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 Hey, well, good morning.

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 Open up your Bibles, if you would, please, to Colossians chapter 3.

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 Colossians 3, we're going to cover three verses today.

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 Verses 15, 16, and 17.

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 And I want to just read this for us as an introduction,

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 and then we'll jump into our passage.

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 It says this,

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 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.

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 Again, Colossians chapter 3, verse 15.

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 If you're using the Pew Bible, it's on page 984.

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 Okay, let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts,

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 to which indeed you were called in one body,

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 and be, what church?

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 Thankful.

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 Verse 16.

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 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly,

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 teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom,

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 singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with, what church?

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 Thankfulness in your hearts to God.

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 Verse 17.

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 And whatever you do, in word or deed,

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 do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,

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 giving, what church?

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 Thanks to God the Father through him.

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 Well, what a fitting passage for this month.

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 We're going to kind of designate this as kind of our month of thanks.

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 October was kind of our month of prayer.

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 This is our month of thanks.

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 We want to just remember the significance of thanksgiving.

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 And a way that we're going to do that,

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 we're going to do that in two different ways.

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 First, we're going to bring to you,

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 kind of by way of video,

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 a thanksgiving message from one of our missionaries

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 to remind us of the importance of thanks

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 and to call our attention to something specific

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 from our missionary that we can be thankful for.

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 We can join them in thanks.

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 We can pray with them in thanksgiving.

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 The second is at the end of this month,

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 this month of thanksgiving,

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 we're going to have a thanksgiving offering.

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 We're going to call it maybe a harvest offering.

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 And we want to invite you.

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 We're going to let you know some specific ways

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 that you can contribute in giving to our missionaries

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 to help them in a strategic way.

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 And we're going to invite you to participate with us

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 in giving thanks through giving thanks

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 in your giving, financial giving,

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 to God that now then blesses our missionaries.

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 So let me just begin.

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 We'll begin with this little video from the Davises.

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 Hey, Maranatha.

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 I just wanted to share with you

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 some things that we're thankful for.

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 I was going to have Lindsay join me in this,

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 but she hasn't been feeling well.

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 And that just kind of goes into the first thing

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 we're thankful for,

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 that even though that there is some sickness

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 going around in the house right now,

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 overall we've been much healthier

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 and able to do a lot more things lately.

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 So super thankful for that.

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 Thankful for being able to start

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 Baylistan Community Church this year in June

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 and excited for the opportunities

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 that have come because of that.

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 Thankful for the purchase of the building

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 that is really soon here.

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 The solicitors have been talking to each other forever.

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 But we're certainly thankful

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 that all the funding has come in

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 and even some of the renovation funds

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 that we're going to need.

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 So super thankful for that

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 and thankful for you guys

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 for contributing to that as well.

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 Thankful for some of the conversations

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 we've been able to have with people

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 that just some of the softening hearts

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 that are happening that we see

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 and even opportunities that Lindsay's had

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 to go into the school

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 to be able to share the gospel

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 very clearly and openly.

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 It's been encouraging.

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 Recently we were able to get away

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 with some friends that visited from New York

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 and certainly thankful for those times

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 of rest that come.

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 We're thankful for times as a family

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 we've been able to just get around

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 the kitchen table

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 and while we're eating

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 just share some of the things

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 that we're thankful that God allowed us

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 to have for that day

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 or just in general.

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 And those have been sweet times as a family.

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 Recently Lucy and Ruben

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 we've been going through

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 a baptism book together

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 and they're desiring to get baptized

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 and so thankful for that.

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 And yeah just thankful for what God is doing

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 and allowing even churches like you

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 to pray for us and support us here.

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 Certainly thankful for all those things.

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 So I hope that your November goes well

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 and that you remember all the things

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 that God has provided for you guys

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 and can be thankful for those things.

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 Thanks.

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 What a blessing to partner with other missionaries

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 and I trust that you'll be lifting them up in prayer

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 and maybe even reaching out

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 and saying hello to them throughout this month

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 and letting them know that you're praying for them.

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 You're thankful for God's work in their lives.

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 So if you're there with me in Colossians chapter 3

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 we're just going to take this a piece at a time

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 and we're going to try to

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 this is an experiment this morning.

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 Okay.

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 We're going to

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 it says in verse 16

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 that we're to teach

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 and admonish one another

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 with singing.

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 Okay.

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 Now I'm not going to sing the message.

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 I will spare you from that.

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 But we will sing together

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 as we're working through this passage

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 and try to build these truths

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 and remind ourselves

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 of the truths from the word of God

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 that inform our hearts

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 and this will be a prayer for us.

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 I trust this will be an exhortation

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 for you in instructing and encouraging others.

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 So let's see how this goes.

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 The first command

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 there are three commands in this passage.

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 The first command is found in verse 15.

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 It says this

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 and let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts

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 to which indeed you were called in one body

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 and be thankful.

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 Help me fill in that first blank.

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 What does it say?

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 Let the peace of Christ rule.

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 Great.

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 You guys are all stars.

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 Fantastic.

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 Let the peace of Christ rule in your heart.

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 We find in these three verses

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 some very specific instruction.

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 The Apostle Paul is interested in a church

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 that is healthy,

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 that is vibrant,

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 that is active,

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 that is demonstrating

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 that they share life with Christ

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 and Christ shares life with them

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 and each command that we look at here

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 is reinforced and undergirded

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 by this spirit,

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 this heart of thankfulness.

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 Thankfulness.

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 Now in three different verses,

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 three different times,

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 you think the Apostle Paul thinks about

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 your thankfulness.

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 You better believe he does.

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 Thankfulness will be the hallmark of this church.

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 It will be kind of the crowning jewel of this church

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 and we're going to see that

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 as we move our way through this.

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 But this opening command,

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 let the peace of Christ rule.

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 What comes to your mind when you hear that command?

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 Let the peace of Christ rule.

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 Well maybe you think about rest.

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 Maybe you think about the absence of turmoil.

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 Maybe you think about a heart that has been able to escape

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 the chaos of life somehow.

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 But the truth is that that is not our experience so often.

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 We're given this command,

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 let the peace of Christ rule.

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 But the reality is that we don't experience the peace

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 nearly as much as we'd like to.

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 There's this anxiety in our hearts.

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 There's this frustration that wells up.

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 There is this fear of circumstances.

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 There is this anger at something.

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 And the peace seems so elusive.

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 How could Paul issue such a definitive command?

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 Let the peace of Christ rule.

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 Like as if we can just flip the switch

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 and now all of a sudden,

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 shazam, peace.

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 Ha ha!

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 I got it.

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 Wouldn't that be great?

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 What is going on here?

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 What's important for us to understand

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 as we work through this passage is

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 that peace is there,

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 but there's something that must happen in our hearts

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 in order to enjoy the peace that's present there.

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 Let the peace of Christ rule in your heart.

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 Consider for a moment who is writing this.

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 What do we know about the Apostle Paul

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 and his experience?

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 We know that the Apostle Paul,

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 in the time of the writing of this verse,

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 is in prison.

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 He is in a Roman jail.

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 And he has been beat to a bloody pulp

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 through the course of his ministry.

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 We could read that.

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 We don't have time for it this morning.

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 You know how it goes.

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 Five times he was whipped.

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 Three times he was beaten with rods.

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 He was a night and a day in the sea.

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 He dangers wherever he goes.

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 He is being chased by difficulties.

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 And yet, it is the Apostle Paul

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 who issues this command,

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 let the peace of Christ rule in your heart.

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 Peace that seems so elusive to us

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 and should have been absolutely gone

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 for the Apostle Paul is present.

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 And he wants us to enjoy that same peace.

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 Well, there are some things that we can learn

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 about this peace.

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 And there are just three simple truths

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 that I want to draw out.

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 First, I want you to understand

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 that this peace belongs to Christ.

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 This peace belongs to Christ.

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 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.

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 It's not a peace, by the way,

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 that you bring to the table.

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 It's not a peace that belongs to you.

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 It's a peace that doesn't come from you.

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 It's a peace that belongs to Christ,

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 belongs to Christ,

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 and has been distributed to us to enjoy.

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 It's a peace that belongs to him.

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 Second, it's a peace that's meant to rule in your hearts.

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 And what I love about this passage

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 in verses 15 all the way to verse 17,

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 you see all of these plurals,

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 these hearts,

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 this use of the word you,

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 which is a second person plural.

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 And so while there's this collective body,

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 this group of people,

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 they're all enjoying it together.

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 Their hearts are unified in peace

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 because it's a peace that belongs to Christ.

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 Singular, his peace.

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 Singular, belongs to him,

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 distributed to the body.

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 This group of hearts,

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 unified together in peace.

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 Third, it's a peace that is already present.

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 It's a peace that's already present.

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 And like, Andrew, what are you talking about?

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 Well, notice it says,

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 let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.

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 He does not say pray for peace.

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 He doesn't say strive for peace.

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 He doesn't say go and obtain peace.

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 He says, let it rule.

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 It's already there.

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 It's already present.

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 Just let it have its way.

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 Let it officiate your heart.

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 That's the word for rule.

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 Let it be the officiator,

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 the umpire of your life.

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 Let it call the shots.

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 Let it have its way.

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 Remember Christ's words to the apostles

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 when Jesus says this in John 14, 26.

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 He says,

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 The helper,

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 The Holy Spirit,

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 whom the Father will send in my name,

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 he will teach you all things

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 and bring to your remembrance

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 all things I have said to you.

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 Well, what did the Spirit instruct?

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 What's the Holy Spirit going to do?

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 Verse 27 says this,

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 Peace I leave with you.

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 My peace I give to you.

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 Not as the world gives do I give to you.

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 Let not your heart be troubled,

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 neither let it be afraid.

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 If you, by faith,

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 have accepted Jesus as your Savior,

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 if you have placed your faith in Him,

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 God through His gracious gift

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 has given to you

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 His Holy Spirit.

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 His Spirit of peace

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 rests in you.

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 Let the Spirit of peace

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 have its way.

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 We will learn about this

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 peace of Christ

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 enabled by the Spirit

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 throughout the New Testament.

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 But it's the kind of peace

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 that we can experience individually.

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 But notice,

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 it's to which you are called

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 in one body.

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 It's meant to be enjoyed

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 as a body corporately.

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 So you need to ask yourself

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 the question,

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 is the peace of Christ

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 reigning in your life?

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 Are you experiencing

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 God's peace today?

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 Does that peace of Christ

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 draw you together?

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 Or is it the kind of life

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 that you see

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 is pushing you apart?

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 You see,

00:13:10.319 --> 00:13:11.419
 the peace that God

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 has given to you

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 is meant to

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 pull us together.

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 It's that unity

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 of the Spirit

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 in the bond

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 of peace

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 that we find

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 in Ephesians chapter 4.

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 And how do we know

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 if that peace is present?

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 How do we know

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 that peace is present?

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 Well, you know

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 because it always

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 produces

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 thanksgiving.

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 It always produces

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 thanksgiving.

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 and be thankful,

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 Paul says.

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 This was the

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 continuing expression

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 of the Apostle Paul

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 and we could touch

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 on every single one

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 of the letters

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 that the Apostle Paul

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 wrote where he says,

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 I thank God for you,

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 Corinth.

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 I thank God for you,

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 Galatia.

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 I thank God for you,

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 Philippi.

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 I thank God for you,

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 Rome.

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 All of the churches

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 that the Apostle Paul

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 is thankful for,

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 it was an expression

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 of the work

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 of God

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 in his life.

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 So what does it mean

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 when we're not

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 choosing thanks?

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 What does that mean

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 when we say,

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 no, I'm not going

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 to be thankful?

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 Well, if we

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 aren't choosing

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 thankfulness,

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 then you're not

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 allowing the peace

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 of God to rule

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 in your heart.

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 You're not going

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 to enjoy God's peace.

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 And if you

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 aren't allowing

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 thankfulness

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 to clothe

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 your life,

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 not only are you

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 not going to

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 experience the peace

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 of God,

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 but you're not

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 allowing the Holy

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 Spirit to have

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 his way in your

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 life.

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 And there's one

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 of two options

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 there.

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 Either you're

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 quenching the

00:14:43.500 --> 00:14:44.120
 Holy Spirit,

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 or you don't

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 have the Holy

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 Spirit.

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 Those are the

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 two options.

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 Are we allowing

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 the peace of

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 Christ to reign

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 in our life?

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 You know,

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 the Apostle Paul,

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 excuse me,

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 the psalmist,

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 talks about the

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 significance of

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 peace.

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 And I love how

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 the psalmist puts

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 it, David,

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 he says,

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 when he's feeling

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 anxious, he says,

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 why so downcast,

00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:12.000
 oh my soul?

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 Put your hope

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 in God.

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 And so this song

00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:16.620
 that we're going

00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:17.480
 to sing now is

00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:19.439
 that prayer for

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 us, a prayer

00:15:20.199 --> 00:15:20.799
 to say,

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 Lord, I want

00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:23.139
 your peace to

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 reign in my

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 life.

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 I want my soul

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 to enjoy rest.

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 So, be still,

00:15:29.680 --> 00:15:30.040
 my soul.

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 Let's sing this

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 together.

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 Sing together.

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 Be still, my soul,

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 the Lord is on

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 my side.

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 Bear patiently,

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 the cross

00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:48.560
 agree for pain.

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 Leave to

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 thy God,

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 to order and

00:15:53.920 --> 00:15:54.900
 provide.

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 In every change,

00:15:59.280 --> 00:16:01.120
 he faithful will

00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:02.900
 remain.

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 Be still, my soul,

00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:07.680
 thy best,

00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:08.960
 thy heavenly

00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:10.100
 plan.

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 Through

00:16:11.780 --> 00:16:14.040
 thorny ways,

00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:15.780
 leads to a

00:16:15.780 --> 00:16:16.780
 joyful

00:16:16.780 --> 00:16:18.020
 wind.

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 be still,

00:16:19.860 --> 00:16:21.319
 my soul,

00:16:21.319 --> 00:16:22.759
 thy God,

00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:23.980
 the thunder

00:16:23.980 --> 00:16:25.860
 day,

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 to guide

00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:29.360
 the future

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 as he has

00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:33.639
 the past.

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 Thy hope,

00:16:35.059 --> 00:16:37.620
 thy confidence,

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 let nothing

00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:41.279
 shake.

00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:42.659
 All now,

00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:44.319
 mysterious,

00:16:44.939 --> 00:16:45.919
 shall be

00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:49.039
 bright at last.

00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:50.319
 Be still,

00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:52.360
 my soul,

00:16:52.699 --> 00:16:53.639
 the waves

00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:54.539
 of winds

00:16:54.539 --> 00:16:55.779
 to blow,

00:16:57.199 --> 00:16:58.439
 his voice

00:16:58.439 --> 00:16:59.979
 who ruled

00:16:59.979 --> 00:17:01.539
 while he

00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:03.419
 dwelt below.

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 In

00:17:05.399 --> 00:17:06.460
 who I

00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:08.039
 rest,

00:17:08.879 --> 00:17:09.299
 in

00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:10.299
 who I

00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:11.240
 found

00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:12.319
 thy hope,

00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:13.019
 in

00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:14.019
 I

00:17:14.019 --> 00:17:16.180
 trust,

00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:16.799
 you

00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:17.680
 never

00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:19.400
 let me

00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:20.079
 go.

00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:20.599
 I

00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:21.240
 place

00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:21.759
 my

00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:23.859
 life

00:17:23.859 --> 00:17:24.599
 within

00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:25.700
 your

00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.680
 hands

00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:27.639
 alone.

00:17:30.139 --> 00:17:30.920
 Be

00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:32.079
 still,

00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:34.139
 my soul.

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 And of

00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:36.680
 course,

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.299
 we can pray

00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:38.059
 that because

00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:38.980
 there's a

00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:39.839
 source of

00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.339
 peace.

00:17:40.339 --> 00:17:40.399
 peace.

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.179
 The God

00:17:42.179 --> 00:17:42.740
 of peace

00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:43.079
 will be

00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:43.559
 with you.

00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:44.659
 Christ

00:17:44.659 --> 00:17:45.279
 desires

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:46.359
 for us

00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:47.019
 to enjoy

00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:47.899
 the benefits

00:17:47.899 --> 00:17:48.359
 of peace.

00:17:48.419 --> 00:17:48.659
 And that's

00:17:48.659 --> 00:17:48.980
 what this

00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:49.519
 next song

00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.199
 will help

00:17:50.199 --> 00:17:50.639
 to direct

00:17:50.639 --> 00:17:51.119
 our attention

00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:51.439
 to.

00:17:51.439 --> 00:17:54.139
 Are you

00:17:54.139 --> 00:17:55.019
 weary?

00:17:55.679 --> 00:17:56.359
 Have you

00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:57.619
 laden?

00:17:57.959 --> 00:17:58.720
 Come and

00:17:58.720 --> 00:18:00.199
 lay your

00:18:00.199 --> 00:18:01.000
 burdens

00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:02.039
 down.

00:18:02.619 --> 00:18:03.099
 Jesus

00:18:03.099 --> 00:18:04.579
 calls you,

00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.399
 Jesus

00:18:05.399 --> 00:18:07.019
 draws you,

00:18:07.339 --> 00:18:08.359
 rest in

00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:09.879
 hand.

00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:12.359
 He is

00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:13.339
 gentle,

00:18:13.899 --> 00:18:14.559
 he is

00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.839
 lowly,

00:18:16.179 --> 00:18:17.879
 he delights

00:18:17.879 --> 00:18:18.859
 to bring

00:18:18.859 --> 00:18:19.079
 us

00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:20.199
 peace.

00:18:20.679 --> 00:18:21.240
 Tender

00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:22.479
 shepherd,

00:18:23.139 --> 00:18:23.599
 mighty

00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:24.699
 Savior,

00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.419
 rest in

00:18:26.419 --> 00:18:27.579
 him.

00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:28.179
 Are you

00:18:28.179 --> 00:18:28.539
 hopeless?

00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:30.740
 Are you

00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.639
 hopeless?

00:18:32.159 --> 00:18:33.039
 Are you

00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:33.979
 guilty?

00:18:34.639 --> 00:18:35.000
 God,

00:18:35.099 --> 00:18:36.339
 in shame

00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:37.379
 for all

00:18:37.379 --> 00:18:38.659
 your sin,

00:18:39.059 --> 00:18:40.519
 he pursues

00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.699
 you to

00:18:41.699 --> 00:18:43.500
 forgive you,

00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:44.919
 rest in

00:18:44.919 --> 00:18:46.079
 him.

00:18:47.639 --> 00:18:48.720
 He has

00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:50.059
 paid for

00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:50.859
 every

00:18:50.859 --> 00:18:51.899
 failure,

00:18:52.619 --> 00:18:53.159
 mercy

00:18:53.159 --> 00:18:54.559
 flows

00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:54.939
 in

00:18:54.939 --> 00:18:55.659
 endless

00:18:55.659 --> 00:18:56.759
 streams,

00:18:57.199 --> 00:18:58.019
 come and

00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:58.919
 follow,

00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:00.099
 freedom

00:19:00.099 --> 00:19:01.639
 calls you,

00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.859
 rest in

00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:04.159
 him.

00:19:04.159 --> 00:19:04.859
 Are you

00:19:04.859 --> 00:19:08.059
 waiting

00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:09.359
 in your

00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:10.379
 sorrow

00:19:10.379 --> 00:19:11.619
 for this

00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:12.959
 broken

00:19:12.959 --> 00:19:14.119
 world to

00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:14.979
 live?

00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:16.219
 He is

00:19:16.219 --> 00:19:17.319
 coming,

00:19:17.939 --> 00:19:18.339
 soon

00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:19.579
 returning,

00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:21.359
 rest in

00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:22.339
 him.

00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:23.859
 We will see

00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:24.539
 him,

00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:25.839
 we will see

00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.679
 him,

00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:27.579
 we will

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:29.059
 love him,

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 oh,

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.079
 what

00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:31.259
 hides

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:32.219
 of grace

00:19:32.219 --> 00:19:32.619
 we're

00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:33.439
 in,

00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:34.740
 from his

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.759
 kindness

00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:37.019
 every

00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:38.519
 promise

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.259
 will

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:40.080
 fulfill.

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:42.039
 Trust in

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.600
 Jesus,

00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:44.340
 trust in

00:19:44.340 --> 00:19:45.299
 Jesus,

00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.660
 he will

00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:48.039
 keep us

00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:49.200
 to the

00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:50.140
 end.

00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:54.240
 How sure

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:56.700
 his compassion

00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:59.200
 for us,

00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:00.019
 oh,

00:20:00.080 --> 00:20:01.180
 how deep

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:02.500
 is his

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.700
 love,

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:06.019
 so come,

00:20:06.340 --> 00:20:07.240
 come to

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:08.360
 Jesus

00:20:08.360 --> 00:20:09.799
 at

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:11.019
 rest,

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.860
 amen.

00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.700
 There is

00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:17.000
 real rest

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.799
 that we can

00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.960
 enjoy in

00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:19.299
 Jesus.

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 So let the

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:23.160
 peace of

00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:24.180
 Christ rule

00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:25.059
 in your

00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:25.420
 hearts,

00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:26.600
 and next

00:20:26.600 --> 00:20:27.100
 we see,

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 let the

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.719
 word of

00:20:28.719 --> 00:20:29.099
 Christ

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:29.919
 dwell in

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 you

00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:30.519
 richly.

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 Verse 16

00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:32.759
 says this,

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 let the

00:20:33.339 --> 00:20:33.679
 word of

00:20:33.679 --> 00:20:34.039
 Christ

00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:34.959
 dwell in

00:20:34.959 --> 00:20:35.159
 you

00:20:35.159 --> 00:20:35.740
 richly,

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 teaching

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 and admonishing

00:20:37.659 --> 00:20:38.199
 one another

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 in all

00:20:38.719 --> 00:20:39.099
 wisdom,

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 singing

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:41.119
 songs and

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 hymns and

00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:42.500
 spiritual songs

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:44.199
 with thankfulness

00:20:44.199 --> 00:20:45.039
 in your

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 hearts

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.679
 to God.

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.240
 This word

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:48.779
 for dwell,

00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:49.339
 to dwell

00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:49.759
 in you

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.240
 richly,

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 is not a

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:52.459
 normal word

00:20:52.459 --> 00:20:53.079
 for dwell

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.379
 in the

00:20:53.379 --> 00:20:53.879
 New Testament.

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 It's a

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:55.779
 compound word.

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 It's the

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 word in

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 and then

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.240
 the word

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:58.680
 house.

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 So in

00:20:59.259 --> 00:21:00.160
 the house

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:02.059
 really means

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.539
 to feel

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.099
 at home,

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:04.559
 to feel

00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.039
 at home,

00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:06.339
 to not be

00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:06.879
 a guest,

00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:08.039
 to not be

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.700
 a stranger,

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 to not just

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:10.000
 pop in

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 once in a

00:21:10.859 --> 00:21:11.119
 while,

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 but to be

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 a permanent

00:21:12.379 --> 00:21:13.059
 resident,

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 a part of

00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:14.819
 the family,

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 to be at

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:15.899
 home.

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 You know

00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:17.720
 how that

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 is.

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 There are

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.420
 those places

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:19.980
 that you

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.500
 go and

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:20.759
 it's like,

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.480
 ah,

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:21.980
 I finally

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.619
 feel home.

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.559
 I'm at

00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:23.839
 home.

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 And that's

00:21:25.379 --> 00:21:25.740
 how God

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.379
 wants us

00:21:26.379 --> 00:21:28.539
 to experience

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.159
 the word.

00:21:29.699 --> 00:21:30.119
 The word

00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:30.579
 of Christ

00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:30.939
 will have

00:21:30.939 --> 00:21:31.379
 that in

00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:32.619
 home kind

00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:33.199
 of feel,

00:21:33.639 --> 00:21:34.859
 that it's

00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:35.720
 the kind

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.279
 of word

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:37.220
 that we

00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:37.699
 feel

00:21:37.699 --> 00:21:39.720
 comfortable

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 with.

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 And there

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.500
 is this

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.220
 sense in

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.720
 which we

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.459
 enjoy the

00:21:43.459 --> 00:21:44.259
 benefits of

00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:45.459
 that assurance

00:21:45.459 --> 00:21:46.579
 that Christ

00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:47.199
 is there.

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.399
 Charles Spurgeon

00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:50.059
 said of

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.839
 John Bunyan,

00:21:50.959 --> 00:21:51.339
 he says,

00:21:51.639 --> 00:21:52.019
 if you

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.759
 prick him

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.419
 anywhere,

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:54.359
 you will

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:54.839
 find that

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:55.599
 his blood

00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:55.859
 is

00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:56.379
 bibline.

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 The very

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.980
 essence of

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.480
 the Bible

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.699
 flows from

00:22:01.699 --> 00:22:01.919
 him.

00:22:02.899 --> 00:22:03.599
 He was

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.259
 filled up

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.000
 with the

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.299
 word of

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.579
 God.

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:06.740
 And so

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.139
 that when

00:22:07.139 --> 00:22:07.699
 he was

00:22:07.699 --> 00:22:08.139
 pricked,

00:22:08.439 --> 00:22:09.220
 what flowed

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:10.199
 out was

00:22:10.199 --> 00:22:10.679
 blood.

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.339
 The

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.959
 bibline

00:22:11.959 --> 00:22:12.720
 part of

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:12.919
 blood,

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.339
 the very

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:14.279
 essence of

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.679
 the word

00:22:14.679 --> 00:22:15.139
 of God

00:22:15.139 --> 00:22:16.119
 flowed from

00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:16.359
 him.

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.459
 The same

00:22:18.459 --> 00:22:18.779
 is true

00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.319
 for us.

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 When you're

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:20.919
 bumped,

00:22:21.199 --> 00:22:21.519
 when you're

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.019
 agitated,

00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:22.579
 when someone

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:23.439
 kind of

00:22:23.439 --> 00:22:24.599
 bumps into

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:24.879
 you,

00:22:24.899 --> 00:22:25.240
 as it

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:25.500
 were,

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.899
 what spills

00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:27.659
 out of

00:22:27.659 --> 00:22:28.379
 that glass?

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:29.019
 What spills

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.659
 out of

00:22:29.659 --> 00:22:30.279
 that life?

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:32.199
 What spills

00:22:32.199 --> 00:22:32.980
 out will be

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.720
 an indication

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.359
 of what was

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:35.319
 in your

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.699
 life.

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:36.500
 And what

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.480
 flows out

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.720
 of your

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:37.939
 life,

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.179
 which,

00:22:38.699 --> 00:22:39.179
 by the

00:22:39.179 --> 00:22:39.480
 way,

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:39.879
 and to

00:22:39.879 --> 00:22:40.740
 my shame,

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.319
 what flows

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.859
 out of my

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.779
 life so

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.379
 many times

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:44.199
 is frustration

00:22:44.199 --> 00:22:45.099
 and anger

00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:46.019
 and irritation.

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:47.900
 But what

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.839
 should flow

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.160
 out,

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.579
 if the

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:49.960
 word of

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.400
 God is

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:50.720
 there,

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:51.579
 is

00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:52.180
 thanksgiving.

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.279
 These words

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.740
 of faith,

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.900
 these words

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:57.099
 of confidence

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:57.799
 in what

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.440
 Christ has

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:58.839
 done,

00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.339
 that when

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:00.859
 there is

00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:01.539
 agitation

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.019
 and when

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.400
 there is

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:02.839
 frustration

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.680
 and when

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.259
 there is

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:05.359
 the bumping

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:05.859
 as it

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.139
 were,

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.539
 that what

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.240
 flows out

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:07.539
 of us

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:07.960
 is what

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.440
 we put

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:08.859
 in is

00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:09.259
 the word

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.740
 of God.

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:12.019
 I love

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.960
 how the

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.359
 psalmist

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:14.039
 puts this

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.400
 throughout

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:15.720
 Psalm 119,

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.379
 here is

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:16.700
 just a

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.099
 sampling

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.879
 of some

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.019
 of the

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.420
 instruction.

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:18.839
 He says,

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:19.819
 in the

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.420
 ways of

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:20.619
 your

00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:21.119
 testimony,

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:22.619
 I delight

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.920
 as much

00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:24.279
 as in

00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:25.019
 all riches.

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.879
 I will

00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:27.559
 delight in

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.160
 your statutes.

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.960
 I will

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.879
 not forget

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.519
 your word.

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.500
 My soul

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.819
 is consumed

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.940
 with longing.

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.339
 I love

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.559
 that.

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:36.920
 Consumed

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.700
 with longing

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.200
 for your

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.799
 rules at

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.519
 all times.

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.099
 Your

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.920
 testimonies

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:43.059
 are my

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.500
 delight.

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.579
 They are

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.240
 my counselors.

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.819
 For I

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.379
 find my

00:23:47.379 --> 00:23:47.859
 delight

00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.680
 in your

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.099
 commandments,

00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:50.579
 which I

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:51.539
 love.

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:52.940
 Do you

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.460
 love the

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:53.940
 word of

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.200
 God?

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:54.500
 Is it

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.079
 your delight?

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:56.799
 Is it

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.500
 the word

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:57.879
 of God

00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:58.180
 that you

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.819
 seek to

00:23:58.819 --> 00:24:00.139
 put into

00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:00.740
 your life?

00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:02.039
 Notice

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.740
 in our

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.279
 passage,

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:03.960
 Colossians

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.519
 3.15

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:04.720
 says,

00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:05.059
 let the

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.460
 peace of

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:05.700
 Christ

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.460
 rule in

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:06.779
 your,

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.099
 what

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.420
 church?

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.420
 Hearts.

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.500
 And then

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:09.960
 he repeats

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.660
 this in

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.639
 verse 16,

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:11.900
 let the

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.139
 word of

00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:12.359
 Christ

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:12.879
 dwell in

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.099
 your

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.879
 hearts.

00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:15.500
 Why?

00:24:16.800 --> 00:24:17.120
 It's

00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.560
 because

00:24:17.560 --> 00:24:18.480
 this is

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.020
 not about

00:24:19.020 --> 00:24:19.280
 going

00:24:19.280 --> 00:24:19.440
 through

00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:19.560
 the

00:24:19.560 --> 00:24:19.860
 motions.

00:24:21.100 --> 00:24:21.580
 It's

00:24:21.580 --> 00:24:21.980
 not about

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.600
 doing what

00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:22.800
 you're

00:24:22.800 --> 00:24:23.240
 supposed to

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.740
 do because

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:23.940
 you're

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.260
 supposed to

00:24:24.260 --> 00:24:24.440
 do it.

00:24:24.520 --> 00:24:25.020
 And that's

00:24:25.020 --> 00:24:25.720
 important for

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.000
 us to

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.160
 do.

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:26.700
 But it's

00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:27.180
 doing it

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.920
 because you're

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.880
 driven by

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.600
 love for

00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:29.940
 Jesus.

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.320
 It's in

00:24:31.320 --> 00:24:31.800
 your heart.

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:32.740
 God has

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.680
 transformed

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.620
 you from

00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:35.380
 the inside.

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.200
 You see,

00:24:36.280 --> 00:24:37.040
 the externals

00:24:37.040 --> 00:24:37.500
 can be

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.140
 manufactured.

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.440
 The inside

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.980
 is what

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.680
 God really

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:44.039
 cares about.

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:45.900
 Man looks

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:46.339
 on the

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.660
 outward

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.220
 appearance,

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.059
 but God

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:49.120
 looks on

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:49.920
 the heart.

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.680
 And Christ's

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.180
 strongest

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:52.779
 rebuke,

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.240
 remember,

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:53.960
 was to

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.579
 the Pharisees.

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:54.900
 Why?

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.640
 Not because

00:24:55.640 --> 00:24:55.940
 they weren't

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.279
 doing the

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:56.740
 right things,

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.279
 but because

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.779
 they were

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.519
 whitewashed

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.059
 tombs.

00:24:59.460 --> 00:24:59.900
 They were

00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:00.940
 those who

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.819
 were clean

00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:02.120
 on the

00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:02.599
 outside,

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.759
 but the

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.360
 real life,

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.000
 the life

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.860
 deep down

00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:06.599
 inside,

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.700
 was full

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.759
 of dead

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.079
 men's

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.380
 bones.

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.059
 It was

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.360
 dead.

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.639
 It was

00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:11.279
 lifeless.

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.479
 Does the

00:25:13.479 --> 00:25:14.719
 word of

00:25:14.719 --> 00:25:15.799
 Christ dwell

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.819
 in your

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.179
 hearts?

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.279
 Do you

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:20.219
 love the

00:25:20.219 --> 00:25:20.539
 word of

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:20.779
 God?

00:25:21.679 --> 00:25:22.219
 Do you

00:25:22.219 --> 00:25:22.719
 delight in

00:25:22.719 --> 00:25:22.919
 it?

00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:23.919
 Are you

00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:24.959
 longing for

00:25:24.959 --> 00:25:25.299
 the word

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.679
 of God

00:25:25.679 --> 00:25:27.619
 to inform

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.519
 your mind

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.000
 and to

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.779
 instruct

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.339
 your heart

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:30.740
 and to

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.959
 move you

00:25:31.959 --> 00:25:32.199
 in the

00:25:32.199 --> 00:25:32.619
 direction

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.399
 of love

00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:33.919
 for Jesus?

00:25:35.419 --> 00:25:36.359
 It leads

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.019
 to learning.

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.839
 Learning that

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.779
 comes through

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:41.200
 teaching and

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.839
 admonition,

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.779
 but notice

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.240
 that this

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.899
 teaching and

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.440
 admonition

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.799
 is happening

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.579
 through the

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.539
 context or

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.200
 the conduit

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.779
 of singing.

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.579
 So often,

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.879
 the singing

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.960
 is kind of

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.579
 the outflow

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.460
 of a heart

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:54.899
 that is

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:56.720
 intertwined

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.440
 not just

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.859
 with the

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.480
 truth of

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:58.700
 God,

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.099
 but with

00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.720
 thanksgiving,

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.119
 and it just

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.859
 kind of comes

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.980
 out in song.

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.619
 Notice

00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:05.679
 this inflow

00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:06.139
 of the

00:26:06.139 --> 00:26:06.879
 word leads

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.759
 to outflow

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.299
 of the

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.599
 word.

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.699
 This

00:26:09.699 --> 00:26:10.119
 outflow

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:10.639
 of singing,

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.319
 this outflow

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:11.839
 of teaching,

00:26:11.979 --> 00:26:12.599
 this outflow

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:15.659
 of admonition.

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:17.599
 See,

00:26:17.679 --> 00:26:18.239
 we can talk

00:26:18.239 --> 00:26:18.919
 a good game.

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.739
 We can even

00:26:20.739 --> 00:26:21.579
 spend hours

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.039
 in the word

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.299
 of God.

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:22.979
 We can fill

00:26:22.979 --> 00:26:23.799
 up our minds

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.659
 with all the

00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:25.279
 information,

00:26:25.699 --> 00:26:26.339
 and it will

00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:27.119
 do nothing

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:28.159
 about changing

00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:28.979
 our heart.

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:31.319
 But the

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.539
 word of

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:31.960
 Christ is

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.319
 supposed to

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:32.720
 dwell in

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:32.880
 us,

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.319
 which means

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:33.920
 it's meant

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.539
 to change

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:34.900
 us.

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.319
 So how

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.519
 do you

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:36.779
 know?

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.900
 How do you

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.680
 know the

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.000
 word of

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.299
 God is

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.759
 dwelling in

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.259
 your heart?

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:40.599
 Well,

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.400
 there is

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.480
 one telltale

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.799
 sign.

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:43.700
 What do

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:43.839
 you think

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.180
 it is?

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.000
 Thanksgiving.

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.220
 Thanksgiving.

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:48.960
 Ephesians

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.579
 chapter 5,

00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:49.940
 verse 20,

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.220
 it says,

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:51.339
 giving thanks

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:53.099
 always for

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.819
 all things to

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:54.160
 God the

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.579
 Father in

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:54.980
 the name

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.259
 of our

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:56.059
 Lord Jesus

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.680
 Christ.

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.779
 See,

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.180
 it's easy

00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.480
 to be

00:26:59.480 --> 00:26:59.859
 irritable,

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:01.200
 it's easy

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:01.960
 to focus

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.460
 on the

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:02.799
 negative,

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.920
 it's easy

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.359
 to be

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:05.180
 frustrated,

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.819
 but what

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:08.039
 helps our

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.660
 hearts to

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.240
 tune them

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.539
 in the

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.079
 right way

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:11.000
 and to

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:12.019
 cultivate a

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:13.139
 life of

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:13.819
 praise to

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.339
 God is

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:16.420
 to be

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.940
 those who

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.639
 choose

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.460
 thankfulness.

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:20.819
 And I

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.200
 love how

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.740
 Paul puts

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.139
 this.

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.500
 Not just

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:23.740
 to be

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.779
 thankful for

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.379
 something,

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.599
 but to be

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.480
 thankful in

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.000
 something.

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.839
 thankfulness

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.899
 in your

00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:31.519
 heart to

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:31.720
 God.

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.619
 Of course,

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.079
 the Apostle

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:36.379
 Paul gives

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:36.920
 us so many

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:38.019
 great examples

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.500
 of this.

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.539
 He gives

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.779
 us this

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.500
 example of

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.500
 being in

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:42.960
 Philippi,

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.420
 you remember?

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.019
 And he's

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.899
 taught the

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.220
 word of

00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:46.500
 God,

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.859
 and he's

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:48.099
 had the

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.480
 opportunity

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.579
 to lead

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.339
 Lydia to

00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:50.859
 Christ and

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.279
 her family

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.799
 to Christ.

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.740
 And then

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.379
 because of

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:54.000
 the troubles

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.559
 that happen,

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:58.180
 the people

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.859
 from Philippi

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.400
 come and

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.779
 they put him

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.160
 in jail,

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.519
 right?

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.359
 They put him

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:01.720
 in jail,

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.119
 they beat

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.299
 him with

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.680
 rods,

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.579
 and there

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:03.880
 he is,

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.460
 he's in

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:04.980
 stocks,

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.420
 he's

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.019
 uncomfortable,

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:06.740
 and what

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.039
 does he

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.500
 and Silas

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.700
 do?

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.440
 They sing.

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.039
 They're

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.359
 thankful.

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.680
 And through

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.579
 their thankfulness

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:13.940
 and through

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.640
 their singing,

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.559
 the Spirit's

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:18.299
 power erupts.

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.099
 Earthquake

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:20.740
 comes,

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:21.819
 doors,

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.599
 prison doors

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.200
 opened,

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.519
 and a

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.319
 prison cell

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.960
 that is now

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:27.279
 available to

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.839
 the Apostle

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.059
 Paul,

00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:28.559
 and what

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:28.759
 does he

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:28.879
 do?

00:28:28.939 --> 00:28:29.299
 He shares

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:30.740
 Christ with

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.240
 the jailer,

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:31.839
 and the

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:33.000
 jailer and

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.339
 his entire

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:34.000
 family come

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.899
 to faith in

00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:35.240
 Christ.

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.879
 Is our

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:38.019
 life marked

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:39.039
 by the

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.339
 word of

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.639
 God?

00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:40.639
 Is it

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:41.099
 marked with

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.659
 thanksgiving?

00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.720
 This next

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.839
 song helps

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.279
 us to,

00:28:46.439 --> 00:28:47.159
 it's kind

00:28:47.159 --> 00:28:47.359
 of a

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.619
 prayer.

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.419
 God,

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.119
 do this

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.480
 for me.

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:50.460
 Allow

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:51.679
 your word

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.400
 to have

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:52.860
 its way

00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:53.519
 in my

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:53.799
 life.

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.180
 Let me

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.660
 not just

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.220
 know the

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.660
 truths,

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.320
 but let

00:28:56.320 --> 00:28:56.900
 me live

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.279
 them out.

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.080
 Speak,

00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:06.220
 O Lord,

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.340
 as we

00:29:07.340 --> 00:29:08.940
 come to

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.640
 you,

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:11.400
 to receive

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:13.220
 the food

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:14.500
 of your

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:15.940
 holy

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:17.480
 word.

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.900
 Take

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.560
 your

00:29:19.560 --> 00:29:20.519
 truth,

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.519
 love.

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.759
 Let it

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:23.420
 deep in

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.139
 us,

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:25.339
 shape and

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:27.799
 fashion us,

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.920
 in your

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:31.299
 lightness,

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.579
 that the

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:34.279
 light of

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:35.099
 Christ

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:36.319
 might be

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:37.519
 seen

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.599
 today,

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:40.000
 in our

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.599
 acts of

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.440
 love,

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.660
 and our

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:45.539
 deeds of

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.639
 faith.

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.640
 speak,

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.380
 speak,

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:49.960
 O Lord,

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:51.380
 and fulfill

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:53.700
 in us

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.960
 all your

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:56.720
 purposes

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:58.620
 for your

00:29:58.620 --> 00:30:00.880
 glory.

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.520
 Speak,

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.680
 O Lord,

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:08.100
 and renew

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:09.540
 our

00:30:09.540 --> 00:30:10.320
 might.

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.460
 Help us

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:13.279
 fresh the

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.860
 heights of

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:16.680
 your plans

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:18.519
 for us.

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:20.039
 Truths

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.680
 are

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:22.180
 changed from

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:23.279
 the dawn

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:25.180
 of time

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.480
 that will

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:28.079
 let you

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.940
 down

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.740
 through

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:31.819
 eternity,

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.740
 and by

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.759
 grace

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:36.519
 will stand

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.619
 on your

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:39.500
 promises,

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.339
 and by

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:42.379
 faith

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:43.400
 we'll

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.099
 walk

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:45.420
 as you

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:46.819
 walk

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.440
 with

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.839
 us.

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:50.420
 Speak,

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:52.059
 O Lord,

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:53.299
 till your

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:54.859
 church

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.859
 is built

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:57.359
 and the

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:58.900
 earth

00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.900
 is filled

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:01.039
 with

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.440
 your

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:04.119
 glory.

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:06.519
 A psalm

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:06.699
 that's

00:31:06.699 --> 00:31:07.059
 familiar

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.539
 probably

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.879
 to all

00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:08.159
 of you

00:31:08.159 --> 00:31:08.739
 is Psalm

00:31:08.739 --> 00:31:09.559
 119,

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:09.939
 105.

00:31:10.239 --> 00:31:10.599
 It says,

00:31:10.959 --> 00:31:11.599
 Thy word

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.339
 is a lamp

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.899
 to my

00:31:12.899 --> 00:31:13.319
 feet

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.899
 and a

00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:14.119
 light

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:14.419
 to my

00:31:14.419 --> 00:31:14.699
 path.

00:31:14.739 --> 00:31:14.959
 Let's

00:31:14.959 --> 00:31:15.819
 just sing

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.559
 that simple

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.139
 chorus

00:31:17.139 --> 00:31:17.979
 together.

00:31:21.979 --> 00:31:22.779
 Thy

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:24.559
 word

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.839
 is a

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.319
 lamp

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:27.519
 to my

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.339
 feet

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:29.719
 and a

00:31:29.719 --> 00:31:31.099
 light

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.759
 unto

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:33.720
 my

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:35.259
 path.

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.720
 Thy

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:39.720
 word

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:41.059
 is a

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.539
 lamp

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:41.960
 to

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.799
 my

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.500
 feet

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:45.039
 and a

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.180
 light

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:47.160
 unto

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:48.980
 my

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:50.079
 breath.

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.799
 And of

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.160
 course,

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.200
 the word

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.720
 of God

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.480
 isn't just

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.279
 something that

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.240
 is there

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.599
 and not

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.099
 present.

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.039
 It's a

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.579
 word of God

00:31:59.579 --> 00:31:59.920
 that we

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.319
 need to

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.839
 continue to

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.299
 remind

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:02.079
 ourselves

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.579
 of and

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.159
 it reminds

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:03.720
 us of

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.799
 the work

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.799
 of Christ,

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:07.199
 his beauty,

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:09.059
 the need

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:09.439
 that we

00:32:09.439 --> 00:32:09.919
 have for

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:10.139
 him.

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.419
 And so

00:32:10.419 --> 00:32:10.859
 let's sing

00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.379
 this simple

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:11.819
 chorus,

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:12.480
 Lord,

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:12.879
 I need

00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:13.059
 you.

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:15.059
 Lord,

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:18.619
 I need

00:32:18.619 --> 00:32:19.480
 you.

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.199
 Oh,

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:22.059
 I need

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:24.059
 you.

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:26.500
 Every

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.720
 hour

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.460
 hour I

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.460
 need

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:31.299
 you.

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:32.100
 My

00:32:32.100 --> 00:32:32.620
 one

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:35.100
 defense,

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:35.880
 my

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:38.160
 righteousness,

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.400
 oh God,

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.600
 how I

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.460
 need

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:44.299
 you.

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.700
 Lord,

00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:48.120
 I need

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:48.960
 you.

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.779
 Oh,

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.799
 I need

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.799
 you.

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:53.799
 Every

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:58.379
 hour I

00:32:58.379 --> 00:32:58.799
 need

00:32:58.799 --> 00:33:00.799
 you.

00:33:01.659 --> 00:33:02.299
 My

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.799
 one

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.799
 defense,

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.180
 my

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:07.799
 righteousness,

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:11.039
 oh God,

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:12.379
 how I

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:12.799
 need

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:14.799
 you.

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.519
 So let the

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.480
 peace of Christ

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.559
 rule in your

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:19.839
 heart.

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.559
 Let the

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:20.879
 word of

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.819
 Christ dwell

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.139
 in your

00:33:22.139 --> 00:33:22.359
 heart.

00:33:22.419 --> 00:33:22.720
 Now this

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:22.960
 one,

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:25.079
 this is a

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.599
 little different.

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.740
 Let the

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.220
 beauty of

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:27.919
 Christ show.

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.139
 Let the

00:33:29.139 --> 00:33:29.539
 beauty of

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.059
 Christ show.

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:30.259
 Well,

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:30.619
 Andrew,

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.179
 where in

00:33:31.179 --> 00:33:31.539
 the world

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.000
 are you

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.240
 getting

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.579
 that?

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:32.960
 Well,

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.200
 I get

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.559
 that from

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.200
 verse 17.

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:34.559
 It says

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:34.980
 this,

00:33:35.679 --> 00:33:35.899
 whatever

00:33:35.899 --> 00:33:37.200
 you do

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.759
 in word

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.519
 or deed,

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.259
 do

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:40.139
 everything

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:40.799
 in the

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.619
 name of

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:41.919
 the Lord

00:33:41.919 --> 00:33:42.339
 Jesus,

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:42.819
 giving

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.519
 thanks to

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.179
 God the

00:33:44.179 --> 00:33:44.480
 Father

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.779
 through

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.000
 him.

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.259
 Well,

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:45.460
 what does

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.859
 that sound

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.179
 like?

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.039
 You're

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.159
 doing

00:33:47.159 --> 00:33:48.039
 everything in

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.440
 the name

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:48.700
 of the

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.080
 Lord Jesus

00:33:49.080 --> 00:33:49.340
 Christ.

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:49.640
 Why?

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.680
 Because you

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:50.940
 want to

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.480
 glorify

00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:51.779
 him.

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.279
 You want

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:54.140
 his beauty

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:54.799
 to show.

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.539
 You want

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.799
 the tenor

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.120
 of your

00:33:57.120 --> 00:33:57.400
 life,

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.259
 the conversation

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.620
 of your

00:33:58.620 --> 00:33:58.779
 life,

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.660
 the actions

00:33:59.660 --> 00:33:59.980
 of your

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.480
 life to

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.299
 show him

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:02.420
 to draw

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:02.860
 attention

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.799
 to his

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.100
 beauty,

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:05.200
 his wonder,

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.740
 his glory,

00:34:05.840 --> 00:34:06.559
 his majesty.

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:07.880
 Of course,

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.480
 it's reminiscent

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.539
 of 1 Corinthians

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.199
 10 31,

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:11.019
 whether

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.839
 therefore you

00:34:11.839 --> 00:34:12.460
 eat or

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.000
 drink or

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.419
 whatever you

00:34:13.419 --> 00:34:13.679
 do,

00:34:13.899 --> 00:34:14.439
 do all

00:34:14.439 --> 00:34:15.179
 to the

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.239
 glory of

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.500
 God.

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.059
 You see,

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.259
 there's

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:19.659
 beauty

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:21.639
 and purity

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.939
 and a

00:34:22.939 --> 00:34:23.500
 radiance

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.419
 about those

00:34:24.419 --> 00:34:24.919
 who love

00:34:24.919 --> 00:34:25.419
 Jesus.

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.279
 Have you

00:34:27.279 --> 00:34:27.759
 given much

00:34:27.759 --> 00:34:28.259
 thought

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:30.319
 to who

00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:31.279
 you represent

00:34:31.279 --> 00:34:31.579
 in the

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:31.799
 world?

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:33.799
 During the

00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:33.960
 day,

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:34.239
 does it

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.699
 ever cross

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.119
 your mind,

00:34:35.359 --> 00:34:35.799
 how would

00:34:35.799 --> 00:34:36.419
 God

00:34:36.419 --> 00:34:37.319
 think of

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.700
 this?

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:39.720
 Or how

00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:40.220
 your attitude

00:34:40.220 --> 00:34:40.840
 or action

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.400
 or statement

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:41.960
 affect the

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.420
 way people

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:43.960
 think about

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.260
 the Lord

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:44.620
 Jesus?

00:34:46.180 --> 00:34:46.559
 You know,

00:34:46.620 --> 00:34:47.220
 our identity

00:34:47.220 --> 00:34:48.180
 is locked

00:34:48.180 --> 00:34:48.980
 up in

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.180
 him.

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.080
 Whatever you

00:34:50.080 --> 00:34:50.500
 do in

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:50.800
 word or

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:50.960
 deed,

00:34:51.180 --> 00:34:51.880
 do everything

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.620
 in the

00:34:52.620 --> 00:34:53.320
 name of

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.559
 Jesus.

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.620
 You are

00:34:54.620 --> 00:34:55.300
 bound to

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:56.519
 him and

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.000
 what you

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:58.280
 do reflects

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.340
 who he

00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.740
 is.

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.320
 And my

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.600
 wife and

00:35:01.600 --> 00:35:02.160
 I celebrated

00:35:02.160 --> 00:35:03.620
 28 years

00:35:03.620 --> 00:35:04.240
 of marriage

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:05.680
 and we've

00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:06.100
 had some

00:35:06.100 --> 00:35:06.680
 opportunities

00:35:06.680 --> 00:35:07.039
 over the

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.820
 last few

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.320
 months to

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.940
 go to

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.840
 some

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.159
 weddings.

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:11.440
 And those

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:11.779
 of you who

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:11.980
 have ever

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.340
 been to

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:12.719
 a wedding

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.400
 will know

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:14.300
 that there

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:14.679
 is this

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.119
 moment,

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.940
 this moment

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.539
 that happens

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.920
 where somebody

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:19.059
 walks in the

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.340
 back.

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.019
 Who is that?

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:21.300
 The bride,

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:21.679
 yes.

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.719
 And she

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.219
 walks in the

00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:23.320
 back.

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:24.320
 It's my

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:25.420
 favorite moment

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.139
 of every

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.900
 single wedding

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.500
 because you

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:27.800
 know what I

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:28.019
 do?

00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:29.719
 I want to

00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:30.719
 see what

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.500
 the groom

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:33.099
 thinks about

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.519
 the bride.

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.279
 It's just

00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:35.559
 that.

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.019
 It's an

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.340
 amazing

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.759
 moment.

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:39.059
 Preparation

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.659
 in weddings,

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.039
 you know,

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.559
 preparation

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:42.599
 takes months,

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.739
 happens months

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:44.300
 in advance

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:45.820
 where the

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.599
 future bride

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:46.960
 will think

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.440
 about her

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:47.800
 shoes,

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.820
 she'll think

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.619
 about the

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.159
 dress she's

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:50.360
 going to

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.519
 wear,

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:50.880
 she thinks

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.219
 about the

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:51.500
 kind of

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.900
 jewelry

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:53.360
 that he's

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.599
 going to

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:53.900
 like,

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:54.840
 she considers

00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:55.599
 her appearance,

00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:56.460
 she gives

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.079
 great attention

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:57.860
 to her hair,

00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.739
 she might

00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.279
 even get a

00:35:59.279 --> 00:36:00.039
 manicure or

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.679
 a pedicure,

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:01.559
 she may

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.159
 spend a few

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.880
 extra hours

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.480
 at the gym,

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:04.420
 but every

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:05.380
 decision she

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:05.920
 makes is

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:07.019
 guided by

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.940
 one thought.

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:10.639
 What does

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:11.639
 he think

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:12.659
 about my

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:12.940
 beauty?

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.300
 Does he

00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:15.880
 like my hair

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.340
 better this

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:16.820
 way or that

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.059
 way?

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.760
 What jewelry

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:19.840
 will accent

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:20.480
 my beauty?

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.780
 What perfume

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.820
 will he

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:23.199
 compliment?

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:25.179
 And she might

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:25.960
 look radiant

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.679
 on her wedding

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.460
 day to

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:28.420
 everybody else

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.940
 in the room,

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.980
 but she only

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:31.139
 cares about

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:32.480
 one person.

00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:33.599
 She cares

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:33.980
 about him.

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.619
 What does

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.039
 he think

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:37.300
 about my

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:37.599
 beauty?

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:38.980
 You see,

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.579
 Christ is

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:40.420
 also preparing

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.440
 for his

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.760
 bride.

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:42.900
 We find

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.119
 that in

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.420
 Ephesians

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:43.960
 chapter 5

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:44.559
 verses 25

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.059
 to 27

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.320
 it says,

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.219
 Christ loved

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:46.800
 the church

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.519
 and gave

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.119
 himself up

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.500
 for her

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:48.920
 that he

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.119
 might

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.820
 sanctify

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:50.199
 her,

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:50.719
 having

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:51.179
 cleansed

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.500
 her by

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:52.039
 the washing

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.340
 of the

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.579
 water

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:52.960
 with the

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.260
 word.

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.539
 Why?

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.820
 So that

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.559
 he might

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.300
 present the

00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:57.800
 church to

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.760
 himself in

00:36:58.760 --> 00:36:59.500
 splendor

00:36:59.500 --> 00:36:59.980
 without

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.719
 spot or

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:01.559
 wrinkle or

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:02.019
 any such

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.619
 thing that

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.139
 she might

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.920
 be holy

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:05.440
 and without

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:06.159
 blemish.

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:07.679
 She looks

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:08.480
 beautiful.

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:09.940
 She's

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.599
 radiant.

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:13.239
 Does the

00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:14.139
 beauty of

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:15.440
 Christ show

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:16.460
 through your

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:16.780
 life?

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.340
 Is the

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:19.599
 beauty of

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:20.760
 Christ radiant

00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:21.880
 in your

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.219
 life?

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:22.639
 You see,

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.480
 Christ is

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.159
 interested in

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:25.639
 the beauty of

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.019
 his bride.

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:26.619
 So what did

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:26.960
 he do?

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:29.059
 He deposited

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:30.259
 his beauty

00:37:30.259 --> 00:37:30.980
 into her,

00:37:31.779 --> 00:37:32.619
 his righteousness,

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:34.059
 his purity,

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.340
 his nature,

00:37:35.779 --> 00:37:36.420
 his truth,

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:38.099
 because he

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.960
 wants so

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.679
 much for

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.699
 his bride

00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:41.320
 to reflect

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:41.860
 his beauty.

00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:44.980
 This is now

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.320
 the third

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:46.059
 time in

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.820
 three short

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:49.119
 verses that

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.519
 the apostle

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:49.960
 Paul has

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.559
 drawn attention

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:51.079
 to thanks.

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:51.400
 He says,

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.559
 do everything

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.699
 in the name

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.199
 of the Lord

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.619
 Jesus,

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:56.199
 giving thanks

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:56.699
 to God

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:57.199
 the Father

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.739
 through

00:37:57.739 --> 00:37:58.159
 him.

00:37:59.359 --> 00:37:59.599
 This

00:37:59.599 --> 00:37:59.980
 giving

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:01.000
 thanks is

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:02.099
 this word

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.659
 that talks

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.099
 about this

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.799
 perpetual,

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:04.899
 continual

00:38:04.899 --> 00:38:06.139
 activity of

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.799
 thanks that

00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:07.439
 marks our

00:38:07.439 --> 00:38:07.799
 life.

00:38:08.939 --> 00:38:09.480
 Here Paul

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:09.879
 puts it

00:38:09.879 --> 00:38:10.399
 positively,

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:10.879
 but in

00:38:10.879 --> 00:38:12.159
 Philippians he

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:12.480
 puts it

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:12.879
 negatively.

00:38:13.419 --> 00:38:14.000
 In chapter

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.919
 2 verse 14

00:38:14.919 --> 00:38:15.419
 when he says,

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:16.439
 do all things

00:38:16.439 --> 00:38:17.019
 without

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:18.239
 complaining and

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:18.719
 disputing.

00:38:19.359 --> 00:38:19.839
 Why?

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:20.839
 So that you

00:38:20.839 --> 00:38:21.399
 may become

00:38:21.399 --> 00:38:22.159
 blameless and

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:22.379
 pure.

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:24.220
 children of

00:38:24.220 --> 00:38:24.720
 God without

00:38:24.720 --> 00:38:25.280
 fault in

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:25.619
 the midst

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:25.940
 of a

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:26.900
 crooked and

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:27.400
 perverse

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:28.079
 generation

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.980
 among whom

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.900
 you shine

00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:30.640
 as lights

00:38:30.640 --> 00:38:31.280
 in the

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:31.539
 world.

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:33.619
 You see,

00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:34.940
 our expression

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:36.340
 of thanks

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:38.079
 seals our

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.380
 holiness.

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:40.420
 Our expression

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:41.220
 of thanks

00:38:41.220 --> 00:38:42.680
 seals our

00:38:42.680 --> 00:38:42.940
 holiness.

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.380
 It's the

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:44.660
 crowning

00:38:44.660 --> 00:38:46.039
 jewel on

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:47.140
 a life of

00:38:47.140 --> 00:38:47.440
 faith,

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.500
 a life in

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:48.880
 Christ.

00:38:49.220 --> 00:38:50.019
 It reflects

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:51.820
 the quality

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:52.420
 of what

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:52.960
 Christ has

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.539
 accomplished

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.420
 when he's

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:55.160
 moving you

00:38:55.160 --> 00:38:55.760
 into the

00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:56.340
 peace of

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:56.580
 Christ.

00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:57.340
 He's helping

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:58.280
 you to enjoy

00:38:58.280 --> 00:38:59.280
 and dwell in

00:38:59.280 --> 00:38:59.860
 the word of

00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:00.200
 Christ.

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:01.080
 And now the

00:39:01.080 --> 00:39:01.559
 beauty of

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.120
 Christ is

00:39:02.120 --> 00:39:02.860
 showing and

00:39:02.860 --> 00:39:03.420
 it's showing

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:04.240
 up through

00:39:04.240 --> 00:39:04.920
 thanksgiving.

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.559
 And it is

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:07.480
 the seal.

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:08.740
 It's the

00:39:08.740 --> 00:39:09.280
 signature.

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:11.120
 It's the

00:39:11.120 --> 00:39:11.760
 signature of

00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:13.100
 holiness that

00:39:13.100 --> 00:39:14.740
 Christ means

00:39:14.740 --> 00:39:16.160
 to produce in

00:39:16.160 --> 00:39:16.780
 every life that

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:17.240
 is given to

00:39:17.240 --> 00:39:17.400
 him.

00:39:19.140 --> 00:39:19.580
 You see,

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:21.480
 a thankless

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.880
 life not

00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:24.019
 only leads to

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:24.860
 despair and

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.619
 bondage for

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:27.219
 us, but it

00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:28.340
 greatly obscures

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:29.019
 the beauty of

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.360
 Christ.

00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:30.840
 You choose to

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:31.759
 be thankless,

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.239
 you obscure

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:34.579
 Christ's beauty.

00:39:35.619 --> 00:39:36.119
 It would be

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:37.079
 like this bride

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.799
 we've talked

00:39:37.799 --> 00:39:38.739
 about, who

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:40.259
 now on her

00:39:40.259 --> 00:39:40.779
 wedding day,

00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:41.420
 she's just

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:42.019
 rolled out of

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.219
 bed.

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:44.079
 She's just put

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.579
 on her sweat

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:44.960
 pants.

00:39:45.259 --> 00:39:45.719
 She wants to

00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:46.179
 be comfortable.

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:47.179
 She has her

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:47.659
 t-shirt.

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.279
 She doesn't

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:48.680
 care about

00:39:48.680 --> 00:39:49.080
 her hair.

00:39:49.340 --> 00:39:49.780
 Her eyes

00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:50.120
 are still

00:39:50.120 --> 00:39:50.620
 bloodshot.

00:39:50.700 --> 00:39:51.080
 She just

00:39:51.080 --> 00:39:51.560
 woke up.

00:39:51.620 --> 00:39:52.340
 She's exhausted.

00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:53.320
 It's been a

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:53.740
 late night.

00:39:54.040 --> 00:39:54.580
 She got her

00:39:54.580 --> 00:39:55.540
 sneakers on and

00:39:55.540 --> 00:39:56.140
 then she shows

00:39:56.140 --> 00:39:56.700
 up to walk

00:39:56.700 --> 00:39:57.360
 down the aisle.

00:39:57.680 --> 00:39:58.160
 And what is

00:39:58.160 --> 00:40:00.140
 the people in

00:40:00.140 --> 00:40:02.040
 the church who

00:40:02.040 --> 00:40:02.780
 see her coming

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:03.519
 down the aisle,

00:40:03.640 --> 00:40:04.040
 what do they

00:40:04.040 --> 00:40:04.420
 think?

00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:07.280
 Not what or

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:07.980
 how could she

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.780
 do this to

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:10.380
 us, but how

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:10.940
 could she do

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.519
 this to him?

00:40:13.040 --> 00:40:13.580
 How could she

00:40:13.580 --> 00:40:14.120
 do this to

00:40:14.120 --> 00:40:14.320
 him?

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.420
 The beauty

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:17.480
 is meant to

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:18.579
 reflect the

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:19.840
 wonder of

00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:20.139
 God.

00:40:21.720 --> 00:40:22.579
 Get this,

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:24.440
 our grumbling

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:25.440
 hearts, our

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:26.840
 critical eye,

00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:28.159
 our biting

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:29.700
 words, our

00:40:29.700 --> 00:40:30.639
 disunified

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:31.880
 spirit, it

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.539
 might be a

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:33.280
 stain on our

00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:35.059
 life, but our

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:35.880
 grumbling heart,

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:36.840
 but in our

00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:37.760
 grumbling heart,

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:39.240
 we make a

00:40:39.240 --> 00:40:39.880
 mockery of

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.079
 God.

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:40.179
 God.

00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:43.819
 You've put

00:40:43.819 --> 00:40:44.340
 him to open

00:40:44.340 --> 00:40:45.219
 shame, as it

00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:45.559
 says in

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:46.179
 Hebrews 6.

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:46.519
 6.

00:40:46.880 --> 00:40:47.779
 You've trampled

00:40:47.779 --> 00:40:48.519
 him underfoot,

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:49.199
 as it says in

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:49.779
 Hebrews 10.

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:50.159
 29.

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:51.000
 You have

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.960
 diminished his

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.799
 beauty, you

00:40:52.799 --> 00:40:53.819
 have defamed his

00:40:53.819 --> 00:40:54.920
 splendor, you

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.940
 have corrupted his

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.319
 glory.

00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.739
 A person who

00:40:59.739 --> 00:41:00.239
 should be giving

00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:02.519
 thanks because of

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:04.239
 the word, and

00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:04.840
 because of the

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:05.619
 word and deed,

00:41:05.960 --> 00:41:06.639
 and doing it in

00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:07.340
 the name of the

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:07.880
 Lord Jesus,

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:09.460
 instead, instead

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:10.360
 of giving thanks,

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:11.059
 essentially what

00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:11.720
 you are saying is,

00:41:11.780 --> 00:41:12.639
 God, you are not

00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:13.119
 enough.

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:16.059
 Your peace is not

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:17.220
 sweet enough, your

00:41:17.220 --> 00:41:18.280
 spirit is not

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:19.420
 strong enough, your

00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:20.559
 power is not

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:21.940
 sufficient enough, your

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:23.260
 ways are not pure

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:24.400
 enough, your mission

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:25.559
 for me is not

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:26.760
 great enough.

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:29.579
 Your gifts to me

00:41:29.579 --> 00:41:30.559
 are not extravagant

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:31.519
 enough, your future

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:32.559
 for me is not

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:33.679
 bright enough, your

00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:35.440
 son's death was not

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:36.380
 good enough.

00:41:37.780 --> 00:41:38.659
 A life with you in

00:41:38.659 --> 00:41:38.920
 heaven,

00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:40.380
 is not grand

00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:41.119
 enough, I need

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:41.340
 more.

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:43.720
 Every moment we

00:41:43.720 --> 00:41:45.300
 choose to not be

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:47.340
 thankful, that is

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:48.579
 the spirit, the

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:50.079
 heart that we're

00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:50.579
 communicating.

00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:53.360
 So we need

00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:55.539
 reminders, don't

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:55.760
 we?

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:57.099
 And God has given

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:57.760
 us the gift of

00:41:57.760 --> 00:41:58.699
 music as a

00:41:58.699 --> 00:41:59.059
 reminder.

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:01.559
 This first song is

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:02.740
 Lord, you are more

00:42:02.740 --> 00:42:03.980
 precious than

00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:04.260
 silver.

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:04.780
 It's a simple

00:42:04.780 --> 00:42:06.119
 song, and we'll

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:07.000
 just sing it as a,

00:42:07.199 --> 00:42:07.679
 it's kind of an

00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:09.319
 introduction to our

00:42:09.319 --> 00:42:10.319
 next song, but

00:42:10.319 --> 00:42:11.659
 Lord, you are more

00:42:11.659 --> 00:42:12.639
 precious than silver.

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:13.219
 Let's sing this

00:42:13.219 --> 00:42:13.559
 together.

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:19.739
 Lord, you are more

00:42:19.739 --> 00:42:23.099
 precious than silver.

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 Lord, you are more

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 costly than gold.

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 Lord, you are more

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 beautiful than

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 diamonds.

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 And nothing I desire

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 compares with you.

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 See, God has given us

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 himself.

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 He is worthy.

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 He, of course, is of

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 infinite value.

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 And when he gives

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 himself to us, the

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 temptation for us to

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 say, hey, look at me,

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 look how great I am

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 because of what Christ

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 has done.

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 Instead, our boast

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 needs to be in Jesus.

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 Jeremiah chapter 9,

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 verse 23 says,

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 let not the wise man

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 boast in his wisdom.

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 Let not the mighty man

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 boast in his might.

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 Let not the rich man

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 boast in his riches.

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 But let him who boasts,

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 boast in the Lord.

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 May our boast be in him.

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 Let's remind ourselves

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 of this truth as we sing

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 together.

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 All my boast is in Jesus.

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 All my hope is in love.

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 And I will glory forever

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 in what the cross has done.

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 Now fully forgiven.

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 Now fully forgiven my life.

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 His grace is in Jesus.

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 With grace is unreserved.

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 For mercy not low,

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 doubt not save.

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 Let Jesus now be turned.

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 Rise up, my soul.

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 Bless the Lord.

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 Who else is worthy?

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 All my boast is in Jesus.

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 All my hope is in love.

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 And I will glory forever.

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 For all the cross has done.

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 I must not enrich as a stream.

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 And I will glory forever.

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 I will glory forever in the one the cross has done.

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 Now I stand.

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 Now I stand.

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 He's weak enough.

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 Ransom and clean in His side.

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 And I cannot be ashamed for my boast is Jesus Christ.

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 My boast is Jesus Christ.

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 Forever my boast is Jesus Christ.

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 I just want to close with one more song.

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 It's a song that you, I'm sure, know, many of you.

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 It's May the Mind of Christ My Savior.

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 It's fascinating.

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 As I was reading through this,

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 May the mind of Christ My Savior live in me from day to day.

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 May the Word of God dwell richly in my heart.

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 May the peace of God my Father rule my heart from every day.

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 I forget how that goes.

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 We'll sing it.

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 May His beauty rest upon us.

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 All of those pieces that are kind of put together for us.

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 So just one more reminder of these truths as we sing them together.

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 May the mind of Christ My Savior live in me from day to day.

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 By His love and power controlling.

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 All I do is say.

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 May the peace.

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 May the peace of God my Father rule my life in everything.

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 May the peace of God's holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy

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 trying

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 holy through

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 his life

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 May his

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 beauty rest

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 upon me

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 strong and

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 brave to face

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 the fall

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 looking

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 holy

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 unto Jesus

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 as I

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 know

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 Father we pray

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 those truths would be

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 not just known in our

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 in our minds

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 but practiced in our

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 lives, experienced

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 in our hearts

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 Lord peace seems

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 so elusive at times

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 thank you for your promise

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 the peace of Christ

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 can rule

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 may we give it

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 its way

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 in our hearts

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 thank you for your word

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 Lord

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 the word of Christ

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 can dwell

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 God I pray that we would

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 allow

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 our lives to be

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 saturated

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 by the truth of your word

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 and that it would

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 not just

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 fill us up

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 intellectually

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 but

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 but those truths

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 would be taken to heart

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 and they would change us

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 and oh God

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 might your beauty

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 show

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 may we live

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 in such a way

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 that you're glorified

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 that

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 when people

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 see us

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 they say

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 God is glorious

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 may that be

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 the expression

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 of our lives

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 we pray in Jesus name

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 Amen

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 God bless you

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 have a great week

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