WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.179
 Once upon a time, there was a small box that sat in the middle of your living room.

00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:10.859
 It came in black and white.

00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:15.880
 And it was only on for a few hours every day.

00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:22.240
 And you'd have, almost like the Bible sat beside it for some, called the Radio Times.

00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:27.839
 And you would wait for your favourite programme to come on,

00:00:27.839 --> 00:00:32.539
 albeit Andy Pandy or Muffin the Mule.

00:00:33.740 --> 00:00:37.700
 But in between, you would get an interesting interlude.

00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:41.079
 And it would look something like this.

00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:43.560
 There's a thing called the Potter's Wheel.

00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:45.820
 And I don't know whether you remember them.

00:00:45.899 --> 00:00:49.600
 There were several ones where you would get this interlude of black and white,

00:00:49.740 --> 00:00:53.079
 of somebody moulding the clay.

00:00:53.340 --> 00:00:56.240
 And it was lovely because there was an anticipation,

00:00:56.240 --> 00:01:03.539
 because you knew that something was coming while this thing was being moulded away.

00:01:04.540 --> 00:01:07.960
 My goodness, we're all showing our age this morning.

00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:11.900
 For anybody here, young people, look it up on YouTube.

00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:17.700
 I was thinking there has to be a biblical imperative.

00:01:17.700 --> 00:01:18.900
 Let's just have a think.

00:01:19.820 --> 00:01:22.159
 Because while we're waiting for this thing,

00:01:22.260 --> 00:01:26.280
 we're waiting for something that is really exciting in this thing of Advent.

00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:30.060
 And while we're waiting, what are the things that are most important to you?

00:01:30.960 --> 00:01:33.960
 And I'm challenged because I'm going to ask you a question.

00:01:34.520 --> 00:01:36.500
 If you had to leave your house quickly,

00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:41.760
 what are the three things that you would grab before you go?

00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:45.120
 Now, just a bit of advice here.

00:01:45.240 --> 00:01:47.000
 If you are a married couple here,

00:01:47.340 --> 00:01:48.980
 the first one is to say,

00:01:49.340 --> 00:01:50.280
 you my sweet,

00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:52.580
 not the dog,

00:01:53.260 --> 00:01:55.140
 and not your insurance policy.

00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:56.060
 Okay.

00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:57.840
 So I'm just going to ask you,

00:01:57.960 --> 00:02:00.439
 three things that you would take

00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:03.860
 if you had to grab them

00:02:03.860 --> 00:02:05.240
 to go quickly.

00:02:05.600 --> 00:02:06.620
 I will give you a minute

00:02:06.620 --> 00:02:08.920
 just to talk or think amongst yourselves

00:02:08.920 --> 00:02:11.200
 as to what those three things might be.

00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:15.179
 The thing is,

00:02:15.259 --> 00:02:16.239
 the imperative is,

00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:18.060
 is that this reading this morning,

00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:18.840
 the first of Advent,

00:02:19.019 --> 00:02:19.859
 makes me think,

00:02:20.079 --> 00:02:21.539
 what is important to us?

00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:23.780
 What is the most important thing

00:02:23.780 --> 00:02:25.699
 as we move into this time,

00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:28.199
 this time of anticipation?

00:02:28.659 --> 00:02:32.340
 Also, a bit of an interlude

00:02:32.340 --> 00:02:34.939
 to actually think and focus

00:02:34.939 --> 00:02:37.479
 on what is God's imperative.

00:02:37.959 --> 00:02:39.500
 What is important to us?

00:02:39.780 --> 00:02:40.739
 But most importantly,

00:02:40.740 --> 00:02:41.800
 what is important

00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:43.200
 in our relationship with God?

00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:45.920
 Because this Advent,

00:02:46.060 --> 00:02:47.200
 in time of reflection,

00:02:47.439 --> 00:02:49.700
 expectation, excitement,

00:02:49.860 --> 00:02:50.439
 my goodness,

00:02:50.600 --> 00:02:52.620
 if you had been in fact this morning,

00:02:53.020 --> 00:02:54.240
 the children were wound

00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:56.159
 like a spring already.

00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:57.719
 I don't know who was more excited,

00:02:57.879 --> 00:02:58.460
 them or me.

00:02:58.460 --> 00:03:03.060
 And as we look forward to experiencing

00:03:03.060 --> 00:03:04.980
 this thing that the church,

00:03:05.100 --> 00:03:06.020
 as we as a church,

00:03:06.200 --> 00:03:07.600
 are getting ready for,

00:03:07.819 --> 00:03:10.680
 as we look forward to celebrating

00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:12.500
 this life-changing moment

00:03:12.500 --> 00:03:13.280
 of Emmanuel,

00:03:13.659 --> 00:03:15.700
 God with us,

00:03:15.920 --> 00:03:17.840
 it made me think,

00:03:18.580 --> 00:03:21.939
 so what is important to God?

00:03:21.939 --> 00:03:25.099
 because we can all think

00:03:25.099 --> 00:03:26.939
 of what is important to us,

00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:29.319
 but what is important to God

00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:32.579
 as we move towards this Advent season?

00:03:32.900 --> 00:03:34.460
 What is so important

00:03:34.460 --> 00:03:36.939
 that he was prepared to send

00:03:36.939 --> 00:03:39.419
 and sacrifice his son

00:03:39.419 --> 00:03:42.460
 to save us?

00:03:42.460 --> 00:03:44.820
 My goodness,

00:03:45.920 --> 00:03:47.340
 to think that we

00:03:47.340 --> 00:03:48.960
 are the first thing

00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:50.960
 that he would think about saving.

00:03:51.920 --> 00:03:53.560
 Never mind everything else,

00:03:53.700 --> 00:03:54.640
 never mind what else,

00:03:55.040 --> 00:03:56.439
 we were the ones

00:03:56.439 --> 00:03:57.980
 that he was thinking about.

00:03:57.979 --> 00:03:59.859
 And what was that

00:03:59.859 --> 00:04:01.179
 made him so important,

00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:03.379
 so much that he would become flesh,

00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:05.179
 that he would become a child,

00:04:05.259 --> 00:04:06.599
 and you don't get any more vulnerable

00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:07.399
 than a child,

00:04:07.739 --> 00:04:09.579
 to come into this world

00:04:09.579 --> 00:04:10.939
 in order to engage

00:04:10.939 --> 00:04:11.939
 with our humanity,

00:04:12.379 --> 00:04:13.319
 in order to save

00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:14.459
 that which was precious,

00:04:14.819 --> 00:04:15.439
 which is us,

00:04:15.539 --> 00:04:16.319
 which is you and me,

00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:17.099
 which is the ones

00:04:17.099 --> 00:04:18.719
 he actually came to save.

00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:20.519
 That focuses me

00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:21.759
 in this interlude

00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:24.639
 because we can't ignore it.

00:04:25.939 --> 00:04:26.759
 And you may say

00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:27.959
 in the light of the news,

00:04:27.980 --> 00:04:29.860
 are we worth saving?

00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:31.439
 You know,

00:04:31.819 --> 00:04:33.220
 I looked at that last night

00:04:33.220 --> 00:04:33.640
 and I looked,

00:04:33.819 --> 00:04:34.680
 my goodness.

00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:37.920
 But yet he still doesn't give up.

00:04:38.520 --> 00:04:40.400
 That he chooses you and me

00:04:40.400 --> 00:04:41.840
 in a rebellious world

00:04:41.840 --> 00:04:42.879
 to come.

00:04:42.960 --> 00:04:44.060
 And here is Isaiah

00:04:44.060 --> 00:04:45.360
 pouring out

00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:47.960
 what is still as fresh today

00:04:47.960 --> 00:04:48.960
 as it was then

00:04:48.960 --> 00:04:49.800
 for a people

00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:51.420
 who had turned away from God.

00:04:51.700 --> 00:04:52.379
 And God says,

00:04:52.540 --> 00:04:53.480
 actually I'm going to come

00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:55.379
 and do something about that for you.

00:04:56.100 --> 00:04:57.100
 And here it is,

00:04:57.100 --> 00:04:58.020
 there are places

00:04:58.020 --> 00:05:00.160
 found in this reading

00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:01.180
 and confession,

00:05:01.980 --> 00:05:02.460
 you know,

00:05:02.960 --> 00:05:04.860
 that we are like filthy rags.

00:05:06.100 --> 00:05:06.939
 My goodness,

00:05:07.160 --> 00:05:08.680
 it doesn't get any clearer

00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:09.300
 than that

00:05:09.300 --> 00:05:10.540
 in a context

00:05:10.540 --> 00:05:12.020
 of what Isaiah was speaking to.

00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:13.700
 And yet,

00:05:13.939 --> 00:05:14.860
 he still comes

00:05:14.860 --> 00:05:15.900
 to save us.

00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:18.980
 Israel's desire for God

00:05:18.980 --> 00:05:21.000
 to tear open the heavens

00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:22.800
 and come down,

00:05:23.339 --> 00:05:24.560
 to tear open

00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:27.839
 and suddenly have this huge awakening.

00:05:28.399 --> 00:05:29.959
 And here it is in Jesus.

00:05:30.300 --> 00:05:31.720
 Here is the answer to prayer.

00:05:32.100 --> 00:05:32.939
 Here is the answer

00:05:32.939 --> 00:05:34.220
 to Isaiah's desire.

00:05:34.579 --> 00:05:35.319
 Here is the answer

00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:36.579
 to God's desire,

00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:38.120
 the coming of Jesus.

00:05:38.339 --> 00:05:39.319
 The coming of Jesus

00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:40.019
 in a manger.

00:05:40.420 --> 00:05:41.480
 The coming of Jesus

00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:42.439
 to judge the world.

00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:43.800
 The coming of Jesus

00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:45.060
 so that we can have

00:05:45.060 --> 00:05:46.120
 kingdom values.

00:05:46.459 --> 00:05:47.459
 The coming of Jesus

00:05:47.459 --> 00:05:48.659
 so that we can have

00:05:48.659 --> 00:05:49.639
 hope

00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:52.639
 and a life.

00:05:54.399 --> 00:05:55.439
 And God says,

00:05:55.939 --> 00:05:57.339
 it's okay,

00:05:57.439 --> 00:05:57.979
 let's do it.

00:05:59.180 --> 00:05:59.959
 It's okay,

00:06:00.060 --> 00:06:00.419
 Isaiah,

00:06:00.699 --> 00:06:01.740
 let's do it then.

00:06:03.139 --> 00:06:04.479
 And that's when it happens.

00:06:05.479 --> 00:06:06.439
 And if your prayer

00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:07.199
 like mine is,

00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:08.339
 let's make a difference

00:06:08.339 --> 00:06:09.279
 to the community,

00:06:09.699 --> 00:06:10.719
 then be encouraged

00:06:10.719 --> 00:06:11.419
 in this Advent

00:06:11.420 --> 00:06:12.840
 because God says

00:06:12.840 --> 00:06:13.939
 in this reading

00:06:13.939 --> 00:06:15.160
 and to Isaiah

00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:15.939
 and to us,

00:06:16.220 --> 00:06:16.740
 okay then,

00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:17.860
 let's do it.

00:06:18.939 --> 00:06:20.400
 Let's do this thing

00:06:20.400 --> 00:06:21.220
 together

00:06:21.220 --> 00:06:22.720
 because God's work

00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:23.420
 of salvation

00:06:23.420 --> 00:06:24.480
 hasn't stopped

00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:26.759
 and we are still part

00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:28.560
 of the salvation story.

00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:31.220
 So what's our part?

00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:32.920
 What is most important

00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:34.040
 to us

00:06:34.040 --> 00:06:35.259
 when God says,

00:06:35.840 --> 00:06:36.639
 let's do it?

00:06:38.300 --> 00:06:38.980
 Perhaps

00:06:38.980 --> 00:06:40.200
 your heart

00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:41.019
 this Advent

00:06:41.019 --> 00:06:43.479
 is to inspire

00:06:43.479 --> 00:06:44.740
 and ignite

00:06:44.740 --> 00:06:46.000
 the community

00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:46.839
 in which you work

00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:47.259
 and live.

00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:48.959
 Every day

00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:50.060
 might seem mundane

00:06:50.060 --> 00:06:51.819
 but for something

00:06:51.819 --> 00:06:52.539
 to come,

00:06:52.980 --> 00:06:53.839
 light the candle

00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:55.639
 to ignite something

00:06:55.639 --> 00:06:56.879
 that's afresh

00:06:56.879 --> 00:06:57.819
 in you

00:06:57.819 --> 00:06:59.180
 and in us

00:06:59.180 --> 00:07:00.620
 and in our community.

00:07:01.159 --> 00:07:02.459
 What does that take

00:07:02.459 --> 00:07:03.579
 for us to do?

00:07:04.740 --> 00:07:07.120
 And I'm so inspired

00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:10.139
 by people

00:07:10.139 --> 00:07:11.240
 who have done

00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:11.860
 that in life

00:07:11.860 --> 00:07:12.740
 like John Wesley.

00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:14.480
 John Wesley

00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:15.639
 who decided

00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:16.420
 that to spark

00:07:16.420 --> 00:07:16.980
 a nation

00:07:16.980 --> 00:07:18.139
 he would actually

00:07:18.139 --> 00:07:19.699
 get out of the church

00:07:19.699 --> 00:07:20.759
 and would go

00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:21.420
 and preach

00:07:21.420 --> 00:07:22.860
 outside of mines

00:07:22.860 --> 00:07:24.920
 and in works

00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:26.620
 of people's

00:07:26.620 --> 00:07:27.500
 workplaces.

00:07:28.500 --> 00:07:29.240
 He saw

00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:30.360
 transformation

00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:31.920
 of life

00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:33.120
 because he was

00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:33.819
 called out

00:07:33.819 --> 00:07:34.840
 of what he was doing

00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:35.659
 and people

00:07:35.659 --> 00:07:36.539
 got the spark

00:07:36.539 --> 00:07:37.379
 and they saw

00:07:37.379 --> 00:07:37.919
 revival.

00:07:38.659 --> 00:07:39.560
 And it says

00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:40.319
 come down

00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:41.299
 ignite the world

00:07:41.299 --> 00:07:42.000
 in revival

00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:43.379
 rend the heavens

00:07:43.379 --> 00:07:44.399
 break out

00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:45.759
 and make a difference

00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:47.000
 and people did.

00:07:47.500 --> 00:07:48.000
 He preached

00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:48.939
 so much

00:07:48.939 --> 00:07:49.879
 that the workers

00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:51.099
 who had previously

00:07:51.099 --> 00:07:52.699
 gone with their wages

00:07:52.699 --> 00:07:54.120
 and just drunk them

00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:55.319
 at the end of the day

00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:56.879
 suddenly went home

00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:58.159
 and saw a new way

00:07:58.159 --> 00:07:59.039
 of doing life

00:07:59.039 --> 00:08:00.319
 and because of that

00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:01.239
 family life

00:08:01.239 --> 00:08:02.199
 was transformed

00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:03.479
 family life

00:08:03.479 --> 00:08:04.039
 was changed.

00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:05.200
 The culture

00:08:05.200 --> 00:08:07.000
 of this country

00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:08.140
 shifted

00:08:08.140 --> 00:08:10.420
 and I don't know

00:08:10.420 --> 00:08:10.819
 about you

00:08:10.819 --> 00:08:11.980
 that's what I think

00:08:11.980 --> 00:08:14.120
 I want to see a shift

00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:15.700
 I think we all

00:08:15.700 --> 00:08:16.680
 want to see a shift

00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:17.900
 a shift

00:08:17.900 --> 00:08:18.900
 in what is new

00:08:18.900 --> 00:08:19.680
 of what God

00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:20.240
 can do

00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:21.080
 in us

00:08:21.080 --> 00:08:22.259
 and through us

00:08:22.259 --> 00:08:23.320
 and I know

00:08:23.320 --> 00:08:24.180
 this is a strange

00:08:24.180 --> 00:08:24.660
 concept

00:08:24.660 --> 00:08:25.379
 but the important

00:08:25.379 --> 00:08:26.040
 things to me

00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:27.220
 aren't the material

00:08:27.220 --> 00:08:27.800
 things

00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:29.460
 it was people

00:08:29.460 --> 00:08:30.300
 like Wesley

00:08:30.300 --> 00:08:31.160
 and others

00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:32.600
 that were inspired

00:08:32.600 --> 00:08:35.000
 by this shift

00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:37.500
 that we can see

00:08:37.500 --> 00:08:39.240
 that we can be part of

00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:41.879
 and you might be saying

00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:43.120
 that how can we do that

00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:46.220
 for part of my 60th

00:08:46.220 --> 00:08:47.080
 birthday present

00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:48.139
 Mandy bought me

00:08:48.139 --> 00:08:48.700
 a ticket

00:08:48.700 --> 00:08:50.240
 to go and see

00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:51.740
 Love Actually live

00:08:51.740 --> 00:08:53.080
 I don't know

00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:53.920
 whether you've seen it

00:08:53.920 --> 00:08:55.200
 it's amazing

00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:56.180
 if you get the chance

00:08:56.180 --> 00:08:56.600
 to go

00:08:56.600 --> 00:08:58.279
 they have a full orchestra

00:08:58.279 --> 00:08:59.959
 at the Colston Hall

00:08:59.959 --> 00:09:01.679
 and you watch the film

00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:03.039
 but the orchestra

00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:03.959
 play the music

00:09:03.959 --> 00:09:05.019
 you don't know

00:09:05.019 --> 00:09:05.779
 what to watch

00:09:05.779 --> 00:09:06.339
 the film

00:09:06.339 --> 00:09:07.199
 or the orchestra

00:09:07.199 --> 00:09:10.059
 but the whole essence

00:09:10.059 --> 00:09:11.439
 of looking at that film

00:09:11.439 --> 00:09:12.039
 afresh

00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:12.860
 was

00:09:12.860 --> 00:09:13.939
 love

00:09:13.939 --> 00:09:15.620
 actually

00:09:15.620 --> 00:09:17.519
 is still alive

00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:18.000
 and real

00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:20.000
 and I think

00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:20.600
 sometimes

00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:21.399
 the world

00:09:21.399 --> 00:09:22.379
 needs to know

00:09:22.379 --> 00:09:23.500
 this issue

00:09:23.500 --> 00:09:24.279
 about that

00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:24.679
 love

00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:25.439
 is

00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:26.480
 all around

00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:28.080
 it's just

00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:28.660
 that we need

00:09:28.660 --> 00:09:29.240
 to connect

00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:29.660
 with it

00:09:29.660 --> 00:09:31.840
 this weekend

00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:33.020
 there will be

00:09:33.020 --> 00:09:34.360
 an amazing opportunity

00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:36.280
 to show love

00:09:36.280 --> 00:09:37.340
 you've had a dedicated

00:09:37.340 --> 00:09:38.040
 team

00:09:38.040 --> 00:09:39.400
 that have already

00:09:39.400 --> 00:09:39.860
 been doing

00:09:39.860 --> 00:09:40.620
 a lot of planning

00:09:40.620 --> 00:09:41.340
 and this place

00:09:41.340 --> 00:09:42.080
 will be full

00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:43.100
 of Christmas trees

00:09:43.100 --> 00:09:44.860
 and people

00:09:44.860 --> 00:09:45.460
 will come

00:09:45.460 --> 00:09:46.900
 people will talk

00:09:46.900 --> 00:09:48.160
 people will celebrate

00:09:48.160 --> 00:09:48.880
 if you were here

00:09:48.880 --> 00:09:49.560
 last Sunday

00:09:49.560 --> 00:09:50.300
 you would have

00:09:50.300 --> 00:09:51.460
 witnessed the baptism

00:09:51.460 --> 00:09:52.640
 that was here

00:09:52.640 --> 00:09:53.080
 why?

00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:54.420
 because somebody

00:09:54.419 --> 00:09:55.339
 was invited

00:09:55.339 --> 00:09:56.559
 and came

00:09:56.559 --> 00:09:57.879
 to a Christmas tree

00:09:57.879 --> 00:09:58.379
 festival

00:09:58.379 --> 00:10:00.099
 they came

00:10:00.099 --> 00:10:01.099
 they sat

00:10:01.099 --> 00:10:01.979
 at the back

00:10:01.979 --> 00:10:03.559
 and because of that

00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:04.319
 for them

00:10:04.319 --> 00:10:04.979
 there was a

00:10:04.979 --> 00:10:05.839
 reigniting

00:10:05.839 --> 00:10:06.740
 and awakening

00:10:06.740 --> 00:10:07.719
 in their lives

00:10:07.719 --> 00:10:09.079
 and Steve Hargreaves

00:10:09.079 --> 00:10:10.259
 and his children

00:10:10.259 --> 00:10:11.419
 were baptised

00:10:11.419 --> 00:10:11.839
 together

00:10:11.839 --> 00:10:12.839
 what a glorious

00:10:12.839 --> 00:10:13.459
 celebration

00:10:13.459 --> 00:10:14.120
 that was

00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:16.500
 the thing is

00:10:16.500 --> 00:10:17.279
 there is this

00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:18.419
 reignition

00:10:18.419 --> 00:10:20.879
 of hope

00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:22.319
 within our community

00:10:22.319 --> 00:10:23.399
 that starts

00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:24.000
 with us

00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:25.879
 and we think

00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:26.600
 it's difficult

00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:27.579
 but it's not

00:10:27.579 --> 00:10:28.759
 it's about

00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:29.519
 love actually

00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:31.459
 and all we need

00:10:31.459 --> 00:10:31.899
 to do

00:10:31.899 --> 00:10:32.980
 is be alongside

00:10:32.980 --> 00:10:33.639
 people

00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:35.019
 and show them

00:10:35.019 --> 00:10:35.699
 God's love

00:10:35.699 --> 00:10:37.419
 to speak with them

00:10:37.419 --> 00:10:38.299
 to share with them

00:10:38.299 --> 00:10:39.279
 to smile at them

00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:40.299
 to encourage them

00:10:40.299 --> 00:10:41.459
 to tell them

00:10:41.459 --> 00:10:42.340
 the good news

00:10:42.340 --> 00:10:43.579
 that they actually

00:10:43.579 --> 00:10:45.159
 really want to hear

00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:46.500
 because desperately

00:10:46.500 --> 00:10:47.100
 they know

00:10:47.100 --> 00:10:47.659
 there's something

00:10:47.659 --> 00:10:48.120
 missing

00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:49.740
 and my goodness

00:10:49.740 --> 00:10:50.720
 does this country

00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:51.379
 know that there's

00:10:51.379 --> 00:10:52.179
 something missing

00:10:52.179 --> 00:10:53.359
 if I hear Brexit

00:10:53.359 --> 00:10:54.419
 again on the radio

00:10:54.419 --> 00:10:55.519
 I think

00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:55.979
 no

00:10:55.979 --> 00:10:56.739
 the tower's

00:10:56.739 --> 00:10:57.559
 not tall enough

00:10:57.559 --> 00:10:58.739
 but it's

00:10:58.739 --> 00:10:59.059
 you know

00:10:59.059 --> 00:11:00.039
 it's just

00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:01.159
 my goodness

00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:03.219
 we need

00:11:03.219 --> 00:11:04.279
 some hope

00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:04.839
 and some

00:11:04.839 --> 00:11:05.419
 encouragement

00:11:05.419 --> 00:11:07.120
 and in that

00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:08.659
 1950s intermission

00:11:08.659 --> 00:11:09.599
 in the interlude

00:11:09.599 --> 00:11:10.579
 perhaps something

00:11:10.579 --> 00:11:11.339
 we need again

00:11:11.339 --> 00:11:12.179
 in our lives

00:11:12.179 --> 00:11:13.539
 is to realise

00:11:13.539 --> 00:11:14.399
 that there's

00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:15.620
 this anticipation

00:11:15.620 --> 00:11:16.479
 and expectation

00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:18.379
 of something

00:11:18.379 --> 00:11:19.340
 coming

00:11:19.340 --> 00:11:20.639
 at the end

00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:21.159
 of the day

00:11:21.159 --> 00:11:22.159
 the message

00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:22.860
 of Advent

00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:23.840
 is

00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:25.500
 what was

00:11:25.500 --> 00:11:25.920
 God's

00:11:25.920 --> 00:11:26.519
 priority

00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:28.480
 what was

00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:28.820
 God's

00:11:28.820 --> 00:11:29.379
 priority

00:11:29.379 --> 00:11:30.220
 and what

00:11:30.220 --> 00:11:30.840
 will our

00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:31.680
 be priority

00:11:31.680 --> 00:11:32.759
 in this interlude

00:11:32.759 --> 00:11:34.039
 I pray

00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:34.460
 on this

00:11:34.460 --> 00:11:35.139
 first day

00:11:35.139 --> 00:11:35.580
 of Advent

00:11:35.580 --> 00:11:37.139
 that we would

00:11:37.139 --> 00:11:37.580
 go away

00:11:37.580 --> 00:11:38.159
 from here

00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:39.159
 thinking

00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:40.399
 and praying

00:11:40.399 --> 00:11:41.259
 what our

00:11:41.259 --> 00:11:42.320
 priority is

00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:42.980
 and our

00:11:42.980 --> 00:11:43.620
 priority

00:11:43.620 --> 00:11:44.779
 is to carry

00:11:44.779 --> 00:11:45.740
 on salvation's

00:11:45.740 --> 00:11:46.019
 work

00:11:46.019 --> 00:11:46.840
 to see

00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:47.440
 people

00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:48.500
 come to

00:11:48.500 --> 00:11:48.919
 know him

00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:49.720
 I will tell

00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:50.159
 you again

00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:51.320
 I can't

00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:51.759
 carry

00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:52.700
 people

00:11:52.700 --> 00:11:53.320
 into the

00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:53.799
 kingdom of

00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:54.019
 God

00:11:54.019 --> 00:11:54.960
 it's not

00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:55.440
 our job

00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:56.840
 but what

00:11:56.840 --> 00:11:57.480
 we can do

00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:58.240
 is we can

00:11:58.240 --> 00:11:58.879
 introduce

00:11:58.879 --> 00:11:59.539
 people

00:11:59.539 --> 00:12:00.580
 to Jesus

00:12:00.580 --> 00:12:02.440
 and that's

00:12:02.440 --> 00:12:02.779
 what we're

00:12:02.779 --> 00:12:03.340
 called to do