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 When we talk about following Jesus, it's literal.

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 Being a Christian means stepping into God's plan for your life.

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 A life that nobody can live and a plan that nobody can fulfil except for you and only you.

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 And when you step into that life and into that plan,

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 then biblically there is an assumption that you will be led and guided by God's Holy Spirit.

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 As we look at the words from Acts this morning,

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 we see how this plays out in the lives of some of the earliest followers of Jesus.

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 As they seek to spread the gospel throughout the world,

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 we see how the Spirit empowers and leads them into certain places,

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 but actually shuts off, closes other openings.

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 Opens doors, but also closes them.

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 And we're called to live our lives in such a way that expects the same Holy Spirit

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 to open doors for our lives and to close doors as well.

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 And I'm not going to suggest for one moment that there's an easy formulaic way

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 of putting that into practice this morning,

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 but we're going to think a bit about what it might mean.

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 I want to begin with a word of caution,

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 because there's always the danger that when we start to think about this

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 and talk about God's Holy Spirit opening doors in our lives

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 and closing doors,

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 that we can over-spiritualise things

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 and effectively come up with our own plan

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 and think,

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 OK, God, now bless it.

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 There were two friends,

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 and one of them said to the other,

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 you know, I'm going to give up doughnuts for Lent.

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 I believe God's Holy Spirit is telling me to do this.

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 I could do it with shedding a few pounds anyway,

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 and I know they're not good for me.

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 I eat too many doughnuts.

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 I'm giving them up for Lent.

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 And so he did.

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 About three weeks later,

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 his friend was out in the park

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 and walked past a bench

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 and saw him sat with a most enormous box of doughnuts,

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 and he was stuffing them right into his mouth.

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 He said,

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 I'm sorry, it is Lent, isn't it?

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 He said, yeah.

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 He said, I'm sure you told me the other day

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 that you sensed that the Holy Spirit was telling you

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 to give up doughnuts during Lent.

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 And he said, yeah, I know,

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 but this morning I felt that the Holy Spirit

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 was telling me something different.

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 His friend said, what do you mean?

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 He said, well, I just felt this craving.

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 The Holy Spirit's obviously telling me something here.

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 So I wrestled with it before the Lord.

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 I got in the car,

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 and I was driving towards the town centre

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 where that shop that sells these doughnuts is.

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 And I said, Lord,

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 if it is your Spirit that's speaking to me

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 that it's okay today to eat some doughnuts,

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 then when I arrive at that shop,

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 may there be a parking space provided by you right outside.

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 And on the eighth time driving around the box,

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 the block, there it was.

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 We've got to be so careful how we handle this kind of stuff.

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 Let's not think for one moment

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 that having this plan is actually basically just our own thinking,

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 and we just tag on some spiritual language alongside it.

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 That's not what we're talking about.

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 So how might we then

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 genuinely and authentically seek to live a life

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 that is led and guided by the Holy Spirit?

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 How can we know that it's God's Holy Spirit

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 and not just our own human thinking?

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 Like I say, there is no easy formula to this,

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 but I want to suggest to you

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 that a three-part process

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 that is recommended by Nicky Gumbel

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 is really, really, really helpful.

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 He says this,

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 the first part of the process is commit

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 whatever decision it is you're facing,

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 commit it to God in prayer.

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 And allow God to open the right doors

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 and to close the wrong doors.

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 One of my favourite passages in Scripture

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 is 1 Peter 5 verse 7,

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 which says,

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 cast all your anxieties on him,

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 or cast all your burdens,

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 or cast all your worries,

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 or cast all your cares on him,

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 depending on which translation you're reading.

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 Well, I love that image of casting.

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 I've never fished.

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 But I've watched people that have,

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 and not in any detail.

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 But there's the image that you kind of get a casting of,

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 I think I heard somebody once refer to it

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 as loading as you,

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 loading the reel as you kind of,

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 you know,

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 throw it back.

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 And then as you cast forward,

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 it's unloading.

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 That sense of throwing,

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 unloading,

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 casting your weight.

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 And I think that's probably the sort of dynamic

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 that is intended when we read in that verse.

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 Cast,

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 throw,

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 let go of your burdens

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 before the Lord.

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 So that's the first thing.

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 Commit the decision to God in prayer,

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 and ask him

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 to open doors,

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 and to close them.

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 The second part of the process

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 is thereafter,

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 trust that he is in control.

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 It's one thing to talk about that.

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 It's an entirely different thing

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 to really live by it,

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 and to believe it,

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 I think.

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 It's really,

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 really challenging.

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 But it's what we're called to do.

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 But once we have committed it to him in prayer,

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 to really trust that God is in control.

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 There's an old story I love about somebody who was,

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 had a horse and cart,

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 a wagon,

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 going along the road,

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 a dusty track,

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 and he saw somebody who was walking along

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 carrying a really heavy-looking backpack.

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 So he slowed down,

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 and he said,

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 there is room right next to me here on my cart.

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 Why don't you just climb up,

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 and I'll give you a lift?

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 And this hiker said,

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 oh, I don't really know.

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 Have you really got,

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 can you really carry me?

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 He said, no, please.

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 He persuaded him eventually

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 to climb on board with this backpack.

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 So up he climbed,

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 and he sat next to this guy,

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 the front seat,

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 this cart behind him,

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 but they pulled off,

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 and he refused to take off this backpack,

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 and they were going along for several miles,

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 and all the while,

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 the guy that picked him up was thinking,

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 why does he not just take that off?

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 So he said, look,

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 you don't have to sit there

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 with that huge backpack on you right now.

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 He said, why don't you just take it off?

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 There's plenty of space.

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 You can just put it in the cart behind.

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 He thought about it for a moment.

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 He said, oh,

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 I couldn't possibly ask you to do that.

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 It's kind enough for you to carry me.

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 I couldn't possibly ask you

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 to carry my backpack as well.

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 When you're on board,

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 everything goes with you.

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 When you follow Jesus,

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 it's not just an abstract thing.

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 You don't just give him your name,

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 a signature.

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 Everything you're carrying,

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 every thought,

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 good, bad, and ugly,

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 is part of the whole package.

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 So when you make that prayer,

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 Lord, I commit this to you,

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 be careful what you're praying,

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 because you are casting

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 you and everything

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 that is part of you

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 and that goes with you,

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 past, present, and future,

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 into his hands.

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 I'm preaching to myself

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 as much as anyone else.

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 This is really challenging stuff.

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 Because it's one thing

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 to make a prayer.

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 It's another thing

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 to live that prayer

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 and to really trust

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 that he's got it.

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 Not just yourself,

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 but everything you're carrying,

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 all your thoughts,

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 all your concerns

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 about the future

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 and what that lies,

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 all the unknowns.

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 There is no easy formula,

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 but we can be clear of that.

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 The Bible is absolutely clear.

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 He calls us to cast it

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 and to leave it with him.

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 To trust that he is in control.

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 The third part of this process

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 that Nicky Cumble references

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 is that having committed

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 the decision in prayer,

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 trusting that God's in control,

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 to now to watch in faith

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 for him to act

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 as you continue on your way.

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 You get on with life.

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 And as you get on with life,

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 as you continue on your way,

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 do so in the expectation

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 that God will act.

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 I'm glad that God can and will

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 open doors and close doors.

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 This calls for courage

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 and boldness

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 to knock on doors.

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 Can I really do that?

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 Yes, ask him.

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 He may not allow that door to open.

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 But if you don't knock on it,

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 you will never find out.

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 And with that call

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 to courage and boldness

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 comes a call,

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 an invitation,

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 to also be ready

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 to accept pain,

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 frustration and disappointment

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 as doors that we long

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 to be opened are shut.

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 That hurts.

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 It hurts

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 when something

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 that we long to happen

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 does not pan out.

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 And that what we thought

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 was the plan

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 for our lives,

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 it seems is not.

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 Because that door

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 has been closed.

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 Sometimes it hurts

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 when God closes that door.

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 But he will never,

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 ever close it

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 in order to harm you.

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 In fact,

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 the very opposite,

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 and there are some times

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 in our lives

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 where we look back

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 and we think,

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 you know,

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 I longed for that thing

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 to happen in my life

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 back then.

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 I'm so,

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 so relieved

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 that that didn't happen.

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 I dodged a bullet there.

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 But there are some things

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 we will carry through

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 this side of eternity

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 that we will not know

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 exactly why

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 God didn't open that door.

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 And that's where that is,

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 that call to trust

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 that God knows

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 what he's doing.

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 But just maybe,

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 I put it to you,

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 just maybe,

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 that our perception,

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 our limited human understanding

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 of what we think

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 is going to be right for us

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 actually isn't at all.

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 There's a song

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 by Giordano Bryant

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 called

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 When God Closes Doors.

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 And there's this one line

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 in that song

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 that I think puts it

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 so well.

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 I might not be knocking

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 if I saw

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 what was on the other side.

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 So commit the decision

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 to God in prayer,

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 asking him to open

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 the right doors

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 and to close the wrong ones.

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 Thereafter,

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 trust he's in control.

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 And third,

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 watch in faith

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 expectantly

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 that he will open doors

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 and he will close doors.

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 So let's look at this story

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 now in Acts 16.

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 And let's ask ourselves,

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 what's going on here?

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 It's intriguing,

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 isn't it?

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 Because it's not really

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 explained,

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 it's just,

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 we're just told

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 from reading from verse 6

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 that Paul and his companions

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 travel throughout the region

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 of Phrygian,

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 Galatia,

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 having been kept

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 from preaching the word

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 in the province of Asia.

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 These guys are given

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 everything

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 to preach the gospel,

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 are kept by the Holy Spirit

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 from doing so.

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 We're not told

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 what or why,

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 we're just told.

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 And then it continues,

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 and then when they came

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 to the border of Mysia,

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 they tried to enter,

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 they tried to enter

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 Bethlehem.

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 But the Spirit of Jesus

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 would not allow them to.

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 What happened exactly,

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 we don't know.

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 But there's a possible clue

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 that lies in verse 10

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 of this story.

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 And it's so subtle

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 that it's easy not to spot.

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 But in verse 10,

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 it simply says that

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 after Paul had seen the vision,

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 we got ready at once.

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 to leave for Macedonia.

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 We got ready at once.

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 In verse 10

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 of the 16th chapter of Acts,

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 the narrative changes

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 from the third person

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 to the first person.

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 Up to this point,

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 the story is told.

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 Paul went and they did this

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 and he did that

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 and she did that

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 and then they went there

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 and that happened to them

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 and he did this

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 and suddenly it switches.

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 Now it's we.

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 The teller of the story

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 has now entered the story.

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 Now what's going on there?

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 Well, who is the teller

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 of that story?

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 Well, traditionally,

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 it's reckoned to be Luke.

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 We cannot know that for certain,

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 but everything points

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 in that direction.

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 When we look at Luke's gospel

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 and we look at the book of Acts,

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 they begin with the same kind of way.

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 There's a similarity

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 in the language

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 and therefore it has really

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 been accepted over the years

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 that it's Luke

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 that's telling the story.

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 The other thing,

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 again, we cannot know this,

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 we cannot prove it,

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 but it's generally reckoned

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 that Luke was a physician,

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 a doctor of medicine.

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 Again, how do we know that?

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 We can't demonstrate it categorically,

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 but it's generally reckoned.

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 There are references

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 in the language,

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 the terms that are used

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 that just lend themselves

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 to the suggestion

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 that this is somebody

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 who practiced medicine.

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 And the fact is even made

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 more explicit than that

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 in Colossians chapter 4

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 when at the end of that letter,

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 Paul refers to

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 our beloved friend Luke,

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 the doctor.

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 So we can't know for certain,

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 but joining the dots,

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 it seems that at this moment

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 in the story,

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 the moment when Luke,

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 when Paul and his friends

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 were prevented twice

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 from going on

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 what they thought

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 they were going to do,

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 carrying out their intentions,

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 that Luke, the doctor,

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 has joined them.

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 Why?

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 This is speculation,

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 but is it not beyond possibility

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 that maybe this thorn in the flesh

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 that Paul talks about,

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 and we know that there are,

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 there could be dozens

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 of different possibilities there

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 as to what he might have

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 been referring to,

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 but just maybe the thorn in the flesh,

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 some medical reason,

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 meant that Luke, the doctor,

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 had to be called for.

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 And therefore,

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 Luke, the doctor,

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 as he tells this story,

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 at this point,

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 says that from there on,

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 we,

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 and so the story's picked up

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 in the first person.

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 It's just a thought,

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 and we don't know.

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 But what we can know

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 is that as they were prevented

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 from carrying out what they intended

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 from their plans,

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 according to their human thinking,

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 and they were stopped

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 from doing so,

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 whether it was a medical reason

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 or something else,

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 they were clearly

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 must have been frustrated,

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 if not furious.

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 They couldn't enter this place.

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 They couldn't go and do that.

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 They couldn't preach the gospel.

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 That's the whole reason

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 they lived,

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 and yet they were stopped

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 by the Spirit of Jesus.

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 Instead of seeing resentment

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 and anger

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 and bitterness,

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 which I know

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 that I would be expressing

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 at that point,

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 they embrace it

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 and say,

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 the Spirit of God

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 has led us away from here

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 and closed that door

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 and is now leading in

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 that direction.

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 And what I want to suggest to you

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 is that next time

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 we are facing that frustration

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 and a door is closed

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 and it isn't aligning

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 with our own plans,

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 that we are at least open

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 to the possibility

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 that it may just be

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 the Spirit of God

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 that is caught up

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 within that,

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 as painful

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 and as difficult

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 as it may be.

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 I'm not suggesting

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 for a moment

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 that we give up

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 the moment we hit

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 a hurdle in something,

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 and I don't think

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 that's what this story

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 is telling here,

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 because as the story continues,

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 we don't see a group of people

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 who just give up.

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 They carry on,

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 but they carry on

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 in a different direction,

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 all the time open

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 to the ongoing presence

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 and guiding

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 of God's Holy Spirit

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 in the same way

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 that you can know

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 that the same Holy Spirit,

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 if you will trust Him,

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 will guide

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 and allow your life

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 to unfold

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 in the way

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 that only you

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 can allow it to unfold,

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 because only you are you.

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 And God,

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 in His sovereignty,

00:18:49.579 --> 00:18:50.419
 has that plan

00:18:50.419 --> 00:18:51.299
 for your life.

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 What we can say

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 is that,

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 and though we don't know

00:18:59.160 --> 00:18:59.660
 why,

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 and we can only speculate

00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:01.759
 as to why

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.960
 the Spirit might have

00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.440
 stopped them

00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:04.120
 at this point,

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.640
 it was temporary.

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 One thing that we can say

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 is that eventually,

00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:10.800
 later on,

00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:13.279
 Paul did take the Gospel

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 into Asia Minor,

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 and we read

00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:17.840
 of the church

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 in Ephesus

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 being planted

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 along with

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 all seven

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.580
 that are mentioned

00:19:21.580 --> 00:19:23.120
 in the book of Revelation.

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 So it was only

00:19:24.080 --> 00:19:25.180
 a temporary thing,

00:19:25.560 --> 00:19:26.600
 but what the other thing

00:19:26.600 --> 00:19:27.440
 is that we can say

00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:29.080
 is that through Lydia,

00:19:30.360 --> 00:19:31.759
 we see Europe's

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.820
 first convert,

00:19:33.340 --> 00:19:33.980
 as recorded

00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:34.640
 in Scripture,

00:19:34.840 --> 00:19:35.160
 at least.

00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:36.840
 And so,

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.820
 whatever may not

00:19:37.820 --> 00:19:38.279
 have happened,

00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:39.299
 what we can say

00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:39.820
 did happen

00:19:39.820 --> 00:19:40.480
 as a consequence

00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:41.519
 is the Gospel

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:42.380
 came to Europe.

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 When God

00:19:45.100 --> 00:19:46.600
 closes some doors,

00:19:46.820 --> 00:19:47.779
 He will always

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.680
 open others.

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 We may just see

00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:52.700
 the thump

00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.440
 in our face

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:55.460
 as that door

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:55.920
 closes.

00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:58.480
 but that

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.380
 closure

00:19:59.380 --> 00:20:01.500
 always represents

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:02.320
 another opening.

00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:04.940
 Now,

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.720
 that is painful,

00:20:06.320 --> 00:20:07.460
 and it's painful

00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:08.180
 because we don't

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.860
 understand

00:20:08.860 --> 00:20:10.279
 what those reasons

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:10.720
 are,

00:20:10.840 --> 00:20:11.560
 and we may carry

00:20:11.560 --> 00:20:12.360
 those things

00:20:12.360 --> 00:20:13.440
 around with us

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:14.620
 throughout our whole lives,

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.660
 not really knowing,

00:20:15.800 --> 00:20:16.279
 but we're called

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.840
 to trust

00:20:16.840 --> 00:20:18.660
 that that same

00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:19.140
 Spirit

00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:20.100
 is with us.

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:26.019
 for quite a few years,

00:20:26.159 --> 00:20:27.000
 Tamara and I

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:27.859
 in our home

00:20:27.859 --> 00:20:29.939
 had stair gates

00:20:29.939 --> 00:20:31.039
 fitted at the top

00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.939
 and the bottom

00:20:31.939 --> 00:20:32.879
 of our stairs,

00:20:33.379 --> 00:20:35.000
 while our three children

00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:37.980
 were at the age

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:39.139
 where it wasn't

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:40.379
 safe for them

00:20:40.379 --> 00:20:41.959
 to not have

00:20:41.959 --> 00:20:42.699
 those stair gates

00:20:42.699 --> 00:20:43.299
 in place.

00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:45.859
 It was really

00:20:45.859 --> 00:20:46.940
 frustrating for us

00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.919
 every single time

00:20:47.919 --> 00:20:48.379
 we wanted to go

00:20:48.379 --> 00:20:49.000
 up or down,

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:49.440
 it was click,

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 open,

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 click,

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 close,

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:52.659
 get to the top,

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:52.980
 click,

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 open,

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 click,

00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:54.359
 close,

00:20:54.419 --> 00:20:55.000
 and so on.

00:20:55.399 --> 00:20:55.899
 Eventually,

00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:57.139
 the day came

00:20:57.139 --> 00:20:58.240
 when we could

00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:58.980
 say goodbye

00:20:58.980 --> 00:21:00.240
 to those stair gates.

00:21:01.139 --> 00:21:02.440
 We were delighted

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.119
 and our kids

00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:03.720
 were too.

00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:06.019
 Why were those

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.720
 gates there?

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:08.819
 Not to stop them

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.759
 from having fun.

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:11.079
 In fact,

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:12.019
 it was a cause

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:14.579
 of huge frustration

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.539
 to us.

00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:20.119
 But those gates

00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:20.859
 were closed

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:22.079
 and remained there

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:24.140
 for their own

00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:25.140
 safety and protection.

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.900
 And I'm not pretending

00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:30.180
 that this is an easy truth

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.839
 for us to come

00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:31.559
 to terms with,

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.920
 but doors close

00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:34.000
 for a reason.

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.920
 We're not just here

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.640
 by accident,

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:39.119
 by some cosmic fluke.

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.879
 But the creator

00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:42.599
 of the heavens

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.220
 and the earth,

00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:44.140
 the whole cosmos,

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:46.059
 has a plan for you

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:48.019
 even if you don't

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.660
 realise it.

00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:50.980
 And what I want

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.480
 to finish off

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.339
 by saying to you

00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:53.480
 today is that

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:55.579
 simply don't

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.879
 resist that plan.

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.759
 You might be

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:00.440
 sitting here thinking,

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.779
 how could God

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.579
 possibly be

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.519
 interested in me?

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.019
 Whether that's

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.379
 to do with your

00:22:05.379 --> 00:22:06.059
 stage of life

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.480
 or whether it's

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.039
 how you perceive

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.500
 yourself.

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:08.680
 You know,

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.080
 the gospel

00:22:09.080 --> 00:22:09.960
 challenges that.

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.580
 You might not

00:22:11.580 --> 00:22:12.120
 believe in you,

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:12.860
 but God does.

00:22:14.080 --> 00:22:15.860
 And don't ever

00:22:15.860 --> 00:22:16.779
 underestimate what

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.400
 God might be

00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:18.240
 calling you to.

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:26.660
 He put you on this

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.400
 earth for a reason.

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:30.059
 And it's a reason

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.599
 that is you

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.019
 shaped.

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.740
 And nobody else

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.319
 can fulfil it.

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:34.059
 So don't,

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:35.180
 don't resist

00:22:35.180 --> 00:22:37.039
 the Holy Spirit

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.819
 when you sense

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.480
 that he may be

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.120
 saying something

00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:39.680
 to you.

00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:41.059
 Go with it.

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.920
 Don't try to

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.740
 walk against

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:45.880
 the force

00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:46.359
 of the Holy

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:46.740
 Spirit.

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:48.180
 I'm going to

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:48.559
 tell you one

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.039
 last story

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.359
 and then we're

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:49.779
 going to pray.

00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:50.759
 I grew up,

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.339
 as so many of

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:52.660
 you will know,

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.700
 on the Isle of

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:53.920
 White.

00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:55.819
 And about

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:57.480
 twice a year,

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.720
 our mum and

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.380
 dad would take

00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:00.720
 me and my

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.519
 brothers over

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.559
 to the mainland,

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.519
 as we called it,

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.000
 shopping.

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.539
 Usually it was

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.019
 Portsmouth,

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.759
 occasionally it was

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.359
 Southampton,

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.099
 but we got really

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:09.019
 excited about this.

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.559
 Why?

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.380
 Because the shops

00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:11.019
 were so much

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:12.319
 bigger on the

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.559
 mainland.

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:14.279
 And I can

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:15.700
 remember how

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.960
 excited I was

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:19.400
 about one

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:20.160
 particular thing

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.740
 about going to

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.279
 the shops on

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.740
 the mainland.

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.099
 Escalators.

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.319
 None of the

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:26.879
 shops on the

00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:27.240
 Isle of

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:30.200
 White had

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:31.539
 escalators.

00:23:31.639 --> 00:23:32.059
 They weren't

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.960
 big enough.

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.639
 And I love

00:23:35.639 --> 00:23:36.579
 getting onto

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.240
 these stairs

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.579
 that would

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.200
 carry you up

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:39.119
 and will

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:39.960
 carry you down.

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:42.619
 And from

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.779
 as long as I

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.220
 can remember

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:44.980
 these things,

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:46.139
 I can remember

00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:46.579
 thinking,

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.319
 wouldn't it be

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:48.440
 so much fun

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.839
 to try running

00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.240
 in the other

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.819
 direction?

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.539
 I don't know

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.160
 what you call

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:53.539
 the one that

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:53.920
 comes down

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.200
 because it

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.920
 doesn't escalate.

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.339
 It's a

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.039
 de-escalator?

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.720
 I don't know.

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.400
 But I can

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:57.759
 remember,

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.480
 wouldn't it be

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.319
 so much fun

00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:00.379
 to try running

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:00.940
 up one of

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.379
 those things?

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.119
 It became

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.960
 a lifelong

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.480
 ambition.

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:06.000
 And two

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.740
 years ago,

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:08.519
 I got to

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.279
 try it out.

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:11.039
 I was in

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.599
 a big shop

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:13.279
 and we

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.619
 were all

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.399
 there and

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:14.980
 I realised

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.200
 that the

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.500
 rest of the

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.039
 family were

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.440
 on another

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.779
 floor.

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.240
 And without

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.019
 really thinking,

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.079
 I just got

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.859
 on board

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:22.200
 this de-escalator

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.660
 and started

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.119
 to ride

00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:23.639
 down.

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.299
 Seconds

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:25.599
 later,

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.539
 I realised

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.259
 I shouldn't

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.579
 be going

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:27.839
 down,

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.180
 I should

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.500
 be going

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.139
 up from

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:29.460
 the floor

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:29.759
 that I

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.019
 had just

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.359
 left.

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.119
 I looked

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:32.420
 around,

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:32.759
 I caught

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.119
 a glimpse

00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:33.700
 of a sign

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:34.279
 that said,

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.299
 under no

00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:36.119
 circumstances

00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:38.599
 do you

00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:39.019
 try to

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.059
 ascend

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:41.279
 the

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.719
 descending

00:24:41.719 --> 00:24:42.339
 stairs.

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.779
 But there

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.199
 was no

00:24:44.199 --> 00:24:44.879
 staff

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:45.319
 there

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:46.519
 and there

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:46.839
 were no

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.079
 other

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.599
 customers

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.099
 there

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:49.379
 and I

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:49.619
 thought,

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.399
 this

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:52.539
 is my

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.619
 opportunity.

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.319
 I spun

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.699
 round

00:24:56.699 --> 00:24:59.119
 and I

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.759
 started to

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.079
 run.

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.659
 And as I

00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.059
 did to,

00:25:02.219 --> 00:25:02.439
 so,

00:25:03.959 --> 00:25:04.459
 first

00:25:04.459 --> 00:25:05.199
 realisation

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:06.980
 yes,

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.019
 this is

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.819
 every bit

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.279
 as fun

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.779
 as I

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.319
 always

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:10.660
 thought

00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.100
 and hoped

00:25:11.100 --> 00:25:11.480
 it would

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.740
 be.

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.059
 And I

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:14.480
 ran and

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.880
 I ran

00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:15.360
 and I ran

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:15.600
 and the

00:25:15.600 --> 00:25:16.059
 second

00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:17.100
 realisation

00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:17.740
 is this

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.080
 is a

00:25:18.080 --> 00:25:18.440
 thousand

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:18.900
 times

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.319
 harder

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:19.680
 than I

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:19.880
 ever

00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:20.120
 thought

00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:20.259
 it

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.480
 would

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:20.799
 be.

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:21.860
 But

00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:22.380
 eventually

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:22.900
 I

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:23.420
 got to

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:23.580
 the

00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:23.920
 top

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:25.059
 whereupon

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.220
 I

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.440
 made

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:25.620
 the

00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:25.960
 third

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.680
 realisation

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:26.960
 which

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.180
 my

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.559
 brain

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:27.840
 had

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:28.180
 just

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.640
 never

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.000
 ever

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.360
 ever

00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:29.779
 thought

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.140
 about

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:31.160
 and

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.360
 that

00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:31.740
 is

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.460
 that

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.000
 there's

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.140
 a

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.600
 problem

00:25:33.600 --> 00:25:34.480
 when

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.240
 one foot

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.140
 that is

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.839
 carrying you

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.839
 relatively fast

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.180
 and you're

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.740
 running as

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.180
 hard as

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.599
 you possibly

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:39.980
 can

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.839
 one foot

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.420
 is on a

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.259
 moving surface

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.860
 and the

00:25:42.860 --> 00:25:43.460
 other one

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.400
 is not.

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.940
 After

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:51.500
 my 50

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.940
 year old

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.360
 body

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:53.240
 had made

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.980
 a rather

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:56.019
 undignified

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:57.319
 360

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.819
 degree

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.319
 spin

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.019
 and I

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.379
 landed

00:25:59.379 --> 00:25:59.839
 flat

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.299
 on my

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.779
 face

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:04.319
 I

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.659
 picked

00:26:04.659 --> 00:26:05.099
 myself

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.460
 up

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:07.359
 and to

00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:07.579
 this

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.000
 day

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.439
 I

00:26:08.439 --> 00:26:08.679
 will

00:26:08.679 --> 00:26:09.000
 be

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.639
 I

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:09.819
 am

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.240
 so

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.740
 grateful

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.059
 and

00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.519
 remain

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.000
 grateful

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:13.359
 to

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:14.159
 the

00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:14.919
 staff

00:26:14.919 --> 00:26:15.379
 member

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:16.200
 of

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.939
 Cardiff

00:26:16.939 --> 00:26:17.799
 City

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:19.480
 central

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.259
 branch

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.599
 of

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:20.980
 TK

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.399
 Max

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:23.319
 for

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.679
 not

00:26:23.679 --> 00:26:24.179
 laughing

00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:24.399
 at

00:26:24.399 --> 00:26:24.779
 me

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:26.319
 in the

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:26.519
 way

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.019
 that I

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.259
 would

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.440
 have

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:27.879
 laughed

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:29.059
 if I

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.319
 hadn't

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.799
 been me

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.240
 in that

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.940
 situation.

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.079
 The point

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.399
 of that

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:33.859
 story

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:37.220
 don't try

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.500
 running

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.079
 against

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.639
 that

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.420
 which is

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:39.819
 trying to

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.399
 carry you.

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.279
 He is

00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:43.660
 trying to

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.180
 carry you.

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.039
 A lot

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.259
 of the

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.680
 time you

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.039
 won't

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.660
 realise

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.000
 that.

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:51.660
 the

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:51.839
 very

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.180
 fact

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.339
 that

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:52.539
 you're

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:52.819
 sat

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.059
 here

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.420
 listening

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:53.640
 to

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:53.859
 this

00:26:53.859 --> 00:26:54.180
 right

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.579
 now

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.400
 is

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.599
 no

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.019
 accident.

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.599
 God

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:58.839
 wanted

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 you

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 here

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 today.

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 Or

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 if you're

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 listening

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 online

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 and you've

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 made it

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 this far

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 thank you

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 but I

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 really

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 believe

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 God

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 wants

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 you

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 to

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 know

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 that

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 he's

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 got a

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 plan

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 for

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 you

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 and

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 even

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 though

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 right

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 now

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 you

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 might

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 be

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 feeling

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 frustrated

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 you

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 might

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 be

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 hurting

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 with

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 some

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 sense

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 of

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 deep

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 disappointment

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 or

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 you

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 might

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 sense

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 when

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 is

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 the

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 door

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 going

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 to

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 open

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 you

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 don't

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 know

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 the

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 answer

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 to

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 those

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.379
 questions

00:27:24.379 --> 00:27:24.579
 but

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 God

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 does

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 like

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 Paul

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 like

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 Luke

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 like

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 all

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 the

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 others

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 in

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 that

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 story

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 keep

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 on

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 keeping

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 on

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 we're

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 going to

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 pray

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 now

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 as

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 we pray

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 firstly

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 we're

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 going to

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 pray

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 and then

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 we're

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 going to

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 invite us

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 to join

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 in

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 saying

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 some

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 words

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 that are

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 from

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 one

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 of the

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 psalms

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 on

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 the

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 because

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 I

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 think

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 they

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 speak

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 so

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 powerfully

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 into

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 this

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 situation

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 and

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 I

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 would

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 like

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 to

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 invite

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 us

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 all

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 to

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 join

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 in

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 saying

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 those

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.579
 words

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 as

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 an

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 expression

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 of

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 faith

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 in

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 his

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 guidance

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 and

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 those

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 words

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 they're

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 taken

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 from

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 Psalm

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 37

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 it's

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 not

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 the

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.299
 whole

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.619
 psalm

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 but

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 it's

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.220
 some

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.519
 words

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:08.759
 from

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 Psalm

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 37

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 but

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:10.720
 first

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 of

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 all

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 before

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 those

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 words

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 come

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 up

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 on

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 the

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 screen

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 let's

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 just

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 take

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 a

00:28:13.899 --> 00:28:14.240
 moment

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 to

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 pause

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:16.459
 and to

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 pray

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 Holy

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 Spirit

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:23.639
 we

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 thank

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 you

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 that

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:27.199
 when

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 we

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:27.679
 follow

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 Jesus

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 we

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 don't

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 do

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 so

00:28:29.699 --> 00:28:30.099
 alone

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 it's

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 not

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:30.839
 just

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.079
 a

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.599
 decision

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:31.799
 we

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.000
 make

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 with

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 our

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.559
 heads

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.500
 with

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:33.639
 our

00:28:33.639 --> 00:28:34.019
 minds

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:37.019
 but

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.180
 when

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.339
 we

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:37.579
 follow

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:37.940
 Jesus

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.379
 it's

00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:38.539
 a

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.859
 supernatural

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.539
 thing

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:39.680
 and

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:39.839
 we

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:41.680
 move

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.139
 into

00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:42.460
 your

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:42.879
 zone

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:44.220
 we

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.559
 step

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:44.779
 into

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.019
 your

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.519
 plan

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:49.059
 Lord

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.379
 help us

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:49.519
 to

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:49.859
 trust

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.079
 in

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:50.480
 you

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:53.519
 Lord

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:53.680
 as

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.059
 we

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.339
 pray

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.579
 this

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:54.839
 prayer

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.099
 right

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.319
 now

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.480
 we

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:55.720
 ask

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:55.879
 your

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:56.119
 Holy

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.440
 Spirit

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:56.639
 to

00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:56.819
 come

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.079
 upon

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.359
 us

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:57.779
 and

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:57.900
 to

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.200
 move

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.440
 among

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.839
 us

00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:02.379
 here

00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:02.539
 in

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.740
 this

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.160
 moment

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:04.840
 and

00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:05.480
 in

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.740
 ahead

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:05.860
 of

00:29:05.860 --> 00:29:06.040
 our

00:29:06.040 --> 00:29:06.480
 futures

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:06.880
 whatever

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.279
 those

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.440
 look

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:07.640
 like

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:07.740
 and

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:07.840
 there

00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:07.900
 will

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.019
 be

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.160
 as

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.420
 many

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.840
 different

00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:09.340
 futures

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:11.480
 as

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.600
 there

00:29:11.600 --> 00:29:11.740
 are

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.120
 people

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.700
 here

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:12.960
 right

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.320
 now

00:29:13.320 --> 00:29:15.860
 Lord

00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:16.180
 help us

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.360
 to

00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:16.980
 trust

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.560
 in

00:29:17.560 --> 00:29:17.940
 you

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.440
 and

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:18.660
 give

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:18.779
 us

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:18.940
 the

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.279
 courage

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.420
 and

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:19.560
 the

00:29:19.560 --> 00:29:19.940
 boldness

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.140
 to

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.460
 knock

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.700
 on

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.040
 doors

00:29:21.040 --> 00:29:21.620
 and

00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:21.779
 the

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.080
 readiness

00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:22.340
 to

00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:22.800
 accept

00:29:22.800 --> 00:29:23.080
 when

00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:23.460
 doors

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.220
 are

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.380
 not

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:24.740
 opened

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.080
 that

00:29:25.080 --> 00:29:25.500
 maybe

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:25.980
 that's

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.259
 your

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.720
 desire

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:30.820
 but

00:29:30.820 --> 00:29:31.160
 help

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.279
 us

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.360
 to

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:31.480
 have

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:31.640
 that

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.000
 courage

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.200
 not

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.340
 to

00:29:32.340 --> 00:29:32.540
 give

00:29:32.540 --> 00:29:32.820
 up

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:37.000
 close

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.220
 the

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.439
 wrong

00:29:37.439 --> 00:29:37.799
 doors

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.099
 Lord

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:39.579
 and

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:39.919
 open

00:29:39.919 --> 00:29:40.099
 the

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.319
 right

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.879
 ones

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:44.859
 Holy

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.200
 Spirit

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.500
 touch

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:45.679
 our

00:29:45.679 --> 00:29:45.879
 lives

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.419
 afresh

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:53.080
 let's

00:29:53.080 --> 00:29:53.220
 say

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.660
 together

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:55.880
 do

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.240
 not

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.900
 fret

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.640
 because

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.000
 of

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.519
 those

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:58.820
 who

00:29:58.820 --> 00:29:59.060
 are

00:29:59.060 --> 00:29:59.640
 evil

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.320
 or

00:30:00.320 --> 00:30:01.279
 envious

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.820
 of

00:30:01.820 --> 00:30:02.240
 those

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.500
 who

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.759
 do

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.200
 wrong

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:05.080
 like

00:30:05.080 --> 00:30:05.340
 the

00:30:05.340 --> 00:30:05.940
 grass

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.340
 they

00:30:06.340 --> 00:30:06.539
 will

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:06.840
 soon

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.240
 wither

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:08.600
 like

00:30:08.600 --> 00:30:09.019
 green

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.720
 plants

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.120
 they

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.320
 will

00:30:10.320 --> 00:30:10.740
 soon

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.120
 die

00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:11.620
 away

00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:13.639
 trust

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:13.639


00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:13.899
 in

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.059
 the

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.439
 Lord

00:30:14.439 --> 00:30:14.859
 and

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.079
 do

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.539
 good

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:17.099
 dwell

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.379
 in

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:17.559
 the

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.000
 land

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.299
 and

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:18.859
 enjoy

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.459
 safe

00:30:19.459 --> 00:30:20.119
 pasture

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:21.819
 take

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.419
 delight

00:30:22.419 --> 00:30:22.699
 in

00:30:22.699 --> 00:30:22.879
 the

00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:23.239
 Lord

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 and

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 he

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 will

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 give

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 you

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 the

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 desires

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 of

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 your

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 heart

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 commit

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 your

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 way

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 to

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 the

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 Lord

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 trust

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 in

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 him

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 and

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 he

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 will

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 do

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 this

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 he

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 will

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 make

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 your

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 righteous

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 reward

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 shine

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 like

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 the

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 dawn

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 your

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 vindication

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 like

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 the

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 noonday

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 sun

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 be

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 still

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 before

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 the

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 Lord

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 and

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 wait

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 patiently

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 for

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 him

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 amen