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 All right.

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 I want to return to our collect of the day.

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 I was really moved by this.

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 I think the Holy Spirit's active right now here.

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 And I just want to pray this.

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 Let's pray together.

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 O God, whose never-failing providence

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 orders all things both in heaven and earth,

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 we humbly beseech you that during this,

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 the preaching of your word,

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 you would put away from us all hurtful things

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 and give us those things which are profitable for us.

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 May only the truth be spoken

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 and only the truth be heard

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 through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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 Amen.

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 I'm just going to move this

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 until my mic comes out.

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 Then I'll have to use it.

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 I'm still in cottage mode.

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 I don't know if you can tell.

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 I'm just kind of like,

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 whew, okay, here we go.

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 Amy and I got back yesterday.

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 My head's still a little bit in the clouds.

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 I was crying when I put my boat away into the garage.

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 I'll get it out.

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 I swear I'll get it out again today

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 or this year before I have to winterize it.

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 There's a time in ministry to down tools.

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 There's a time to get away and to do the things

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 and just enjoy creation, enjoy our families.

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 But then there's also a time in ministry

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 to clear our heads,

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 slam it back down into gear,

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 and get to work.

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 And that's kind of where we are now as a church.

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 And it can be a little bit jarring.

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 I was talking actually with Gary Graber,

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 who's the academic dean of Ryle,

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 and he was saying he was kind of feeling the same thing

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 getting back from Phoenix, from his holidays.

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 It can be very jarring.

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 And the reason I say that is

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 when we look at the feeding of the 5,000,

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 which I'm going to be focusing on,

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 Luke 9, 10 to 17,

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 there's a Bible down here for you.

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 If you don't have one, it's our gift to you.

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 Basically, Jesus is trying to get the disciples

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 to shift into gear here

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 and to start really taking up their ministry.

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 And as you're going to see,

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 for the disciples here and after,

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 throughout Luke,

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 he's just dragging them along here,

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 trying to get them to get along with a program,

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 get along with business.

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 It's a little bit jarring for them.

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 Other than the resurrection,

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 the feeding of the 5,000

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 is the only miracle

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 that is found in all four Gospels.

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 So that says something to us.

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 That speaks to us of the importance of this story

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 for the early church

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 as they sought to share the Gospel

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 in an alien world.

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 So I really think it's important for us

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 to park there and focus on it,

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 especially as we get into a season

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 where we're revving back up for ministry

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 here in Ottawa.

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 There's a whole host of themes

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 from Jesus' life and ministry

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 that all come together here in this story.

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 We see compassion.

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 We see his control,

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 his sovereignty over creation.

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 We see how he provides for his people.

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 We see Old Testament themes

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 that actually are woven into this passage.

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 End times themes

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 that we're going to see in Revelation

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 when you read there.

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 They're actually woven through here.

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 Now, I can't go through all of that stuff.

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 We'd be here all afternoon.

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 But it's important for us

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 to realize that those are there.

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 That these things exist in the passage.

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 Because Jesus is bringing it all together

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 and he's trying to challenge his disciples

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 to up their expectations

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 for what is possible in ministry.

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 He's just trying to get them

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 to up those expectations.

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 Last week, we were in Luke 7.

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 Obviously, after that,

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 we're flashing forward a couple of chapters

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 and we're in Luke 9.

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 When we left Jesus last week,

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 he was ministering around the north part,

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 kind of the north part of the Sea of Galilee,

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 popping in and out of some small villages

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 of about a thousand people.

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 His miracles, though,

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 are getting just a little more profound.

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 And by the time that we come to Jesus now

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 in verse 9,

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 he's moved down to the southwest

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 of the Sea of Galilee.

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 And as he's gone there,

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 his message is starting to pick up momentum.

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 And then he's gone across the Sea of Galilee

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 to the east side.

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 So he's just,

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 he's surrounding that whole region

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 and something's starting to stir.

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 As I mentioned,

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 Amy and I were at,

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 and that's where we're picking him up,

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 Amy and I were at camp for the last while.

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 I love to fish.

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 I always try to talk about fishing in my sermons.

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 It's just something that I grew up doing in Halliburton.

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 And one of the,

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 you know,

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 where we are in Bancroft,

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 the water is often very serene on Faraday Lake.

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 There's hills all around us

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 so that the way,

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 the wind very seldom kicks up too much waves.

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 And so I can stand,

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 I'm in a little 14 foot boat with a flat bottom.

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 I can stand there

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 and I can just do my thing

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 and kind of have my Zen moment with the Lord,

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 bringing in whatever it is

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 that he deigns to put onto my hook.

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 And it's a wonderful moment

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 until about two o'clock in the afternoon

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 when the camp starts taking kids on their tubing rides

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 in their 300 horsepower ski natique.

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 And it's a big round bay.

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 And while I'm there,

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 I can hear it start up

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 and they start with the kids

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 and then they start going around.

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 And I don't know if you've ever seen a boat that big

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 and the waves that come off it,

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 they're pretty large.

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 And they don't just have one of these boats,

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 they have two of them.

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 And so the boat starts

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 and when this one gets here,

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 the next one starts.

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 And for two to three hours,

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 they're just having a blast

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 going around and around in that bay.

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 And in my little fishing boat,

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 I'm no longer standing.

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 It's undeniable.

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 The waves are crashing off each other,

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 which is part of the point when you're tubing.

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 And everything's getting churned up.

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 You know, I still might be trying to relax,

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 but I'm not standing anymore.

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 In contrast to last week

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 where Jesus is kind of just in a small area,

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 his ministry and his reputation

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 is spreading out all around the sea.

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 He's just circling the Sea of Galilee here,

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 like those boats.

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 And his waves are just crashing off everything

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 to the point that the royal family,

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 if you just look back in 9-7,

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 you know, the royal family

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 is starting to take notice

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 of what Jesus is doing here.

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 There are very few people

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 in that entire region

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 that aren't aware of Jesus at this moment

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 and aren't trying to figure out

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 who it is that he is.

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 And his parables are starting to pick up momentum.

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 I just commend you from 7 to 9

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 to start reading some of those parables.

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 They're coming very pointed

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 at the people, at his disciples,

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 at the leadership.

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 And also his miracles

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 are becoming more and more astounding.

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 Last week he healed over a distance.

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 He didn't even need to see

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 the centurion's daughter.

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 He's raising people from the dead.

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 So things are,

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 his ministry is just really starting

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 to pick up at this moment.

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 And here he is across

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 on the east side of the sea

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 and his disciples are just,

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 you know, they're hanging on for dear life.

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 And then he turns to them

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 and he sends them out

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 with the same power and authority,

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 he says, that he's been using.

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 No details are given,

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 but we are probably,

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 they probably have the same experiences

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 of healing and ministry

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 that they have in Luke 10, 17.

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 But that's where we pick up.

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 That's what they're returning from

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 and what's going on.

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 When we read,

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 on their return,

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 the apostles told him

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 all that they had done

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 and he took them

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 and withdrew apart

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 to a town called Bethsaida.

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 Following the report,

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 right away,

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 we see the compassion of our God.

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 We see the compassion of Jesus.

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 He cares for how hard this ministry is.

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 And so what does he do?

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 He takes them to Bethsaida

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 to get away.

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 So he's on the east side,

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 I've said,

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 of the Sea of Galilee.

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 Now they've actually,

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 Mark says,

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 gotten into a boat

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 and they've crossed the 13 kilometers

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 to the Sea of Bethsaida

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 and they put in,

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 so they're trying to escape those crowds,

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 they put in

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 and they find themselves

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 a desolate place.

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 Somewhere quietly,

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 verse 12 says,

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 you know,

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 on the outside of town

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 in a desolate place

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 for some time away together.

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 And then we see

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 when the crowds learned it,

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 they followed him

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 and welcomed him

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 and he welcomed them

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 and spoke to them

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 of the kingdom of God

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 and cured those

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 who needed healing.

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 We're not sure

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 how long they were there,

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 but we get the sense,

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 you know,

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 that they were ultimately foiled.

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 That they ultimately,

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 the crowds found them.

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 If Mark is indeed

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 talking about the same instance,

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 Mark says,

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 you know,

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 they looked,

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 they saw the direction

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 he was going

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 and they must have gotten

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 in the bigger boat

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 or had more guys paddling

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 and they made it there

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 before him

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 and were actually waiting

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 for him

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 when he got there.

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 And we see some,

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 some heroic patience

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 in Jesus here

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 at this moment.

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 Now,

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 when I'm done preaching

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 and doing communion

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 twice

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 and we've,

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 we've enjoyed fellowship

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 together,

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 when I get home

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 in the afternoon,

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 it just goes better

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 for everybody

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 if you don't disturb

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 the NFL

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 and NASCAR for me.

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 You just,

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 it draws,

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 ministry can just

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 draw that out of you

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 and you just need

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 that time

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 to down tools.

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 And so that's

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 where they are

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 and that's the mindset

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 they're in

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 and they get there

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 and there's people.

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 And what does Jesus do?

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 Passage says

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 that Jesus

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 welcomes them.

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 And the term

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 that it is here,

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 there's a certain

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 kind of welcome

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 it's talking,

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 it's not,

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 this is not the welcome

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 of a teacher

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 on the last day of school.

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 This is the welcome

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 of a teacher

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 on the first day of school.

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 He welcomes them

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 gladly

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 with open arms.

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 He preaches

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 and He heals them.

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 They crossed

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 13 kilometers,

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 that's roughly

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 from town

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 out to the junction,

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 out to the

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 Bayshore Mall.

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 They paddled that far.

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 They don't have

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 a 300 horsepower boat,

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 they have 12 disciple power

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 on paddles.

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 And they went that far

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 to get away

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 and Jesus welcomed them.

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 That, friends,

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 is patience.

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 Thank God

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 that's the patience

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 that the Lord

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 has for us.

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 Now I might be projecting

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 and I probably am,

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 but I hear some exhaustion

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 in the disciples

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 when they say,

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 now the day began

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 to wear away

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 so He's been doing

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 this all day.

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 The disciples

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 are just standing there

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 and the 12 came

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 and said to Him,

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 send the crowd away

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 to go into the surrounding

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 villages and countryside

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 to find lodging

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 and get provisions

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 for we're here

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 in a desolate place

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 where they put in.

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 You know,

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 to be honest,

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 they're making sense

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 logistically.

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 They're His interns,

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 they're His disciples.

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 It's their job

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 basically to think

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 about the small stuff

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 so He can focus

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 on the big stuff.

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 So they're doing

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 their job.

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 There is interns

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 learning ministry

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 from the ground up

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 and what do they see

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 when they look

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 at the people

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 that are there?

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 What they see

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 are people

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 who aren't locals.

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 Okay?

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 These are people

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 who it's not going

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 to be easy for them

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 to find a place

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 or food

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 in the night.

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 They don't have

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 one of these

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 where they can turn

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 on their data,

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 Google,

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 and, you know,

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 there's a Best Western

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 with Continental Breakfast

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 down the road.

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 They don't know

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 anybody here.

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 They don't know Bob

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 on the other side

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 of the road

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 where they can just

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 kind of stop in

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 for the night.

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 It is going to take,

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 it takes time,

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 it takes effort,

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 it's not going to be easy

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 for 5,000 people

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 to find somewhere to be.

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 And so we see

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 Jesus responds to them

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 not by saying,

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 oh, okay, yes,

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 let's send them off

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 like, you know,

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 I probably would have

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 or you would have.

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 Instead,

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 he commissions the disciples

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 to take up their ministry

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 and provide for his sheep.

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 Let's see,

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 verse 13.

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 But he said to them,

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 you give them something.

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 They said,

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 we have no more

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 than five loaves

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 and two fish

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 unless we are to go

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 and buy food

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 for all these people

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 away from here, Lord.

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 You know,

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 he's asking the impossible

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 and I really,

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 they pointed out to him

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 and I have to say

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 I identify with this

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 often in ministry,

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 friends,

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 you know,

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 things seem impossible.

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 I think about Messiah here.

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 The Lord says,

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 go start a seminary.

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 The Lord says,

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 go plant a couple churches.

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 To us as individuals,

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 the Lord is calling us

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 to share the faith

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 with people

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 for whom Jesus' name

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 is a swear word.

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 This seems impossible.

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 It seems impossible.

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 It's supposed to.

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 Our ministry

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 and our calling

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 is supposed to be impossible.

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 It's supposed to seem that way

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 for one reason.

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 Same reason was

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 for the disciples

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 because it drives us

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 to Jesus.

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 Everything

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 to drive us to Jesus

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 and stop relying

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 on our own power.

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 Verse 14.

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 For there were about

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 five thousand men

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 and he said to his disciples,

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 have them sit down then

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 in groups of about

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 50 each.

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 Something's about to happen.

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 Now I've seen

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 five thousand men

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 on a parade square.

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 Every year

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 in Petawawa

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 we have a

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 wonderful

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 what we call

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 a gut check

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 which is a

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 twenty kilometer

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 ish

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 rucksack march

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 with four thousand

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 nine hundred and ninety

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 nine of your favorite

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 friends

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 and we sit there

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 and they

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 people who aren't

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 going to walk

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 twenty kilometers

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 are going to watch us do it.

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 Get up and

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 you know

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 say all kinds

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 of wonderful things

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 about how great

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 this is going to be

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 for us

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 and then we sit there

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 and we get up

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 and we go for a walk

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 and it is a mass

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 of humanity.

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 It's a feat

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 of logistical

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 wizardry

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 just to provision us

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 to stand up

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 with our rucksacks

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 and walk

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 just to do that

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 is

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 it's almost an impossible

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 if you took

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 took group of people

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 it takes them

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 a month

00:14:05.560 --> 00:14:06.640
 just to figure

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 this thing

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 out

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 it's difficult

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 when you start

00:14:09.899 --> 00:14:10.600
 talking about

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 thousands of people

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 we're talking about

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 a mass

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 of humanity

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 here

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 and it's pretty

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 obvious

00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:16.159
 that

00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:17.879
 Jesus doing that

00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:19.679
 for the disciples

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 he's asking

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 for the impossible

00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:22.419
 but in light

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 of just having

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 upped their ministry

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 they've been going

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 around

00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:26.179
 he's been

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 taking them around

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 on the leash

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 he seems to be

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 calling something

00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:31.980
 out of the disciples

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 that they don't know

00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:33.439
 is there

00:14:33.439 --> 00:14:35.379
 but he does

00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:40.899
 through him

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 and I wonder

00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:44.200
 if God is calling

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 you right now

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 he's trying to

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 call something

00:14:48.820 --> 00:14:49.399
 out of you

00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:50.379
 that you don't

00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:50.980
 know is there

00:14:50.980 --> 00:14:52.939
 but he does

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 what is that thing

00:14:55.580 --> 00:14:56.840
 this morning

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 at that moment

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 he grips the situation

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 he creates some

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 order out of it

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 and then we read

00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:04.820
 in taking the five

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 loaves

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 and the two fish

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 he does the

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 traditional Jewish

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 thing

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 he's offering it

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 there's actually

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 a prayer that

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 he would use

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 to offer it

00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:10.399
 to heaven

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 and he looked

00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:12.279
 up to heaven

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 said the blessing

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 over him

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 the normal

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 Jewish blessing

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 then he broke

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 the loaves

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 and he gave

00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:17.159
 the disciples

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 to set before

00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:18.500
 the crowd

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 and through

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 their connection

00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:20.320
 to Jesus

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 and because

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 they turned

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 to him

00:15:22.820 --> 00:15:23.580
 at this

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 impossible

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 moment

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 the disciples

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 have enough

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 more than

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 enough

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 everybody

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 has a full

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 meal

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 some interpreters

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 like to say

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 that you know

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 well this is a

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 ritual meal

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 and everybody

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 had just a little

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 bit

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 says like

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 everybody ate

00:15:35.439 --> 00:15:35.919
 to their full

00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:36.299
 and there was

00:15:36.299 --> 00:15:37.179
 baskets left

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 over

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 we actually

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 say read

00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:39.980
 what the text

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 says

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 everybody ate

00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:42.399
 to their full

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 and I think

00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:44.539
 it's a pretty

00:15:44.539 --> 00:15:45.340
 obvious and

00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:45.980
 simple message

00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:46.679
 that Jesus

00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:47.379
 meets needs

00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:49.559
 but added to

00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:50.860
 that God's

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 provision

00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:53.580
 comes through

00:15:53.580 --> 00:15:54.299
 his disciples

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 his providing

00:15:56.700 --> 00:15:57.419
 for the world

00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:58.740
 comes through

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 his church

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 and they need

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 to learn

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 to take on

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 the impossible

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 by engaging

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 with him

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 we need

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 to learn

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 to take on

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 the impossible

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 things

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 of ministry

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 in the western

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 world

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 by engaging

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 deeper with him

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 now why

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 does this

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 matter

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 I think

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 it's very

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 easy for us

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 to get settled

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 into a human

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 view of the

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 church

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 and human

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 view of our

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 ministry

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 in the last

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 few years

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 I've been

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 taking some

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 courses

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 and there's

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 a lot of

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 folks from

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 around the

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 world

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 that come

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 to Toronto

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 for these

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 courses

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 we have

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 people from

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 Asia

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 we have

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 people from

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 Africa

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 we have

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 people from

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 Oceania

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 and they

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 come and we

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 all sit

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 and it's just

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 an amazing

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 experience to

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 sit and talk

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 about spiritual

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 things within

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 that kind of

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 crucible

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 and one of

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 the things we

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 learn from

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 those elsewhere

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 is how they

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 view the

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 western church

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 and they

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 really see us

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 as powerless

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 friends

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 like when they

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 come and they

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 look at the

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 over and over

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 again I heard

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 you know one of

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 the observations

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 of the west

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 is our lack

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 of trust

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 in God's

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 power

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 we have all

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 kinds of

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 trust in our

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 own power

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 all kinds of

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 trust in what

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 I can do with

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 my eloquence

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 not a lot of

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 trust in God's

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 power

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 Proverbs 3

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 5 says

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 of course

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 trust in the

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 Lord with all

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 your heart

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 and do not

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 lean on your

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 own understanding

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 many of my

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 fellow students

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 believe very

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 strongly that

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 the Holy Spirit

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 is quenched

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 here for all

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 our riches

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 it is quenched

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 in North America

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 and we miss out

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 or explain away

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 as miracles

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 whereas healings

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 and revival

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 and all these

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 things happen

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 in their home

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 countries

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 happen where

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 they are

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 and we wonder

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 why it doesn't

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 happen here

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 and they have

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 very simple

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 explanation for it

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 now I'm not

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 saying that we

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 all need to

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 be charismaniacs

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 for those who

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 grew up in that

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 like I did

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 but what I

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 submit to you

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 is that there's

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 a striking

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 element of

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 truth in what

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 our brothers and

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 sisters tell us

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 when they come

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 here

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 and this passage

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 stands in

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 challenge of

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 that

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 Jesus has just

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 commissioned his

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 disciples

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 he's given them

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 a taste of what

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 can happen

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 but spoon

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 feeding time

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 is over for

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 them

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 in the western

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 church friends

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 spoon feeding

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 time in this

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 this culture

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 that's that's

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 going back to

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 normal

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 I mean history

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 the normal

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 thing is that

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 the world's

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 against us

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 as Christians

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 and in the

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 western church

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 spoon feeding

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 time is almost

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 over if it

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 isn't already

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 this passage

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 speaks to us

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 at this time

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 and this place

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 Jesus is

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 passing on

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 his torch

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 to the

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 disciples

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 and he's

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 passing it

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 on to us

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 and if we're

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 going to take

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 on this

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 impossible

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 ministry

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 in this

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 world

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 that's

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 turned

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 against

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 Jesus

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 we need

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 to learn

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 greater

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 trust

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 and as

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 individuals

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 in a

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 church

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 we need

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 to be

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 focused

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 on how

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 can we

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 engage

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 more

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 with

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 Jesus

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 everything

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 else

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 is

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 secondary

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 how can

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 we engage

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 as a

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 community

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 together

00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:03.819
 more

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 with

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 Jesus

00:19:04.659 --> 00:19:06.959
 do not

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 fear

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 but believe

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 he says

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 so many

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 times

00:19:09.779 --> 00:19:10.719
 in the

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 gospels

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 so I

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 have

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 our

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 to do

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 I

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 have

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 us

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 something

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 to

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 consider

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 I

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 want us

00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:17.519
 to consider

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 something

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 this week

00:19:18.219 --> 00:19:18.579
 in

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 engagement

00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:19.299
 with

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 God's

00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:19.879
 word

00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:22.159
 I

00:19:22.159 --> 00:19:22.459
 want you

00:19:22.459 --> 00:19:22.899
 to consider

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 whether

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 you're

00:19:23.379 --> 00:19:23.719
 a believer

00:19:23.719 --> 00:19:24.639
 whether

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 you're

00:19:24.899 --> 00:19:25.179
 just

00:19:25.179 --> 00:19:25.439
 here

00:19:25.439 --> 00:19:25.740
 as a

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 seeker

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 this

00:19:26.219 --> 00:19:26.519
 morning

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 wondering

00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.119
 about

00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:27.299
 this

00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:27.579
 God

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:27.899
 thing

00:19:27.899 --> 00:19:29.000
 do

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.319
 you

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 have

00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:30.059
 a

00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:30.379
 sneaky

00:19:30.380 --> 00:19:30.980
 suspicion

00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:32.160
 that

00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:32.360
 you

00:19:32.360 --> 00:19:32.520
 were

00:19:32.520 --> 00:19:32.740
 made

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 for

00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:33.220
 more

00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:35.760
 do

00:19:35.760 --> 00:19:36.000
 you

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 have

00:19:36.620 --> 00:19:38.840
 a

00:19:38.840 --> 00:19:39.200
 thought

00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.460
 that

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 maybe

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 you've

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 bought

00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:40.640
 into

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 a

00:19:40.800 --> 00:19:41.040
 vision

00:19:41.040 --> 00:19:41.200
 of

00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:41.420
 your

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 purpose

00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:42.380
 that

00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:42.560
 is

00:19:42.560 --> 00:19:43.140
 smaller

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 than

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 what

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 it

00:19:44.020 --> 00:19:44.620
 really

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 is

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 do

00:19:47.540 --> 00:19:47.680
 we

00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:47.880
 have

00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:48.100
 that

00:19:48.100 --> 00:19:48.600
 suspicion

00:19:48.600 --> 00:19:49.060
 together

00:19:49.060 --> 00:19:49.420
 as a

00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:49.700
 church

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 that

00:19:50.260 --> 00:19:50.720
 we

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.120
 were

00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:51.500
 meant

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 for

00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:52.460
 more

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 we

00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.020
 want

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 to

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 consider

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 and

00:19:55.820 --> 00:19:55.960
 then

00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:56.120
 as

00:19:56.120 --> 00:19:56.240
 you

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:56.380
 can

00:19:56.380 --> 00:19:56.680
 see

00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:56.920
 in

00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:57.100
 the

00:19:57.100 --> 00:19:57.500
 growing

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 in

00:19:57.660 --> 00:19:57.860
 grace

00:19:57.860 --> 00:19:58.200
 section

00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.320
 or

00:19:58.320 --> 00:19:58.400
 what

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 do

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 we

00:19:58.560 --> 00:19:58.780
 call

00:19:58.780 --> 00:19:58.900
 it

00:19:58.900 --> 00:19:59.000
 this

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.140
 morning

00:19:59.140 --> 00:19:59.480
 growing

00:19:59.480 --> 00:19:59.660
 in

00:19:59.660 --> 00:19:59.880
 grace

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 section

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:01.019
 I

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.200
 want

00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:01.299
 us

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:01.440
 to

00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.000
 engage

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.380
 with

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 the

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 part

00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:03.519
 two

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 of

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 Luke's

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 gospel

00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:04.859
 is

00:20:04.859 --> 00:20:05.000
 the

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.140
 book

00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:05.279
 of

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:05.680
 Acts

00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.120
 and

00:20:06.120 --> 00:20:06.240
 I

00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:06.620
 commend

00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:06.900
 that

00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:07.079
 to

00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.180
 you

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 because

00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:07.579
 we

00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:07.960
 see

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.200
 this

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 working

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 itself

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 over

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 over

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 and

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 over

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 and

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 over

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 again

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:11.660
 in

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 the

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 book

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 of

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 Acts

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 so

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 for

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 your

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 devotions

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 this

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 week

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 while

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 while

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 you

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 to

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 know

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 to

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 read

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 read

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 the

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 story

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 of

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 how

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 the

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 early

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 church

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 was

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 just

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 constantly

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 called

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 to

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 more

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 and

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 engage

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 with

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 that

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 that

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 that's

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 our

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 challenge

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 I

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 just

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 want to

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 leave

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 that

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 with

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 you

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 and

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 commit

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 that

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 to

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 you

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 the

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 power

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 of

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 Jesus

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 changes

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 the

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 equation

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 of

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 what

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 is

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 possible

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 stop

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 this

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 week

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 consider

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 this

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 week

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 and

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 engage

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 and I prayed about this

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 and I really feel it's a particular message for us

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 there are a host of bold ministries

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 that our board is looking at right now

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 they've spoken about with us in the spring

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 they've commended it to us for prayer over the summer

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 and I really hope we have been

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 and if not that we're going to start

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 fervently praying for these things

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 we're looking at launching into

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 over the next year or so

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 ministries, new ministries we have

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 our ministries we're looking to continue to grow

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 and I really hope that as a church

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 we can hold things as they are

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 right now

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 because things are great

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 even though 417 is closed

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 and everybody from the west isn't here this morning

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 things are great

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 so I really hope that we can hold the way things are in our church

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 with an open hand though

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 and offer it to God

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 for whatever he has coming next

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 considering the ways

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 considering the ways

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 that we can take each new vision

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 that comes to us from our leadership with prayer

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 considering the ways

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 that Jesus is calling

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 each of us as individuals

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 to more

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 to more of life

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 and to more of him

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 I mean

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 you know the man rose from the dead

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 he rose from the dead

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 three days

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 in a tomb

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 dead

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 alive

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 anything else he asks us

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 as a church friends

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 it's just child's play

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 anything else he asks of you

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 and me

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 just child's play

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 in his power

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 let's pray

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 loving God

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 I give you thanks for

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 for the mission that you've given us as a church

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 I give you thanks for our leadership

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 for the many ministries

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 and interns that we have

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 we just pray Lord God

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 that you would give our board

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 give our leadership

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 a clear vision

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 and you would give us the boldness

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 that you would give us the vision

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 and the power

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 to make that dream a reality

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 in Jesus name we pray

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 Amen