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 So if you have a Bible, perhaps you could turn with me to Matthew chapter 5. It's on page 968 if you're using a church Bible.

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! We're beginning a study as a church on this sermon, the most famous sermon ever delivered by Jesus called the Sermon on the Mount.

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 We're looking at how he introduces the sermon in this section often known as the Beatitudes.

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 And we're asking ourselves the question, how can I have a happy life?

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 Blaise Pascal, the famous thinker, once said, all men seek happiness. That is without exception.

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 We're all looking for happiness. What does it mean?

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 The U.S. Declaration of Independence speaks about that right that people have to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

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 Happiness. An American president, Ben Franklin, said, yes, we have the right to the pursuit, but each of us has to catch happiness ourselves.

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 So what is it that we're chasing when we think about happiness?

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 If I was to ask the room, in the same way as I was to ask the children, we'd probably get a lot of different answers.

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 What is happiness?

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 For some of us, perhaps, it's about the connections that we have.

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 I skimmed through, every year there's a thing called the World Happiness Report.

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 And this year, it was very much focusing on the ideas of caring and sharing.

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 And happiness consists in the social connections that we have.

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 Deep relationships.

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 Perhaps that's where we look for happiness.

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 But that's not the only answer, is it?

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 Because for some people, happiness lies in consuming.

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 Now, whether that's ice cream, whether that's a barbecue in the meadows, consumption is something we often think about as giving us happiness.

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 Joy is a marketing tool.

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 93% of people, when asked, were on a quest for more joy.

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 And so there's a whole load of advertising campaigns that became famous, especially in the early 2000s.

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 People seeking, here's the way.

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 If you're looking for more joy, what you need is to buy my product, to eat my foods.

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 Maybe for us, though, happiness is connected to the cash in our pocket.

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 The council did some statistics in this neighborhood, so the south side Newington neighborhood.

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 And 17% of people who were polled said that money is the best measure of a person's success and happiness.

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 So if you believe that, then that's obviously the thing that you're going to look to catch.

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 We all seek happiness, and God has made us that way.

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 But the really important question becomes, well, what is that happiness?

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 What is ultimate happiness?

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 What is that thing that I'm going to give my life to?

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 Or maybe to put it another way, who defines happiness for me?

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 Is it myself, or do I listen to someone else?

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 And that takes us to this sermon, the most famous sermon ever preached,

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 the most famous document on ethics and morality, I think, that the world has.

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 And it begins with the question, what is the blessed life?

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 What is the happy life according to God?

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 And Jesus' answer is really striking.

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 So one thing that you maybe noticed is that for Jesus, this life of blessing or happiness,

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 it's about character.

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 Jesus talks about our heart, a way of life that's changed,

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 because we've found salvation, because we've found Jesus.

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 But happiness is also connected to the idea of covenant.

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 This whole idea of blessing is the blessing of a life

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 where you know you're in a right relationship with God.

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 You know that there is forgiveness and He is your Father.

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 Jesus says that's what the happy life looks like.

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 And so we find in verses 1 and 2,

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 Jesus going up on a mountainside and sitting down to teach.

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 Just like in the Old Testament, in the book of Exodus,

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 you find Moses going up on a mountain to receive and then to give God's law.

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 Here is Jesus up on a mountain delivering God's word about God's kingdom.

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 Here is what it looks like to live under the rule of Jesus as God's king.

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 And so for the next few months,

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 we're going to think about this sermon,

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 runs from chapters 5 to 7 of Matthew's gospel.

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 It's going to teach us.

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 So whether we're a follower of Jesus,

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 or whether we're curious about Christianity,

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 it's going to teach us,

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 what is it like to be a follower of Jesus?

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 How is the kingdom of God a different way of life?

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 I imagine at different points this sermon,

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 even if we're familiar with it,

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 the words of Jesus are going to shock us.

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 Because it's very much a counter-cultural message.

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 Jesus presents here, for example,

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 a vision of happiness that's very different

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 from expectations,

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 very different to what most people are looking for today.

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 And I hope as well that this sermon,

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 the Sermon on the Mount will inspire us.

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 Because it shows us,

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 the words of Jesus show us that the transforming power of God

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 can absolutely change us,

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 change our way of life,

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 even change our idea of what is true happiness.

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 So this morning for a few minutes,

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 we're going to take the happiness question to Jesus,

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 and we're going to listen to his answer.

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 And we're going to do that thinking about three simple words, okay?

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 We're going to think about grace,

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 and then we're going to think about God,

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 and then we're going to think about glory.

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 So if you remember those words,

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 you'll hopefully remember where we're going.

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 So we're thinking first about grace.

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 Blessed are the poor in spirit,

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 Jesus begins,

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 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 I wonder,

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 there's a picture up there of what's known as recycled art.

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 And I wonder if you've ever seen

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 either these small micro-enterprise projects

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 in Africa or in Asia,

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 where crafts people are able to turn

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 old rubbish,

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 recycled plastics and cans,

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 into a piece of art that they can then sell.

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 With the eye and the skill of a craftsman,

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 as something broken and worthless,

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 can become something beautiful.

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 And Jesus begins his reflections on the happy life here.

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 A happy life discovers the power of God's grace

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 to bring beauty from brokenness.

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 The brokenness of verse 3,

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 blessed are the poor in spirit.

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 Those who are broken and know that they've come to an end of themselves

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 and have learned to totally depend on God.

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 That that idea that we have the ability

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 and we have the answers by ourselves,

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 that's been broken in their life.

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 Verse 4,

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 blessed are those who mourn.

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 Blessed are those who feel a sense of brokenness

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 over the sin in our life

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 and the suffering and the sorrow that it brings.

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 Verse 5,

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 blessed are the meek.

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 Pride has been broken.

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 Self-reliance is gone,

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 replaced by humility.

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 Being willing to be small before God.

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 But do you notice how in Jesus' hands,

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 by God's grace,

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 brokenness can be turned into something beautiful.

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 What's the beauty that God's grace brings?

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 Blessed are the poor in spirit,

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 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 The follower of Jesus enjoys life in the kingdom of God,

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 life with God now,

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 with the promise of that for eternity.

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 Blessed are those who mourn.

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 Here's the beauty.

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 For they will be comforted.

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 The beautiful truth of knowing we are forgiven and reconciled to God.

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 Blessed are the meek,

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 for they will inherit the earth.

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 There's this beautiful message of being remade

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 in the image of the Lord Jesus,

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 so that one day,

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 we will rule in a world made new with Him.

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 See how this is a very different message of happiness compared to the world.

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 Our society might say something like,

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 blessed are the rich and powerful,

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 because everything they could ever want.

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 Blessed are the comfortable and the entertained,

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 because pleasure is right there at their fingertips.

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 Or blessed are the ones who are true to themselves

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 and make themselves number one,

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 because nothing and no one holds them back.

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 So often our ideas about happiness,

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 if they're not shaped by the Bible,

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 will be about now,

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 rather than be about the future.

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 Our ideas of happiness will tend to be centered on the self.

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 It's the idea of big me.

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 And we miss the wonder of a big God.

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 So to believe what Jesus teaches,

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 that this is the way to the happy life,

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 is an uphill battle.

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 And it's a daily uphill battle.

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 And to live this way,

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 we need God's grace.

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 In all of the Beatitudes,

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 Jesus is painting a portrait.

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 Here is a life,

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 here is a character of a person

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 who has been saved

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 by God's free kindness to us

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 in the Lord Jesus.

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 Here is the picture of a life

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 of someone who's been changed

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 and they're enjoying life with Jesus.

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 And maybe even as we were reading

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 this description,

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 we were thinking,

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 well, that seems impossible.

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 My life seems so far away from that.

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 All I see,

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 all I sense is

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 my own brokenness.

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 Or perhaps we look around

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 and we struggle to believe

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 that God could change anyone else

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 because all we see is there

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 brokenness.

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 And what we need to see

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 and what Jesus gives us a vision of

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 is the God of grace

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 who is the master craftsman,

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 who is able

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 and who is working his people

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 into the image of Jesus,

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 who is transforming hearts

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 and he is working this process

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 that will be complete

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 in the kingdom of heaven.

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 And Jesus says to us,

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 the happy life

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 is a life of depending

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 on God.

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 It's a life of repenting

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 of sin.

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 It's a life of humbling

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 ourselves before God.

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 And he promises this brings

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 future blessings

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 into our present.

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 That we can live knowing

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 we're in the family of God.

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 We can live free of guilt

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 with the comfort of forgiveness.

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 And we can live with security

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 because of a promised inheritance.

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 And all because of God's grace.

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 Not because of something

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 we've done to earn it

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 or deserve it.

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 I think Jesus wonderfully

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 pictures this for us

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 in maybe the most famous story

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 he told.

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 The story of the prodigal son.

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 And that story of the son

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 who rebelled against his father

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 wanted nothing to do

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 with his father.

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 Said,

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 Father I can't wait

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 till you're dead.

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 Give me my share of the money.

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 And he went off

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 and he wasted his money.

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 And eventually

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 he hit rock bottom.

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 He got to that point

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 where he was poor in spirit.

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 Where he did mourn

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 over his sin.

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 And he came to his senses.

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 I'm going to go home.

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 And I'm going to confess.

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 And as he went home

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 what did he find?

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 He found a father

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 offering a joyful welcome.

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 He found that he was

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 restored to the family.

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 That riches and honour

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 became his.

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 That he found literally

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 his famine

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 turned to a feast.

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 And all because

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 of God's grace.

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 Ray Ortlund is a Bible teacher

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 from the States

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 and he's got a book.

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 A new book called

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 Good News at Rock Bottom.

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 It doesn't sound like good news

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 does it?

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 But the good news

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 when we find ourselves

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 at rock bottom

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 he says

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 is that Jesus

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 meets us there.

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 When our life

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 gets hard

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 and discouraging

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 when we find ourselves

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 with that sense

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 of our own poverty

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 and mourning

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 Jesus meets us there

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 to show us grace.

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 one of our mission partners

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 working in Columbia

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 is Manuel

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 many of us

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 know him well

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 and I was speaking

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 with him this week

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 and he was speaking

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 about the joy

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 that he has

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 in his everyday ministry

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 of seeing

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 the beauty

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 of what happens

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 when God's truth

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 breaks in

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 to a person's life

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 where instead of despair

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 now there's hope.

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 where instead of being

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 just wrecked

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 by guilt

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 now there's an understanding

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 of the gospel

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 of forgiveness.

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 He talked about

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 the joy

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 of being a spectator

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 of God's powerful

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 transforming work.

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 Our God

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 is a God

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 of grace

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 who can bring

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 beauty

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 where there was

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 brokenness.

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 I wonder today

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 have we found

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 are we living

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 in

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 this happiness

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 because we know

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 this God.

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 So that's grace.

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 That's our first word.

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 The second word

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 very basic

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 is the word

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 God.

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 Verse 6

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 here's another one

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 of our Beatitudes.

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 Blessed are those

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 who hunger

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 and thirst

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 for righteousness

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 for they will

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 be filled.

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 I met a friend

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 last week

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 who I hadn't seen

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 for many years.

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 He's French

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 and we were chatting

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 about life

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 and how things were

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 and we concluded

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 after a while

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 by observing

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 that happiness

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 is a cup

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 of French coffee

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 and a nice

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 warm croissant

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 to start the day.

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 It's happiness

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 isn't it?

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 Even talking

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 about it

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 served to

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 increase appetite

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 and can't wait

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 for the next trip

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 because that means

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 the next taste.

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 Right at the center

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 of the Beatitudes

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 Jesus connects

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 these ideas

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 of happiness

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 and hunger.

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 And what he says

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 to us here

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 is that a happy

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 life has discovered

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 a new appetite

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 for God.

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 That his worship

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 his ways

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 his will

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 that's the appetite

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 that we want

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 to be filled.

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 Bruce Springsteen

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 is a great singer

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 songwriter

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 and a great psychologist.

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 He said

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 everybody

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 has a hungry heart.

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 And that's a really

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 good point.

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 I think that's

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 a biblical point.

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 We are all

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 looking for

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 something

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 to satisfy us.

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 And sometimes

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 we have those

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 great moments

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 of joy

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 when we find

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 ourselves saying

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 this is it

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 this is the thing.

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 This is what

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 I was made for.

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 This is the person

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 who makes me

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 feel happy.

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 It can come

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 in lots of different ways.

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 It might be a role

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 or a responsibility

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 that we have

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 in our workplace.

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 It might be

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 a subject

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 that we come

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 to study

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 and we get

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 really into it.

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 It might be

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 a new friendship

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 or a relationship.

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 It might be

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 the place

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 that we live

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 the home

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 that we make.

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 If you've ever

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 had that experience

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 again

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 it's because

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 this is

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 how we were made.

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 We were made

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 for joy.

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 We were made

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 to be worshippers.

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 God has made us

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 that we would

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 build our life

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 around

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 something.

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 And the Bible

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 teaches us

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 actually that

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 the one thing

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 to build our life

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 on

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 is God

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 and life

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 with Him.

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 That knowing

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 God

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 that would be

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 the great goal

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 that would lead us

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 to sacrifice

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 joyfully

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 to commit

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 wholeheartedly

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 the goal

00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:54.200
 that directs

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 our lives.

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 But our human

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 problem

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 is that while

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 we are all made

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 to worship

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 and ultimately

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 to worship

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 God

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 our heart

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 curves inward.

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 So instead of

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 worship going up

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 to God

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 so often

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 it comes back

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 into ourselves

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 and so we find

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 ourselves redirecting

00:17:14.399 --> 00:17:14.940
 our worship.

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 So we're still

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 looking for happiness

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 we're still looking

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 for an ultimate thing

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 but now we've taken

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 God out of the picture.

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 And so we might

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 find ourselves

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 following the message

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 of the ad campaigns

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 or the message

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 of culture.

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 You know just

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 you do you

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 or be whatever

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 you want

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 and just

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 you know

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 get as much

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 as you can

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 because that's

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 what life's

00:17:33.100 --> 00:17:33.600
 all about.

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 Those hungry

00:17:37.620 --> 00:17:38.839
 hearts of ours

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 they're often

00:17:41.420 --> 00:17:42.079
 too easily

00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:42.799
 satisfied.

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 What we fill

00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:47.059
 our lives with

00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:49.200
 is often

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 far more

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 me-centered

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 than it is

00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:51.460
 God-centered.

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 And when we've

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 lived that way

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 I expect

00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:56.960
 like me

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 you find

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 it leaves

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 us

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 with a

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 sense

00:17:58.779 --> 00:17:58.940
 of

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 emptiness.

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 I'm

00:18:01.600 --> 00:18:02.160
 spending

00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:02.559
 I'm

00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:03.100
 consuming

00:18:03.100 --> 00:18:03.539
 I'm

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 sacrificing

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 but it

00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:06.559
 never seems

00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:06.860
 enough

00:18:06.860 --> 00:18:07.200
 it never

00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:07.539
 feels

00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:07.799
 enough

00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:08.240
 the joy

00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:08.519
 never

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:08.880
 seems

00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:09.500
 to last.

00:18:09.600 --> 00:18:09.819
 There is

00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:10.480
 no lasting

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.160
 satisfaction

00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:11.940
 because we

00:18:11.940 --> 00:18:12.400
 were made

00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:13.100
 for more.

00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:14.620
 It's that

00:18:14.620 --> 00:18:15.180
 God-shaped

00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:15.600
 hole.

00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.019
 And so

00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:17.720
 Jesus has

00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.120
 come

00:18:18.120 --> 00:18:19.960
 to change

00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.680
 our appetite

00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:21.240
 and to

00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:22.299
 teach us

00:18:22.299 --> 00:18:23.799
 about the

00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.180
 appetite

00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:24.539
 that we

00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:25.000
 should look

00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:25.799
 to satisfy.

00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:26.480
 And again

00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:28.559
 this is not

00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:29.720
 what naturally

00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.599
 drives our

00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:31.319
 lives.

00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.379
 Happy are

00:18:33.379 --> 00:18:34.079
 those who

00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:34.740
 hunger

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:36.440
 and thirst

00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:37.779
 for righteousness

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.539
 for they will

00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:38.940
 be filled.

00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:39.220
 What does

00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:39.980
 Jesus mean?

00:18:41.139 --> 00:18:41.859
 That what we

00:18:41.859 --> 00:18:42.639
 want more

00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:43.700
 than anything

00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:45.440
 is to be

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:46.299
 right with

00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:46.779
 God

00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:47.799
 and to

00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.879
 stay right

00:18:48.879 --> 00:18:49.480
 with God

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.299
 day by day.

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.599
 That's what

00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:53.059
 I'm hungry

00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:53.559
 for.

00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:56.000
 to

00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:56.500
 couple it

00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:57.039
 with verse

00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:57.440
 seven

00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:57.859
 blessed

00:18:57.859 --> 00:18:58.159
 to the

00:18:58.159 --> 00:18:58.559
 merciful

00:18:58.559 --> 00:18:59.039
 for they

00:18:59.039 --> 00:18:59.339
 will be

00:18:59.339 --> 00:18:59.579
 shown

00:18:59.579 --> 00:19:00.200
 mercy

00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:01.839
 by God's

00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:02.460
 grace.

00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.319
 Here's

00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:04.099
 the appetite

00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.759
 I want

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.399
 to pursue

00:19:05.399 --> 00:19:06.240
 to do

00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.720
 God's

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.119
 will

00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:08.379
 and to

00:19:08.379 --> 00:19:08.579
 do

00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:08.940
 God's

00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:09.460
 work.

00:19:10.659 --> 00:19:11.339
 To

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:11.819
 pursue

00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:12.359
 life

00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:12.960
 with God

00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:13.299
 living

00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:13.720
 God's

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:13.859
 way

00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:14.500
 and to

00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:14.720
 show

00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:15.179
 mercy

00:19:15.179 --> 00:19:15.500
 to

00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:16.220
 others.

00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:18.640
 Jesus

00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:19.079
 is saying

00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:19.440
 there is

00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:20.180
 a happiness

00:19:20.180 --> 00:19:20.779
 to be

00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.259
 found

00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:22.880
 when we

00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.360
 come to

00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:23.980
 an end

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.819
 of ourselves

00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:26.519
 and when

00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:27.059
 our hearts

00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.519
 are turned

00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.180
 up

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:30.039
 and out

00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:30.819
 when we

00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:31.420
 look outside

00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:31.920
 ourselves

00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:32.460
 to Jesus

00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:32.900
 Christ.

00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:35.319
 When that

00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:35.880
 happens we

00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:36.380
 find that

00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:36.920
 he does

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:38.039
 meet our

00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:38.519
 needs.

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:39.819
 We are

00:19:39.819 --> 00:19:40.720
 satisfied.

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.279
 We are

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:42.059
 filled

00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:43.460
 with

00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:44.059
 God's

00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:44.899
 glory.

00:19:44.899 --> 00:19:44.859
 We see

00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:45.000
 the glory

00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:45.579
 of God

00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:47.379
 and he

00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:47.779
 has shown

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.319
 us mercy

00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:48.720
 so he

00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:49.519
 helps us

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.460
 to show

00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:51.059
 mercy

00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:52.919
 to others.

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 So Jesus

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 here in the

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 Beatitudes

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 he's giving

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 us this

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 glorious

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 picture

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 of a

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 heart

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 and a

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 life

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 restored

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 to God's

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 original

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 creation

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 design.

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 And you

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 know if

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 God worked

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:08.319
 this in

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 us

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 and if

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 God by

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 his spirit

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 worked the

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.259
 truth of

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 his word

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 into our

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 hearts we

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 would be a

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 transformed

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 people.

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 We would

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 be a

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 community

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 known for

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 our joy

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 in Jesus

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 because he

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 would be

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 who we'd

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 be hungry

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 for.

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 We would

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 want more

00:20:26.679 --> 00:20:28.419
 of God's

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 word.

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 Your coming

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 to worship

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 would be a

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 great joy

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 as well as

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 being a

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 duty.

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 We would

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 be eager

00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:36.639
 to spend

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 time with

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 God in

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 prayer.

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 We would

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 love to

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 gather

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 together

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 with God's

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 people to

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 worship.

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 We would

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 be so

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 excited about

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 the joy

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 of sharing

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 fellowship and

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 getting to

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 serve alongside

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 brothers and

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 sisters in

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 Christ.

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 Do we

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 believe that

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 God can

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 change our

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 hearts that

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.240
 way to

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.680
 make us

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 that

00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:55.440
 community?

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 Again,

00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:58.539
 maybe we

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.220
 see naturally

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 this is an

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 uphill battle

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 because our

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 hearts are so

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:04.420
 easily satisfied

00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:06.140
 and you

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 think about the

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:06.940
 time that we

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 live in.

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 We live in

00:21:07.620 --> 00:21:08.600
 what's known as

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 the age of

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 distraction.

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 Maybe

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 especially for

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 those who

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 are younger.

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 Modern

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:17.679
 technology can

00:21:17.679 --> 00:21:18.099
 keep us

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 constantly

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 busy,

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 always

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 connected,

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 always

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 entertained,

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 always

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 distracted.

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 How often do

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 we find

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 ourselves with

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 that sense of

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 regret?

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 man,

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 I've just

00:21:34.360 --> 00:21:35.259
 spent ages

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.000
 settling for

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 the equivalent

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:37.140
 of junk

00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:38.920
 food when

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 Jesus invites

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.180
 us to come

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:40.480
 to the

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:40.860
 feast.

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.620
 We need

00:21:44.620 --> 00:21:45.180
 to pray that

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.680
 we would want

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 to give time

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 and attention

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 to Scripture

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.600
 and to our

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 Savior instead

00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:50.039
 of to endless

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.759
 scrolling.

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:52.740
 That just as

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.759
 cultivating a

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.559
 healthy diet

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.900
 physically is a

00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.819
 battle for so

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.600
 many of us,

00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.759
 spiritually we

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.079
 need to

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.860
 understand we

00:21:59.860 --> 00:22:00.259
 are in a

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.900
 battle for

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:01.819
 our hearts.

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.019
 That we

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.600
 would taste

00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:05.480
 and see

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:07.259
 that God

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:08.759
 is good.

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.460
 Jesus'

00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:13.779
 words challenge

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.319
 us.

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 If we're

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.000
 Christians,

00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:16.559
 is this my

00:22:16.559 --> 00:22:17.019
 appetite?

00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:19.900
 Think about

00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.279
 how we've

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:20.779
 spent our

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:22.200
 time in

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.700
 this past

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.019
 week.

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 Does it

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.039
 reflect a

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.480
 hunger and

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:25.920
 thirst for

00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:26.420
 righteousness?

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.240
 To what

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:30.019
 extent am I

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.779
 letting Jesus'

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:32.680
 words shape

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:33.640
 how I

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 parent or

00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.640
 my approach

00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:36.220
 to work

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.560
 or to

00:22:36.560 --> 00:22:37.000
 study?

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.220
 Am I

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:40.000
 committing to

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.440
 a church

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:41.380
 community that

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:41.920
 will help

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.900
 me to grow

00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:44.060
 this healthy

00:22:44.060 --> 00:22:44.560
 appetite?

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.340
 Even ask

00:22:47.340 --> 00:22:47.920
 the question,

00:22:48.060 --> 00:22:48.400
 where do

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:49.279
 these eight

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:51.100
 character traits

00:22:51.100 --> 00:22:52.140
 fit in my

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.660
 list of

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.279
 priorities?

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:55.820
 Do I want

00:22:55.820 --> 00:22:56.500
 to look like

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.440
 this by God's

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:57.799
 grace?

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.799
 God's

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:58.799


00:22:58.799 --> 00:23:01.799
 Maybe one

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.220
 way this

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.619
 word will

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.079
 hit us is

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.399
 that we'll

00:23:03.399 --> 00:23:04.099
 ask God

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.700
 today,

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.339
 give me a

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.220
 new appetite

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:08.759
 for you and

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.180
 for your

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.720
 word,

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:11.359
 that we

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:11.779
 wouldn't be

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.639
 satisfied with

00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:13.299
 less than a

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:14.000
 joyful life

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.519
 in Jesus.

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.799
 Okay, so we

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.220
 thought about

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:19.859
 grace, and

00:23:19.859 --> 00:23:20.159
 we thought

00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:20.839
 about God.

00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:21.819
 The one

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.359
 last word

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:22.579
 that we're

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:22.740
 going to

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.139
 think about

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:23.879
 is the

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:25.059
 word glory.

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.179
 glory.

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:26.419
 And that

00:23:26.419 --> 00:23:26.899
 takes us to

00:23:26.899 --> 00:23:27.619
 verse 8,

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:28.960
 and this

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.779
 beatitude,

00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.879
 blessed are

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.839
 the pure in

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:33.679
 heart, for

00:23:33.679 --> 00:23:34.779
 they will see

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.379
 God.

00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:37.460
 Just to

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:38.099
 return to the

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:38.519
 idea of the

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.119
 moment of

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:40.779
 finding the

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.279
 one, the

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:42.039
 one person

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.539
 or the one

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:44.179
 thing, that

00:23:44.179 --> 00:23:44.559
 thing that

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.000
 makes me

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.539
 happy, when

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.039
 we make

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.899
 that discovery,

00:23:48.179 --> 00:23:49.419
 what happens

00:23:49.419 --> 00:23:49.980
 in our

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.720
 lives?

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:52.399
 We understand

00:23:52.399 --> 00:23:52.759
 that we

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.799
 find the

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.399
 one,

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:56.419
 it changes

00:23:56.419 --> 00:23:56.940
 us.

00:23:59.139 --> 00:24:00.099
 We will

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.839
 then find

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:01.319
 ourselves

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.379
 sacrificing

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:03.339
 for the

00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:03.759
 sake of

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.399
 that person,

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.379
 and we

00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:05.700
 will do

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.399
 it gladly.

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.259
 We will

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.539
 spend our

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.519
 energies and

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.419
 our resources

00:24:11.419 --> 00:24:12.899
 for that

00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:14.179
 job that

00:24:14.179 --> 00:24:14.879
 we love.

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.659
 We'll

00:24:16.659 --> 00:24:17.119
 sacrifice

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:18.039
 easily.

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.700
 We will

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.639
 commit our

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.659
 lives to

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:22.240
 that person

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.539
 or that

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.019
 thing, and

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.319
 the people

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:23.839
 around us

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.399
 know it.

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:27.379
 our

00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:27.899
 identity

00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.379
 becomes

00:24:28.379 --> 00:24:29.139
 shaped

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:31.539
 by the

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:31.839
 one.

00:24:33.679 --> 00:24:34.319
 Now, why

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:34.700
 does that

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.179
 happen?

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:35.579
 Because it

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.119
 does happen,

00:24:36.159 --> 00:24:36.599
 doesn't it?

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:37.899
 Well, it's

00:24:37.899 --> 00:24:38.379
 all to do

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:38.720
 with this

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.299
 idea of

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.039
 glory.

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.799
 The biblical

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.419
 word glory

00:24:41.419 --> 00:24:41.940
 is the idea

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.319
 of something

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:43.799
 having weight,

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.579
 weightiness in

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.220
 our lives.

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:46.879
 That

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:48.279
 boyfriend or

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.799
 that girlfriend,

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.679
 that sport or

00:24:49.679 --> 00:24:50.200
 that hobby,

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:50.740
 that job,

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.619
 it comes to

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.519
 have weight

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.700
 in our

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.220
 life.

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.079
 And when

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.879
 Jesus says,

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.859
 blessed to the

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.240
 pure in

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.680
 heart, for

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.059
 they will

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.579
 see God,

00:24:59.639 --> 00:24:59.980
 he's saying,

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.079
 a happy

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:02.920
 life has

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.920
 discovered

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:05.639
 ultimate

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:07.900
 glory in

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.519
 Jesus and

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.279
 his gospel.

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.839
 Jesus has

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.619
 ultimate

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.500
 weight.

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.619
 And that

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.000
 gives us

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.579
 joy when we

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.200
 discover it.

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.319
 love.

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.880
 The idea

00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:19.400
 of blessed

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:19.700
 to the

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.059
 pure in

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.519
 heart, that's

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.100
 a theme

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:22.360
 from Psalm

00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:23.180
 24.

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.860
 In Psalm

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:26.259
 24, we

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.600
 have this

00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:27.000
 idea of

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.539
 the person

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:27.860
 who is

00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:28.340
 pure in

00:25:28.340 --> 00:25:30.400
 heart, and

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.039
 that heart

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.860
 is not

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:34.500
 undecided on

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:34.940
 the worship

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.500
 question.

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.000
 The happy

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.900
 heart knows

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.920
 God is

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:41.759
 Lord, he

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.240
 deserves

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:44.140
 worship, I'm

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.539
 not going to

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.180
 settle for a

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:46.039
 God substitute,

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:47.359
 I'm not

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.599
 going to

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.000
 settle for

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.299
 anything

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.720
 less.

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.639
 So the

00:25:50.639 --> 00:25:51.259
 happy heart

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:52.539
 is not

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:54.059
 undecided, and

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.559
 the happy

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:56.339
 heart is

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.480
 undivided.

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.519
 To be

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.059
 pure in

00:25:59.059 --> 00:26:00.240
 heart, it

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.759
 is to be

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.799
 undivided.

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.039
 God and

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.639
 his glory,

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.159
 that's the

00:26:04.159 --> 00:26:05.079
 target I'm

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.559
 going to

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.299
 aim for with

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.079
 laser-like

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.599
 precision.

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.680
 That's the

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.180
 goal I'm

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.500
 going to

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.639
 follow and

00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.319
 to sacrifice

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:11.879
 for.

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:13.299
 And by

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.899
 God's

00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:15.759
 grace, he

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.480
 works in

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:16.980
 our hearts,

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.259
 so we

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.839
 come to

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:19.859
 see Jesus

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.279
 is a

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.740
 glorious

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.519
 saviour.

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.640
 The good

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.980
 news that

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.640
 sinful people

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.220
 like us can

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:26.759
 have peace

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.259
 with God

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.640
 through what

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.180
 Jesus did

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.440
 on the

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:30.240
 cross, that's

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.799
 glorious.

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.559
 That God

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.019
 would show

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.720
 us mercy,

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.059
 though we

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.819
 don't deserve

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.960
 it, that's

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.680
 wonderful and

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.079
 glorious.

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.279
 It's the best

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.879
 message, it's

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.400
 the happiest

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:39.900
 news we'll

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.579
 ever hear.

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.720
 So much

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:45.360
 so, verse

00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:45.740
 10 to

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.299
 12, not

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.559
 even

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.420
 persecution

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:48.980
 will be

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.460
 enough to

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.039
 steal that

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.819
 joy away or

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.220
 make us

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.600
 give up

00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:51.940
 Jesus.

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.120
 The pure

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:54.880
 heart wills

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.480
 one thing,

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.620
 nothing will

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:57.980
 get in the

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.279
 way of

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.600
 Jesus.

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:00.460
 You'll think

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:00.940
 about maybe

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.299
 if you go

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.600
 to the

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.160
 theatre, you

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:03.620
 go to watch

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.319
 a sporting

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.920
 event and

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:06.380
 you end up

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.100
 sitting behind

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:07.579
 the person

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:07.980
 with the,

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.579
 he's really

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.579
 tall, or you

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.200
 sit behind a

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.500
 pillar, you

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:10.740
 know the

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.400
 frustration of

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.000
 having an

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.740
 obstructed

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.059
 view.

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:15.339
 The Christian

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:16.700
 won't tolerate

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.900
 an obstructed

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.400
 view of

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.759
 Jesus.

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.859
 We want to

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.259
 see his

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.680
 glory.

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.220
 Think about

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.880
 Zacchaeus.

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.900
 Wonderful story

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.500
 of Zacchaeus.

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.519
 Zacchaeus was a

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.559
 very small man

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:28.920
 and a very

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.579
 hated man.

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.880
 He knew

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.380
 Jesus was

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:31.799
 coming through

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.240
 his time, he

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.880
 wanted to see

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.460
 Jesus.

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.519
 The crowd

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.019
 wouldn't let

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.359
 him get

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:35.819
 through, so

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.279
 what he did,

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:37.339
 what no man

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.079
 of his age and

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.700
 status would

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.240
 do, he

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.720
 climbed a

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.039
 tree.

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.880
 He faced

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.440
 the hatred

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.799
 of the

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.619
 crowd because

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.079
 he wanted

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.519
 to see

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:44.940
 Jesus.

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:45.940
 He wanted

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:47.279
 an unobstructed

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.759
 view of

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.539
 Jesus, the

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:48.859
 King of

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.220
 glory, and

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.440
 when he

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:50.980
 saw it, he

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.359
 discovered

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:52.940
 Jesus, invite

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:55.119
 him, show

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:55.880
 him hospitality,

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.839
 and show him

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.640
 saving grace.

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.059
 He was

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:01.599
 changed because

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.000
 he had that

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.779
 desire in his

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.759
 heart to see

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.359
 the glory of

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:04.660
 Jesus.

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.640
 This is the

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:07.720
 ultimate reward.

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.279
 verse 8,

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.319
 blessed to

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:09.839
 the pure in

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.279
 heart for

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.279
 they will

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.600
 see God.

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.039
 How do we

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.680
 see God?

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.480
 We see God

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.120
 in Jesus.

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.440
 Jesus makes

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:18.079
 the glory of

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.860
 God visible.

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:20.819
 And what we

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.519
 need is for

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.259
 God by his

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.140
 grace to open

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:24.360
 our eyes to

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:25.460
 the glory and

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.259
 the beauty of

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.460
 Jesus so we

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.920
 would live for

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:31.759
 him with real

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.860
 happiness.

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.159
 happiness.

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.559
 See, at the

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:36.879
 end of the

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.279
 day, these

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:39.139
 beatitudes, as

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:40.179
 much as God

00:28:40.179 --> 00:28:41.539
 is working in

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.399
 our character to

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:43.019
 make us more

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.740
 and more like

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:45.179
 this, they're

00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:45.759
 also at the

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.579
 same time a

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.639
 perfect portrait

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:49.139
 of the perfect

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:49.939
 character of

00:28:49.939 --> 00:28:50.259
 Jesus.

00:28:52.199 --> 00:28:53.159
 The Sermon on

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:53.619
 the Mount

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:55.119
 begins with

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:56.019
 Jesus climbing

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.539
 a hill.

00:28:58.459 --> 00:28:59.559
 The story of

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.759
 Jesus will

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.779
 climax with

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.619
 Jesus going up

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.479
 another hill,

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.579
 the hill of

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:07.099
 Calvary, the

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.799
 place of the

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.279
 cross.

00:29:09.179 --> 00:29:09.919
 And as we

00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.699
 look to that

00:29:10.699 --> 00:29:12.819
 hill, there we

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.779
 see Jesus, the

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.599
 one who was

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:16.939
 persecuted for

00:29:16.939 --> 00:29:17.479
 righteousness

00:29:17.479 --> 00:29:18.000
 sake.

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:20.439
 We see Jesus

00:29:20.439 --> 00:29:21.699
 humble himself

00:29:21.699 --> 00:29:24.359
 to pursue the

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:25.419
 Father's will,

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.919
 willingly making

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:29.099
 himself nothing

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:30.439
 to go on

00:29:30.439 --> 00:29:31.859
 God's rescue

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:32.439
 mission.

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:34.519
 for sinners.

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:36.199
 We see the

00:29:36.199 --> 00:29:37.559
 pure heart of

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:39.819
 Jesus, determined

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:41.199
 to carry out

00:29:41.199 --> 00:29:42.599
 that plan to

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.639
 clean our

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:44.559
 sin-stained

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.000
 heart.

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:48.159
 We see Jesus

00:29:48.159 --> 00:29:49.739
 mourning over

00:29:49.739 --> 00:29:50.699
 sin as he

00:29:50.699 --> 00:29:51.599
 prepared to go

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:53.279
 up that hill,

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:56.819
 but we know

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:58.539
 that as he dies

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.200
 and rises.

00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:01.379
 He can give us

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:01.980
 the joy of

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:03.500
 forgiveness as

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.119
 he bore the

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.720
 penalty for

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.279
 sin on our

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.700
 behalf.

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:07.680
 Jesus came as

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.539
 the ultimate

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.559
 peacemaker,

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.519
 making peace by

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.500
 his blood shed

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.200
 on the cross.

00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:14.420
 Jesus is the

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:15.839
 ultimate one who

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.920
 shows us

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.859
 mercy.

00:30:19.159 --> 00:30:20.259
 He meets our

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:22.420
 deepest need in

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.240
 his life and

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.700
 death and

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.059
 resurrection.

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.319
 resurrection.

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.679
 Jesus is the

00:30:26.679 --> 00:30:28.059
 one who takes

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:30.799
 God's curse so

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.379
 that you and I

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:32.119
 can live this

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:34.119
 blessed life in

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:34.700
 him and with

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.139
 God.

00:30:35.679 --> 00:30:36.759
 Jesus suffered

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:38.919
 and died so

00:30:38.919 --> 00:30:39.700
 that you and I

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.399
 could live a

00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:41.799
 truly happy life

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:43.539
 today and for

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.779
 all eternity

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:47.299
 because we know

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:48.200
 him as Savior and

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.779
 God as our

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.159
 Father.

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.279
 Father.

00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:51.680
 And as we let

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.580
 the glory of

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:53.920
 Jesus capture

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:55.160
 our hearts,

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:59.440
 that's when he

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:01.620
 transforms our

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:03.820
 lives, making

00:31:03.820 --> 00:31:04.960
 something beautiful

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:06.700
 out of something

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:08.700
 broken, causing

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:10.220
 us to long for

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:11.880
 and to live for

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:13.340
 the glory of

00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:13.700
 God.

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:13.759
 Amen.