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 Well, good afternoon everyone and lovely to be here today. My name is Paul, I'm part of the leadership team here and it's my privilege to bring us God's Word this morning.

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 Let me just guide you in terms of what we're going to be doing for the rest of our time together.

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 I will be speaking for a while and after that we'll be having an opportunity since it's the first Sunday of the month to share communion together for all those who want to stay.

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 We are in week three of looking at the Lord's Prayer and my reading today is in Matthew chapter 6 verse 11.

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 That is the Lord's Prayer and the reading, the verses we're looking at are just verse 11.

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 Reading is, give us this day our daily bread. I wonder if I managed to complete the reading before some of you had found it in your Bibles.

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 Well, don't worry, you've got plenty of time to find it because that's where we're going to be dwelling.

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 Just in these seven words, give us this day our daily bread.

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 And it's been wonderful for me to be able to really just reflect on those seven words as I've been preparing.

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 Let me remind you of the context.

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 Graham spoke to us last Sunday on the subject of attuning our life to the Father's frequency.

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 As he focused on the words just before that,

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 Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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 And he really challenged us to look out and to look at the church and to look into our lives

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 and to reflect on what the Lord's will would be in each of those spheres.

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 And after such lofty thoughts,

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 in some ways,

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 as I've focused on the Lord's Prayer,

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 it seems a little bit surprising that the very next words,

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 grand themes about God's glory,

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 and we go on to important themes about repentance and forgiveness,

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 are these seven simple words.

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 Give us this day our daily bread.

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 I'd like to look at each word.

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 And if it's okay with you,

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 I'd like to look at the last word first,

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 the word bread.

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 Because as I've studied this over recent days,

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 I've discovered that through the history of the church,

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 theologians have sometimes got themselves into a terrible fankel over the word bread.

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 I think so much so that it seems there's almost been massive fights and disagreements

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 over what Jesus meant when he set out this model prayer and said,

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 give us this day our daily bread.

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 And some have thought,

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 well, clearly Jesus couldn't possibly be referring to bread.

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 That would be in some ways,

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 you know,

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 inappropriate.

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 So he must have been referring to bread as an illustration of God's words.

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 And indeed,

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 one of our earlier songs quite rightly used the idea of daily bread being the way in which God feeds us through his word.

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 And that's perfectly biblical,

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 but some have perhaps said that's all it can be.

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 Others have said,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 you've got that wrong.

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 When we're talking about give us this day our daily bread,

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 there's a reference there to communion,

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 right?

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 The bread that is the body of Christ,

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 and it's a reference to the fact that we need to be fed by Jesus.

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 And we do so as we take communion.

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 It's clearly not just bread.

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 And then right about the time of the Reformation,

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 it seems that along came others,

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 and apologies to the theologians,

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 I know I'm generalizing pretty broadly here,

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 right?

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 But they came along and said,

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 maybe bread means bread.

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 And actually,

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 maybe it is the case that when Jesus says,

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 give us this day our daily bread,

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 it's okay to pray for the stuff that we need.

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 Bread is an incredibly universal item.

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 So basic.

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 I wonder how many of you have bought bread this week.

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 Just in case some of you are not sure what bread is,

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 I thought I would bring along a loaf of bread.

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 One of the many that I have purchased this week.

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 And I've been among those in the UK who have purchased 11 million loaves of bread this week.

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 I bought this one in Morrison's.

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 It's a Coburg Cobb and it costs 50 pence.

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 I was reflecting this morning,

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 I could definitely have paid six times the price

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 had I bought it in one of the little boutiques in Brunstfield.

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 But of course,

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 that may have been worth it because it wouldn't have come in one of these plastic wrappers.

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 It would have come in a paper bag.

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 And maybe even slightly more stale.

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 But nevertheless,

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 I might have quite enjoyed paying six times the price.

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 But what sort of bread have you purchased this week?

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 I wonder.

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 And did any of us pray beforehand that we would be able to have, purchase or receive that bread?

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 Or did we proceed with, I suppose, presumption, maybe understandably,

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 that there'd be no issues whatsoever with us obtaining that bread?

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 I suspect most of us were in the latter category.

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 So why then is it that Jesus includes this reference to bread in this model prayer?

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 Well, I suppose the first point that I take from it is perhaps a recognition that God knows all that we need.

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 He knows and understands our need for food, for water, but also our needs for so many other things.

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 And I think in this very basic, in this encouragement to pray for our most basic needs,

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 we are to be reminded in our prayers that there is nothing,

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 there is nothing too small that we cannot bring to God in our prayers.

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 And there is nothing too big that we cannot bring to God in our prayers.

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 Reflect, please, for just a minute on the things that you've prayed for this week.

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 And are you remembering, am I remembering,

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 to bring to God my prayers and my needs for the small things,

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 and also for the big things?

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 Let's unpack this a bit more as we think about some of the other seven words.

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 And I'd like to look at the first two now.

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 The words, give us.

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 And my title, as we go through the other six words, I'll have three titles.

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 And this one, I suggest, gives us a sense of childlike dependence.

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 You see, there's no particular deal going on here.

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 This is not about some sort of contractual relationship.

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 This is not about us saying to our Heavenly Father,

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 now we have done certain things for you,

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 and in return, what we require is this back.

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 But in this incredibly simple phrase, give us,

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 I think we see a sense of simplicity and a great sense of need.

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 And I'd like you to imagine just a child and the needs of a child.

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 Isn't it the case that adulthood brings such a great sense of self-sufficiency in many ways?

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 We're adults and we need to be in control and we need to have a plan for the day,

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 for the week, for the month, for the year.

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 And we look at our bank statement and we look at our pensions savings,

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 our statement, and we look at what we've got and we work out whether it's sufficient

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 and we worry about it and we stress about it.

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 And children do none of those things.

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 Children look to their parents and expect that their parents will quite simply provide for them.

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 Even though Elizabeth and I's children are growing up a bit and are 8 and 11,

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 there is still a sense of absolute dependence on us for their food.

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 And there is also an absolute expectation that it's certainly not the case

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 that the Tesco shopping will be delivered on a Monday

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 and it will go into the cupboard and we'll then say,

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 well, just fend for yourselves.

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 The food's there.

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 Rather, there's a whole process of planning, of preparing, of cooking, of cutting,

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 of serving, of providing, of clearing, of washing,

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 which we as parents, or in most cases Elizabeth as mother,

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 is undertaking in order to provide for our children who are expecting to receive from us.

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 And I wonder if we might need to recapture,

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 as we focus on this few small words in this incredibly important prayer,

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 our sense of childlike dependence on God for everything.

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 I wonder if some of us have become a little bit too sophisticated and self-sufficient.

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 And whether at times that necessary planning for life and for adulthood

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 ends up leading to a sense that in our faith and our relationship with God,

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 we are self-sufficient in that sphere as well.

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 We're not.

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 Let's remember the words of the hymn which says,

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 Nothing in my hands I bring

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 Simply to thy cross I cling

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 Naked, run to thee for dress

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 Helpless, look to thee for grace

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 Foul I to the fountain fly

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 Wash me, saviour, or I die

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 Last time I was speaking, I shared with you some of my challenges this year.

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 As I suffered a tricky problem with my eyes

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 and couldn't drive and couldn't work for a little while

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 Of realising quite suddenly

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 that even such a small thing going wrong

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 could have profound consequences

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 and making me realise I am not in control.

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 And challenging me about whether actually

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 I'm living my life with a sense of

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 childlike dependence on my heavenly father.

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 That week, one of the books that I read

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 was a great book by Louis Giglio

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 called I Am Not But I Know I Am

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 and it's a book based on the story of John the Baptist

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 as he looked to Jesus and said

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 Jesus must increase and I must decrease

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 and Louis Giglio says this in the book

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 Admitting we are not God

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 not in control

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 not running anything

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 not responsible for everyone's wellbeing

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 not the solution for everything and everyone

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 not at the centre of all things

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 does not belittle us

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 but rather frees us.

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 I am not

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 but I know

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 the one who is

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 I am.

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 Let's be people

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 let's be a church

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 marked by

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 childlike

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 dependence

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 on God

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 for our bread

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 and for every other aspect

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 of life.

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 Let's move on to some of the other words.

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 Give us

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 this day

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 and then the word

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 daily.

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 Give us

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 this day

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 our

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 daily bread

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 and if we've thought about

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 childlike

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 dependence

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 I think those

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 three words

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 this day

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 and daily

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 encourage us

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 to reflect on our

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 continual

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 dependence

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 on God.

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 Yesterday's faith

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 in many respects

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 won't be sufficient

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 and all of us

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 are invited

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 once again

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 today

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 to trust God

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 afresh

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 for all that we need.

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 If I

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 left that bread

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 and decided

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 that I would keep it sitting

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 and would come back to it

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 for my food

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 in

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 two or three

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 or four weeks time

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 well

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 would that be sensible?

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 Of course not.

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 It would be rotten.

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 And so

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 bread

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 is something

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 that needs to be

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 renewed

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 and refreshed

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 so regularly

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 and for some of you

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 you'll already be there

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 in the story

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 of God's people

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 in the book of Exodus

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 in chapter 16

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 where God provided to them

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 manna from heaven

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 that flaky stuff

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 a bit like frosties

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 that was landing

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 on the ground

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 when they were

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 struggling without

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 any food at all

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 and they looked

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 and they thought

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 this is fantastic

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 that these frosties are here

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 and some of them

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 gathered up

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 tons and tons and tons

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 and thought

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 we'll keep it

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 and we'll keep it in containers

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 and it will last

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 for many days

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 and God had already

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 told them

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 look you don't need

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 to do that

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 this stuff's only

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 for today

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 unless the next day

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 is going to be a Sabbath

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 in which case

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 it's going to be

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 for two days

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 but some of them

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 didn't listen

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 and they didn't trust God

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 they didn't trust

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 that God would give them

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 each day

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 their daily bread

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 and so they hoarded

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 it all up

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 and what happened

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 in day two

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 the stuff was full

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 of maggots

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 it was absolutely rotten

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 and God was challenging

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 God's people

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 way back then

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 in the book of Exodus

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 that what he wanted

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 was a people

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 who would look to God

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 in continual dependence

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 yesterday the manna came

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 they'd have to wake up

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 and rely on God

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 providing them again

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 for manna

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 and they'd have to

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 wake up the next day

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 with nothing

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 but absolutely relying

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 on God providing them

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 again with manna

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 and they'd wake up

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 the next day

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 again utterly relying

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 on God providing them

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 with that manna

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 Lamentations chapter 3

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 says this

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 because of the Lord's

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 great love

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 we are not consumed

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 for his compassions

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 never fail

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 they are new

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 every morning

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 great is your faithfulness

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 I say to myself

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 the Lord is my portion

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 therefore I will wait

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 for him

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 I want to encourage us

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 that for some of us

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 we might feel

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 that our trust

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 our confidence

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 in God

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 is being shaken

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 we've already heard

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 and thought

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 and prayed

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 for members

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 of our church

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 who this week

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 are wrestling

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 and struggling

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 with serious health issues

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 and others experiencing

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 loss

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 and others with

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 problems and issues

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 that many of us

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 will not even be aware of

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 we come to God

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 this morning

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 who assures us

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 that his compassion

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 never fails

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 and that his love

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 is new

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 every morning

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 and who invites us

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 to live a life

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 of childlike dependence

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 and of continual dependence

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 the God who will provide

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 for us anew

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 on Monday

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 and on Tuesday

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 and on Wednesday

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 and every day

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 ahead

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 and who invites us

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 to simply

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 trust him

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 but let's not miss

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 the final two words

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 that I really want

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 to focus on

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 you've noticed them

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 I'm sure

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 give us

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 this day

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 our daily bread

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 that prayer

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 could so easily be

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 give me

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 this day

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 my daily bread

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 but it's not

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 a prayer

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 of individual

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 dependence

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 on God

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 it's a prayer

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 that speaks

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 of collective

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 dependence

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 dependence

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 if you're taking notes

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 we need to come together

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 and lift up our hearts

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 and voices together

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 saying God collectively

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 we need you

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 in so many ways

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 the Bible speaks

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 of us being

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 a body

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 that isn't

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 self-sufficient

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 but that is

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 beautifully

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 interconnected

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 so that every part

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 might support

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 the other part

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 in meeting

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 the needs

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 of the other

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 and very simply

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 I've been thinking

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 of it

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 that some of you

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 might be praying

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 for a particular

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 need

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 and it's another

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 part of the body

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 that God is equipping

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 to provide

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 for that need

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 folks

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 some of us

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 are the answers

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 to the prayers

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 of some of the others

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 who are sitting here

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 in this room today

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 that's a beautiful way

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 in which God makes

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 his church work

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 and so we need

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 to be praying

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 for one another

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 we need to be looking

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 out for one another

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 we need to be willing

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 to share with each other

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 where we are at

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 and what our needs are

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 because God may have

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 some of the answers

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 to those needs

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 and the people

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 that are sitting

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 right next to you

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 or behind you

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 or you'll pass

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 today so please

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 let's not think

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 that God's encouraging

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 us to pray

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 individualistic prayers

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 only about our needs

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 he's not

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 and time and again

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 throughout the Lord's prayer

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 there is a sense

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 of our collective

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 worship towards God

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 our collective need

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 for forgiveness

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 and our collective

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 need for daily bread

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 let's look around us

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 to what extent

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 might we be the answers

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 to some of the prayers

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 that others are praying

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 but as we draw

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 towards a close

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 I want us to think

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 for just a moment

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 or two

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 about what the

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 consequences

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 for our lives

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 might be

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 if we are really

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 to be people

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 who are marked

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 by an increased

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 sense

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 of childlike

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 dependence

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 on our God

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 of continual

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 dependence

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 and of collective

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 dependence

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 well what are

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 the consequences

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 if we as individuals

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 have this sense

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 of being utterly

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 dependent on God

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 for everything

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 I suppose

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 the one word

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 that has been

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 in my mind

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 as I've reflected

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 on that

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 is the word

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 gratitude

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 if we

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 do not seek

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 to go about life

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 absolutely

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 self-sufficient

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 but if we

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 recognise

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 that our

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 every breath

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 and our

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 every need

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 is utterly

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 in God's

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 hands

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 to provide

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 and we

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 are not

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 sufficient

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 for anything

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 and we

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 then discover

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 that God

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 provides for us

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 in so many

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 ways

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 surely the

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 response

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 ought to be

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 one

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 of

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 outpouring

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 gratitude

00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:09.880
 to God

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 I was reading

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 a book

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 this week

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 called

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 Ruthless

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 Trust

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 and the

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 author

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 speaks

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 of spending

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 some time

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 with a group

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 of older

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 black women

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 in the deep

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 south of America

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 down in New

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 Orleans

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 and his

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 comment

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 was that

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 the one

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 phrase

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 that he

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 heard these

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 women say

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 time and

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:31.059
 time again

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 day after

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 day was

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 this

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 thank you

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 Jesus

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 thank you

00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:37.679
 Jesus

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 thank you

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 Jesus

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 what are

00:19:42.879 --> 00:19:43.339
 our levels

00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:44.119
 of gratitude

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 folks

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 to Jesus

00:19:46.199 --> 00:19:47.359
 for all

00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:47.799
 that he

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 is doing

00:19:48.459 --> 00:19:49.539
 for us

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 and in

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 our lives

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 I wonder

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 if we're

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 marked more

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 by a sense

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 of grumbling

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 than we

00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:56.580
 are by a

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 sense of

00:19:57.120 --> 00:19:57.980
 gratitude

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 and I

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 look into

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 my own

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 heart and

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.200
 life with

00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:01.880
 that challenge

00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.759
 before I

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 look out

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 and present

00:20:03.800 --> 00:20:04.280
 it to

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 any

00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:05.580
 others

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 there was

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 also a

00:20:07.080 --> 00:20:07.520
 story that

00:20:07.520 --> 00:20:07.920
 I read

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:08.360
 of a

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 woman who

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 was

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 desperately

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 ill in

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 hospital

00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:12.240
 and

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 gradually

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 her

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.840
 physical

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 functions

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.180
 were becoming

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 increasingly

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 impaired

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 but she

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 was someone

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 who was

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 looking

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 to

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 Jesus

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:21.279
 and a

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 young man

00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.019
 went in

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 to visit

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 her in

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 the hospital

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 and she

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 said to

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 him I'm

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 just so

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 grateful to

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 Jesus

00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:29.140
 for the

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 fact that

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 I still

00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:31.100
 have the

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 power to

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.259
 move my

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 neck and

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 my head

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:34.420
 even though

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 there was

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.319
 no power

00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:35.680
 to move

00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:36.019
 any other

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.420
 part of

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 her body

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 and he

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 said that's

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 wonderful

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 and he

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 visited her

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 a few weeks

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 later and

00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.360
 the power

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 to move

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 her head

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 and neck

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 had gone

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 and she

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 said I'm

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 just so

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 thankful to

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 Jesus

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 that I

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 still have

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 the power

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 to see

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 and hear

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 and he

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 said to her

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 in the course

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 of that

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 visit he

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 said that's

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 wonderful he

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 said but

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 what will

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 happen when

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 you can no

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 longer see

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 and hear

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 she said I'll

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 just be so

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 thankful to

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 Jesus that

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 you still come

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 and visit

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 me and I

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 was touched

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 by that

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 simple

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 example

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 of gratitude

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 and I

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 wonder if

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 some of us

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 are wasting

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 our time

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 and our

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 energy

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 grumbling

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 rather than

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 being grateful

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 I wonder if

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 some of us

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 need to

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 recapture a

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 sense of

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 childlike

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 dependence on

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 God

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 for everything

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 and if in

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 doing so

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 we might find

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 ourselves

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 increasingly

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 grateful

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 for all

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 the ways

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 in which

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 he provides

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 our daily

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 bread

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 but as I

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 close I

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 want to

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 recognize

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 that for

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 some of us

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 we may be

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 struggling a

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 bit with

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 the fact

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 that we

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 feel we

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 have been

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 praying for

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 things and

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 we've not yet

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 seen the

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 answer

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 we have been

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 praying for

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 daily bread

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 we've been

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 praying for

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 the job

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 we've been

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 praying for

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 the better

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 health

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 we've been

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 praying for

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 the renewed

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 energy

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 and we feel

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 it's just

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 not happening

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 and there we

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 see our

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 childlike

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 dependence

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 being tested

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 because we're

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 asking and it

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 doesn't seem to

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 be happening

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 and maybe we

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 can learn from

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 the children as

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 they were

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 speaking about

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 waiting

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 or maybe we

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 can learn from

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 people like

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 Joni Erex and

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 Tada who

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 writes this

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 when life is

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 rosy we may

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 slide by with

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 knowing about

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 Jesus

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 with imitating

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 him and

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 quoting him

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 and speaking

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 of him

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 but only in

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 suffering do

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 we know

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 Jesus

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 we learn

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 things about

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 God in

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 suffering that

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 we cannot

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 learn any

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 other way

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 now I

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 can't do

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 justice to

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 that topic

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 in the time

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 that we've

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 got

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 it's something

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 that we can

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 maybe discuss

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 with each

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 other why is

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 it that

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 sometimes it

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 seems that our

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 prayers to

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 our good

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 father do

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 not receive

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 the answer

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 that we expect

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 or the answer

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 that we want

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 but as we

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 think of our

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 encouragement

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 today to be

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 people who

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 will simply

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 trust and

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 depend on

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 God

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 let's finish

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 with this

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 one verse

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 from God's

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 word

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 1st John

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 chapter 4

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 verse 16

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 says this

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 we know

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 and rely

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 on the

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 love

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 God has

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 for us

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 maybe that's

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 a verse for

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 some of you

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 this week

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 to take into

00:23:44.040 --> 00:23:45.800
 whatever situation

00:23:45.800 --> 00:23:46.720
 you are

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 facing

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 God encourages

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 all of us

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 to be people

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 of childlike

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 continual

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 and collective

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 dependence on

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 him

00:23:57.179 --> 00:23:58.459
 who can say

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 no matter

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 the circumstances

00:24:00.439 --> 00:24:01.479
 or no matter

00:24:01.479 --> 00:24:02.519
 the challenges

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.779
 whether we feel

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.779
 that the larders

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.500
 are full

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.659
 or are empty

00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:08.119
 we know

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:09.659
 and rely

00:24:09.659 --> 00:24:10.119
 on

00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:11.219
 the love

00:24:11.219 --> 00:24:12.599
 God has

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 for us

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 let's pause

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:16.759
 reflect on this

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.740
 and pray together

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:32.859
 thank you

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.160
 Jesus

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:34.359
 thank you

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:34.599
 Jesus

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.180
 for all

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.700
 the ways

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.279
 in which

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.099
 you are

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:38.120
 providing

00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:39.000
 for us

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:40.680
 for our

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.160
 physical

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.680
 needs

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.500
 thank you

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.680
 that we

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.099
 can bring

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.480
 them to

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:43.720
 you

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.779
 thank you

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:44.940
 there's

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.160
 nothing

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:46.120
 too small

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.620
 to bring

00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.099
 to you

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:48.959
 for our

00:24:48.959 --> 00:24:49.539
 spiritual

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.079
 needs

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:51.459
 thank you

00:24:51.459 --> 00:24:51.779
 Jesus

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.379
 for the way

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:52.679
 in which

00:24:52.679 --> 00:24:52.979
 you have

00:24:52.979 --> 00:24:53.379
 provided

00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:53.899
 life

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:54.659
 and salvation

00:24:54.659 --> 00:24:55.359
 through your

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.839
 own sacrifice

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:58.019
 on the cross

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.699
 for us

00:24:58.699 --> 00:24:59.779
 thank you

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.239
 Jesus

00:25:00.239 --> 00:25:01.259
 may we be

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.679
 people

00:25:01.679 --> 00:25:02.359
 may we be

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:03.059
 a church

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:05.119
 that relies

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.619
 on

00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:07.219
 that depends

00:25:07.219 --> 00:25:07.679
 on

00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:08.839
 and that

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.439
 looks to

00:25:09.439 --> 00:25:09.759
 you

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:11.279
 for all

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:12.500
 in this

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.959
 life

00:25:12.959 --> 00:25:14.039
 Amen

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:24.059
 you

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:29.039
 you

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:33.079
 you

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.539
 you

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:33.879
 you

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.859
 you

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.259
 you

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:37.480
 you

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:37.680
 you

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.759
 you