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.480
 satisfying

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:28.939
 life

00:29:28.939 --> 00:29:29.220
 that you

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.779
 can ever

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.459
 possibly

00:29:30.459 --> 00:29:30.819
 lead

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.240
 because he

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.659
 says

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.399
 I

00:29:32.399 --> 00:29:33.039
 am

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.599
 the bread

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.359
 of life

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:35.699
 the bread

00:29:35.699 --> 00:29:36.980
 of life

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:38.199
 if you

00:29:38.199 --> 00:29:38.500
 want to

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:38.879
 live

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.519
 come

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.339
 to me

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.879
 and the

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.419
 call today

00:29:42.419 --> 00:29:43.000
 is are you

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.679
 willing to

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:44.599
 follow him

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.199
 however

00:29:45.199 --> 00:29:46.279
 uncomfortable

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:47.099
 or inconvenient

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.819
 he is

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:50.419
 because he

00:29:50.419 --> 00:29:50.759
 wants to

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.119
 show you

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:51.539
 how good

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.000
 he is

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:53.859
 so we

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.220
 need to

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.779
 repent

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.399
 of where

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:55.600
 we

00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:56.060
 actually

00:29:56.060 --> 00:29:56.960
 think

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.259
 other

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.660
 things

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:57.980
 are better

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.180
 than

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.420
 him

00:29:58.420 --> 00:30:00.480
 it's

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:00.720
 about

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.300
 delighting

00:30:01.300 --> 00:30:01.460
 in

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:01.620
 him

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:01.940
 but it's

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.100
 not

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:02.580
 just

00:30:02.580 --> 00:30:02.960
 about

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.180
 that

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.380
 it's

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:03.800
 about

00:30:03.800 --> 00:30:04.740
 because

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.160
 vision

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.500
 for the

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:05.800
 wilderness

00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:06.200
 is

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.980
 about

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.540
 others

00:30:07.540 --> 00:30:08.740
 as well

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.840
 do you

00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:10.200
 know

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.480
 that

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.540
 contentment

00:30:11.540 --> 00:30:12.140
 is one

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.660
 of God's

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.060
 great

00:30:13.060 --> 00:30:13.980
 evangelistic

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.519
 strategies

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.380
 did you

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:15.540
 know

00:30:15.540 --> 00:30:15.840
 that

00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:17.740
 Philippians

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.180
 2

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.500
 verse

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.060
 14

00:30:19.060 --> 00:30:19.580
 to 15

00:30:19.580 --> 00:30:20.000
 it says

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.240
 this

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.600
 Paul

00:30:20.600 --> 00:30:21.240
 who writes

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.340
 it

00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:21.640
 he says

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.100
 do

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.720
 everything

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.420
 without

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:23.980
 grumbling

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:25.020
 or arguing

00:30:25.020 --> 00:30:25.740
 so that

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.080
 you

00:30:26.080 --> 00:30:26.520
 do

00:30:26.520 --> 00:30:27.200
 everything

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:28.020
 everything

00:30:28.020 --> 00:30:28.680
 without

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.200
 grumbling

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.259
 or arguing

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.920
 so that

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.280
 you may

00:30:31.280 --> 00:30:31.740
 be pure

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.440
 and blameless

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:33.040
 children

00:30:33.040 --> 00:30:33.500
 of God

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.280
 without fault

00:30:34.280 --> 00:30:35.040
 in a warped

00:30:35.040 --> 00:30:35.560
 and crooked

00:30:35.560 --> 00:30:36.300
 generation

00:30:36.300 --> 00:30:37.240
 then

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:38.259
 you

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:38.700
 if you're

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.259
 not grumbling

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.200
 you

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:41.360
 will shine

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:42.140
 among them

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:43.060
 you will shine

00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:43.660
 among them

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.660
 like stars

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.620
 in the sky

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.400
 as you

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.800
 hold

00:30:46.800 --> 00:30:47.480
 firmly

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.700
 the word

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.380
 of life

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.160
 he's saying

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.840
 in a society

00:30:50.840 --> 00:30:51.400
 of comfort

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:51.920
 seekers

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.820
 grumblers

00:30:52.820 --> 00:30:53.400
 like me

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:54.160
 complainers

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.700
 like me

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:56.380
 God's

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:57.140
 evangelistic

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.640
 strategy

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.360
 for Hong Kong

00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:58.680
 is to

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.040
 raise up

00:30:59.040 --> 00:30:59.820
 a church

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.440
 which will

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.260
 find contentment

00:31:01.260 --> 00:31:01.840
 in him

00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:02.420
 so that

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:02.720
 when you

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.020
 go out

00:31:03.020 --> 00:31:03.360
 into your

00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:03.700
 families

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.500
 your workplaces

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.080
 your friendship

00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:05.700
 circles

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.300
 and they

00:31:06.300 --> 00:31:06.860
 see what's

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.240
 going on

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.820
 in your life

00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.200
 where things

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.540
 are not

00:31:08.540 --> 00:31:08.980
 comfortable

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.760
 but actually

00:31:09.760 --> 00:31:10.260
 you're still

00:31:10.260 --> 00:31:10.900
 able to find

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.440
 joy and

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:11.880
 satisfaction

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.580
 in him

00:31:12.580 --> 00:31:13.100
 and you're

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:13.580
 still able

00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:14.280
 to be content

00:31:14.280 --> 00:31:14.940
 and people

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.460
 will look at

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:15.960
 you and say

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.900
 what is up

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.440
 with you

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:20.340
 how can

00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:20.940
 you

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:22.059
 still

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.480
 find

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.220
 contentment

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.600
 when you're

00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:24.180
 not getting

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:24.559
 everything

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.120
 you want

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:27.620
 and you know

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.259
 some people

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.580
 will be

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:29.140
 attracted

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.759
 to that

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.299
 light

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:31.460
 and will

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.700
 be able

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.160
 to point

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.500
 them to

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.100
 Christ

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.779
 to say

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.299
 it's not

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.660
 me

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:35.820
 it's him

00:31:35.820 --> 00:31:36.840
 turn to

00:31:36.840 --> 00:31:37.140
 him

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.620
 because he's

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:37.880
 the one

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.120
 who can

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:38.400
 do it

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.019
 for you

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.900
 as well

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.740
 in a

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.299
 thirsty

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:42.080
 hungry

00:31:42.080 --> 00:31:42.880
 society

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.860
 around us

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:44.620
 that's

00:31:44.620 --> 00:31:45.240
 what Hong Kong

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.880
 needs

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:51.920
 it's not

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.240
 about

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.800
 you

00:31:52.800 --> 00:31:54.220
 it's about

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.700
 Christ

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.820
 it's not

00:31:55.820 --> 00:31:56.420
 about you

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:57.260
 it's about

00:31:57.260 --> 00:31:57.700
 others

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:59.800
 I worked

00:31:59.800 --> 00:32:00.400
 for a while

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.280
 in a garden

00:32:01.280 --> 00:32:01.700
 centre

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.620
 in the UK

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:04.000
 and one

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.280
 day

00:32:04.280 --> 00:32:05.460
 I was

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.420
 in one

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:06.620
 of these

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.480
 polytunnels

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.260
 they're kind

00:32:08.260 --> 00:32:08.480
 of like

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.740
 green

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.460
 like plastic

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:10.060
 greenhouses

00:32:10.060 --> 00:32:11.740
 and I was

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.080
 watering

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:12.820
 some tomato

00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:13.300
 plants

00:32:13.300 --> 00:32:13.680
 in there

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:14.860
 I had a

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.220
 hose

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.960
 put the

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.180
 hose

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.440
 on one

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:16.600
 of the

00:32:16.600 --> 00:32:16.880
 tomato

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.240
 plants

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.960
 it snapped

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.500
 in two

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.600
 and I'm

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:19.740
 like

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.160
 oh no

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:21.279
 so

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:23.200
 I went

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.620
 to the

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:23.940
 head

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.660
 gardener

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.339
 and I said

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:26.220
 I'm really

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.539
 sorry

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:26.839
 I'm just

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.460
 destroyed

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.839
 one of

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:27.980
 your

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.319
 tomato

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:28.799
 plants

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.140
 and he

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:29.420
 turned

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:29.640
 around

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:29.980
 to me

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.220
 and he

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.579
 said

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:31.559
 don't

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:31.759
 worry

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.000
 it's

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.360
 fine

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:33.660
 because

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.019
 you know

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.319
 those

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.740
 tomato

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.180
 plants

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.539
 there

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.380
 they

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:36.559
 were

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:36.920
 not

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.539
 supposed

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.120
 to be

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.519
 kept

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.319
 inside

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:40.759
 in the

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.180
 warm

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.500
 and the

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:41.839
 comfort

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.299
 of that

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:42.779
 greenhouse

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.660
 because

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.079
 you know

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.759
 those tomato

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.299
 plants

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:46.119
 are actually

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:46.619
 meant to be

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:47.519
 kept outside

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:49.019
 in the rain

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.960
 and the storms

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.639
 and the elements

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.099
 of life

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.759
 because you know

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.480
 when they face

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.259
 those things

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:54.099
 what happens

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:55.359
 is it strengthens

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:56.059
 their branches

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:57.139
 it strengthens

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:57.379
 them

00:32:57.379 --> 00:32:58.079
 so that they're

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.960
 able to hold

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.859
 more fruit

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:03.619
 and you say

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:04.059
 he said

00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:04.599
 that tomato

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.359
 heart snapped

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:06.099
 because it actually

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.899
 never felt

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.619
 the pressure

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:08.419
 of the water

00:33:08.419 --> 00:33:09.779
 and it's never

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.339
 going to be

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.939
 the tomato

00:33:10.939 --> 00:33:11.519
 plant that it

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.139
 should have been

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:15.660
 you and I

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.420
 and this

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:17.200
 church

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.680
 is meant

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.060
 to be a

00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:19.360
 tomato

00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:19.900
 plant

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:21.720
 that is

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.120
 meant to

00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:22.960
 bear fruit

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:24.600
 fruit

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:25.740
 isn't for

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.060
 you

00:33:26.060 --> 00:33:27.040
 you don't

00:33:27.040 --> 00:33:27.380
 eat your

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:27.840
 own fruit

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:28.120
 if you're

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.480
 a tomato

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:28.880
 plant

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:29.640
 fruit

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.300
 is for

00:33:30.300 --> 00:33:30.880
 others

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:33.840
 that's

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:34.240
 what we're

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.600
 made for

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:35.100
 a tomato

00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:35.580
 plant is

00:33:35.580 --> 00:33:35.980
 made to

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.880
 bear fruit

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:38.520
 Christians

00:33:38.520 --> 00:33:39.200
 are made

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.740
 to bear

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.300
 fruit

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:41.579
 the church

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:42.399
 is made

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:43.379
 to be

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:46.039
 a tomato

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.599
 bearing

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:47.259
 plant

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:48.460
 and we

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.039
 will never

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:50.180
 enjoy

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:51.279
 who you

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:52.059
 and we

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.579
 were meant

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:52.960
 to be

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.899
 as a church

00:33:53.899 --> 00:33:54.700
 if we

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.539
 simply stay

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.039
 inside the

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:56.480
 greenhouse

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.339
 of comfort

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:59.319
 and we

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.899
 don't step

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:00.839
 out to

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.279
 those who

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.700
 don't know

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.039
 Christ

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.419
 to those

00:34:02.419 --> 00:34:02.659
 who are

00:34:02.659 --> 00:34:02.879
 not

00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:03.440
 comfortable

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:04.180
 reaching out

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.440
 to

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.379
 yes in

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:05.919
 the outside

00:34:05.919 --> 00:34:06.659
 God does

00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:07.359
 bring sunshine

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:07.859
 he does

00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:08.440
 bring times

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.300
 of refreshment

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:10.260
 and joy

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:11.039
 and pleasure

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:12.039
 and comfort

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:13.080
 like Elim

00:34:13.080 --> 00:34:13.940
 he wants to

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.260
 do that

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.820
 to show you

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:15.320
 his goodness

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:16.039
 but he will

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.740
 lead you on

00:34:16.740 --> 00:34:17.140
 into the

00:34:17.140 --> 00:34:17.500
 wilderness

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.660
 and in the

00:34:18.660 --> 00:34:19.039
 wilderness

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.640
 of our

00:34:19.640 --> 00:34:20.240
 lives

00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:21.340
 out there

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:22.700
 is where

00:34:22.700 --> 00:34:23.080
 that we'll

00:34:23.080 --> 00:34:23.820
 have stories

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.560
 to tell

00:34:24.560 --> 00:34:26.000
 to generations

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.700
 to come

00:34:26.700 --> 00:34:27.180
 to people

00:34:27.180 --> 00:34:27.680
 around you

00:34:27.680 --> 00:34:28.280
 of how good

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:29.080
 and amazing

00:34:29.080 --> 00:34:29.620
 our God

00:34:29.620 --> 00:34:30.039
 is

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:31.880
 and that's

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.480
 our experience

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.140
 as a church

00:34:33.140 --> 00:34:33.519
 you know

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:34.400
 we don't always

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:35.180
 have this venue

00:34:35.180 --> 00:34:36.039
 we like

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.760
 people in the

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.080
 wilderness

00:34:37.080 --> 00:34:37.760
 sometimes

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.420
 but God

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.059
 has provided

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.599
 a venue

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.180
 he's provided

00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:40.840
 finances

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.860
 again and

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.539
 again and

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.019
 again for

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.480
 us as a

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:43.940
 church

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:45.880
 it's not

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.659
 about us

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.360
 it's about

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:47.740
 him

00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:48.500
 it's about

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.240
 people around

00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:49.780
 us in this

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:50.220
 city who

00:34:50.220 --> 00:34:50.639
 don't know

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:50.960
 him

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:52.659
 so let me

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:53.200
 challenge us

00:34:53.200 --> 00:34:54.079
 as a church

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:57.860
 as a church

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.800
 we believe

00:34:58.800 --> 00:34:59.480
 in community

00:34:59.480 --> 00:34:59.940
 because we

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.599
 believe that

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.039
 the gospel

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.680
 brings people

00:35:01.680 --> 00:35:02.099
 together

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:04.460
 it's one of

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:05.159
 our values

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:06.799
 there is

00:35:06.799 --> 00:35:07.339
 a danger

00:35:07.339 --> 00:35:08.199
 with community

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:09.480
 the danger

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:10.139
 with community

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.659
 is we can

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:11.019
 be so

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.579
 comfortable

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:12.019
 with our

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.460
 particular

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.059
 community

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.779
 that we

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:14.179
 never do

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:14.799
 this thing

00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:15.440
 which is

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:15.639
 called

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:16.059
 mission

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.960
 we're never

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:18.000
 reaching out

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.659
 because we

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.139
 don't want to

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.559
 go out of

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.179
 our comfort

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.699
 zone to

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.119
 the people

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.399
 that we're

00:35:21.399 --> 00:35:21.859
 not so

00:35:21.859 --> 00:35:22.259
 comfortable

00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:22.779
 with

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:23.899
 because we

00:35:23.899 --> 00:35:24.139
 want to

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.440
 stay in

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:24.960
 the greenhouse

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:27.880
 students

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:29.220
 singles

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:30.940
 who do

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.440
 you talk

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:32.059
 to after

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.820
 the service

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:34.260
 do you

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:35.059
 only ever

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.820
 talk to

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.400
 people who

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:36.860
 are like

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.199
 you

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:39.099
 or are

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:39.639
 you willing

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.320
 to go out

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:40.559
 of your

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.300
 comfort to

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:41.820
 see who

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.300
 God might

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.740
 be bringing

00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:43.519
 around you

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:44.099
 and to

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.679
 take a step

00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:45.220
 of faith

00:35:45.220 --> 00:35:45.720
 to actually

00:35:45.720 --> 00:35:46.519
 go up to

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:46.940
 somebody

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.800
 and say

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.220
 hi

00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:49.900
 some of

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.139
 us

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.860
 that's the

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.460
 step we

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:51.760
 need to

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:52.220
 take

00:35:52.220 --> 00:35:53.099
 marriage

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:55.059
 do you

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.619
 only ever

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.219
 talk to

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.539
 married

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:57.039
 people

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:59.059
 or are

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.480
 you willing

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:00.179
 to engage

00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:00.779
 with people

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:01.559
 who are

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.099
 not like

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.380
 you

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:02.900
 who are

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.259
 singles

00:36:03.259 --> 00:36:04.380
 who are

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:06.079
 non-believers

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.799
 who are

00:36:06.799 --> 00:36:07.400
 people who

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.019
 are wrestling

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.759
 with things

00:36:08.759 --> 00:36:09.019
 that you

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.440
 have no

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:09.860
 idea

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.480
 how to

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:10.940
 deal with

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.360
 but you're

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:11.719
 willing

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:12.460
 to go

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:12.980
 out of

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.699
 your way

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:15.460
 because if

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.079
 we don't

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.500
 do that

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:16.799
 we're going

00:36:16.799 --> 00:36:17.219
 to miss

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.960
 out on

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.719
 the stories

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:19.159
 that God

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.739
 wants to

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:20.239
 show us

00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:20.839
 his grace

00:36:20.839 --> 00:36:21.400
 and his

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:21.860
 glory

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:23.300
 and you

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:23.480
 know

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.160
 if you're

00:36:24.160 --> 00:36:24.920
 an introvert

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:26.420
 and a thousand

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:27.340
 objections come

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:28.059
 to your mind

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:29.140
 or even if you're

00:36:29.140 --> 00:36:29.680
 an extrovert

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:30.480
 and you've got a thousand

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:31.420
 things in your mind

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:31.880
 which say

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:33.579
 I can't reach out

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:34.000
 to somebody

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.780
 who's not like me

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:35.200
 because I don't know

00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:35.740
 what to say

00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:36.320
 I don't know

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:36.880
 where to go

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:38.220
 and God says

00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:39.640
 listen I'm the same

00:36:39.640 --> 00:36:40.579
 God as the God

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.120
 of the wilderness

00:36:41.120 --> 00:36:43.120
 I provide grace

00:36:43.120 --> 00:36:44.300
 for every situation

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:45.380
 so will you ask me

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:45.920
 for grace

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.740
 and then step out

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:47.539
 and you'll see me

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.059
 provide

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:49.260
 whether it's words

00:36:49.260 --> 00:36:50.220
 whether it's the

00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:51.500
 the ability

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:52.079
 to connect

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.459
 with someone

00:36:52.459 --> 00:36:53.339
 whatever it is

00:36:53.339 --> 00:36:54.599
 God will provide

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:58.619
 in your cgs

00:36:58.619 --> 00:37:00.019
 when was the last

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.759
 time we started

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:01.779
 thinking not just

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:02.439
 about how

00:37:02.439 --> 00:37:03.599
 to be comfortable

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.699
 but about the people

00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:05.679
 who don't know

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.759
 this great

00:37:06.759 --> 00:37:07.859
 and awesome God

00:37:07.859 --> 00:37:12.239
 are we prepared

00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:12.879
 to have people

00:37:12.879 --> 00:37:13.539
 in our groups

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:14.379
 to connect with people

00:37:14.379 --> 00:37:15.000
 that we don't

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:16.059
 necessarily like

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:17.159
 we don't necessarily

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:18.279
 feel most comfortable

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:19.460
 with but we know

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:20.040
 that the gospel

00:37:20.040 --> 00:37:20.920
 calls me to love

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.620
 them anyway

00:37:21.620 --> 00:37:22.820
 and we're going

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:23.519
 to need grace

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.140
 because actually

00:37:24.140 --> 00:37:24.720
 that's all that

00:37:24.720 --> 00:37:25.180
 can get you

00:37:25.180 --> 00:37:25.680
 through that

00:37:25.680 --> 00:37:27.300
 but we have someone

00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:29.080
 who is so satisfying

00:37:29.080 --> 00:37:29.640
 that we say

00:37:29.640 --> 00:37:30.360
 if we want to put

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.040
 him first

00:37:31.040 --> 00:37:32.800
 then we will see

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.519
 him provide

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.160
 and we will see

00:37:34.160 --> 00:37:34.700
 us grow

00:37:34.700 --> 00:37:35.660
 and we will flourish

00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:36.460
 like that tomato

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.900
 plant

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:40.260
 because you know

00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:42.760
 for a tomato

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:43.900
 plant the greatest

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.560
 joy

00:37:44.560 --> 00:37:46.640
 that it can have

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.539
 is to see someone

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.339
 pick its fruit

00:37:48.339 --> 00:37:50.219
 and enjoy it

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:53.960
 to see the joy

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:55.759
 that the fruit

00:37:55.759 --> 00:37:56.799
 that God works

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:57.579
 in us

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.639
 and through us

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:59.579
 by his grace

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.119
 as we find

00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:01.559
 satisfaction in him

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.960
 whatever circumstance

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:04.079
 he brings us

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:05.599
 and we need each other

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:06.019
 with that

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:07.279
 because we keep

00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:07.739
 forgetting

00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:11.000
 but you know

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:12.759
 if we step out

00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:15.540
 with his grace

00:38:15.540 --> 00:38:16.560
 we will have

00:38:16.560 --> 00:38:17.580
 stories to tell

00:38:17.580 --> 00:38:18.440
 for generations

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:19.200
 to come

00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:20.640
 of the faithfulness

00:38:20.640 --> 00:38:21.900
 of God's

00:38:21.900 --> 00:38:23.360
 good provision

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:25.140
 God is good

00:38:25.140 --> 00:38:26.200
 I don't have to

00:38:26.200 --> 00:38:26.780
 look elsewhere

00:38:26.780 --> 00:38:27.460
 for comfort

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:29.320
 and that's when

00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:29.940
 this journey

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:31.020
 this adventure

00:38:31.020 --> 00:38:31.640
 in life

00:38:31.640 --> 00:38:32.540
 gets really

00:38:32.540 --> 00:38:33.380
 exciting

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:34.740
 and God

00:38:34.740 --> 00:38:35.720
 gets the glory

00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:36.760
 let's pray

00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:53.460
 maybe just stop

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:53.840
 and think

00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:54.260
 for a minute

00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:57.560
 when was the

00:38:57.560 --> 00:38:58.260
 last time

00:38:58.260 --> 00:38:58.800
 for the sake

00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:59.380
 of the gospel

00:38:59.380 --> 00:39:01.800
 I went out

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:02.540
 of my comfort

00:39:02.540 --> 00:39:02.920
 zone

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:06.500
 when was the

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.260
 last time

00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:07.860
 that I had

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.460
 to rely

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:09.400
 on God's

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:09.880
 grace

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.460
 to get me

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:10.800
 through

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:15.740
 just as you

00:39:15.740 --> 00:39:16.200
 think about

00:39:16.200 --> 00:39:16.619
 your own

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.039
 heart

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.900
 and I think

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.340
 about my

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:18.920
 own heart

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:22.300
 God

00:39:22.300 --> 00:39:23.320
 wants to

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:24.119
 show you

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:26.260
 that he

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:27.740
 is enough

00:39:27.740 --> 00:39:28.760
 for you

00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:29.539
 and for me

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:35.300
 he wants

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:35.779
 to show

00:39:35.779 --> 00:39:36.059
 us

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.500
 that in

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:36.980
 whatever

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.440
 we're going

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:37.679
 through

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.340
 right now

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:38.860
 he is

00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:39.420
 enough

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:49.119
 father I

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:49.639
 pray that

00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:49.900
 you'd

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:50.440
 forgive me

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:51.039
 where actually

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:51.619
 I live

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:54.579
 for comfort

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:55.500
 often more

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:55.960
 than you

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:59.179
 I procrastinate

00:39:59.179 --> 00:39:59.619
 and things

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.059
 that I know

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.379
 I should

00:40:00.379 --> 00:40:00.619
 do

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:01.119
 because I

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:01.940
 don't want

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.159
 to do

00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:02.619
 the hard

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:03.119
 uncomfortable

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:03.599
 thing

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:08.119
 I stay

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:08.539
 comfortable

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.659
 with the

00:40:09.659 --> 00:40:10.019
 things that

00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:10.559
 are familiar

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:11.119
 to me

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:12.779
 because it

00:40:12.779 --> 00:40:13.299
 seems too

00:40:13.299 --> 00:40:14.039
 risky to

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.559
 go out

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:14.859
 of my

00:40:14.859 --> 00:40:15.259
 way

00:40:15.259 --> 00:40:18.440
 and yet

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:18.839
 you're a

00:40:18.839 --> 00:40:19.279
 God who

00:40:19.279 --> 00:40:19.719
 is right

00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:20.259
 there

00:40:20.259 --> 00:40:23.639
 with us

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:25.579
 calling us

00:40:25.579 --> 00:40:26.299
 to step

00:40:26.299 --> 00:40:26.699
 out

00:40:26.699 --> 00:40:29.339
 I pray

00:40:29.339 --> 00:40:29.819
 just show

00:40:29.819 --> 00:40:29.980
 us

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.319
 for each

00:40:30.319 --> 00:40:30.639
 one of

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:30.799
 us

00:40:30.799 --> 00:40:30.960
 it's

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.139
 going to

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:31.259
 mean

00:40:31.259 --> 00:40:31.519
 something

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:31.960
 different

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.399
 please

00:40:32.399 --> 00:40:32.939
 just show

00:40:32.939 --> 00:40:33.259
 us

00:40:33.259 --> 00:40:33.960
 what it

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.239
 means

00:40:34.239 --> 00:40:34.819
 to step

00:40:34.819 --> 00:40:35.099
 out

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.359
 this

00:40:35.359 --> 00:40:35.799
 week

00:40:35.799 --> 00:40:37.859
 whether

00:40:37.859 --> 00:40:38.079
 it

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.339
 means

00:40:38.339 --> 00:40:38.739
 we need

00:40:38.739 --> 00:40:39.139
 to actually

00:40:39.139 --> 00:40:40.659
 just see

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:41.399
 with gratitude

00:40:41.399 --> 00:40:41.899
 what you've

00:40:41.899 --> 00:40:42.299
 given us

00:40:42.299 --> 00:40:42.639
 and lay

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.279
 down some

00:40:43.279 --> 00:40:43.739
 of those

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:44.739
 desires

00:40:44.739 --> 00:40:45.119
 that we

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:45.500
 have

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:48.039
 Lord

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:48.259
 whether

00:40:48.259 --> 00:40:48.500
 it's

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.799
 we just

00:40:48.799 --> 00:40:49.099
 need to

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:49.339
 open

00:40:49.339 --> 00:40:49.539
 our

00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:49.799
 eyes

00:40:49.799 --> 00:40:50.279
 to see

00:40:50.279 --> 00:40:50.480
 the

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:50.739
 people

00:40:50.739 --> 00:40:51.119
 around

00:40:51.119 --> 00:40:51.639
 us

00:40:51.639 --> 00:40:54.319
 to see

00:40:54.319 --> 00:40:54.940
 that you

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.519
 have called

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:56.059
 us to

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:56.559
 love

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.699
 to point

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:58.099
 them to

00:40:58.099 --> 00:40:58.400
 see

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:58.799
 something

00:40:58.799 --> 00:40:59.019
 that's

00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.259
 more

00:40:59.259 --> 00:41:00.079
 satisfying

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:01.139
 than just

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:01.579
 getting a

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:02.199
 new iPhone

00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:03.059
 or just

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:03.519
 getting a

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:04.299
 better career

00:41:04.299 --> 00:41:05.699
 position

00:41:05.699 --> 00:41:06.039
 Lord

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.599
 please

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:07.079
 would you

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.739
 help us

00:41:07.739 --> 00:41:09.039
 to see

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:10.219
 and experience

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:11.139
 just how

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:11.879
 good you

00:41:11.879 --> 00:41:12.359
 are

00:41:12.359 --> 00:41:14.259
 would this

00:41:14.259 --> 00:41:14.900
 church

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:16.440
 be a

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:16.900
 light

00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:17.539
 in this

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:17.900
 city

00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:20.279
 so that

00:41:20.279 --> 00:41:20.739
 people would

00:41:20.739 --> 00:41:21.139
 turn to

00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:21.500
 you

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:24.300
 pray this

00:41:24.300 --> 00:41:25.420
 in your

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:25.780
 name

00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:26.679
 amen