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 Well, it's good to see all of you this morning.

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 Open up, if you would, with me please, to Colossians chapter 1.

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 This is the second week of our series working through this letter to the Colossian church.

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 If you're using the Pew Bible in front of you, it's on page 983.

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 Colossians chapter 1.

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 We're going to begin in verse 9 this morning.

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 Those of you who've been here for any length of time will know that I tend not to address contemporary things that are happening.

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 I just want to make it about the Lord and about His Word.

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 But it's filling up the news cycle.

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 I'm sure you've been bombarded with it this week.

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 Wherever you turn on the media and the news and the radio, wherever you go, you're hearing about this.

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 Maybe there's a response in your own heart to this.

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 And I just want to address the Charlie Kirk assassination.

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 And I want to help us to see how the passage this morning that we're going to be dealing with helps to inform our hearts on how we, as believers, should respond.

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 Those of you who may be like, ah, who is Charlie Kirk?

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 I don't even know who Charlie Kirk is.

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 Let me just give you a quick introduction.

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 Well, he's the founder of ministry called Turning Point USA.

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 It was his goal to empower young people to be able to think conservatively and understand Christian values.

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 He had a daily radio show and podcast.

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 And he was able to deal with contemporary issues from a Christian standpoint.

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 He would go to often target universities and colleges.

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 And he would go to those campuses.

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 And he would have little forums where somebody could come to the mic and either ask a question or debate him on a contemporary issue.

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 And Charlie Kirk would enter into that and provide some answers from the scripture and even from culture to help address those questions about contemporary issues.

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 He was, however, a committed Christian.

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 And I know what the media wants to draw a lot of attention to is that he was a political activist.

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 And that may be true in some respect.

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 But he was a committed Christian.

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 Just a couple of months ago, there was an interview that took place where he answered this question.

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 The interviewer said, Charlie, how do you want to be remembered?

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 And Charlie answered that question saying, I want to be remembered for my courage and my faith.

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 But that would be the most important thing.

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 The most important thing, he says, and this is in quotes, is my faith.

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 He said he gave his life to Christ when he was in fifth grade.

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 He said that while he didn't really understand all that that meant,

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 that God continued to develop this understanding of the gospel in his own heart.

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 And he came to a place of recognizing that he was a, and these are his words, quote,

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 a total, absolute sinner who fell short of God's grace, end quote.

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 In addressing sin, he said it's actually a great comfort to know in total depravity.

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 It's a great comfort to me that there is nothing in my heart that is worthy of salvation.

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 And it's only due, only owing to God's grace in my life.

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 He believed that Jesus' death on the cross paid the price for his sin.

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 He believed that it was not about personal merit, these are his words,

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 but about being rescued by God's grace.

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 He believed that Jesus Christ was God in human flesh,

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 who taught us to live and how to offer himself as a gift of salvation.

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 Those who accept him as Lord and Savior can have eternal life, end quote.

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 Those are his words.

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 And by the way, in this moment right now,

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 if you do not know Jesus as your Savior,

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 and you have come to a place of recognizing that there are things in your life

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 that are out of sync, out of step,

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 that the Bible calls that sin,

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 and by the way, you're in good company

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 because everybody in this room has fallen short of the glory of God.

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 We have all not met God's standard,

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 but there is a way of salvation,

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 an offer of salvation that comes through faith in Jesus

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 in asking forgiveness for our sins,

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 believing that he is the only way that we can enjoy forgiveness

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 and cleansing is what we're going to look in our passage today,

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 that he is the means of redemption,

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 the forgiveness of sins because of his grace and his grace alone.

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 That's how salvation happens.

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 And that's what Charlie wanted the world to know.

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 Now you can imagine there are a number of responses

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 that have happened because of the events of this past week.

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 On one side there is glee.

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 They're giddy.

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 You might say they're even dancing in the streets.

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 A sense of relief that Charlie is dead.

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 A sense of joy that finally the voice has been silenced.

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 On the other side there's a range of responses

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 from those who are simply devastated and confused

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 to those who are full of rage.

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 You are seething.

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 Maybe even some of you in this room,

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 and by the way, I've had to check my heart this week

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 because, man, I'm angry.

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 I want to be angry.

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 And maybe we feel like in some way

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 this is the inevitable conclusion

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 for a society that's moving in the direction of rejecting God.

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 And so, in large degree, you're right.

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 But it causes us to answer the question,

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 what are we to do?

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 How are we to respond?

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 What is to be the reaction

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 of those who call themselves followers of Jesus,

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 who have given their life to God?

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 What are we to do?

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 Well, we need to start by remembering five truths, okay?

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 And this, by the way, is going to be our message in a nutshell,

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 and then we'll get to the passage, okay?

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 We'll talk about the passage.

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 We'll generalize these things,

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 and then we'll talk about the specifics

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 as we get into our message this morning.

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 The first thing that we need to understand

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 is that as bad as things are,

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 as hostile as our world seems to be,

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 as aggressive and as wicked

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 as our world tends to be,

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 and we see it, we feel the darkness,

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 we feel like our world is crashing in on us,

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 we have to remember,

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 as bad as it is right now,

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 it isn't even close,

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 not even close to as bad as it was

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 when the Apostle Paul wrote this letter.

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 Not even close.

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 You remember where Paul is?

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 Where is Paul when he writes this letter

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 to the church of Colossae?

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 He's in prison.

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 He's in prison.

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 In Rome.

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 And wherever the Apostle Paul goes,

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 he gets run out of town.

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 He's either beaten with rods,

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 he's stoned,

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 and to the point of death,

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 they think he's dead,

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 the mobs are riled up,

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 and injustice is being done,

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 and we're going to see this in our passage today.

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 What is the heart of the Apostle Paul?

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 What do we see?

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 It's incredible.

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 His perspective was not anchored to culture.

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 His perspective was tethered to God.

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 That gave him stability.

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 And by the way,

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 it can give all of us in this room stability.

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 It's not as bad today as it was then.

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 But even if it were,

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 it doesn't matter.

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 Second truth.

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 What stabilized Paul

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 was not winning arguments.

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 What stabilized Paul

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 was not winning arguments.

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 Not fighting for justice.

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 Not bringing the force

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 of human power

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 to bear on the situation.

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 But in depending on something

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 much greater,

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 by the way,

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 uncontested power.

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 That's what we're going to see

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 in our passage today.

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 Unrivaled,

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 uncontested,

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 unstoppable power

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 of God

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 that we have access to.

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 And if you are a believer today,

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 is living within you

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 through the Spirit.

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 Paul says this

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 in 2 Corinthians 10,

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 3-4.

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 He says this,

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 For though we walk

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 in the flesh,

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 we are not waging war

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 according to the flesh.

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 Can we show that verse,

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 please, Larry?

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 If we walk in the flesh,

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 we are not waging war

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 according to the flesh.

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 For the weapons

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 of our warfare

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 are not of the flesh,

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 but have divine power

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 to destroy strongholds.

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 Did you get that?

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 There is divine power

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 that you have access to.

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 So what are we doing?

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 Chasing the weak,

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 ineffective

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 strategies of the world.

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 Stop playing their games.

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 Stop dipping in

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 to fleshly,

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 carnal weapons

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 and strategies.

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 Access divine strength.

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 Stop using their tactics.

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 There is no wonder

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 why we keep losing ground.

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 Because strength

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 comes from God.

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 Not from your ability

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 to win an argument.

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 Not in your ability

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 to be able to put somebody

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 in their place.

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 Not in your ability

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 to outdazzle somebody

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 with your intellectual capability.

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 It comes in the power of God

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 to change a mind

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 and change a heart.

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 Stop depending

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 on human,

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 carnal tactics.

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 Number three.

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 Third.

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 The opposition that we face

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 is not primarily physical,

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 but spiritual.

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 We're not fighting

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 against people

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 or shooters

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 or assassinators

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 or people in government

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 who we don't agree with.

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 Lawmakers.

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 You fill in the blank.

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 That is not our fight.

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 Our fight is not

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 in the flesh.

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 Our fight

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 is a spiritual one.

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 That's what Paul says

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 in Ephesians chapter 6.

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 He says,

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 Be strong in the Lord

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 and in the strength

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 of his might.

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 For we do not wrestle

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 against flesh and blood,

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 but against the rulers,

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 against the authorities,

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 against the cosmic powers

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 over this present darkness,

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 against the spiritual forces

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 of evil

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 in the heavenly places.

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 There is no wonder

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 why we keep losing

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 because the target

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 of our battle

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 tends to be physical

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 rather than spiritual.

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 So there's no wonder

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 why we fight

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 with physical weapons

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 because we think

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 we're fighting

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 a physical battle.

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 We are in a war,

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 but it has nothing

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 to do with physicality.

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 It has everything

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 to do with God.

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 And so we fight

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 the spiritual battle

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 not by doing it

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 in our own strength,

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 but by calling attention

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 to God

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 and inviting God,

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 asking God,

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 pleading with God

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 to work in a situation.

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 Fourth,

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 God's rescue plan

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 for transforming the world

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 is not political activism.

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 It's not winning arguments.

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 God's plan

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 for changing the world

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 is God's church.

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 God's church

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 that takes God's word

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 to the people

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 of this world.

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 And it starts with us,

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 by the way,

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 and us being transformed

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 by that very word

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 and so that we can begin

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 to do what Christ

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 calls us to do

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 in Matthew chapter 5

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 when he says this,

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 you are the salt

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 of the earth.

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 But if the salt

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 of the earth

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 loses its saltiness,

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 how can it be made

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 salty again?

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 It is no longer

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 good for anything.

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 You might say,

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 it is good for nothing

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 except to be thrown out

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 and trampled by men.

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 You are the light

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 of the world.

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 A city on a hill

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 cannot be hidden.

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 In the same way,

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 let your light

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 shine before men

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 that they may see

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 your good deeds

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 and praise your Father

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 in heaven.

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 God has called

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 the church

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 to an incredible

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 mission

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 of transforming

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 the world

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 not with power

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 of us

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 but with a message.

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 A message of the gospel

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 that has transformed

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 us first.

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 Unfortunately,

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 we tend to be

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 as much of the problem

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 as our world is.

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 Our words

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 do not reflect

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 the heart of God

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 that what we learn

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 about Jesus,

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 he was full of truth

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 and grace

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 that when people

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 hear us

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 and when we speak

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 there might be

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 a lot of truth there

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 but there's not

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 a whole lot of grace

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 and so they can't

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 see Jesus

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 in our life

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 because we're not

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 reflecting Jesus' heart.

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 And then in our

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 private lives,

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 we tend to be

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 just as bound

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 by lust,

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 just as bound

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 by impurity,

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 just as bound

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 by bitterness,

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 just as bound

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 by anger

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 and unforgiveness.

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 We,

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 we haven't risen

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 above the world.

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 We are living

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 in it

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 and there's

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 almost no difference

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 except for the fact

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 that we come to church

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 on Sunday

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 and maybe

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 some of the words

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 we use

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 don't use profanity

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 but

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 other than that,

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 our tactics at work

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 and our lifestyle

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 and deep down inside,

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 we have the same,

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 we're bound

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 in the same way

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 our world is bound.

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 so it essentially

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 takes away

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 any opportunity

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 for us to speak

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 into a world

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 when our own lives

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 are just as broken.

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 So,

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 what can we do?

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 And that's why

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 we come to this passage today.

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 We come to this passage

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 because Paul is offering

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 to us

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 a strategy,

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 a way for us

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 to begin this process

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 personally

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 and corporately

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 to begin to change

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 ourselves

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 or allow change,

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 I should say,

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 to be very careful,

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 to allow God

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 to change us first

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 and allow that word

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 to transform

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 the people around us

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 and then

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 as that word

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 begins to grow

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 in us,

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 then transformation

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 will begin to happen.

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 So,

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 what stabilized

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 the Apostle Paul?

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 Well,

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 let me just read

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 a couple of these verses

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 and I want you to see

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 what seems to stabilize

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 the Apostle Paul.

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 What is the mark

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 of his language

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 throughout these

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 first several verses?

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 Notice,

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 Colossians 1, 3,

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 he says,

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 we always thank God

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 for you.

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 God the Father

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 when we pray

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 for you.

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 And then in verse 9

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 he says,

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 and so from the day

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 we heard,

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 we have not ceased

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 to pray for you

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 asking that you may be

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 filled with the knowledge

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 of his will

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 and all spiritual wisdom

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 and understanding.

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 Now,

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 verse 12,

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 giving thanks

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 to the Father

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 who has qualified you

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 to share

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 in the inheritance

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 of the saints

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 in light.

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 What do you hear

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 from him?

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 What do you hear

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 coming from the Apostle Paul?

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 I'll tell you

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 what you don't hear.

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 What you don't hear is,

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 oh,

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 woe is me.

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 Huh.

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 I'm in prison again.

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 I'm all alone.

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 I'm just scraping by.

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 Nobody cares about me.

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 I can't earn a living.

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 Nights are cold.

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 These shackles

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 keep chafing

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 at my hands

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 and feet.

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 I didn't do anything

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 to deserve this.

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 There is no justice

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 in this world.

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 If we could just change

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 the government

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 then everything

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 would be fine.

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 No,

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 you don't hear that

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 because that's not

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 Paul's perspective.

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 Instead,

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 you hear this.

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 We are so grateful

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 for you.

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 We're so grateful

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 for you.

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 We pray for you

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 all the time.

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 I want to commend

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 your faith

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 I want to commend

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 your love

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 for all the saints.

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 I want to commend

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 that your hope

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 is not in this world

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 and the situation,

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 the circumstances

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 of this life.

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 Your hope is in heaven.

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 It's removed.

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 It's outside.

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 And so,

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 we're asking,

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 my team,

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 myself,

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 we're praying for you.

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 We're praying

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 that as the word

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 of God is spreading

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 that you would

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 pay attention

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 to that.

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 Let the power

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 of the ineffectiveness

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 of the word of God,

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 the perspective

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 that God is working,

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 let that settle

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 your heart.

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 That it is bearing fruit.

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 That it is increasing.

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 When you see

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 what God is doing

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 in spite of the culture,

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 Lord,

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 that that should

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 lift your spirits

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 and help you

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 to grow in faith,

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 we ask that you

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 would bear fruit

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 as well.

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 That God's power

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 would capture you

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 and energize you

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 and strengthen you.

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 And that all this

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 would lead

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 to your own hearts

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 being overcome

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 by God's abundant goodness.

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 That it would

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 gush forth

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 like rivers,

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 like geysers,

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 exploding.

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 This thanksgiving

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 is erupting

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 from within you

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 because you see

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 what God is doing.

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 And that gratitude

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 and joy

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 and endurance

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 would mark your life.

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 Oh,

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 that you would grow

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 in knowledge

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 and intimacy

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 with the creator

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 of the universe.

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 And that the experience

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 would stabilize you

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 in this life.

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 In spite of darkness,

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 and when you would reflect

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 your hope in heaven,

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 in your current position

00:18:36.099 --> 00:18:37.859
 of having been transferred

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 into the kingdom

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 of light.

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 Oh,

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 that you would live

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 in the light,

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 dear ones.

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 That's this passage

00:18:48.819 --> 00:18:50.399
 in my words.

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 That's his prayer.

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 That's what we hear.

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 And that so often

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 is not reflective

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 or representative

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 of what's in our own hearts.

00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:02.980
 But that's how Paul

00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:04.000
 inspires faith.

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 That's how Paul's message

00:19:06.259 --> 00:19:07.380
 is reinforced

00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:09.140
 by personal conviction.

00:19:10.380 --> 00:19:13.059
 What makes his words convincing

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 is that he's not bogged down.

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 He's not discouraged.

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 He's not in despair.

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 He's not throwing up his arms.

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 Like,

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 what in the world

00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.440
 do we do now?

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 He has come to terms

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 with the fact

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 that God is over this,

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 that God is working

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 in spite of this,

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 and God's plan

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 is going to move forward

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 regardless of all

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 of the seeming obstacles

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 and tragedies

00:19:36.399 --> 00:19:37.139
 that are taking place

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 in Paul's life.

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 Instead of being bogged down

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 and cranky

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 and frustrated,

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 he's free.

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 Paul is free.

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 Don't you want to be free?

00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:53.839
 Don't you want to enjoy

00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:56.839
 the freedom of faith

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 and trusting in God?

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 See,

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:02.919
 he's positive

00:20:02.919 --> 00:20:05.179
 because his outlook

00:20:05.179 --> 00:20:06.519
 is propelled

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:08.220
 by a perspective

00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:09.839
 that is not anchored

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 to circumstances.

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 He's doing what we find

00:20:15.199 --> 00:20:17.579
 in the middle of this letter

00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:19.459
 in Colossians chapter 3

00:20:19.459 --> 00:20:21.119
 where he sets his mind

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 on things above.

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 If Christ is above all

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 and over all,

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 and in verse 15

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:29.460
 through the remainder

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.039
 of the chapter,

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 we're going to get there

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 next week,

00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:33.220
 Christ is above all.

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:35.140
 Whether it's thrones

00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:36.220
 or dominions

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 or principalities

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 or powers,

00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:39.579
 that God is over it.

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 He's over the physical.

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 He's over the spiritual.

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 He's over heaven.

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 He's over earth.

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 He's over it all.

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 He's in control.

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 You can trust him.

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 He's not letting go.

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 His plans are not failing.

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 No wonder why

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 the Apostle Paul

00:20:55.879 --> 00:20:57.359
 is so free.

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 And I think

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:02.240
 everyone in this room

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 wants that.

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 I think you want that.

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.079
 I sure do.

00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.200
 I want that.

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 Well, guess what?

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.619
 You can have it.

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 It's not elusive.

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 It's not out of your reach.

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 And what we're going to see

00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:19.279
 in this passage this morning

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:21.720
 is that God will offer that

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 to us through his son,

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 through faith in Jesus.

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 It's available.

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 And so I just want to,

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:31.340
 I want to pray that God

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 will do that work for us.

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 We'll begin our time

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 in prayer.

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 It'll be brief.

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 I want to pray through

00:21:37.840 --> 00:21:39.019
 this passage for us

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 so that God will do this

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:40.960
 for us too.

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 and then we'll dig in

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 and try to bring

00:21:44.860 --> 00:21:45.720
 these truths out

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 in a little bit

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 fuller measure.

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:48.740
 Okay?

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.980
 Let's pray.

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 Lord, we need you

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 because

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 as we evaluate our week,

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 and I say this personally,

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 it is so easy

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.579
 to get bogged down.

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.319
 It's so easy

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.019
 to be discouraged.

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:05.779
 It's so easy

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.400
 to allow

00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:07.980
 the circumstances

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:09.039
 of life

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:10.700
 to just cloud

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.579
 my perspective.

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.960
 Lord, thank you.

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.660
 It doesn't have to be that way.

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 And so, Lord,

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.359
 I pray that you would do

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.299
 for us a work.

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 That you would

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 allow us

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 to be filled

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 with the knowledge

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 of your will.

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 So that we can walk

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 in a manner

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 that's worthy of the Lord.

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 That we can be

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 fully pleasing to you.

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 That we can bear fruit

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 in every good work.

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 That we can increase

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 in our knowledge of you.

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 Oh, Lord,

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 would you strengthen us

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 with that divine power?

00:22:42.479 --> 00:22:43.259
 That power

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 that is resident

00:22:43.979 --> 00:22:44.539
 in the life

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 of every believer.

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 May we access that.

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 May we turn it loose.

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 May we yield ourselves

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 to it

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 and allow it

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 to have its way

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 instead of pushing it down

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:57.239
 and trying to do things

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 our own way.

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 Lord, I pray that our hearts

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:02.059
 would be full of thanks.

00:23:03.439 --> 00:23:04.039
 That gratitude

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:05.419
 would erupt from us.

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:07.979
 That enduring joy

00:23:07.979 --> 00:23:09.079
 and patience

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:10.659
 in hard things

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 would mark us

00:23:12.239 --> 00:23:12.859
 as those

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.859
 who are people of faith.

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 And Lord,

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 I pray that

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:17.539
 all of this

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 would flow

00:23:18.959 --> 00:23:20.399
 to the glory of God.

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 That as you work

00:23:22.459 --> 00:23:23.599
 this change in us

00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.659
 and you work

00:23:24.659 --> 00:23:25.319
 this change

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:26.000
 in our church

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 and you work

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.239
 this change

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 in our families

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 and in our communities,

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 wherever that change

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.579
 will happen,

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 Lord, may you get

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:33.200
 the glory for it.

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 And we praise you

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.740
 in Jesus' name.

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:36.640
 Amen.

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:39.420
 So here we are again.

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 Here we are again.

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:42.500
 We're looking at Paul's prayer.

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.299
 Look at this.

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:43.779
 Verse 9.

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 And so,

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:48.139
 from the day we heard,

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:50.000
 we have not ceased

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.299
 to pray for you,

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.539
 asking that you may be filled

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.059
 with the knowledge

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.599
 of his will

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:56.319
 and all spiritual wisdom

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:56.980
 and understanding,

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:58.579
 so as to walk

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.000
 in a manner

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.779
 worthy of the Lord,

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:00.819
 fully pleasing

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.819
 to him,

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.000
 bearing fruit

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:04.059
 in every good work

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:05.019
 and increasing

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.519
 in the knowledge

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:05.860
 of God,

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.839
 being strengthened

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.980
 with all might

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:09.279
 according to his

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.160
 glorious might

00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:11.240
 for all endurance

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.059
 and patience

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:12.940
 with joy.

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:14.599
 Here Paul is again

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.680
 praying for the church.

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:15.940
 Remember,

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.259
 he did that in verse 3.

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.059
 He says,

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:19.740
 we pray for you.

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:21.380
 We thank God,

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.660
 the Father

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.920
 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:25.420
 when we pray for you.

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:27.000
 This prayer

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:28.920
 permeated his life.

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:32.000
 It was a consistent theme

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:33.640
 of what the Apostle Paul

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.240
 believed

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:35.800
 would change the situation.

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:37.960
 He says,

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:39.600
 from the day we heard

00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:41.660
 of your faith in Christ,

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:43.279
 your love for the saints,

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.460
 your hope in heaven,

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.900
 he kind of pushes back

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:47.759
 to verses 3 to 5.

00:24:48.060 --> 00:24:48.940
 Those things

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:50.259
 that we've seen in you,

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:51.160
 that evidence,

00:24:51.320 --> 00:24:51.700
 by the way,

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:53.340
 not of you pulling yourself

00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:54.460
 up by the bootstraps

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:56.460
 and putting on

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:58.460
 this gospel life.

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.519
 This is a work

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.380
 of the Word.

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:02.039
 It's the Word

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.960
 that's bearing fruit.

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.660
 It's the Word

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.440
 that's increasing.

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.700
 You have opened

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.400
 your heart

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:07.120
 and your life

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:08.579
 to what the Word says

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:10.100
 and you've followed it

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:11.620
 and you've let it lead you

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:13.279
 and that's why

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.340
 you're experiencing

00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:15.559
 the evidence

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:17.140
 of a gospel life.

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.500
 So from the day

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.039
 we heard

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:21.759
 of this,

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:23.180
 we have not stopped

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.799
 praying for you.

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.860
 Now,

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.700
 Paul's ministry

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.259
 in Ephesus

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:29.380
 took about three years.

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.059
 It began

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:31.759
 probably in A.D. 52,

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:34.480
 went to A.D. 55 or so

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:36.279
 and the Apostle Paul

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:37.720
 would go to Macedonia

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:39.880
 and then he would make

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.500
 his way back

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.079
 to Jerusalem

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.160
 and sometime

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:44.160
 in that period,

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:46.880
 Epaphras likely

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:48.480
 was in Ephesus

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.720
 with the Apostle Paul,

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.759
 learned at the

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.500
 school of Tyrannus,

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:51.940
 which happened

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.779
 for three years

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:55.320
 and then Epaphras

00:25:55.320 --> 00:25:56.440
 went to Colossae,

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:57.420
 his hometown.

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:59.120
 He shared the Word.

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.660
 People responded.

00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:01.680
 A church was born.

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:05.360
 And then Paul

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:07.940
 made his way

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.620
 from Jerusalem.

00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:10.059
 Then he was put

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.820
 into captivity

00:26:10.820 --> 00:26:12.200
 with Felix.

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.759
 Remember that?

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:14.259
 That was a two-year process.

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.680
 And then he was

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:17.019
 transferred to Rome.

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:18.240
 And there's somewhere

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:19.759
 between five,

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.599
 six,

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.460
 seven years

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.319
 that have kind of

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:22.940
 gone by,

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:24.119
 that have transpired

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.879
 and the Apostle Paul

00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.200
 was like,

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.660
 I want you to know

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:28.879
 from the day

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:30.099
 that I heard

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:32.180
 that you had a

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:33.180
 sincere

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:34.139
 and authentic

00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:35.579
 love for Jesus

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.859
 and faith in Him,

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:38.099
 I've started praying

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.660
 for you

00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:39.799
 and I've kept praying

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.319
 for you

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:41.259
 until this day.

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.639
 Five,

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.079
 six,

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.240
 seven years.

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.220
 This consistent

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:46.940
 life of prayer.

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.180
 The Apostle Paul

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:50.059
 in his life

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.660
 of prayer.

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.839
 This consistency

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:53.680
 of Paul's prayer.

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.720
 We see this.

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:57.379
 And notice that

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:58.279
 it's not just

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.980
 the Apostle Paul

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.400
 who's praying.

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.299
 What does it say?

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:01.960
 It says,

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:04.000
 we pray for you.

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.740
 We pray.

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.440
 It's part of

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:07.500
 the understanding

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.440
 of our entire team.

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:11.180
 We know as a team

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:12.440
 we can't be effective.

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:14.500
 We can't have

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.700
 any vitality.

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:16.559
 We can't help you

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.599
 have any endurance

00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.279
 or strength

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.799
 or joy.

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:20.220
 We can't do that.

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.179
 But God can.

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.379
 So we're praying

00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:23.359
 that He will do that

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:23.779
 for you.

00:27:26.639 --> 00:27:27.519
 It wasn't something

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.240
 that Paul could do.

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.339
 It wasn't something

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:29.899
 he could offer.

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:31.299
 He was in a prison.

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:32.559
 And even if he was

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.359
 with the people,

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.940
 it was something

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:35.119
 that comes from God,

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:36.240
 not from Paul.

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.960
 He knew that God

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.619
 could provide.

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:41.200
 And this is why

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:42.240
 the Apostle Paul

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.919
 is so dependent

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.800
 on God.

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:45.880
 Pray.

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:48.000
 And Paul's dependence

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:49.000
 on prayer is clear.

00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:50.480
 We see that twice

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.920
 in the last several verses.

00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:52.800
 We see that in almost

00:27:52.800 --> 00:27:53.800
 every single letter

00:27:53.800 --> 00:27:55.140
 the Apostle Paul writes,

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:57.779
 prayer is the stuff

00:27:57.779 --> 00:28:00.700
 that makes Paul effective.

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.680
 It's the stuff.

00:28:04.060 --> 00:28:05.500
 And we know

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.960
 that it's the stuff.

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:09.460
 And we believe

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:11.079
 that God answers prayer.

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.799
 We believe

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:14.259
 that God works

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.740
 through prayer.

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.640
 We believe

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.279
 that God

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.500
 is listening

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.100
 to prayer.

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:21.019
 So why don't we pray?

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.420
 Why don't we pray

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.019
 like this?

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.480
 What's the problem?

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.720
 What seems to be

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:29.019
 the disconnect

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:30.059
 in our hearts?

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:32.279
 We know the truth.

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.420
 And by the way,

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:35.140
 I'm just

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:36.640
 as guilty

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.700
 as the rest of you.

00:28:37.780 --> 00:28:38.000
 Okay?

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.700
 And this is

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.759
 one of those areas.

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:42.020
 By God's grace,

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:43.759
 He will help me

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.759
 do better in.

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.500
 We,

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:48.540
 we can't

00:28:48.540 --> 00:28:49.520
 do it.

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:51.540
 But God can.

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.500
 So we need to pray.

00:28:55.080 --> 00:28:56.120
 And Paul is,

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:57.040
 is driven.

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.259
 He's driven

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.300
 by this life

00:28:59.300 --> 00:28:59.780
 of prayer.

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:01.040
 I love how

00:29:01.040 --> 00:29:02.100
 Charles Spurgeon says,

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:03.180
 he says this,

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:04.560
 I would rather teach

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:05.900
 one man to pray

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:07.500
 than ten men

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:07.980
 to preach.

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:11.360
 The reason for that

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:12.060
 is because God

00:29:12.060 --> 00:29:13.539
 works through prayer.

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.060
 And everybody

00:29:15.060 --> 00:29:15.980
 in this room

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:17.200
 who has a relationship

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.700
 with Jesus

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.340
 can pray.

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.380
 You can do it.

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:21.160
 So why don't we pray?

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:22.039
 And there are

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:23.120
 at least three reasons

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:24.799
 I see in this passage.

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.420
 And so I'm gonna,

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.720
 I'm gonna bend

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.480
 this a bit,

00:29:27.560 --> 00:29:28.580
 so forgive me.

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.580
 But I wanna apply

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:30.460
 this specifically

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.940
 to what is our problem?

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.480
 What's going on?

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.620
 And so,

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.019
 boy,

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:36.680
 I've got ten minutes

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.860
 to try to do this quick.

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:38.319
 Okay?

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:40.019
 Have I gotten through

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.660
 one point yet?

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.640
 I think I have.

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.400
 Phew.

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.240
 Here we go.

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.400
 What,

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:47.400


00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:48.920
 what propelled

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.840
 the Apostle Paul

00:29:49.840 --> 00:29:51.460
 for his

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:53.519
 love for this church

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.980
 is he was driven

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:56.140
 by the knowledge

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:56.759
 of God's will.

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.579
 He was driven

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.279
 by the knowledge

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.740
 of God's will.

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.680
 So what's our problem?

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:01.899
 Well,

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:03.359
 our problem is

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:05.339
 rather than praying

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:06.259
 like Jesus

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.940
 and the model

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:09.000
 that we see

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.940
 from Jesus

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:11.240
 to his disciples,

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:13.079
 thy kingdom come,

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:14.440
 thy will be done.

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.519
 Instead,

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.259
 we say,

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.819
 our kingdom come,

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.960
 our will be done.

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.839
 We don't wanna know

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.299
 God's will,

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.599
 really.

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.460
 We just want God

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.639
 to bend himself

00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:25.420
 to our will.

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.579
 We approach prayer

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.720
 and I know

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.779
 that we've all done this

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.919
 and it's a tendency

00:30:30.919 --> 00:30:32.379
 for every single one of us.

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.759
 Our tendency

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.799
 is to say,

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:35.279
 Lord,

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:36.419
 here's what's happening today,

00:30:36.659 --> 00:30:37.399
 please help me.

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.419
 Lord,

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.679
 here's my problem today,

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.779
 please fix it.

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.220
 Lord,

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:42.240
 here's an issue

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.079
 in my life,

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:43.939
 resolve it.

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.199
 Lord,

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:45.079
 here's a person

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.720
 in my life

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.799
 I don't really like,

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.740
 please get them

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.259
 out of the way.

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.379
 And so we're praying

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:50.639
 that God's will,

00:30:50.939 --> 00:30:51.480
 excuse me,

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.079
 we're praying

00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:52.919
 our will

00:30:52.919 --> 00:30:53.899
 is gonna be done

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.519
 and that God

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.720
 will do our business

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.560
 for us.

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.620
 That's not how it works.

00:31:01.340 --> 00:31:02.620
 It's just not how it works.

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.620
 That his will

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.900
 would be done.

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.720
 And by the way,

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:12.120
 here's the beauty.

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.960
 That Paul,

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:15.700
 in praying

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:18.200
 that God's will

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:19.160
 would be known

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:21.120
 means that God's will

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:23.259
 is accessible to you.

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:24.119
 God's will

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:25.180
 is absolute.

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.359
 God's will

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:27.220
 is revealed.

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:28.259
 God's will

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:29.240
 is available.

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.240
 We don't have to

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.839
 wonder

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.980
 what his will is

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:33.039
 because he's

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.579
 carried it.

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.740
 He's shared it

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.259
 to us

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.140
 in his word.

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.460
 And I love

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.400
 the superlatives

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:40.379
 in this passage.

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.279
 Just look

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.740
 at them

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:44.879
 with me briefly.

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.140
 Look,

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.019
 verse 9,

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:46.759
 filled,

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.519
 filled

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.200
 with the knowledge

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.640
 of his will.

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:51.259
 And that's a word

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:52.140
 that is to

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:53.440
 is to fill it up

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:54.360
 so much

00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:55.220
 we're bursting.

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.759
 Like if he gives us

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.340
 any more,

00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:58.060
 there's going to be

00:31:58.060 --> 00:31:58.960
 an explosion

00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:00.160
 that takes place.

00:32:00.360 --> 00:32:01.320
 That's the kind

00:32:01.320 --> 00:32:02.180
 of filling

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:03.180
 that God wants to do.

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.440
 Filled with the knowledge

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.920
 of his will.

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:07.020
 He's done that

00:32:07.020 --> 00:32:07.660
 through his word.

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.840
 He's given us

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:10.620
 access to his will

00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:11.400
 through his word.

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.600
 And notice

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:13.200
 verse 9.

00:32:15.100 --> 00:32:15.540
 All

00:32:15.540 --> 00:32:16.500
 spiritual

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.480
 wisdom

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.700
 and understanding.

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.779
 That God

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.519
 will give us

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.579
 his will.

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.620
 He's not

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.559
 going to hold it back.

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.440
 All of it

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:26.960
 is there.

00:32:27.360 --> 00:32:27.819
 Every

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:29.000
 single bit.

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:29.599
 Not just

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.819
 a minuscule

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.480
 measure.

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:32.420
 And it reminds us

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:32.980
 of what we know

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:34.299
 from James chapter 1.

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:36.019
 That if we lack

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.579
 wisdom,

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.819
 we ask from God.

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.160
 It says,

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:39.539
 and he gives to us

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:41.259
 in super abundance

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:42.319
 without holding back.

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:43.240
 He just kind of

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.779
 boom!

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.620
 Lays it on us.

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.259
 His will.

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.140
 All the will

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:47.779
 that we need to know

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.920
 in God's word.

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.980
 We can find it

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:51.579
 through his

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.599
 power and help.

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:54.299
 Notice verse 10.

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.140
 Fully

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:57.339
 pleasing to him.

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.819
 This is another

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.519
 superlative.

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.000
 This is another

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.480
 one of those

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:02.299
 words that

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:03.279
 Paul is trying

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.839
 to describe

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.900
 the breadth

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.660
 of what God

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.039
 will do

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.519
 through prayer.

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.619
 He's going to

00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:08.240
 allow us

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.660
 and help us

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:09.240
 to be fully

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.960
 pleasing to him.

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.180
 Notice verse 10.

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.000
 Bearing fruit

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.839
 in how many

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.279
 good works?

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.480
 Every good work.

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:17.099
 Notice verse 11.

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:17.880
 Strengthen with

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.539
 how much power?

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.180
 All power.

00:33:20.620 --> 00:33:21.779
 Notice verse 11.

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.819
 According to his

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:24.519
 glorious might.

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.259
 Uncontested

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:29.079
 present power

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:30.500
 that God allows

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.380
 every believer

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:32.319
 to have.

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:34.539
 And so

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:36.799
 we

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:38.880
 don't enjoy

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.360
 the blessing

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:39.880
 of this

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:41.360
 because we

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:42.240
 really don't

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.720
 care about

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.240
 God's will.

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:43.900
 We want ours.

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:46.240
 we have

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.800
 so many

00:33:46.800 --> 00:33:47.380
 inferior

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.900
 loves.

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:48.820
 We call

00:33:48.820 --> 00:33:49.280
 them by the

00:33:49.280 --> 00:33:49.420
 way

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.960
 distractions.

00:33:51.080 --> 00:33:51.620
 We call

00:33:51.620 --> 00:33:51.920
 them

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:53.180
 things we

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.400
 got to

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:53.600
 do.

00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:54.680
 We call

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:54.940
 them

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.420
 you know

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:55.820
 I'm

00:33:55.820 --> 00:33:56.300
 busy.

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:56.920
 I've got

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:58.220
 stuff to

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.500
 do.

00:33:59.040 --> 00:33:59.840
 And the

00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:00.660
 truth is

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.560
 that what

00:34:01.560 --> 00:34:02.060
 that means

00:34:02.060 --> 00:34:02.460
 is those

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:02.840
 things are

00:34:02.840 --> 00:34:03.420
 more important

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:03.840
 than God.

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.820
 And when

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:05.180
 I do

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.420
 that

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:05.600
 and

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:08.200
 I do

00:34:08.200 --> 00:34:08.579
 that more

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:08.860
 than I'd

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.240
 like to

00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:09.539
 admit.

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.039
 When I

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.460
 talk about

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.019
 distractions

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.420
 or I say

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.920
 I'm way

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.500
 too busy

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.360
 what I'm

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:15.300
 saying is

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:16.019
 God is

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.619
 not as

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.039
 important

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.980
 as my

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.480
 things.

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:20.860
 So no

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.320
 wonder why

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:22.380
 God won't

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.740
 answer

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.539
 prayer.

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.579
 Knowledge

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:27.900
 of his

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.119
 will.

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:29.639
 God wants

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:31.480
 to unleash

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:32.519
 that knowledge

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.079
 to us.

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.159
 Second

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.800
 the apostle

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:35.180
 Paul

00:34:35.180 --> 00:34:36.940
 he wants

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.720
 that knowledge

00:34:37.720 --> 00:34:38.099
 to be

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.659
 applied

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:39.440
 to the

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:39.780
 way in

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:40.119
 which we

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.460
 live.

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:41.960
 That's

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.440
 the goal.

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:44.340
 So knowledge

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:45.400
 that relates

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:46.099
 to life.

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:48.360
 And that's

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:48.880
 my second

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.440
 problem

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.820
 by the

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.059
 way.

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.960
 So often

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.800
 my knowledge

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.320
 makes me

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:54.000
 feel better

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:55.300
 about myself

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:56.280
 and what I

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:57.119
 know and

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.539
 what I can

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.519
 defend and

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.099
 how I can

00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:00.019
 articulate

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:01.260
 truth but

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:02.440
 that knowledge

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:04.180
 at times

00:35:04.180 --> 00:35:05.440
 has little

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.139
 compatibility

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:07.260
 with my

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:07.619
 life.

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:09.659
 I'm not

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.259
 walking

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:10.819
 worthy

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:12.239
 of the

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:12.539
 gospel.

00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:13.019
 That's the

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.579
 point here

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.400
 so as

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:15.019
 to walk

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.460
 in a

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.739
 manner

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:16.279
 worthy.

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.079
 That's the

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.599
 point of

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:17.900
 having

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.480
 knowledge.

00:35:20.319 --> 00:35:20.880
 Knowledge

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.319
 that helps

00:35:21.319 --> 00:35:21.659
 us to

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:22.019
 walk.

00:35:22.819 --> 00:35:23.440
 Walk in a

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:23.699
 way that

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:24.299
 pleases the

00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:24.559
 Lord.

00:35:25.759 --> 00:35:26.000
 And that

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.519
 knowledge of

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:26.920
 God's will

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.500
 is meant to

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:27.839
 produce

00:35:27.839 --> 00:35:28.339
 something.

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.159
 It's meant

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:31.019
 to produce

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.539
 in my

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.199
 heart and

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:32.500
 life

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.079
 something

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:34.539
 tangible.

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:36.900
 You see

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:38.500
 so often

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.059
 when we

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:40.000
 might know

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.759
 God's will

00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:42.500
 but our

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.380
 problem is

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:43.820
 this.

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:45.099
 We might

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:45.519
 know what

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:46.320
 God says

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:47.259
 but we

00:35:47.259 --> 00:35:47.599
 don't do

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.259
 anything about

00:35:48.259 --> 00:35:48.460
 it.

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.059
 How many

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.619
 of us feel

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:51.559
 very comfortable

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.960
 with the

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.460
 sin in our

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:53.759
 life?

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.639
 How many

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.179
 of us

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:57.019
 have been

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.500
 struggling

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.159
 with certain

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:58.759
 besetting

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.320
 sins

00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:01.360
 for weeks

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:02.460
 months

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.179
 years?

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.460
 Those

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:04.900
 besetting

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.199
 sins

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.440
 they're

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.920
 private

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:07.500
 they're

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.079
 inside

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:09.260
 no one

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:09.500
 knows

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.780
 about

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.119
 them

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:11.119
 but

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:12.039
 in your

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.360
 heart

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:12.940
 it's

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.260
 just

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:13.659
 okay

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.619
 because

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:14.860
 God

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:14.980
 will

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.240
 forgive

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:15.519
 me.

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:17.019
 And so

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.159
 the

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:17.460
 knowledge

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:17.639
 of

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:17.940
 God's

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.159
 will

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.559
 not

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.059
 applied

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:20.599
 is

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:20.760
 not

00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:20.880
 going

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:20.940
 to

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.059
 do

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.280
 anything

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.500
 for

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:21.639
 you.

00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:21.800
 And

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:21.960
 by

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.059
 the

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:22.260
 way

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:22.820
 God

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:23.800
 cares

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.059
 about

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.260
 you

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:24.539
 enough

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.119
 he's

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:26.280
 gracious

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:27.039
 enough

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.280
 to

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:27.539
 you

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:27.880
 that

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.039
 he's

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.159
 not

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.260
 going

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:28.360
 to

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.740
 reveal

00:36:28.740 --> 00:36:29.199
 more

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:29.579
 knowledge

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:29.860
 until

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.079
 you

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:30.519
 act

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:30.960
 on

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.099
 the

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.360
 knowledge

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:31.539
 you

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:31.880
 have.

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:35.240
 And so

00:36:35.240 --> 00:36:35.639
 we

00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.840
 give

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:37.220
 ourselves

00:36:37.220 --> 00:36:37.740
 a pass

00:36:37.740 --> 00:36:39.199
 we say

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.420
 it's

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:39.760
 okay

00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:40.820
 it's

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.039
 okay

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.340
 for me

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:41.599
 to have

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:42.039
 besetting

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.240
 sins

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.440
 it's

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:42.679
 okay

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:43.019
 for me

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.179
 to

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.619
 be

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:43.960
 angry

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:44.360
 anger

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:44.639
 is

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:45.240
 justified

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:45.800
 it's

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:46.059
 okay

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.460
 for me

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:47.619
 not

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:47.960
 to

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.260
 forgive

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:48.579
 have

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:48.699
 you

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:48.960
 seen

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.119
 what

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.240
 they

00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:49.420
 did

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.559
 to

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:49.740
 me

00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:50.740
 it's

00:36:50.740 --> 00:36:51.019
 okay

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.240
 for

00:36:51.240 --> 00:36:51.420
 me

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.559
 to

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.119
 be

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.519
 angry

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.019
 with

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.519
 somebody

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:54.059
 for

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.280
 an

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:54.800
 injustice

00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:55.179
 it's

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:55.539
 okay

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:55.960
 for

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.139
 me

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.340
 to

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:56.840
 tell

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:57.380
 somebody

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:57.639
 off

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:57.900
 well

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.019
 you

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.199
 fill

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:58.320
 in

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:58.420
 the

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:58.740
 blank

00:36:58.740 --> 00:36:58.760
!

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:05.280
 And so

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:05.559
 there's

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:05.940
 no wonder

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.159
 why

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.360
 God

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:06.619
 doesn't

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:06.880
 answer

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.019
 our

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.199
 prayer

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:09.019
 it's

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.179
 not

00:37:09.179 --> 00:37:09.440
 having

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:10.639
 the

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.460
 work

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.699
 that

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:11.860
 it's

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:12.000
 meant

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.119
 to

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:12.380
 do

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:14.340
 and

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:14.659
 finally

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:15.000
 here

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:16.840
 Paul

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.199
 wants

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:17.539
 this

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:17.800
 church

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:17.980
 to

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.480
 experience

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:18.860
 God's

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.280
 presence

00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:19.460
 in

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:19.679
 everyday

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.079
 life

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:21.679
 he

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:21.860
 wants

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:21.960
 them

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.079
 to

00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:22.519
 experience

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:22.900
 God's

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.300
 presence

00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:24.179
 in

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.480
 everyday

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.840
 life

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:24.980
 and

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.119
 he

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.539
 uses

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:26.740
 four

00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:27.559
 participles

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:27.840
 and

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.380
 a

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:29.039
 participle

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.820
 is

00:37:29.820 --> 00:37:30.059
 just

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.539
 something

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:30.800
 that

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:30.980
 is

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.340
 an

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:31.780
 action

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:32.079
 that

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.639
 continues

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.000
 and

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.880
 normally

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.400
 in

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.619
 the

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:34.960
 English

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.360
 language

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:35.539
 you

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:35.680
 can

00:37:35.680 --> 00:37:36.059
 identify

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.340
 it

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:36.860
 with

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:37.079
 the

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.680
 ending

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:38.260
 ing

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:39.140
 okay

00:37:39.140 --> 00:37:39.940
 so

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.240
 let me

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:40.400
 just

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:40.780
 read

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:41.220
 this

00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:41.740
 what

00:37:41.740 --> 00:37:42.059
 is

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:42.220
 it

00:37:42.220 --> 00:37:42.599
 meant

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:42.800
 to

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:43.200
 produce

00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:43.579
 notice

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.500
 we're

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.660
 in

00:37:44.660 --> 00:37:44.880
 verse

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:45.280
 10

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:45.940
 so

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.079
 as

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.180
 to

00:37:46.180 --> 00:37:46.519
 walk

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:46.640
 in

00:37:46.640 --> 00:37:46.780
 a

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:47.019
 manner

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.420
 worthy

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:47.619
 of

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:47.900
 Lord

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.539
 fully

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:49.019
 pleasing

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.220
 to

00:37:49.220 --> 00:37:49.480
 him

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:49.820
 and

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:49.980
 here's

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.099
 the

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.380
 first

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:50.640
 one

00:37:50.640 --> 00:37:51.220
 bearing

00:37:51.220 --> 00:37:52.000
 fruit

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:53.059
 in

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.220
 every

00:37:53.220 --> 00:37:53.400
 good

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:53.720
 work

00:37:53.720 --> 00:37:54.720
 and

00:37:54.720 --> 00:37:55.000
 second

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.260
 one

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:55.420
 is

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:56.200
 increasing

00:37:56.200 --> 00:37:57.220
 in

00:37:57.220 --> 00:37:57.340
 the

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:57.599
 knowledge

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:57.780
 of

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.039
 God

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:59.059
 the

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.260
 next

00:37:59.260 --> 00:37:59.480
 one

00:37:59.480 --> 00:37:59.640
 is

00:37:59.640 --> 00:38:00.500
 being

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:01.340
 strengthened

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:01.340


00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:01.760
 with

00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:01.920
 all

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.440
 joy

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:07.400
 the

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:07.680
 next

00:38:07.680 --> 00:38:07.980
 one

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:08.579
 last

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:08.760
 one

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:09.000
 here

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.579
 giving

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:10.280
 thanks

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:10.640
 to

00:38:10.640 --> 00:38:10.780
 the

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:11.099
 father

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.619
 who

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:11.780
 has

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.140
 qualified

00:38:12.140 --> 00:38:12.400
 you

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:12.559
 to

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:12.860
 share

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.360
 in

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:13.480
 the

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.860
 inheritance

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:13.880
!

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:17.559
 God

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:17.760
 wants

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:17.940
 us

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.140
 to

00:38:18.140 --> 00:38:19.180
 be

00:38:19.180 --> 00:38:19.559
 people

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:19.960
 who

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:21.200
 demonstrate

00:38:21.200 --> 00:38:21.640
 and

00:38:21.640 --> 00:38:22.320
 illustrate

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:23.220
 this

00:38:23.220 --> 00:38:23.740
 work

00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:24.119
 of

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.260
 the

00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:24.720
 gospel

00:38:24.720 --> 00:38:25.420
 in

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:25.760
 living

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:26.079
 color

00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:26.980
 you

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:27.160
 might

00:38:27.160 --> 00:38:27.539
 say

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:28.599
 HD

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:29.360
 high

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:29.880
 definition

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:30.820
 color

00:38:30.820 --> 00:38:31.800
 contrast

00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:32.280
 your

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:32.619
 life

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:32.980
 on

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.420
 display

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:34.420
 not

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:34.840
 because

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:34.980
 of

00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:35.079
 the

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.260
 way

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:35.559
 you're

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:35.860
 living

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.539
 because

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.220
 what

00:38:37.220 --> 00:38:37.460
 Paul

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:37.680
 will

00:38:37.680 --> 00:38:38.000
 say

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:39.320
 Christ

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:39.700
 who

00:38:39.700 --> 00:38:39.920
 lives

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.079
 in

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.220
 you

00:38:40.220 --> 00:38:41.559
 he

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:41.780
 says

00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:41.960
 that

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.200
 in

00:38:42.200 --> 00:38:43.460
 Galatians

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:43.800
 chapter

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.659
 2

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.519
 20

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.119
 he

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.260
 says

00:38:46.260 --> 00:38:46.480
 I

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:46.639
 am

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.099
 crucified

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.380
 with

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:47.740
 Christ

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:49.019
 it

00:38:49.019 --> 00:38:49.139
 is

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:49.280
 not

00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:49.440
 I

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:49.579
 who

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:49.860
 live

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.559
 it

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:50.619
 is

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:50.780
 not

00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:51.000
 me

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.760
 but

00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:52.199
 Christ

00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:52.559
 who

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:52.820
 lives

00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:52.940
 in

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:53.139
 me

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:53.780
 in

00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:53.900
 the

00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:54.220
 life

00:38:54.220 --> 00:38:54.460
 which

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:54.820
 I

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.420
 live

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:55.599
 in

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:55.740
 the

00:38:55.740 --> 00:38:56.059
 flesh

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.480
 I

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:56.720
 live

00:38:56.720 --> 00:38:56.900
 by

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.340
 faith

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:57.639
 in

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:57.780
 the

00:38:57.780 --> 00:38:57.900
 Son

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.019
 of

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.199
 God

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.539
 who

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:58.900
 loves

00:38:58.900 --> 00:38:59.179
 me

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.579
 and

00:38:59.579 --> 00:38:59.800
 gave

00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:00.059
 himself

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.260
 for

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:00.380
 me

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:00.659
 and

00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:00.780
 so

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:00.960
 when

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:01.139
 your

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.440
 life

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:01.900
 shows

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.260
 these

00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:02.760
 qualities

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:03.440
 people

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:03.679
 will

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:03.940
 say

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.480
 ha

00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:06.460
 God

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:06.639
 is

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:06.800
 at

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.139
 work

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:08.360
 God

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:08.559
 is

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:08.820
 doing

00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:09.519
 something

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:09.920
 in

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.179
 that

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:15.460
 and

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:15.559
 our

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:15.900
 problem

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:16.820
 our

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.139
 problem

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:17.340
 is

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:17.760
 often

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:19.960
 how do

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.179
 I put

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:20.559
 this

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:22.639
 as

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.000
 great

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.179
 as

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.420
 that

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:24.000
 sounds

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:25.280
 it's

00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:25.500
 too

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:25.740
 much

00:39:25.740 --> 00:39:26.119
 work

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:28.420
 you

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:28.500
 know

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:28.659
 what I'm

00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:28.860
 saying

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:30.539
 like

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:31.019
 I'm

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.320
 feeling

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:32.840
 feeling

00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.240
 okay

00:39:33.240 --> 00:39:33.900
 life

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:34.079
 is

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.400
 good

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:35.280
 I

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:35.440
 got

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:35.579
 what

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:35.679
 I

00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:35.960
 need

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.860
 you

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:37.000
 know

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:37.579
 things

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:37.699
 are

00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:38.099
 generally

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:38.920
 working

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:39.440
 for

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:39.639
 my

00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:39.920
 favor

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.960
 and

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.300
 so

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:41.519
 yeah

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:41.780
 I

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:41.980
 can

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:43.179
 see

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:43.500
 that

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.179
 bearing

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:44.579
 fruit

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:44.759
 and

00:39:44.759 --> 00:39:45.159
 increasing

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:45.379
 in

00:39:45.379 --> 00:39:45.719
 knowledge

00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:46.139
 and

00:39:46.139 --> 00:39:46.879
 and

00:39:46.879 --> 00:39:47.339
 all

00:39:47.339 --> 00:39:47.500
 of

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:47.699
 these

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:48.119
 things

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:48.299
 and

00:39:48.299 --> 00:39:48.539
 giving

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:48.919
 thanks

00:39:48.919 --> 00:39:49.299
 that's

00:39:49.299 --> 00:39:49.719
 important

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:50.039
 but

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.819
 but you

00:39:50.819 --> 00:39:51.059
 know

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:51.379
 my

00:39:51.379 --> 00:39:51.599
 life

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:51.819
 is

00:39:51.819 --> 00:39:52.239
 kind

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:52.319
 of

00:39:52.319 --> 00:39:52.539
 okay

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.819
 there's

00:39:53.819 --> 00:39:54.019
 no

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.399
 wonder

00:39:54.399 --> 00:39:54.919
 then

00:39:54.919 --> 00:39:56.259
 why

00:39:56.259 --> 00:39:56.619
 we

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:56.919
 as

00:39:56.919 --> 00:39:57.179
 a

00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:57.639
 person

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:57.879
 and

00:39:57.879 --> 00:39:58.039
 we

00:39:58.039 --> 00:39:58.159
 as

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:58.279
 a

00:39:58.279 --> 00:39:58.500
 church

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:58.879
 will

00:39:58.879 --> 00:39:59.199
 never

00:39:59.199 --> 00:39:59.719
 change

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:00.039
 this

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.279
 world

00:40:00.279 --> 00:40:02.059
 because

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:02.239
 it's

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:02.440
 about

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:02.799
 us

00:40:02.799 --> 00:40:03.099
 and

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:03.219
 not

00:40:03.219 --> 00:40:03.419
 about

00:40:03.419 --> 00:40:03.659
 God

00:40:03.659 --> 00:40:04.619
 it's

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:04.779
 about

00:40:04.779 --> 00:40:04.960
 our

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:05.299
 glory

00:40:05.299 --> 00:40:05.299


00:40:05.299 --> 00:40:05.739
 and

00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:05.899
 our

00:40:05.899 --> 00:40:06.199
 will

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:06.639
 and

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:06.799
 our

00:40:06.799 --> 00:40:07.399
 comforts

00:40:07.399 --> 00:40:07.500
 and

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:07.639
 not

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:07.940
 about

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:09.119
 God's

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.440
 glory

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:10.419
 and

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:10.740
 God's

00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:11.059
 kingdom

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:11.780
 and

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:12.099
 God's

00:40:12.099 --> 00:40:12.539
 purpose

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:13.440
 and

00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:13.800
 God's

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:14.220
 good

00:40:14.220 --> 00:40:14.639
 name

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:14.960
 in

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.340
 this

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:15.680
 world

00:40:15.680 --> 00:40:18.420
 and

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:18.539
 I

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:18.760
 think

00:40:18.760 --> 00:40:19.440
 a good

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:19.720
 starting

00:40:19.720 --> 00:40:20.119
 place

00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:21.180
 and

00:40:21.180 --> 00:40:21.300
 there's

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:21.539
 so much

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:21.659
 more

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:22.019
 to say

00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:22.559
 by the

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:22.740
 way

00:40:22.740 --> 00:40:23.099
 we're

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:23.240
 going to

00:40:23.240 --> 00:40:23.760
 come back

00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:24.119
 to this

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:24.500
 tonight

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:26.019
 in our

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:27.559
 time of

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:27.920
 communion

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.480
 we're

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:28.639
 going to

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:28.840
 talk

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:29.119
 about

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:29.639
 why

00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:29.940
 give

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.460
 thanks

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:31.500
 and

00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:31.780
 there's

00:40:31.780 --> 00:40:32.019
 three

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.420
 things

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:32.579
 that

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:32.800
 have

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:33.000
 been

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.340
 done

00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:33.940
 for

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.220
 you

00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:35.820
 you've

00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:35.960
 been

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.539
 qualified

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.119
 we see

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:37.320
 that

00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:37.440
 in

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:38.240
 verse

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:39.460
 13

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:40.940
 12

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.300
 13

00:40:41.300 --> 00:40:41.820
 you've

00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:41.920
 been

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.539
 qualified

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:43.099
 by

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:43.440
 him

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:44.360
 you

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:44.559
 have

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:44.820
 been

00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:45.460
 delivered

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:46.079
 by

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:46.380
 him

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:46.760
 you've

00:40:46.760 --> 00:40:46.900
 been

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.579
 transferred

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:48.119
 by

00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:48.380
 him

00:40:48.380 --> 00:40:48.740
 these

00:40:48.740 --> 00:40:48.860
 are

00:40:48.860 --> 00:40:49.220
 all

00:40:49.220 --> 00:40:49.420
 in

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:49.559
 the

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:49.920
 past

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:50.320
 tense

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:50.680
 there

00:40:50.680 --> 00:40:50.820
 are

00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:51.139
 things

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:51.340
 that

00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:51.519
 have

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:52.000
 already

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.380
 happened

00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.760
 for

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:53.039
 those

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.159
 who

00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:53.260
 are

00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:53.420
 in

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:53.760
 faith

00:40:53.760 --> 00:40:54.139
 and

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:54.280
 so

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:54.500
 there's

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:54.680
 no

00:40:54.680 --> 00:40:55.000
 wonder

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:55.420
 why

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:55.980
 we should

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:56.180
 be

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.200
 thankful

00:40:58.200 --> 00:40:59.079
 because

00:40:59.079 --> 00:40:59.360
 of

00:40:59.360 --> 00:40:59.519
 the

00:40:59.519 --> 00:40:59.760
 work

00:40:59.760 --> 00:40:59.940
 of

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:00.220
 God

00:41:00.220 --> 00:41:00.539
 on

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:00.680
 our

00:41:00.680 --> 00:41:01.159
 behalf

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:04.139
 oh

00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:04.260
 may

00:41:04.260 --> 00:41:04.480
 God

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:04.760
 help

00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:05.180
 us

00:41:05.180 --> 00:41:05.559
 to

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:05.680
 be

00:41:05.680 --> 00:41:05.820
 a

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:06.099
 thankful

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.559
 people

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:08.280
 oh

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:08.400
 may

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:08.599
 God

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:08.840
 help

00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:09.119
 us

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:09.579
 to

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:09.740
 be

00:41:09.740 --> 00:41:09.880
 a

00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:10.240
 praying

00:41:10.240 --> 00:41:10.740
 people

00:41:10.740 --> 00:41:13.139
 will

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:13.260
 you

00:41:13.260 --> 00:41:13.599
 join

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:13.860
 me

00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:14.680
 in

00:41:14.680 --> 00:41:14.800
 the

00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:14.980
 next

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:15.200
 three

00:41:15.200 --> 00:41:15.559
 months

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:18.159
 of

00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:18.500
 committing

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:19.099
 ourselves

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:20.000
 to

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:20.300
 faith

00:41:20.300 --> 00:41:20.460
 in

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:20.720
 God

00:41:20.720 --> 00:41:21.760
 through

00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:22.220
 prayer

00:41:22.220 --> 00:41:22.559
 and

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:22.960
 thanks

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:24.900
 will

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:25.059
 you

00:41:25.059 --> 00:41:25.720
 just

00:41:25.720 --> 00:41:26.680
 experiment

00:41:26.680 --> 00:41:27.059
 with

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:27.320
 me

00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:28.240
 see

00:41:28.240 --> 00:41:28.400
 what

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:28.600
 God

00:41:28.600 --> 00:41:28.840
 might

00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:29.180
 do

00:41:29.180 --> 00:41:30.240
 as

00:41:30.240 --> 00:41:30.480
 we

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:31.240
 set

00:41:31.240 --> 00:41:31.620
 aside

00:41:31.620 --> 00:41:32.039
 time

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:32.600
 the

00:41:32.600 --> 00:41:32.960
 best

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:33.340
 time

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:33.460
 I

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:33.620
 would

00:41:33.620 --> 00:41:33.920
 say

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:34.559
 if

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:34.800
 that's

00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:34.960
 for

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:35.180
 you

00:41:35.180 --> 00:41:35.360
 in

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:35.480
 the

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:35.880
 morning

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:36.360
 if

00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:36.640
 that's

00:41:36.640 --> 00:41:36.760
 for

00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:36.920
 you

00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:37.039
 in

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:37.120
 the

00:41:37.120 --> 00:41:37.559
 afternoon

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:38.059
 if

00:41:38.059 --> 00:41:38.340
 that's

00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:38.480
 for

00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:38.600
 you

00:41:38.600 --> 00:41:38.700
 in

00:41:38.700 --> 00:41:38.760
 the

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:38.900
 I

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:39.080
 don't

00:41:39.080 --> 00:41:39.440
 know

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:39.960
 when

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.240
 that's

00:41:40.240 --> 00:41:40.360
 going

00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:40.420
 to

00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:40.539
 be

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:40.680
 but

00:41:40.680 --> 00:41:40.860
 it's

00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:40.980
 got

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:41.039
 to

00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:41.160
 be

00:41:41.160 --> 00:41:41.280
 a

00:41:41.280 --> 00:41:41.680
 time

00:41:41.680 --> 00:41:42.180
 that's

00:41:42.180 --> 00:41:42.380
 free

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:42.500
 of

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:42.980
 distraction

00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:43.420
 it's

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:43.519
 got

00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:43.700
 to be

00:41:43.700 --> 00:41:44.059
 time

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.220
 you

00:41:44.220 --> 00:41:44.500
 push

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:44.820
 things

00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:45.180
 away

00:41:45.180 --> 00:41:45.620
 it's

00:41:45.620 --> 00:41:45.740
 got

00:41:45.740 --> 00:41:45.820
 to

00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:45.920
 be

00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:46.200
 time

00:41:46.200 --> 00:41:46.340
 that

00:41:46.340 --> 00:41:46.539
 you

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:46.699
 are

00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:46.940
 able

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:47.179
 to

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:47.900
 focus

00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:48.259
 and

00:41:48.259 --> 00:41:48.739
 concentrate

00:41:48.739 --> 00:41:49.039
 your

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:49.340
 heart

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:49.840
 for

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:50.300
 any

00:41:50.300 --> 00:41:50.920
 length

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.099
 of

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:51.380
 time

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:51.679
 without

00:41:51.679 --> 00:41:52.579
 interruptions

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:53.159
 so you

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:53.420
 can

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:54.079
 devote

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:54.320
 your

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:54.619
 heart

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:54.820
 to

00:41:54.820 --> 00:41:55.099
 him

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:55.320
 and

00:41:55.320 --> 00:41:56.179
 plead

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:56.559
 for

00:41:56.559 --> 00:41:57.159
 his

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:58.279
 help

00:41:58.279 --> 00:41:59.179
 the

00:41:59.179 --> 00:41:59.579
 knowledge

00:41:59.579 --> 00:41:59.820
 of

00:41:59.820 --> 00:41:59.980
 his

00:41:59.980 --> 00:42:00.279
 will

00:42:00.279 --> 00:42:01.239
 that

00:42:01.239 --> 00:42:01.440
 you're

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:01.699
 bearing

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.139
 fruit

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:02.300
 and

00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:02.500
 having

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:02.699
 a

00:42:02.699 --> 00:42:03.019
 worthy

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:03.579
 walk

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:05.779
 and

00:42:05.779 --> 00:42:05.900
 that

00:42:05.900 --> 00:42:06.059
 God

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:06.199
 is

00:42:06.199 --> 00:42:06.559
 pleased

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:07.079
 through

00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:07.599
 our

00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:07.900
 lives

00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:08.340
 oh

00:42:08.340 --> 00:42:09.539
 what

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:09.799
 might

00:42:09.799 --> 00:42:10.039
 God

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.340
 do

00:42:10.340 --> 00:42:11.639
 with

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:11.759
 a

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:12.000
 heart

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:12.480
 that

00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:12.619
 is

00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:13.039
 yielded

00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:13.139
 to

00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:13.279
 him

00:42:13.279 --> 00:42:13.380
 in

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:13.559
 this

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:13.759
 way

00:42:13.759 --> 00:42:15.679
 walk

00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:15.900
 this

00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:16.179
 journey

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:16.400
 with

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:16.519
 me

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:16.619
 and

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:16.759
 we'll

00:42:16.759 --> 00:42:17.019
 see

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:18.759
 oh

00:42:18.759 --> 00:42:19.079
 father

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:20.799
 thank

00:42:20.799 --> 00:42:20.920
 you

00:42:20.920 --> 00:42:21.079
 for

00:42:21.079 --> 00:42:21.299
 your

00:42:21.299 --> 00:42:22.380
 patience

00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:22.639
 with

00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:22.980
 us

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:24.699
 thank

00:42:24.699 --> 00:42:24.920
 you

00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:25.319
 for

00:42:25.319 --> 00:42:26.440
 your

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:27.079
 work

00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:27.400
 of

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:27.940
 salvation

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:30.739
 we

00:42:30.739 --> 00:42:30.960
 can

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:32.059
 think

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:32.279
 about

00:42:32.279 --> 00:42:32.539
 the

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:33.159
 last

00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:34.000
 verse

00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:34.440
 of

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:35.940
 this

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:36.440
 passage

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:36.679
 which

00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:36.960
 talks

00:42:36.960 --> 00:42:37.299
 about

00:42:37.299 --> 00:42:38.000
 the

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:38.239
 fact

00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:38.460
 that

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:39.039
 we

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:39.279
 have

00:42:39.279 --> 00:42:39.559
 been

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:40.199
 redeemed

00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:41.819
 through

00:42:41.819 --> 00:42:42.219
 him

00:42:42.219 --> 00:42:42.420
 we

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:42.599
 have

00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:43.139
 redemption

00:42:43.139 --> 00:42:43.819
 the

00:42:43.819 --> 00:42:44.259
 forgiveness

00:42:44.259 --> 00:42:44.679
 of

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:44.960
 sins

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:45.139
 and

00:42:45.139 --> 00:42:45.359
 that

00:42:45.359 --> 00:42:45.519
 is

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:45.940
 only

00:42:45.940 --> 00:42:46.440
 possible

00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:46.739
 because

00:42:46.739 --> 00:42:46.899
 of

00:42:46.899 --> 00:42:47.199
 Jesus

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:48.420
 God

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:48.559
 we

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:48.899
 praise

00:42:48.899 --> 00:42:49.019
 you

00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:49.179
 for

00:42:49.179 --> 00:42:49.480
 that

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:50.879
 and

00:42:50.879 --> 00:42:51.019
 we

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:51.259
 ask

00:42:51.259 --> 00:42:51.399
 that

00:42:51.399 --> 00:42:51.539
 our

00:42:51.539 --> 00:42:51.759
 lives

00:42:51.759 --> 00:42:51.899
 would

00:42:51.899 --> 00:42:52.019
 be

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:52.460
 marked

00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:53.319
 with

00:42:53.319 --> 00:42:53.940
 thanksgiving

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.259
 for

00:42:54.259 --> 00:42:54.420
 what

00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:54.519
 you

00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:54.639
 have

00:42:54.639 --> 00:42:54.859
 done

00:42:54.859 --> 00:42:55.440
 in

00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:55.679
 Jesus

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:56.059
 name

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:56.719
 amen

00:42:56.719 --> 00:42:57.279
 will

00:42:57.279 --> 00:42:57.359
 you

00:42:57.359 --> 00:42:57.599
 stand

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:57.759
 with

00:42:57.759 --> 00:42:58.019
 me

00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:58.399
 and

00:42:58.399 --> 00:42:58.500
 we're

00:42:58.500 --> 00:42:58.619
 just

00:42:58.619 --> 00:42:58.739
 going

00:42:58.739 --> 00:42:59.460
 to

00:42:59.460 --> 00:42:59.779
 end

00:42:59.779 --> 00:43:00.019
 up

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:00.579
 just

00:43:00.579 --> 00:43:00.839
 end

00:43:00.839 --> 00:43:01.019
 with

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:01.219
 this

00:43:03.159 --> 00:43:03.500
 thanking

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:04.019
 Jesus

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:08.279
 with

00:43:08.279 --> 00:43:08.519
 every

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:08.839
 breath

00:43:08.839 --> 00:43:09.079
 sing

00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:09.460
 together

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:10.779
 with

00:43:10.779 --> 00:43:11.399
 every

00:43:11.399 --> 00:43:12.539
 breath

00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:13.039
 I

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:13.759
 long

00:43:13.759 --> 00:43:13.980
 to

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:14.699
 follow

00:43:14.699 --> 00:43:15.779
 Jesus

00:43:15.779 --> 00:43:17.279
 for

00:43:17.279 --> 00:43:17.759
 he

00:43:17.759 --> 00:43:18.179
 has

00:43:18.179 --> 00:43:19.119
 said

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:19.759
 that

00:43:19.759 --> 00:43:20.119
 he

00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:20.559
 will

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:21.219
 bring

00:43:21.219 --> 00:43:21.659
 me

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:23.079
 home

00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:23.759
 and

00:43:23.759 --> 00:43:24.179
 day

00:43:24.179 --> 00:43:24.519
 by

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:25.559
 day

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:26.139
 I

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:26.719
 know

00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:27.119
 he

00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:27.699
 will

00:43:27.699 --> 00:43:28.519
 renew

00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:29.599
 me

00:43:29.599 --> 00:43:30.500
 until

00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:31.079
 I

00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:32.199
 stand

00:43:32.199 --> 00:43:32.839
 with

00:43:32.839 --> 00:43:33.439
 joy

00:43:33.439 --> 00:43:34.099
 before

00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:34.759
 the

00:43:34.759 --> 00:43:35.639
 throne

00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:36.839
 to

00:43:36.839 --> 00:43:37.439
 this

00:43:37.439 --> 00:43:37.819
 I

00:43:37.819 --> 00:43:38.839
 hold

00:43:38.839 --> 00:43:39.379
 my

00:43:39.379 --> 00:43:40.119
 hope

00:43:40.119 --> 00:43:40.399
 is

00:43:40.399 --> 00:43:41.079
 only

00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:42.179
 Jesus

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:44.139
 all

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:45.879
 glory

00:43:45.879 --> 00:43:47.679
 evermore

00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:47.939
 to

00:43:47.939 --> 00:43:49.859
 him

00:43:49.859 --> 00:43:50.819
 with

00:43:50.819 --> 00:43:51.099
 the

00:43:51.099 --> 00:43:52.179
 races

00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:53.379
 complete

00:43:53.379 --> 00:43:54.099
 still

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:54.579
 my

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:55.399
 lips

00:43:55.399 --> 00:43:55.939
 shall

00:43:55.939 --> 00:43:56.539
 repeat

00:43:56.539 --> 00:43:57.659
 yet

00:43:57.659 --> 00:43:58.119
 not

00:43:58.119 --> 00:43:58.599
 I

00:43:58.599 --> 00:43:59.319
 but

00:43:59.319 --> 00:43:59.699
 through

00:43:59.699 --> 00:44:01.000
 Christ

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:01.439
 in

00:44:01.439 --> 00:44:02.379
 me

00:44:02.379 --> 00:44:02.799
 yet

00:44:02.799 --> 00:44:03.019
 not

00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:03.439
 I

00:44:03.439 --> 00:44:04.239
 yet

00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:05.019
 not

00:44:05.019 --> 00:44:05.659
 I

00:44:05.659 --> 00:44:06.379
 but

00:44:06.379 --> 00:44:06.859
 through

00:44:06.859 --> 00:44:08.279
 Christ

00:44:08.279 --> 00:44:09.379
 in

00:44:09.379 --> 00:44:10.539
 me

00:44:10.539 --> 00:44:17.079
 prayer

00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:17.119
 prayer

00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:17.320
 and

00:44:17.320 --> 00:44:17.699
 thanks

00:44:17.699 --> 00:44:18.719
 that

00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:18.840
 will

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:19.000
 not

00:44:19.000 --> 00:44:19.179
 only

00:44:19.179 --> 00:44:19.300
 be

00:44:19.300 --> 00:44:19.539
 the

00:44:19.539 --> 00:44:19.920
 anthem

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:20.300
 of

00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:20.539
 our

00:44:20.539 --> 00:44:20.940
 hearts

00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:22.099
 but

00:44:22.099 --> 00:44:22.199
 it

00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:22.320
 will

00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:22.500
 be

00:44:22.500 --> 00:44:22.719
 the

00:44:22.719 --> 00:44:23.279
 invitation

00:44:23.279 --> 00:44:23.759
 really

00:44:23.759 --> 00:44:24.300
 of

00:44:24.300 --> 00:44:24.619
 those

00:44:24.619 --> 00:44:25.059
 around

00:44:25.059 --> 00:44:25.519
 us

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:25.719
 to

00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:25.980
 know

00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:26.480
 hey

00:44:26.480 --> 00:44:27.380
 there's

00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:27.519
 not

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:27.719
 only

00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:28.300
 something

00:44:28.300 --> 00:44:28.659
 quite

00:44:28.659 --> 00:44:29.340
 profound

00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:29.679
 and

00:44:29.679 --> 00:44:30.159
 powerful

00:44:30.159 --> 00:44:31.239
 but

00:44:31.239 --> 00:44:31.460
 it's

00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:31.800
 something

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:32.159
 maybe

00:44:32.159 --> 00:44:32.360
 that

00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:32.539
 I

00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:32.679
 can

00:44:32.679 --> 00:44:32.880
 have

00:44:32.880 --> 00:44:33.099
 too

00:44:33.099 --> 00:44:33.940
 may

00:44:33.940 --> 00:44:34.159
 our

00:44:34.159 --> 00:44:34.559
 lives

00:44:34.559 --> 00:44:35.099
 reflect

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.360
 the

00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:35.679
 wonder

00:44:35.679 --> 00:44:36.019
 of

00:44:36.019 --> 00:44:36.259
 God

00:44:36.259 --> 00:44:36.519
 this

00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:36.840
 week

00:44:36.840 --> 00:44:37.619
 thanks

00:44:37.619 --> 00:44:37.639
!

00:44:37.639 --> 00:44:37.759
 for

00:44:37.759 --> 00:44:38.000
 coming

00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:38.239
 God

00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:38.460
 bless

00:44:38.460 --> 00:44:38.500
!

00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:38.579
 you

00:44:38.579 --> 00:44:38.900
 I

00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:39.039
 hope

00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:39.179
 to

00:44:39.179 --> 00:44:39.340
 see

00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:39.579
!

00:44:39.579 --> 00:44:39.819
 night

00:44:39.819 --> 00:44:40.380
 come

00:44:40.380 --> 00:44:40.619
 tonight