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 Well, my name is Kyle, and I'm pinch hitting for Nathan this morning.

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 Nathan and his family, as Wes mentioned earlier, they're on vacation.

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 They're suffering for Jesus on the beach, and so y'all be in prayer for him as he's suffering this week, I'm sure.

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 I'm humbled to be here with you, though, to share God's Word.

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 So if you have your copy of God's Word, I invite you to turn with me to Nehemiah 5.

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 Nehemiah 5.

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 And as you're turning there, I want to hopefully catch you up on where we are in Nehemiah.

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 In case you haven't been here with us, we've been walking through the book of Nehemiah.

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 And Nehemiah is a book that really centers around the story of a great city, the city of Jerusalem.

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 Jerusalem is a city that's really fallen into disrepair, and the people who live there have essentially fallen into disrepair as well.

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 So God burdened a man named Nehemiah, who was the cupbearer to the king, the king of Persia,

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 to rebuild this city and to restore the hearts of its people back to God.

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 Essentially the theme of Nehemiah in a nutshell.

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 In the earlier chapters of Nehemiah, Nehemiah was opposed by outsiders.

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 He has seen a lot of opposition to this mission that he's on, to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem.

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 And so in that opposition, he's struggled through it.

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 He's overcome a lot of opposition.

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 And up until we get to chapter 5, most of the opposition is coming from outside of the city.

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 People who don't want the people of God influencing the city of Jerusalem.

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 And we get to chapter 5 and we begin to see some opposition coming from within.

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 Opposition coming from within the city of Jerusalem.

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 Anybody ever experience that?

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 The people that you thought should be the closest to you?

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 The people that you think are the believers in your inner circles?

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 And all of a sudden you experience opposition from that?

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 Sometimes we do.

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 Sometimes we experience opposition from within.

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 And Nehemiah finds himself in a place where he's having to deal with some things.

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 I wish we could go through the whole chapter, chapter 5.

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 I wish I could focus on the whole chapter.

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 We'd literally be here for a couple hours.

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 So you can thank me later for not doing an entire chapter of chapter 5 of Nehemiah.

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 But in the beginning of chapter 5, we see the rich people are essentially taking advantage of the poor.

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 They're committing a sin that's known as usury.

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 I have to explain this a little bit because usury today is defined a little bit different than usury was defined back then.

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 Today, usury is defined as charging excessive interest on loaned money.

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 It doesn't happen a lot today because in our country we have checks and balances that prevent things like that from happening.

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 But back then, usury was defined as any interest charged to your fellow countrymen.

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 And so Jews were not allowed to charge interest on borrowed money to their fellow Jews.

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 It was illegal in God's law.

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 And so that's what's going on here.

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 They're basically the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer.

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 They're charging money to their own countrymen.

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 And tragically as well, Nehemiah finds himself, the great leader, falling and succumbing to the same sin.

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 And he himself had to repent publicly and really followed it up.

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 He's an incredible leader.

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 He realizes his sin.

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 He repents publicly of that sin.

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 And then he goes on to repay all the people, all the money that he owes back to them.

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 And that's essentially what we're picking up in Nehemiah chapter 5.

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 We want to start in verse 14.

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 And Nehemiah says this,

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 Moreover, from this day, I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah from the 20th year to the 32nd year of King Artaxerxes.

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 That's the ruler in the day.

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 For a full 12 years, Nehemiah was undertaking this urban rebuilding project.

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 For 12 years, neither I nor my kinsmen have eaten of the governor's food allowance.

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 So the first principle that we're really seeing in this passage is that we must understand that first we've got to understand our mission.

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 What is our mission?

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 And Nehemiah's mission was to rebuild a wall.

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 He moved into Jerusalem.

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 And his little bit more than that, we're going to get into that in a minute.

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 But Nehemiah's mission is essentially to come into Jerusalem and to rebuild the wall, to reconstruct the city.

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 It's in disrepair.

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 But what is our mission today?

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 Matthew 28.

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 To go and make disciples of all nations.

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 Baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

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 It's Acts 1.8.

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 You'll receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you.

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 You'll be my witnesses in Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

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 That is the mission that's given to us.

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 It's not the great suggestion.

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 It's the great commission.

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 God has called all believers to this.

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 It's not just pastors and people who are in vocational ministry.

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 We're missionaries.

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 It's all believers are called to this commission.

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 We're all commissioned to do the great commission.

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 Which is to make disciples of all nations.

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 That is our mission.

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 So first, we've got to understand the mission that God has called us to.

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 Secondly, we must accept the fact that there are times when our personal interests are misaligned with the mission.

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 There are times when the needs of the mission call for us to give up some of our personal interests and our personal desires.

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 And we'll find ourselves as believers in situations where we have to serve the needs of the mission at our own personal expense.

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 What that means is, for example, you're a person who is one to get married or maybe you are married in this room this morning.

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 And there's times when the needs or desires of your spouse will have to supersede your own needs and desires.

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 And we, being loving spouses, we sacrifice sometimes our own desires because it's what we're called to do.

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 We're called to love our spouses in Scripture.

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 To put it in the words of my seminary president, Dr. Danny Akin, he's a real funny guy at times.

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 And he says, man, if you haven't figured it out already, I'll let you in on a little secret that I learned a long time ago.

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 Women, they give you two options.

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 You can either be right or you can be happy.

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 He said, I just assume be happy.

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 You parents in the room, you can relate to this as well.

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 How many of you who are parents in this room, but whether you have little ones now or whether you used to have little ones,

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 would have rather have been sleeping at night than being up awake with your children as they're crying,

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 or better yet, if your children are throwing up and you're having to clean up the mess.

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 There's often times when that happens.

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 I remember my dad sitting in the back row right now.

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 I remember a time when my dad literally caught it in his hands.

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 And he had to carry it to the toilet and clean himself up afterwards.

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 It's what we do as parents.

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 We sometimes sacrifice our own needs or wants or desires to see that our children are raised in a godly manner.

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 It's the same way in our calling as Christians, particularly as it relates to our commission to make disciples.

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 It means that there are times when we make sacrifices.

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 You might have to give up watching your favorite TV show one week in order to have a family over for dinner.

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 Maybe neighbors that you're wanting to minister to that you have over for dinner.

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 It might mean that you give up your cable or satellite service altogether so that you have the extra money to be able to help a family put food on their table.

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 A family who's struggling to put food on their table.

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 You see, this is what's going on in this text.

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 Nehemiah is working in a situation where as a governor, he has the legal right to tax the people as much as he wanted to.

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 And he could have made himself a very wealthy person.

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 He could have been very affluent.

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 He could have had all the nice things that the world could offer him in that day.

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 But what he determines to do is not to impose an additional tax burden upon the people.

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 And he takes it a step further.

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 He forgoes his salary.

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 For 12 years, he essentially works for free.

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 He doesn't take anything out of the governor's food allowance.

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 How many of you would be willing to do that?

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 Your boss comes up to you and says,

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 You know, the times are kind of lean right now and we're not going to be able to afford to pay for 12 years.

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 So if you'd just work for free for 12 years, that'd be really great.

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 And by the way, we're going to make you pay for your desk as well.

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 We don't have enough money to buy you a desk.

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 And we're going to have to pay for your laptop.

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 And you're probably going to be traveling a lot for your job.

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 So you're going to have to pay for your own car and your own gas mileage.

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 We don't have money to pay for that stuff.

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 Oh, and by the way, you might die in your job.

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 How many of you are going to take that offer?

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 There's no hands, right?

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 No, you're going to say, I think I'm going to find a better job.

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 Something that's not going to cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars and possibly my life.

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 But Nehemiah is willing to set aside his own interest for the sake of the calling on his life.

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 Furthermore, he tells us in verse 15,

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 The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people

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 and took from them bread and wine besides 40 shekels of silver.

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 What I hope we're beginning to see as we travel through this book is that Nehemiah is kind of a different guy.

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 He's not the typical leader.

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 And he's really not the typical person to begin with.

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 He is set apart for the glory of God.

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 He has set himself apart.

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 He doesn't do things the way that previous leaders have done them.

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 He says,

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 Just because former governors lay these tax burdens upon the people doesn't mean that I should.

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 Nehemiah goes against the grain of the culture,

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 and he went to great lengths to be unusual.

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 But why?

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 We see it as we continue reading on.

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 It says,

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 Even their servants domineered the people,

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 but I did not do so because of the fear of God.

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 So we're beginning to see the whole picture here.

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 We're beginning to see the whole picture that Nehemiah isn't just being different for the sake of being different.

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 He's not being different just so the people would like him.

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 He's being different because he is set apart for the glory of God.

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 He is a man who loves God.

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 He's a man who understands the mission.

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 He's a man who wants to fulfill that mission no matter what the cost.

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 And what we learn and glean from Nehemiah is that if we're going to fulfill this mission that God has set before us,

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 and if we're going to live a life that's set apart,

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 it's going to come at some personal cost to us sometimes.

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 For some of us, it might cost a job.

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 I have a friend who used to work for a big insurance company.

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 I won't name the company.

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 I don't want to talk bad about a company by any means.

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 But he was an underwriter for an insurance company.

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 His boss came up to him one day and he said,

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 you know, Adam, we're going to send you on a business trip.

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 And we're going to send you with your female co-worker, just the two of them.

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 He's a married man.

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 He made a commitment not to travel alone with another woman that's not his wife.

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 So he explains to his boss, I appreciate the opportunity, but I'm not going to be able to do that.

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 I'll be happy to pay for my own rental car.

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 I'll be happy to pay for my own hotel room.

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 I'll be happy to pay whatever expenses I have to pay in order to not do that.

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 So his boss goes to the human resources representatives for the company and they say,

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 look, you can't make him based off of religious reasons.

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 So the boss is like, okay, well, fine.

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 I'll go back to our employee.

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 And so he goes back to my friend and he says,

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 look, I can't make you go on this business trip,

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 but what I'm going to tell you is that you're not going to make it very far in this company

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 if you're not willing to take these types of business trips.

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 And he said, fine, I understand.

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 See, my friend was willing to be set apart for the glory of God.

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 He was willing, if it cost him his job, he was willing to go,

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 to move to a different position, to move to a different job in order to be set apart, to be different.

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 And I submit to you that Nehemiah is somebody who is being different in this case.

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 Maybe your job has been the excuse for you.

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 Maybe you've been so busy in your job

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 and that's the excuse for the reason why you haven't been sharing the gospel with people.

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 Maybe you've delayed your mission, the Great Commission,

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 and your job has been your excuse.

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 It might be that God's calling you to free up some time in your life

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 in order to fulfill the Great Commission.

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 It might be that God's calling you to use some of your own personal finances

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 to go toward a foreign mission trip to share the gospel with unreached people groups.

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 Or maybe you're a business owner.

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 God's calling you to take your business in a new direction

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 to give a percentage of those funds

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 in order to help fund mission groups that would be serving both here and abroad.

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 There's a great example of a company that does this on a regular basis.

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 It's Chick-fil-A.

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 And if you decided you wanted to go get a Chick-fil-A after church today,

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 if you wanted to go get a big, juicy Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich,

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 you know that we all...

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 Or maybe you're like a...

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 Maybe you like the Cool Wraps.

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 I don't know what your preference is.

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 But, man, everything that they serve is just so good.

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 It doesn't just taste good.

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 We all just crave Chick-fil-A sometimes.

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 And it seems like we always crave Chick-fil-A the most on Sundays, right?

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 Because why?

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 You can't go to Chick-fil-A.

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 If you go to Chick-fil-A today, you're going to be very disappointed

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 because they're closed.

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 But why are they closed?

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 Because the leadership at Chick-fil-A believes it's important

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 for their employees to be able to attend a corporate worship service

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 if they so choose.

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 Chick-fil-A also gives a lot of money

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 away to things like their wind-shaped camps

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 and make an impact on Georgia's children

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 and children all over the place.

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 They go to their camps.

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 But would Chick-fil-A make more money

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 if they were open seven days a week as opposed to six?

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 Of course they would.

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 In fact, Sundays are some of the biggest revenue-making days

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 for the fast food industry.

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 But they close their doors

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 because they understand

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 sometimes the mission that's before us

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 will cost us.

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 You say, well, I don't own a business

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 and I don't really have a lot of money to give away.

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 That's okay.

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 I know exactly where you are.

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 I completely understand.

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 In fact, the Apostle Paul also understood

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 when he wrote in Philippians 4,

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 where he says,

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 I know what it's like to be in need.

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 I know what it's like to have plenty.

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 I've learned the secret of being content

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 in any and every situation,

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 whether well-fed or hungry.

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 So Paul had learned what it was to be content,

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 whether he had a lot of food,

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 whether he had a lot of things,

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 or whether he had very, very little.

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 But I guarantee you,

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 there's a place in Paul's life

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 where he was not content.

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 And Paul was never content

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 with where he was with the spread of the gospel.

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 He always knew there was more towns to visit,

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 that there were more people to share the gospel with,

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 and there was more strangers to meet

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 to make an impact on them with the gospel.

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 That's one thing that Paul completely understood.

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 And you see, it doesn't matter

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 where we stand financially.

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 It doesn't matter where we stand spiritually.

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 With 4.5 billion people in the world today

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 that are without Jesus.

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 I want you to just let that soak into your mind

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 and into your heart right now.

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 4.5 billion people in this world without Jesus.

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 1.4 billion of those people

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 have no access to the gospel.

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 We can't really fathom that in our culture.

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 You see, we live in a culture

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 where the Bible is translated,

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 I don't know how many times,

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 but probably at least 50 times

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 in our own language.

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 There's people who don't even have access

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 to the scripture

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 that we have access to each and every day.

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 They don't even have access to it

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 in their own language.

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 1.4 billion people.

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 Zero access to the gospel.

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 Believers.

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 There is much more to be done.

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 Too few of us in our culture

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 are sacrificing for the mission.

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 This mission is going to cost us something.

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 What Nehemiah here is saying

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 is that God has placed this desire in my heart.

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 It doesn't matter how much the cost.

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 It doesn't matter how much it is.

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 It's all worth it

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 to be able to see people's lives

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 and people's hearts changed.

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 Verse 16.

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 I also applied myself to the work on this wall.

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 We did not buy any land

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 and all my servants were gathered there for the work.

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 There's a couple things going on here.

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 First of all, he mentions land.

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 Specifically, he mentions not buying any land.

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 Let me tell you how this would work.

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 Let's say you have a place

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 that's very depressed economically.

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 A city like Jerusalem.

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 And the people there are suffering

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 because of the economy.

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 But on top of that,

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 simultaneously, what's going on

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 is that there is a famine.

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 There's shortage on money.

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 There's shortage on food.

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 And what Nehemiah could have done

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 is he could have moved into town.

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 He could have raised the taxes.

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 And then he could have thereby

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 decreased the land value.

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 And he could have bought up all of their land

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 at pennies on the dollar.

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 Just a fraction of the cost.

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 Thereby being a burden on the people.

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 What Nehemiah is saying,

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 he says, no,

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 while that might be legal,

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 that's not something that I'm interested in doing.

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 That's not something that God would want me to do.

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 The second part of this verse.

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 All my servants were gathered there for the work.

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 Nehemiah is saying,

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 not only have I been an example financially,

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 but I'm also being an example in my work,

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 in my obedience in my work.

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 So what Nehemiah is really indicating to us here

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 is that a leader must be willing to persevere,

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 to give their lives to the cause,

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 and be willing to pay the price for the mission.

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 Then he gives us another leadership insight,

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 beginning in verse 17.

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 And I love this.

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 I hope that you can track with me through this

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 because this is so intriguing to me.

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 It says,

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 Moreover, there are at my table

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 150 Jews and officials,

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 besides those who came to us

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 from the nations that were around us.

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 Wait a minute.

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 How many people was he inviting over for dinner?

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 150?

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 And they sat where?

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 At my table?

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 I don't know about you,

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 but that has got to be some really gargantuan table

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 for 150 people.

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 Maybe they were just really small people.

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 You never really know.

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 It says,

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 Now what was prepared?

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 At whose expense?

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 At my expense?

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 Nehemiah's personal expense.

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 Can you imagine a dinner party every night

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 for 150 people?

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 Can you imagine the cost of that?

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 It says,

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 Now that that which was prepared for each day

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 was one ox,

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 six choice sheep.

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 Also birds were prepared for me.

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 And once in ten days,

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 all sorts of wine were furnished in abundance.

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 Prepared each day.

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 And these were lavish meals.

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 And Nehemiah's paying for it all.

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 And he says,

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 Yet for all of this,

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 I did not demand the governor's food allowance

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 because the servitude was heavy on his people.

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 You say,

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 Well, great.

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 That's awesome.

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 You know,

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 Nehemiah,

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 he had a bunch of people over to his house

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 around what must have been a huge table.

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 And he was doing these big dinner parties.

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 What does that mean for us in our culture today?

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 I want you to track with me here

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 because mealtime in Scripture,

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 I know this is going to sound silly at first,

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 but meals are incredibly important in Scripture.

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 I want you to think back with me to Genesis.

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 The story begins where there's a Trinitarian God,

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 a God that exists in three persons,

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 the Father,

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 the Son,

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 and the Holy Spirit.

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 This God creates the world

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 and everything that's in it.

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 And in that world,

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 He creates man

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 in His own image

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 and His own likeness.

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 And there's one thing,

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 before sin enters the world,

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 there's one thing that God says isn't good.

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 And that's that man should not be alone.

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 It's not good for man to be alone.

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 So what we see from the very beginning

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 that God is a relational God

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 and that He's created us to be relational people.

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 And from the very beginning,

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 we begin to see that.

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 But what happens is something tragic happens.

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 Adam and Eve partake of fruit,

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 which they were forbidden to eat.

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 They partake of a meal outside of God's will.

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 sin enters into the world.

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 And God made a promise to us in Genesis 3.15

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 that Jesus Christ,

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 the second member of that Trinity,

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 would enter into human history.

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 Even as early as Genesis 3,

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 we had that prophecy.

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 And then you zoom forward,

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 Jesus comes.

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 Jesus being a pretty important guy, right?

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 He is God.

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 He's pretty important.

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 He,

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 over and over and over and over again,

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 throughout His life,

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 throughout His ministry,

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 He takes time to sit down

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 and to eat with people.

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 He has dinner with them.

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 In fact,

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 His ministry even begins

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 at a wedding feast.

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 The wedding at Canaan,

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 where He turns water into wine.

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 That's where His ministry begins,

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 is at a meal.

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 Then,

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 Jesus,

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 over and over again,

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 spends a good portion of His life

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 at the dinner table

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 eating with sinners like Zacchaeus.

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 And it,

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 man,

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 it lit the Pharisees on fire.

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 These religious leaders of the day,

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 they hated the fact that He ate with sinners.

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 And they would whisper among themselves,

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 Can He believe that He's eating with sinners?

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 Surely,

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 if He was God,

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 He would know those people were sinners.

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 But Jesus found it incredibly important

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 to spend time with sinners,

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 to eat with sinners.

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 He sits down and has a drink beside

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 a well in Samaria with an outcast,

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 a woman who is an outcast.

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 He also made time to eat with His friends

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 like Mary, Martha, Lazarus.

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 Then,

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 as the cross was approaching,

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 as His death was imminent,

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 He has the most famous meal

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 in all of human history,

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 where He sits down with His twelve disciples.

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 We call it the Last Supper.

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 And this meal is the reason why

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 each and every week,

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 we participate in the Lord's Supper.

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 This idea that the bread

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 symbolizes Jesus' body that was broken.

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 And the juice that we drink,

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 it symbolizes His blood.

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 And we partake of this meal

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 in order to remember the sacrifice

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 that Jesus made for us on the cross.

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 The sacrifice that would reconcile us back to God,

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 but not only reconcile us back to God,

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 but to reconcile all of us

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 back to one another.

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 And that's why we do it each and every week.

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 That's why we participate in the Lord's Supper

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 each and every week.

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 We partake of the elements

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 so that we can remember

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 the sacrifice that Jesus paid for us

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 on the cross.

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 Then you get to the very end of Scripture.

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 Just a few chapters

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 from the very end of Revelation.

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 It's Revelation 19.

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 We see another meal.

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 And man,

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 this meal is going to be incredible.

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 It's a meal in which

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 all people,

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 everyone who's ever

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 accepted Jesus

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 as their Lord and Savior,

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 we're all gathered together.

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 Every tribe,

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 tongue,

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 nation,

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 language,

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 everybody is gathered all together

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 and we're celebrating

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 the second coming of the Lamb.

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 The second coming of Christ.

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 And let me tell you something.

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 In this meal,

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 there's going to be

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 stuff there

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 that you've literally

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 never seen before.

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 It's going to be like

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 nothing you've ever seen before.

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 It's going to be amazing.

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 It's going to be a celebration.

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 It's going to continue

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 through eternity.

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 And so we see that

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 sin enters into the world

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 with a meal.

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 And yet God concludes

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 this story

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 as we head into eternity

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 with a meal.

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 And all throughout Scripture

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 we see how important meals are.

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 And the reason why

00:24:00.780 --> 00:24:01.400
 this is important

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 is because

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 what Nehemiah is trying to do

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 is he's seeking

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 to transform a city.

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 And he determines

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 that one of the most

00:24:09.520 --> 00:24:10.640
 effective ways to do this

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 is through demonstrating

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 hospitality toward people.

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 Showing them how much

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 he cares about them.

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 And he's chosen to do that

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 through inviting people over

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 into his home

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 and into his life.

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 And I submit to you

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 that it's going to take

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 us as a church family

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 as believers

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 it's going to take us

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 turning strangers

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 into friends

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 to impact

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 North Georgia

00:24:35.659 --> 00:24:36.699
 for the glory of God.

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.720
 I'll give you

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:40.019
 one example

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:41.199
 of one of the many ways

00:24:41.199 --> 00:24:42.159
 that this can really work

00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:43.659
 in your lives.

00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:43.960
 We

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:46.059
 as a seminary student

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.859
 I went out to eat

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.319
 one time

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:49.000
 in the city of Raleigh

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.599
 North Carolina

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:51.019
 we went to go eat

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:52.559
 just as a fellowship

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.399
 of believers

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.119
 we wanted to

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:55.099
 kind of go have fun

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.519
 that night

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.539
 and to eat together

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:58.139
 so we went to this restaurant

00:24:58.139 --> 00:24:59.959
 and we're having a good time

00:24:59.959 --> 00:25:01.119
 just had a good conversation

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:01.740
 you know how things

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.339
 normally go

00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:03.839
 when you go out

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.419
 to eat with people.

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:05.779
 One of my friends

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.779
 gets up during the middle

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:08.279
 of the dinner

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.899
 that we're having

00:25:08.899 --> 00:25:10.279
 and goes to the restroom

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.179
 and on his way back

00:25:11.179 --> 00:25:11.719
 he notices

00:25:11.719 --> 00:25:12.159
 that there

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:13.399
 is what looks like

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.120
 a single mom

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.580
 sitting there

00:25:14.580 --> 00:25:15.519
 having dinner

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.420
 with her children.

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.500
 And so he comes back

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.000
 to the table

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.500
 and he says

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:19.980
 hey guys

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:21.380
 explains to us

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:23.620
 I've seen this lady

00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:23.940
 over here

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.720
 eating with her children

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.900
 I think she's a single mom

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:27.259
 and I don't know why

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.920
 but I feel like

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.380
 we should pay

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:29.300
 for her dinner tonight.

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.380
 And so we

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:31.900
 kind of shrugged

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.280
 our shoulders

00:25:32.280 --> 00:25:33.880
 who are we

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.259
 to say

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:35.200
 that God's not

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:36.000
 really truly speaking

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.300
 to you

00:25:36.300 --> 00:25:36.900
 so sure

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.820
 let's do it.

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.460
 So we arranged

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.519
 for our waitress

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.040
 to go get

00:25:40.040 --> 00:25:40.980
 her waitress

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.720
 and to get us

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:42.279
 the bill

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.079
 instead of her

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:43.559
 the bill

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.279
 and we would

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.980
 make all the arrangements

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.740
 set it all up

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.339
 we get the bill

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:47.420
 we all chip in

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.000
 you know

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:49.420
 five bucks or so each

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.380
 there's four or five

00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:50.799
 of us there

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.720
 I think it didn't

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.319
 take too much

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.860
 for us to pay

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.799
 for her meal

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:56.220
 and we give

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.000
 the money

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.759
 to our waitress

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.559
 and they take

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.180
 care of everything

00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:00.160
 and I'd like

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:00.440
 to be able

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:00.839
 to tell you

00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.200
 that this was

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:01.860
 a life changing

00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:02.660
 thing for this

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.559
 single mom

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.120
 I wish I could

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.720
 tell you that

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:06.440
 to be honest

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:06.700
 with you

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:06.980
 it was kind

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.440
 of awkward

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.799
 you know

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.539
 people don't

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.279
 normally pay

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.960
 for other people's

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.299
 meals

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:12.139
 sitting at other

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:12.579
 tables

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.539
 in a restaurant

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.519
 so this lady

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.319
 comes up to us

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:15.700
 on our way

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.139
 out the door

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:16.559
 and just kind

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:16.879
 of says

00:26:16.879 --> 00:26:18.819
 thanks

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:21.039
 and kind

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.359
 of walks

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:21.859
 out the door

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:23.000
 we didn't know

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.379
 what to say

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:23.680
 to her

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:23.980
 she didn't

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.240
 really know

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.519
 what to say

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:24.940
 to us

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:26.019
 and we went

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.419
 on about

00:26:26.419 --> 00:26:26.940
 eating our

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.339
 meal

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:27.759
 and she went

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.079
 on about

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.619
 her life

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.960
 about five

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.579
 minutes later

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:32.000
 our waitress

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.539
 comes up to

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:32.779
 us

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.440
 and she says

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:36.119
 why would

00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:36.819
 you do

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.419
 something like

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:37.700
 that

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:39.980
 and we

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.580
 just

00:26:40.580 --> 00:26:41.920
 replied back

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.160
 to her

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.519
 well we're

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:42.740
 just

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.440
 we're all

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:43.940
 saved by

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.279
 the grace

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.680
 of God

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.360
 by the blood

00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:45.759
 of Jesus

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.120
 and we

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:46.840
 we just want

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:47.220
 to share

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.539
 the love

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:47.940
 of Jesus

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.400
 with people

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.700
 and we

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.000
 thought that

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.299
 that might

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.779
 be a simple

00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.440
 way to show

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.860
 this mom

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.259
 the love

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.660
 of Jesus

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:54.880
 she was like

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.799
 okay

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:57.039
 she went on

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.620
 about her

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:58.160
 business

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.799
 serving other

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.340
 tables and

00:26:59.340 --> 00:26:59.740
 what not

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.519
 we went on

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.000
 about eating

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.440
 our meal

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:03.160
 about five

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.740
 minutes later

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.259
 she's making

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.700
 her rounds

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:04.980
 again

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.400
 she comes

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:05.740
 back to

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.140
 our table

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.360
 and she

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:06.640
 says

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:08.259
 can I

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.799
 just ask

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.120
 you guys

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.480
 something

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:11.960
 what church

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.400
 do you go

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:12.579
 to

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:14.660
 she was

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.059
 almost in

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.279
 tears

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:15.559
 she was

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:15.960
 almost kind

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.319
 of broken

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.880
 up at this

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.180
 point

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:18.740
 we all

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:18.980
 went to

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.220
 different

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.539
 churches

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:19.779
 so we

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.039
 explained

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.200
 to her

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.880
 we don't

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.240
 all go

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.440
 to the

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:21.579
 same

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:21.839
 church

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.099
 we can

00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.460
 recommend

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:22.860
 some good

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.140
 churches

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.519
 for you

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:23.700
 if you're

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.039
 interested

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:25.160
 and she

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.480
 said

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.240
 she wanted

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.519
 to tell

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.039
 us a story

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.380
 about how

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:27.860
 she was

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:29.400
 experienced

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.079
 brokenness

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.460
 within the

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.720
 church

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.440
 that she

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:31.759
 had kind

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:31.980
 of been

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.299
 burned

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.940
 by church

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.660
 people before

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:33.880
 in the

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.279
 past

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:37.539
 and she

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:37.859
 said

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:38.559
 you know

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:38.940
 I haven't

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.539
 really since

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:40.099
 then had

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.599
 a desire

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:41.000
 to go to

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.379
 church

00:27:41.379 --> 00:27:42.379
 but if

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:42.700
 there's a

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.180
 church somewhere

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.480
 out there

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.839
 doing what

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.240
 you guys

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.619
 are doing

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:46.039
 then that's

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.399
 something I

00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:46.700
 want to be

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.279
 a part of

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:49.859
 I don't

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.180
 tell you

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.799
 that story

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:52.519
 to pat

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.079
 myself on

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.379
 the back

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:53.599
 I don't

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:53.859
 tell you

00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.339
 that story

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:54.819
 to you

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:56.279
 you know

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.180
 make much

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.779
 of myself

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.099
 it wasn't

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.539
 even my

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.039
 idea to

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.420
 do it

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.259
 it was

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.720
 my friend's

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.000
 idea

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:02.599
 I tell you

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:02.899
 that story

00:28:02.899 --> 00:28:03.339
 to show you

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.899
 what a little

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.600
 hospitality

00:28:04.600 --> 00:28:04.980
 can do

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.440
 what a little

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.120
 trying to

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:06.700
 reach out

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.160
 to somebody

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.540
 can do

00:28:07.540 --> 00:28:07.840
 when you

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.120
 do it

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.320
 in the

00:28:08.320 --> 00:28:08.620
 name of

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.080
 Jesus

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:11.000
 and we

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.400
 had no

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:11.700
 idea

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.120
 when we

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.800
 decided

00:28:12.800 --> 00:28:13.040
 that we

00:28:13.040 --> 00:28:13.200
 were going

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.420
 to pay

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:14.519
 for the

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.180
 single mom's

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.400
 dinner

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:15.680
 we had

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.180
 no idea

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:16.480
 that would

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.740
 make an

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.180
 impact

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.580
 such a

00:28:17.580 --> 00:28:18.220
 big impact

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.780
 on a

00:28:18.780 --> 00:28:19.300
 waitress

00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:20.040
 that was

00:28:20.040 --> 00:28:20.519
 serving us

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.000
 that night

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:23.140
 sometimes it

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:23.620
 takes something

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:25.240
 very incredibly

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.740
 simple

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:27.680
 in order to

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.980
 make a huge

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.740
 impact for

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.040
 God

00:28:30.040 --> 00:28:31.300
 Nehemiah as

00:28:31.300 --> 00:28:31.960
 a leader

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.880
 understands this

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.200
 principle

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:34.020
 he's having

00:28:34.020 --> 00:28:34.620
 people over

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.440
 for dinner

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:36.260
 he's interacting

00:28:36.260 --> 00:28:36.580
 with the

00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:36.780
 people

00:28:36.780 --> 00:28:37.160
 he could have

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.540
 just moved

00:28:37.540 --> 00:28:38.180
 into Jerusalem

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.700
 if he wanted

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:40.000
 to and not

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.720
 have paid much

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.300
 attention to the

00:28:41.300 --> 00:28:41.780
 people he could

00:28:41.780 --> 00:28:42.460
 have just rebuilt

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.080
 the wall and

00:28:43.080 --> 00:28:43.660
 just moved on

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.180
 with his

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.700
 business

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.920
 but he

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.320
 doesn't do

00:28:46.320 --> 00:28:46.720
 that

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:48.540
 I hope that

00:28:48.540 --> 00:28:48.760
 what we're

00:28:48.760 --> 00:28:49.280
 beginning to

00:28:49.280 --> 00:28:51.200
 see is that

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:52.060
 it was more

00:28:52.060 --> 00:28:53.720
 about building

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.440
 a people than

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.000
 it was about

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.740
 building a wall

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:57.360
 you see the

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:58.200
 task on the

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.720
 surface level

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.380
 looks like he's

00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:01.020
 rebuilding the

00:29:01.020 --> 00:29:01.760
 city of Jerusalem

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:03.119
 as physically

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:04.819
 what's going on

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.160
 here in the

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.940
 process is that

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.700
 God is using

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.379
 Nehemiah to

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:08.019
 rebuild his

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.480
 people to

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.099
 turn the

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:10.000
 hearts of the

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.440
 people of

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:11.339
 Jerusalem back

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:12.019
 to God

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:15.940
 so next time

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:17.079
 that you're

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:18.379
 near a coffee

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:19.400
 shop just go

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.180
 around introducing

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.799
 yourself

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:22.740
 it might seem

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.440
 a little awkward

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.879
 at first

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.460
 in fact

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.900
 you might freak

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.460
 a few people

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.680
 out

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.180
 just walking

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.539
 up to them

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:27.660
 and say

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.440
 hey my name

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:28.859
 is so and

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.279
 so is there

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:29.839
 anything that I

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.460
 can pray about

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.960
 for you

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:32.900
 it would be

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.220
 fun

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.519
 it would be

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.200
 something interesting

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.559
 it would be

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.720
 something interesting

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.539
 later on to

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.259
 post on your

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:38.240
 Facebook status

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:41.920
 just try it

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:43.400
 but in this

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:43.900
 we're sort of

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.579
 cutting against

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.220
 the cultural

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.799
 grain that

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.440
 hey we're

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.100
 strangers and

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:47.620
 we don't talk

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:48.240
 to each other

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.680
 well yeah

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.360
 we're strangers

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:52.100
 until we break

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:52.559
 that ice

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.180
 until we show

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:54.120
 a little hospitality

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:55.960
 then we become

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.519
 friends

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.740
 and when you

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.360
 open that door

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:58.819
 to friendship

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.359
 you also

00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:00.059
 open the door

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.759
 to be able

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.259
 to share

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.939
 Jesus

00:30:01.939 --> 00:30:03.339
 with the

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:03.859
 lost

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.799
 culture

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.659
 that we

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.819
 live in

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:09.759
 this passage

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.639
 concludes in an

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:11.259
 interesting way

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.919
 Nehemiah is

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.259
 kind of

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.099
 reflecting on

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.539
 the series

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.319
 of sacrifices

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:14.740
 that he's

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.079
 made

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:16.259
 for the cause

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.480
 of the

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.799
 mission

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.159
 and the

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:17.819
 cause that

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.200
 God has

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.559
 called him

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:18.759
 to

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.099
 and he

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.419
 says in

00:30:19.419 --> 00:30:20.059
 verse 19

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.859
 remember

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.579
 for my

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:21.939
 good

00:30:21.939 --> 00:30:22.480
 oh God

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:22.960
 all that

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.200
 I have

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.419
 done

00:30:23.419 --> 00:30:23.759
 for this

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.099
 people

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:24.879
 how many

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:25.079
 of you

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:25.419
 at first

00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:25.819
 glance

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.179
 kind of

00:30:26.179 --> 00:30:26.720
 read that

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.319
 as

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.119
 maybe

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.619
 Nehemiah

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:28.899
 has a

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:29.039
 little

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.339
 hair

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.480
 of

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.839
 arrogance

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.819
 when he's

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.039
 saying

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.379
 that

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:32.679
 dear

00:30:32.679 --> 00:30:33.079
 God

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.419
 please

00:30:33.419 --> 00:30:33.799
 remember

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.179
 all the

00:30:34.179 --> 00:30:34.480
 wonderful

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.819
 things

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.200
 that I've

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:35.500
 done

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:35.919
 amen

00:30:35.919 --> 00:30:36.500
 right

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.779
 kind of

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.139
 seems a

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:38.539
 little bit

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:38.919
 much

00:30:38.919 --> 00:30:40.119
 doesn't it

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:40.579
 but remember

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.039
 the words

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.319
 that were

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.759
 spoken

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.139
 out of the

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:42.399
 mouth

00:30:42.399 --> 00:30:43.139
 of Jesus

00:30:43.139 --> 00:30:43.460
 Christ

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.059
 nearly

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.799
 440

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.159
 years

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:45.599
 later

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:45.980
 after

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.419
 this

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:46.980
 Jesus

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.279
 says

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.419
 in

00:30:47.419 --> 00:30:47.639
 Matthew

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:47.980
 6

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.179
 you don't

00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:48.379
 have to

00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:48.519
 turn

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.659
 there

00:30:48.659 --> 00:30:48.839
 just

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.059
 listen

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:49.179
 to

00:30:49.179 --> 00:30:49.339
 these

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.639
 words

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.060
 do

00:30:50.060 --> 00:30:50.320
 not

00:30:50.320 --> 00:30:50.740
 store

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.000
 up

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.140
 for

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.540
 yourselves

00:30:51.540 --> 00:30:52.020
 treasures

00:30:52.020 --> 00:30:52.460
 on

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:52.940
 earth

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.480
 where

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.940
 moths

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.160
 and

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.440
 vermin

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:54.980
 destroy

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.740
 and

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:55.880
 where

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.340
 thieves

00:30:56.340 --> 00:30:56.640
 break

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:56.820
 in

00:30:56.820 --> 00:30:56.980
 and

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.200
 steal

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.400
 but

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:57.780
 store

00:30:57.780 --> 00:30:58.100
 up

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.220
 for

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.600
 yourselves

00:30:58.600 --> 00:30:59.100
 treasures

00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.700
 in

00:30:59.700 --> 00:30:59.940
 heaven

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.140
 where

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.540
 moths

00:31:00.540 --> 00:31:00.700
 and

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:00.940
 vermin

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.120
 do

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:01.360
 not

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:01.880
 destroy

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.940
 and

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.120
 where

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:03.500
 thieves

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:03.660
 do

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:03.860
 not

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.160
 break

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.360
 in

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:04.520
 and

00:31:04.520 --> 00:31:04.800
 steal

00:31:04.800 --> 00:31:06.000
 see

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.680
 Nehemiah

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:06.980
 I don't

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.520
 believe

00:31:07.520 --> 00:31:08.620
 that

00:31:08.620 --> 00:31:09.040
 Nehemiah

00:31:09.040 --> 00:31:09.360
 is trying

00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:09.820
 to boast

00:31:09.820 --> 00:31:10.140
 here

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:11.040
 what

00:31:11.040 --> 00:31:11.520
 Nehemiah

00:31:11.520 --> 00:31:11.920
 is saying

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.300
 is I've

00:31:12.300 --> 00:31:12.500
 given

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.920
 a lot

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.120
 towards

00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:13.300
 this

00:31:13.300 --> 00:31:13.460
 cause

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:13.700
 I've

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:13.900
 given

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.160
 up

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:14.880
 many

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.240
 years

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.540
 of my

00:31:15.540 --> 00:31:15.820
 life

00:31:15.820 --> 00:31:16.060
 I've

00:31:16.060 --> 00:31:16.279
 given

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.560
 up

00:31:16.560 --> 00:31:17.240
 a lot

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.600
 of my

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:18.380
 personal

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.960
 finances

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.240
 I've

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.440
 given

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:19.700
 up

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.259
 my

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.680
 life

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:20.840
 for

00:31:20.840 --> 00:31:21.040
 this

00:31:21.040 --> 00:31:21.600
 cause

00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:22.180
 and

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.340
 I'm

00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:22.519
 not

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.820
 likely

00:31:22.820 --> 00:31:23.040
 to

00:31:23.040 --> 00:31:23.380
 receive

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:23.680
 much

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.060
 earthly

00:31:24.060 --> 00:31:24.440
 reward

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:24.580
 for

00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:24.740
 this

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:24.880
 I'm

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.040
 not

00:31:25.040 --> 00:31:25.340
 likely

00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:25.500
 to

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.660
 be

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:25.980
 thanked

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.160
 by

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.340
 these

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:26.720
 people

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:28.300
 and

00:31:28.300 --> 00:31:28.400
 so

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:28.660
 God

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.019
 if

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.180
 you

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.600
 would

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:29.800
 just

00:31:29.800 --> 00:31:30.200
 remember

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.480
 these

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:30.920
 things

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.720
 that

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:31.900
 I'm

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.259
 storing

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.440
 up

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.640
 my

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:32.980
 treasure

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.300
 not

00:31:33.300 --> 00:31:33.560
 here

00:31:33.560 --> 00:31:33.680
 on

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:33.880
 this

00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:34.259
 earth

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:36.279
 but

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.620
 in

00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:36.940
 heaven

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:38.960
 and

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:39.840
 Nehemiah

00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:40.300
 simple

00:31:40.300 --> 00:31:40.640
 prayer

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:40.820
 here

00:31:40.820 --> 00:31:40.960
 is

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.480
 demonstrating

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.799
 something

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.000
 that

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.500
 Nehemiah

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.900
 understood

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.279
 that we

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.700
 sometimes

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:43.980
 don't

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.380
 grasp

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:44.640
 in our

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:45.019
 culture

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:46.700
 in a

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:46.900
 day

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.240
 where

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.759
 we have

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.819
 televangelists

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.519
 on TV

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:49.920
 who are

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.559
 in the

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:50.920
 ministry

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.339
 for their

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:51.559
 own

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:51.940
 personal

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.339
 gain

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:53.779
 and say

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.160
 you know

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.980
 just call

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.420
 the 1-800

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:55.759
 number

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.019
 on the

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.220
 bottom

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.480
 of your

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.819
 screen

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.240
 and if

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.539
 you just

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:57.960
 donate

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.500
 a minimum

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:59.259
 of $100

00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:00.559
 you can

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.279
 be blessed

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.980
 by God

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:04.440
 and they

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.980
 hop in

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.259
 their

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.140
 helicopter

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.559
 and fly

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:06.839
 home

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.079
 right

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:10.299
 see

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:11.299
 say that

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.519
 tongue

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:11.680
 in

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:11.879
 cheek

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.039
 but

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.200
 this

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.299
 is

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.500
 something

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:12.680
 that's

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.000
 really

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.240
 really

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.700
 important

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.940
 because

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.180
 I feel

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.299
 like

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:15.440
 this

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.539
 is

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.740
 something

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:15.879
 we

00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:16.039
 don't

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.240
 really

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.720
 grasp

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:16.839
 in

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:16.980
 our

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.480
 theology

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.480
 we're

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.680
 not

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.200
 saved

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.399
 by

00:32:19.399 --> 00:32:19.579
 our

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:19.980
 works

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.319
 I want

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.399
 you

00:32:20.399 --> 00:32:20.539
 to

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:20.700
 hear

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:20.859
 me

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.220
 clearly

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.480
 this

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.759
 morning

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:23.039
 we're

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.500
 saved

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.000
 by

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:25.259
 grace

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.599
 alone

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:25.779
 through

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.139
 faith

00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:26.440
 alone

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:26.619
 in

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:26.940
 Christ

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.279
 alone

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:29.099
 there's

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.339
 nothing

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:29.599
 that we

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:29.740
 can

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:29.940
 do

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.079
 on

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.259
 our

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.559
 own

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:30.980
 to

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.159
 bring

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:31.399
 apart

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:31.980
 salvation

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.200
 in

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.599
 ourselves

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.079
 Ephesians

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.379
 2

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:34.099
 8

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.299
 9

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.399
 and

00:32:34.399 --> 00:32:34.720
 10

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.960
 say this

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.180
 for

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:36.839
 by

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.360
 grace

00:32:37.360 --> 00:32:37.579
 you've

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:37.720
 been

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.000
 saved

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.299
 through

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:38.720
 faith

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.019
 not

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.220
 of

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.640
 yourselves

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:39.819
 it

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:39.940
 is

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.100
 the

00:32:40.100 --> 00:32:40.299
 gift

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.480
 of

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:40.779
 God

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.519
 not

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:41.759
 as

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:41.900
 a

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.440
 result

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.000
 of

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.460
 works

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.240
 so

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.380
 that

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:44.579
 no

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:44.759
 one

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:44.920
 may

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.180
 boast

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.279
 and

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.480
 here's

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.620
 what

00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:45.819
 Paul

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:45.960
 is

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.120
 saying

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.279
 here

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.920
 we

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.259
 owe

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.819
 a lot

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.059
 to

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.420
 God

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.539
 we

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:49.759
 owe

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.240
 infinitely

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.559
 to

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:50.839
 God

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.120
 because

00:32:51.120 --> 00:32:51.279
 of

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.440
 our

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.740
 sin

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.700
 there's

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.120
 nothing

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:53.339
 that

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:53.539
 you

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:53.640
 and

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:53.779
 I

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:53.920
 can

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.140
 do

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.539
 to

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:54.839
 repay

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.100
 that

00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:55.480
 debt

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.180
 that

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.339
 we

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:56.559
 owe

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:56.559


00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:56.860
 to

00:32:56.860 --> 00:32:57.140
 God

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:58.799
 there's

00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.299
 absolutely

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.680
 nothing

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:34.720
 if

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.000
 we're

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.559
 saved

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:35.980
 by

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.460
 faith

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.839
 but

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.019
 then

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.140
 he

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.440
 says

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:37.839
 for

00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.240
 we

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.660
 are

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:38.880
 his

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.600
 workmanship

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:40.259
 created

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.559
 in

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:40.880
 Christ

00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:41.240
 Jesus

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.600
 for

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:41.980
 what

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:43.019
 for

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.819
 good

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.579
 works

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:46.360
 see

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.640
 we may

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:46.740
 not

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:46.900
 be

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:47.539
 saved

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:47.920
 by

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.079
 our

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:48.240
 good

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.680
 works

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.680
 but

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:49.860
 good

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.079
 works

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.380
 certainly

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:50.660
 play

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:50.839
 a

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.140
 large

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.500
 part

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:51.640
 in

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:51.759
 the

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:51.980
 life

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.079
 of

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:52.180
 the

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.519
 believer

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:56.440
 you're

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.799
 saved

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.000
 by

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.319
 grace

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.539
 through

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:57.980
 faith

00:33:57.980 --> 00:34:00.160
 so

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:00.319
 it's

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:00.519
 not

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:00.740
 about

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.160
 walking

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.400
 in an

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:01.600
 aisle

00:34:01.600 --> 00:34:01.779
 it's

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:01.940
 not

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.180
 about

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.200
!

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.559
 saying

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:02.740
 a

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.019
 prayer

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:05.160
 it's

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.299
 not

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.500
 about

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.759
 getting

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.000
 a

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.279
 ticket

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.559
 into

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:06.799
 heaven

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.039
 I've

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.180
 heard

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:07.460
 that

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.039
 phrase

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:09.259
 more

00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:09.599
 times

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:09.800
 than I

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:09.900
 would

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.099
 ever

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.360
 hope

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.519
 to

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:12.219
 people

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:12.460
 say

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.719
 I'm

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.019
 so

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.219
 glad

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:13.460
 my

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.800
 children

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.059
 have

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.199
 their

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.480
 ticket

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.719
 into

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.039
 heaven

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:16.119
 these

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:16.380
 types

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.559
 of

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:16.900
 phrases

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.860
 cringe

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.159
 when I

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.300
 hear

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:18.559
 them

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.380
 you

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.519
 don't

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:19.659
 get

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:19.800
 a

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.019
 ticket

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.219
 into

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:20.539
 heaven

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:22.460
 it's

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.780
 God

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:22.980
 who

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.539
 works

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:23.940
 in

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.219
 you

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:25.179
 and

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:25.300
 the

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:25.519
 point

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:25.679
 when

00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:25.820
 you

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.679
 receive

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:26.699
!

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.340
 salvation

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.539
 he

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:27.840
 works

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.119
 in

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.259
 through

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:28.420
 this

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.059
 process

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.079
!

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:30.400
 sanctification

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:30.460
!

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:31.059
 as

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:31.159
 you

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.440
 become

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:31.699
 more

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:31.960
 holy

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.079
 as

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.339
 you

00:34:32.339 --> 00:34:34.420
 work

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.719
 out

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:34.899
 your

00:34:34.899 --> 00:34:35.440
 salvation

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.659
 to

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:35.920
 do

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.259
 good

00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:36.659
 things

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:36.799
 for

00:34:36.799 --> 00:34:36.940
 the

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.219
 glory

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.399
 of

00:34:37.399 --> 00:34:37.619
 God

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:37.920
 God

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.359
 calls

00:34:38.359 --> 00:34:38.500
 us

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:38.619
 to

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:38.759
 do

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:38.940
 that

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.079
 as

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.500
 believers

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.699
 so

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:40.819
 you

00:34:40.819 --> 00:34:40.980
 see

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.179
 for

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.299
 the

00:34:41.299 --> 00:34:41.579
 believer

00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:41.839
 there's

00:34:41.839 --> 00:34:42.019
 one

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.119
 of

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.259
 two

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.639
 options

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:42.799
 that

00:34:42.799 --> 00:34:42.899
 are

00:34:42.899 --> 00:34:43.119
 going

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.379
 on

00:34:43.379 --> 00:34:43.619
 here

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.460
 you

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:44.559
 can

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.019
 store

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.159
 up

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.279
 your

00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:45.679
 treasures

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.139
 here

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.339
 on

00:34:46.339 --> 00:34:46.719
 earth

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:46.879
 and

00:34:46.879 --> 00:34:47.139
 lose

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.259
 it

00:34:47.259 --> 00:34:47.399
 for

00:34:47.399 --> 00:34:47.859
 eternity

00:34:47.859 --> 00:34:49.259
 we've

00:34:49.259 --> 00:34:49.519
 created

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:49.759
 this

00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:50.299
 mentality

00:34:50.299 --> 00:34:50.480
 in

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.619
 our

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:50.920
 culture

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.239
 that

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:51.659
 we

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:51.839
 get

00:34:51.839 --> 00:34:51.980
 all

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.119
 we

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.359
 can

00:34:52.359 --> 00:34:52.519
 we

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:52.699
 can

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:52.719
!

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:52.819
 all

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:52.940
 we

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.080
 get

00:34:53.080 --> 00:34:53.160
 and

00:34:53.160 --> 00:34:53.260
 we

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:53.440
 sit

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.559
 on

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:53.660
 the

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:53.920
 can

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:55.780
 I'm

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.039
 sorry

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.240
 but

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:56.580
 most

00:34:56.580 --> 00:34:56.680
 of

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:56.820
 that

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.240
 stuff

00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:57.340
 in

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:57.500
 that

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:57.740
 can

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:57.860
 is

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.019
 not

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.160
 going

00:34:58.160 --> 00:34:58.240
 to

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:58.380
 go

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.519
 with

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:58.600
 you

00:34:58.600 --> 00:34:58.740
 to

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:58.980
 heaven

00:34:58.980 --> 00:35:01.880
 or

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.000
 you

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.120
 can

00:35:02.120 --> 00:35:02.340
 pour

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.519
 out

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.740
 all

00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:02.840
 of

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:02.920
 your

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.260
 time

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:03.420
 your

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:03.860
 resources

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.080
 and

00:35:04.080 --> 00:35:04.200
 your

00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:04.400
 money

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:04.640
 toward

00:35:04.640 --> 00:35:04.960
 kingdom

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.500
 purposes

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:07.640
 and

00:35:07.640 --> 00:35:07.800
 what

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:07.940
 you

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.360
 lose

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:08.580
 here

00:35:08.580 --> 00:35:08.780
 you

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.340
 gain

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:10.100
 abundantly

00:35:10.100 --> 00:35:10.340
 for

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:10.500
 the

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:10.760
 glory

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:10.920
 of

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.140
 God

00:35:11.140 --> 00:35:11.300
 you

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:11.580
 gain

00:35:11.580 --> 00:35:11.580


00:35:11.580 --> 00:35:11.760
 it

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.140
 in

00:35:12.140 --> 00:35:12.640
 eternity

00:35:12.640 --> 00:35:14.100
 and

00:35:14.100 --> 00:35:14.200
 I

00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:14.400
 believe

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:14.600
 that's

00:35:14.600 --> 00:35:15.019
 exactly

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.260
 what

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.740
 Nehemiah

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:15.900
 is

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.180
 teaching

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.740
 and

00:35:23.740 --> 00:35:23.860
 for

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.080
 some

00:35:24.080 --> 00:35:24.180
 of

00:35:24.180 --> 00:35:24.240
 you

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:24.320
 I

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:24.500
 want

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:24.600
 you

00:35:24.600 --> 00:35:24.680
 to

00:35:24.680 --> 00:35:24.800
 be

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.260
 encouraged

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:25.660
 today

00:35:25.660 --> 00:35:26.519
 for

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:26.700
 some

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:26.820
 of

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.000
 you

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.360
 there's

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:27.740
 somebody

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:27.960
 in

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.100
 here

00:35:28.100 --> 00:35:28.220
 I

00:35:28.220 --> 00:35:28.400
 know

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:28.539
 that

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.700
 there

00:35:28.700 --> 00:35:28.920
 is

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.380
 who

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:29.780
 feels

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.340
 discouraged

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:30.640
 because

00:35:30.640 --> 00:35:30.840
 you

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.180
 haven't

00:35:31.180 --> 00:35:32.080
 maybe

00:35:32.080 --> 00:35:32.240
 you

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:32.420
 haven't

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:32.539
 had

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:32.660
 the

00:35:32.660 --> 00:35:33.200
 opportunity

00:35:33.200 --> 00:35:33.500
 to

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:33.760
 make

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:33.960
 this

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.420
 huge

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.039
 impact

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.260
 on

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:35.840
 lots

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:35.980
 and

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.160
 lots

00:35:36.160 --> 00:35:36.300
 and

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:36.500
 lots

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:36.640
 of

00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:36.940
 people

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.100
 in

00:35:37.100 --> 00:35:37.240
 this

00:35:37.240 --> 00:35:37.600
 world

00:35:37.600 --> 00:35:39.640
 I

00:35:39.640 --> 00:35:39.800
 want

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.280
 you

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:40.420
 to

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:40.620
 know

00:35:40.620 --> 00:35:40.840
 that

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:40.960
 it's

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.120
 not

00:35:41.120 --> 00:35:41.740
 necessarily

00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:41.940
 you

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.080
 don't

00:35:42.080 --> 00:35:42.240
 have

00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:42.360
 to

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:42.760
 necessarily

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:43.000
 do

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.460
 Billy

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:43.860
 Graham

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.220
 size

00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:44.840
 task

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:46.980
 you

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.100
 don't

00:35:47.100 --> 00:35:47.420
 necessarily

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:47.559
 have

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:47.640
 to

00:35:47.640 --> 00:35:47.760
 be

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.039
 holding

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.260
 these

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.680
 rallies

00:35:48.680 --> 00:35:48.880
 where

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.260
 thousands

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:49.440
 of

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:49.640
 people

00:35:49.640 --> 00:35:49.900
 come

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.000
 to

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.140
 know

00:35:50.140 --> 00:35:50.280
 the

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:50.559
 Lord

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.019
 in

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.140
 order

00:35:51.140 --> 00:35:51.280
 to

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.460
 be

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.320
 working

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.539
 to

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:52.660
 our

00:35:52.660 --> 00:35:52.880
 kingdom

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.400
 purposes

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:53.760
 in

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:53.940
 order

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.079
 to

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.519
 glorify

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:54.880
 God

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.000
 in

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.120
 your

00:35:55.120 --> 00:35:55.539
 life

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.680
 in

00:35:56.680 --> 00:35:56.800
 fact

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.240
 sometimes

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:57.400
 it's

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:57.539
 the

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:57.760
 little

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:58.019
 things

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.160
 that

00:35:58.160 --> 00:35:58.280
 we

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.480
 do

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.600
 in

00:35:58.600 --> 00:35:58.760
 this

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.140
 life

00:35:59.140 --> 00:35:59.840
 that

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.000
 make

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.140
 the

00:36:00.140 --> 00:36:00.539
 biggest

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.220
 impact

00:36:01.220 --> 00:36:01.600
 on

00:36:01.600 --> 00:36:01.740
 the

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:01.980
 kingdom

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:03.980
 I

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:04.140
 don't

00:36:04.140 --> 00:36:04.460
 believe

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:04.680
 that

00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:04.900
 what

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.160
 we

00:36:05.160 --> 00:36:05.500
 did

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:05.920
 that

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.840
 night

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.000
 when

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.160
 we

00:36:07.160 --> 00:36:07.360
 paid

00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:07.680
!

00:36:07.680 --> 00:36:07.700
 that

00:36:07.700 --> 00:36:07.940
 lady

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.300
 and

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:08.460
 her

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:08.900
 children's

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.100
 meal

00:36:09.100 --> 00:36:09.220
 I

00:36:09.220 --> 00:36:09.320
 don't

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:09.440
 think

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:09.580
 that

00:36:09.580 --> 00:36:09.860
 was

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.039
 a

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.400
 huge

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:10.660
 thing

00:36:10.660 --> 00:36:10.840
 but

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:10.960
 it

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.120
 made

00:36:11.120 --> 00:36:11.300
 an

00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:11.740
 impact

00:36:11.740 --> 00:36:12.220
 on

00:36:12.220 --> 00:36:12.340
 the

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:12.820
 waitress

00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:14.720
 you

00:36:14.720 --> 00:36:14.840
 don't

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.000
 have

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.120
 to

00:36:15.120 --> 00:36:15.460
 do

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.900
 huge

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.200
 things

00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:16.360
 to

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:16.519
 make

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.640
 an

00:36:16.640 --> 00:36:17.080
 impact

00:36:17.080 --> 00:36:18.200
 I

00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:18.280
 want

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:18.380
 to

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:18.580
 share

00:36:18.580 --> 00:36:18.740
 with

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:18.840
 you

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:19.140
 this

00:36:19.140 --> 00:36:19.880
 quote

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:21.140
 from

00:36:21.140 --> 00:36:21.440
 a

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:21.600
 guy

00:36:21.600 --> 00:36:21.800
 named

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.120
 Blaise

00:36:22.120 --> 00:36:22.539
 Pascal

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.860
 really

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.580
 intelligent

00:36:24.580 --> 00:36:24.980
 guy

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.280
 very

00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:25.760
 brilliant

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.360
 but it's

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.760
 really more

00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:27.000
 of a

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.280
 prayer

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:27.620
 that he

00:36:27.620 --> 00:36:27.880
 penned

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.019
 he

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.200
 said

00:36:28.200 --> 00:36:28.580
 God

00:36:28.580 --> 00:36:29.420
 help

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:29.539
 me

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.660
 to

00:36:29.660 --> 00:36:29.760
 do

00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:29.880
 the

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.100
 big

00:36:30.100 --> 00:36:30.620
 things

00:36:30.620 --> 00:36:31.400
 as

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.160
 though

00:36:32.160 --> 00:36:32.320
 they

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.440
 are

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:32.760
 small

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:33.040
 because

00:36:33.040 --> 00:36:33.220
 I

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:33.440
 do

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:33.760
 them

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.280
 in

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:34.460
 your

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:34.900
 power

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.620
 you

00:36:35.620 --> 00:36:35.780
 see

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.520
 people

00:36:36.520 --> 00:36:36.760
 like

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.100
 Billy

00:36:37.100 --> 00:36:37.520
 Graham

00:36:37.520 --> 00:36:38.540
 they

00:36:38.540 --> 00:36:38.840
 can't

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:39.180
 do

00:36:39.180 --> 00:36:39.580
 the

00:36:39.580 --> 00:36:39.800
 things

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:39.920
 that

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.020
 they

00:36:40.020 --> 00:36:40.240
 do

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:40.360
 on

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:40.480
 their

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:40.800
 own

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:41.380
 they

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.560
 do

00:36:41.560 --> 00:36:41.720
 the

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:41.980
 big

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.500
 things

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.000
 as

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.100
 though

00:36:43.100 --> 00:36:43.200
 they

00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:43.260
 are

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:43.620
 small

00:36:43.620 --> 00:36:43.860
 because

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.040
 they

00:36:44.040 --> 00:36:44.280
 do

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:44.460
 it

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:44.860
 in

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.180
 God's

00:36:45.180 --> 00:36:45.540
 power

00:36:45.540 --> 00:36:46.460
 but the

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:46.740
 second

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:47.080
 part

00:36:47.080 --> 00:36:47.320
 of that

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:47.520
 prayer

00:36:47.520 --> 00:36:47.660
 is

00:36:47.660 --> 00:36:47.820
 even

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.040
 more

00:36:48.040 --> 00:36:48.440
 profound

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:48.620
 to

00:36:48.620 --> 00:36:48.860
 me

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:50.200
 he

00:36:50.200 --> 00:36:50.540
 says

00:36:50.540 --> 00:36:51.100
 Lord

00:36:51.100 --> 00:36:51.260
 help

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:51.340
 me

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:51.420
 to

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.520
 do

00:36:51.520 --> 00:36:51.640
 the

00:36:51.640 --> 00:36:51.860
 big

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.180
 things

00:36:52.180 --> 00:36:52.360
 as

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:52.480
 though

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:52.620
 they

00:36:52.620 --> 00:36:52.740
 were

00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:53.140
 small

00:36:53.140 --> 00:36:54.400
 because

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:55.460
 I

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:55.600
 do

00:36:55.600 --> 00:36:55.740
 them

00:36:55.740 --> 00:36:55.860
 in

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.019
 your

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.440
 power

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:57.280
 and

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:57.460
 help

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:57.599
 me

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:57.740
 to

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:58.000
 do

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:59.120
 the

00:36:59.120 --> 00:36:59.420
 small

00:36:59.420 --> 00:36:59.940
 things

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.579
 as

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:00.720
 though

00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:00.880
 they

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:00.960
 were

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.360
 big

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.660
 because

00:37:02.660 --> 00:37:02.840
 I

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.019
 do

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.300
 them

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:04.019
 in

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.140
 your

00:37:04.140 --> 00:37:04.500
 name

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:06.620
 see

00:37:06.620 --> 00:37:06.740
 the

00:37:06.740 --> 00:37:07.059
 small

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.599
 things

00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.420
 can

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:08.559
 make

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:08.700
 a

00:37:08.700 --> 00:37:08.900
 big

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.440
 impact

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:09.900
 for

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.059
 the

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.340
 glory

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:10.519
 of

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.740
 God

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:10.880
 when

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.019
 we

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.220
 do

00:37:11.220 --> 00:37:11.519
 them

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.039
 in

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.240
 his

00:37:12.240 --> 00:37:12.519
 name

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:14.140
 so

00:37:14.140 --> 00:37:14.360
 let's

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:14.519
 all

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:14.720
 work

00:37:14.720 --> 00:37:15.180
 together

00:37:15.180 --> 00:37:16.500
 like

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:17.059
 Nehemiah

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.300
 did

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:17.539
 as

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:18.280
 he

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:19.260
 brought

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:19.760
 together

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:19.980
 a

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.240
 people

00:37:20.240 --> 00:37:20.500
 as

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.780
 he

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:22.320
 rebuilt

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:22.579
 not

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:22.900
 just

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.220
 a

00:37:23.220 --> 00:37:23.599
 wall

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.980
 he

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.640
 rebuilt

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:25.799
 to

00:37:25.799 --> 00:37:26.159
 people

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:26.359
 and

00:37:26.359 --> 00:37:26.579
 turn

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:26.779
 their

00:37:26.779 --> 00:37:27.079
 hearts

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:27.319
 back

00:37:27.319 --> 00:37:27.480
 to

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:27.679
 God

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:27.879
 the

00:37:27.879 --> 00:37:28.099
 same

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.460
 task

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:28.579
 as

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:28.879
 before

00:37:28.879 --> 00:37:29.039
 us

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:29.259
 today

00:37:29.259 --> 00:37:29.420
 to

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:29.679
 turn

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:30.139
 the

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:30.440
 hearts

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:30.579
 of

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:30.759
 a

00:37:30.759 --> 00:37:30.980
 wicked

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.500
 culture

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.339
 back

00:37:32.339 --> 00:37:32.500
 to

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:32.839
 God

00:37:32.839 --> 00:37:34.139
 let's

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.259
 go

00:37:34.259 --> 00:37:34.440
 make

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.599
 an

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:34.940
 impact

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.079
 in

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.219
 our

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:35.579
 cities

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:35.799
 and

00:37:35.799 --> 00:37:35.960
 our

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.279
 culture

00:37:36.279 --> 00:37:36.579
 this

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:36.879
 week

00:37:36.879 --> 00:37:37.379
 and

00:37:37.379 --> 00:37:37.659
 next

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:37.940
 week

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.179
 and

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:38.639
 beyond

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.420
 for

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:39.539
 the

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:39.759
 glory

00:37:39.759 --> 00:37:39.940
 of

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.179
 God

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:41.019
 let's

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.139
 pray

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:41.480
 together