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 so who is Jesus our passage this morning was Jesus asking who who do people say I am

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 who do people say I am I wonder what the answer would be in our world today who do people think

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 Jesus is the alpha course and which some of you may have heard of has gone around the whole world

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 asking people who is Jesus and there are clips of some of their answers some of them saying he's a

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 religious man some of them saying he's a god of many one person said he's a cool guy that gave great

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 advice and a long time ago and it kind of snowballed from there maybe just a cool guy then

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 I wonder who you would say Jesus is to you today and my next question for you to think on your own is

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 whoever whatever your answer was or if you're maybe still thinking about it I wonder how that answer

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 carries out into your everyday life what does that actually mean for Jesus to be who you say he is

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 for Peter in this passage he says Jesus you're the Messiah the son of God

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 and what does he mean by that well Messiah means someone chosen from God as someone anointed to

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 come and redeem the world to come and take on all of the wrongdoings and the iniquities and bear them

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 in order that others can have a relationship with God to bear all of those pains those sins

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 that's what Messiah is but do you think Peter really understood what that meant perhaps when he was saying

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 when he was rebuking Jesus for saying what he was going to do

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 he didn't seem to truly understand the meaning of what he was claiming Jesus to be

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 now today and we're talking about sacrifice as Clive has mentioned

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 and which is in our series of covenant meaning making commitment a commitment to God

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 and throughout the Bible sacrifice is is shown through that from the very beginning all the way through

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 to Revelation there are stories of what sacrifice really means and I'd describe it as being to fully

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 surrender something as an offering in order for for a cause so in other words to fully give something

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 in order that that cause can be made aligned

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 for example when Jesus died on the cross his sacrifice was to pay the ultimate price for the world's sins

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 for the world's wrongdoings in order that we might come into a right relationship with God again

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 that was his sacrifice for us

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 now in the book of Mark and and as a side note if you haven't read the whole book of Mark all the way

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 through or even listened to it on an audiobook I'd really encourage you to do so because the whole of it

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 is like a dramatic kind of reading of revealing who Jesus is and on this kind of journey to the cross

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 and but that's the side note go and do that because it's great

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 and but at this point in Mark's gospel in chapter 8 there's there's been all of this lead up to kind of

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 wondering who is Jesus who is this man that's doing all of these miracles and healing people and

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 feeding so many people and and his identity has been concealed but here Peter kind of reveals who he is

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 and so Jesus sort of explains what that truly means what the cost might be for his followers

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 Jesus says if you want to become my follower you must deny yourselves take up your cross and follow me

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 now this is a really hard message to give today and I don't give it at all as a

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 sense of knowing the answers it's a struggle for me to hear but here we are there's there's truth here

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 there's Jesus's words saying come and follow me at this cost at this sacrifice

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 now I've tried to written a bit of a poem to help us kind of engage in the tension of what's going on in

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 this passage so I wonder as I read it perhaps put yourself in the position of one of Jesus's disciples

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 one of his followers or maybe even Peter

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 Jesus explains the suffering and pain he must face that he is called to make a sacrifice in our place

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 before he is raised to life again

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 Peter doesn't like what he hears so tries to stop Jesus in his flow saying no

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 why should the Messiah die and suffer

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 Peter, Peter, Peter

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 Jesus has eyes fixed on the future

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 where more than just Peter and his friends need a saviour

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 Peter, this battle is for life eternal

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 for the faithful

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 Peter, your eyes are narrow to desires merely human

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 but Jesus sees through the divine lens of the kingdom

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 now perhaps you can empathise with Peter or to his

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 to the listeners around there

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 of this kind of wrestling of what it means

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 for Jesus to suffer

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 why should the Messiah suffer

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 or even

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 why will we suffer

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 and Jesus's response is

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 you're setting your mind

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 not on

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 the divine things

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 but on human things

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 on frail things

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 that will soon fade away

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 how often is it

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 I wonder

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 that the world tells us

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 to earn big

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 to spend

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 huge

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 or to be motivated

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 on pleasures

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 that are just small and instant

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 or to settle for comfort

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 well

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 this is not the words of the kingdom

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 Christ calls us to have

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 our minds set on divine things

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 he is inviting us

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 to put on

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 like kingdom lenses

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 goggles where we

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 see things of the

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 a bit like the upside down

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 it's a bit backwards

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 a bit back to front

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 he says

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 to have life

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 deny yourselves

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 take up your cross

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 and follow me

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 so what's the hope

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 here

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 that we're

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 hearing today

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 well

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 the hope

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 is a promise

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 of life

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 promise of

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 life eternal

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 life to the full

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 life

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 so greater

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 than we could imagine

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 the world

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 groans

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 and longs

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 for a restored

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 order

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 in creation

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 I'm sure

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 it's not difficult

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 to look at the news

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 and to hear

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 the groans

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 of earth

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 the groans

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 of people

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 that there's just

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 something not quite right

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 we're broken

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 and we're fragile

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 but

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 we were made

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 for more

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 than this

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 we were made

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 for more

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 than this

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 we were made

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 for an eternal

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 relationship

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 with God

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 for a restored

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 order

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 with him

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 and Jesus

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 is offering

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 that hope

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 of restored

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 life with God

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 he's offering it

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 he's saying

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 come and follow me

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 come into the way

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 of life eternal

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 but

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 it comes

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 with a cost

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 and we can

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 trust

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 in God's

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 promise

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 for the future

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 that we can't

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 quite fathom

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 and understand

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 today

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 even

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 sometimes

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 in his

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 creation

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 we see

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 those glimmers

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 of beauty

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 I don't know

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 if you managed

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 to get outside

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 in the snow

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 and you saw

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 the kind of

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 glimmers

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 of the snow

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 before anyone

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 had set foot

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 on it

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 just a little

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 glimpse

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 of God's

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 glory

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 God's

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 beauty

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 in creation

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 and his

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 beauty

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 in us

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 so we hope

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 for life

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 eternal

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 for his

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 glorious

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 restored

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 kingdom

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 and the

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 action

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 and response

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 to this

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 is

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 us

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 is sacrifice

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 and sacrifice

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 is to

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 fully surrender

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 not just

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 to dip

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 our toes

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 in

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 and have

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 a little

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 taster

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 or to

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 peer in

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 from the

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 room

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 on the

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 other side

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 of the

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 house

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 it's to

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 fully

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 submerse

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 to fully

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 give

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 ourselves

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 so he

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 says to

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 deny

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 yourself

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 and to

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 take up

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 your

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 cross

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 what does

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 it mean

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 to deny

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 ourselves

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 what is

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 that

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 it's

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 something

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 about being

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 less of us

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 and more

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 of God

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 more of

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 Jesus

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 and less

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 of us

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 and our

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 worldly

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 lens

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 limits

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 our view

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 of God

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 limits our

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 understanding

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 of what

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 that means

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 and I

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 think it's

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 something about

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 our heart

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 attitude

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 today

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 to deny

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 ourselves

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 is something

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 about our

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 heart

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 attitude

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 to following

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 Jesus

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 and how it

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 flows into

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 our actions

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 so

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 what if our

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 heart's desire

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 is to be

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 the best

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 business

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 person

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 to climb

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 the ladder

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 and reach

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 for promotion

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 to get

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 public

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 affirmation

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 or to

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 reach for

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 those big

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 profits

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 but then

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 our heart

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 forgets the

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 neighbour

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 who is a

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 single parent

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 who's struggling

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 to pay

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 for their

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 next meal

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 or what if

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 our heart's

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 desire is

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 to live in

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 comfort

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 to be the

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 best host

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 to max out

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 on your

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 Netflix

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 subscription

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 but then

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 your heart

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 forgets

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 the person

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 at work

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 who lives

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 alone

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 or the

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 person down

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 the street

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 who has

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 no home

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 sometimes

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 we need

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 to put

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 on our

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 kingdom

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 lenses

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 and to

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 lay down

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 those desires

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 that we

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 as humans

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 have

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 in order

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 to live

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 for the

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 sake of

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 God's

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 love

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 for his

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 world

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 so here's

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 our first

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 challenge

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 what are

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 our

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 heart's

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 desires

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 what is

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 it that

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 we really

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 go after

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 what are

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 we striving

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 for

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 is it

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 in line

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 with God's

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 kingdom

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 and then

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 he says

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 take up

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 your cross

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 what does

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 that mean

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 well

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 as we

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 know

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 from

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 Jesus

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 the cross

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 is a

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 symbol

00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:35.140
 of

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 suffering

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 like

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 Jesus

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 he

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 must

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 undergo

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 suffering

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 and

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 so we

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 may also

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 find

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 ourselves

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 following

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 Jesus

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 at a

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 cost

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 there is

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 hope for

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 life eternal

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 but we

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 still live

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 in a

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 broken

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 world

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 therefore

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 Jesus

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 says

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 to have

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 life to

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 the full

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 you must

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 lose your

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 life

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 kind of

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 sounds so

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 hard and

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 hard to

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 hear

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 but the

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 question is

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 are you

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 willing to

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 perhaps be

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 ridiculed

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 at work

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 for

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 for knowing

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 that you

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 follow Jesus

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 and others

00:13:26.019 --> 00:13:26.540
 don't quite

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 understand

00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:29.540
 or are you

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 willing to

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 give up

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 something of

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 your own

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 because you

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 know that

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 someone else

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 could benefit

00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:35.899
 from it

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 more greatly

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 or are you

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 willing to

00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:41.040
 stop watching

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 a TV series

00:13:42.220 --> 00:13:43.259
 because you

00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:43.840
 know it's

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 really not

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 healthy for

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 your relationship

00:13:46.139 --> 00:13:46.759
 with God

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 the question

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 is what is

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 that number

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 one thing

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 that perhaps

00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:55.139
 is a

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 stumbling

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 block

00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:57.120
 from

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 Jesus

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 being the

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 number one

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 person in

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 our lives

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 this is a

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 really hard

00:14:04.419 --> 00:14:04.899
 message

00:14:04.899 --> 00:14:07.919
 but it

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 has hope

00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:10.139
 and it's

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 especially

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 challenging

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 when we

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 truly open

00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:13.259
 our hands

00:14:13.259 --> 00:14:13.799
 to God

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 and say

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 to him

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 okay God

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 what is it

00:14:18.659 --> 00:14:19.340
 allow him

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 fully in

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 it's a

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 little

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 I've got a

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 little story

00:14:25.220 --> 00:14:26.159
 just to

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 kind of help

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 us along

00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:27.600
 the way

00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:28.100
 of being

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 reminded of

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 what it

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 looks like

00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:31.480
 to follow

00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:32.039
 along this

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 journey

00:14:32.379 --> 00:14:34.500
 John and

00:14:34.500 --> 00:14:35.319
 I went

00:14:35.319 --> 00:14:36.360
 hiking up

00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:37.860
 Crib Goch

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 in Snowdon

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 I don't know

00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:39.539
 if any of you

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 have heard of

00:14:40.299 --> 00:14:40.740
 it before

00:14:40.740 --> 00:14:42.200
 this was

00:14:42.200 --> 00:14:43.159
 about a

00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:43.519
 year or

00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:43.980
 two ago

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 and I

00:14:45.259 --> 00:14:45.720
 would generally

00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:46.639
 call myself

00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:47.500
 a keen

00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:47.940
 hiker

00:14:47.940 --> 00:14:48.539
 someone who

00:14:48.539 --> 00:14:49.779
 likes fair

00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:50.399
 weather hiking

00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:51.080
 likes the

00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:51.460
 views

00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:51.960
 likes to

00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:52.419
 take in

00:14:52.419 --> 00:14:52.860
 the fresh

00:14:52.860 --> 00:14:53.120
 air

00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:53.759
 and I

00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:54.159
 was told

00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:54.519
 that there

00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:54.779
 would be

00:14:54.779 --> 00:14:55.220
 lots of

00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:55.860
 this up

00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:56.820
 Crib Goch

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 so I

00:14:58.240 --> 00:14:58.759
 was keen

00:14:58.759 --> 00:14:59.379
 I was keen

00:14:59.379 --> 00:15:00.080
 to go along

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 with the

00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:00.799
 journey

00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:03.279
 perhaps wasn't

00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:04.159
 quite aware

00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:04.720
 of the

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 challenges

00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:05.799
 that I

00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:06.500
 might face

00:15:06.500 --> 00:15:07.879
 and the

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 perilous

00:15:09.060 --> 00:15:09.680
 danger

00:15:09.680 --> 00:15:10.240
 that there

00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:10.799
 may be

00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:11.399
 along the

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 journey

00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:13.480
 and when

00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:14.419
 we arrived

00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:15.200
 John said

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 that's the

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 mountain we're

00:15:16.019 --> 00:15:16.299
 going to

00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:16.879
 climb so I

00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.120
 was like

00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:17.879
 great okay

00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:18.419
 I'm imagining

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 there's going

00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:19.120
 to be a

00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:19.399
 kind of

00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:20.659
 smooth ascent

00:15:20.659 --> 00:15:21.440
 at some

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 point somewhere

00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:22.519
 along the

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 journey

00:15:22.820 --> 00:15:24.100
 but no no

00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:24.560
 we went

00:15:24.560 --> 00:15:25.560
 straight for

00:15:25.560 --> 00:15:26.680
 the direct

00:15:26.680 --> 00:15:27.539
 hill

00:15:27.539 --> 00:15:29.200
 or rock

00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:29.799
 face is

00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:30.379
 probably more

00:15:30.379 --> 00:15:30.799
 of the

00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:31.680
 one

00:15:31.680 --> 00:15:34.799
 and I

00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:35.519
 must admit

00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:36.659
 I was not

00:15:36.659 --> 00:15:37.360
 too happy

00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:38.899
 on the

00:15:38.899 --> 00:15:39.200
 journey

00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:40.200
 and was

00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:40.560
 grumbling

00:15:40.560 --> 00:15:40.940
 a little

00:15:40.940 --> 00:15:41.220
 bit

00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:41.600
 saying

00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:41.860
 this

00:15:41.860 --> 00:15:42.300
 surely

00:15:42.300 --> 00:15:42.740
 cannot

00:15:42.740 --> 00:15:43.139
 be

00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:43.320
 the

00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:43.620
 way

00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:44.820
 surely

00:15:44.820 --> 00:15:45.139
 there's

00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:45.220
 a

00:15:45.220 --> 00:15:45.460
 different

00:15:45.460 --> 00:15:45.759
 way

00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:46.440
 an easier

00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:46.940
 path

00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:48.340
 but

00:15:48.340 --> 00:15:48.860
 John

00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:49.159
 affirmed

00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:49.360
 me

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:49.659
 that

00:15:49.659 --> 00:15:50.700
 he said

00:15:50.700 --> 00:15:51.180
 no this

00:15:51.180 --> 00:15:51.860
 is definitely

00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.340
 the way

00:15:52.340 --> 00:15:53.240
 as there

00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:53.740
 were some

00:15:53.740 --> 00:15:54.700
 five and six

00:15:54.700 --> 00:15:55.060
 year old

00:15:55.060 --> 00:15:55.460
 children

00:15:55.460 --> 00:15:56.200
 going the

00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:56.940
 same path

00:15:56.940 --> 00:15:57.960
 so I was

00:15:57.960 --> 00:15:58.300
 like right

00:15:58.300 --> 00:15:58.639
 okay

00:15:58.639 --> 00:15:59.720
 I probably

00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:00.259
 should follow

00:16:00.259 --> 00:16:00.679
 the way

00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:01.700
 and trust

00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:04.639
 and once

00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:05.120
 we were

00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:06.039
 beginning to

00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:07.100
 climb to

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:07.519
 the top

00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:08.399
 we came

00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:08.939
 to this

00:16:08.939 --> 00:16:10.299
 knife edge

00:16:10.299 --> 00:16:10.879
 ridge

00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:11.379
 is what

00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:11.759
 they call

00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:11.980
 it

00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:13.240
 which you

00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:13.679
 can probably

00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:14.120
 imagine

00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:14.659
 means

00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:15.899
 literally

00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:16.600
 you're walking

00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:17.080
 on a

00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:18.080
 tiny little

00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:18.659
 pathway

00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:19.779
 with a

00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:20.539
 sheer drop

00:16:20.539 --> 00:16:21.019
 face

00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:21.559
 at either

00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:22.159
 side

00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:22.819
 you don't

00:16:22.819 --> 00:16:23.360
 even dare

00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:24.039
 think how

00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:24.759
 far it

00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.120
 is

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:26.879
 and the

00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:27.919
 rain actually

00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:29.139
 started falling

00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:30.379
 as we were

00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:31.360
 just about

00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:31.879
 to go

00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:32.240
 along

00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:32.639
 this

00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:33.720
 rock

00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:34.679
 slippery

00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:35.439
 face

00:16:35.439 --> 00:16:36.379
 with sheer

00:16:36.379 --> 00:16:37.659
 drops

00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:38.500
 either side

00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:39.419
 I don't know

00:16:39.419 --> 00:16:39.879
 if that was

00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:40.860
 what you were

00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.340
 supposed to do

00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:41.620
 or not

00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:42.100
 but John

00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:42.620
 assured me

00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:43.080
 that this

00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:43.419
 is the

00:16:43.419 --> 00:16:43.779
 right way

00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:44.179
 to go

00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:45.559
 so on

00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:45.960
 I went

00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:46.559
 feeling like

00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:47.039
 a mountain

00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:47.480
 goat

00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:48.100
 but using

00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:49.000
 all fours

00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:49.980
 to try

00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:50.379
 not to

00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:50.639
 fall

00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:53.419
 and we

00:16:53.419 --> 00:16:54.000
 made it

00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:55.559
 I don't

00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:55.840
 want to

00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:56.139
 tell you

00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:56.559
 what kind

00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:58.000
 of language

00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:58.720
 I found

00:16:58.720 --> 00:16:59.500
 myself in

00:16:59.500 --> 00:17:00.139
 as we

00:17:00.139 --> 00:17:00.620
 were going

00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:00.920
 along

00:17:00.920 --> 00:17:02.040
 but we

00:17:02.040 --> 00:17:02.660
 did make

00:17:02.660 --> 00:17:02.960
 it and

00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:03.379
 we made

00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:03.899
 it to

00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:04.960
 the top

00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:08.299
 now the

00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:09.180
 reason for

00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:09.660
 me saying

00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.299
 this is

00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:10.839
 that the

00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:11.480
 journey was

00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:12.059
 hard

00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:13.360
 I knew

00:17:13.360 --> 00:17:13.839
 where we

00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:14.279
 were going

00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:14.620
 and I

00:17:14.620 --> 00:17:14.980
 knew that

00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.200
 it was

00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:15.519
 going to

00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:16.160
 be amazing

00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:17.579
 but the

00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:18.160
 journey was

00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:18.960
 really hard

00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:20.799
 and was it

00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:21.360
 worth it

00:17:21.360 --> 00:17:23.279
 yeah it

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 actually

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 absolutely

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 was it

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 was absolutely

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 worth it

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 getting to

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 the top

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 and seeing

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 how we

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 had been

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 held

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 and how

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 we were

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 actually

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 safe

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 all the

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 way

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 it was

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 worth it

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 the fresh

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 air was

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 there

00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:40.240
 the view

00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:40.740
 came out

00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.259
 eventually

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:42.819
 after the

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 cloud lifted

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 following

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 Jesus can

00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:48.079
 sometimes feel

00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:48.539
 like you're

00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:49.279
 climbing this

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 mountain

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 you know

00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:51.220
 that there's

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 a glorious

00:17:51.819 --> 00:17:52.639
 hope at

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 the top

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 but the

00:17:54.199 --> 00:17:54.859
 journey there

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 is really

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 hard

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 the journey

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 there can

00:17:57.639 --> 00:17:58.039
 be

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 faithful

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 we can

00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:01.240
 be striving

00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:02.039
 on to

00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:02.379
 Jesus

00:18:02.379 --> 00:18:04.179
 but we

00:18:04.179 --> 00:18:04.879
 still find

00:18:04.879 --> 00:18:05.480
 it hard

00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:05.980
 we still

00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:06.740
 find rocky

00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.159
 patches

00:18:07.159 --> 00:18:10.699
 and yet

00:18:10.699 --> 00:18:11.899
 the promise

00:18:11.899 --> 00:18:12.459
 of Jesus

00:18:12.459 --> 00:18:13.539
 is he

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 says I've

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 been there

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 I've climbed

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 that mountain

00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:17.339
 as well

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 I've paid

00:18:18.740 --> 00:18:19.259
 the price

00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:19.740
 and I've

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 suffered

00:18:20.159 --> 00:18:21.439
 greatly

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 I know

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 the pain

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 you're

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 going

00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:24.279
 through

00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:26.340
 and so

00:18:26.340 --> 00:18:26.840
 in those

00:18:26.840 --> 00:18:27.259
 moments

00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:27.680
 when we're

00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.019
 on our

00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:28.340
 journey

00:18:28.340 --> 00:18:30.000
 he sits

00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:30.620
 with us

00:18:30.620 --> 00:18:31.860
 he holds

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 our hand

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 and he

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 takes us

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 along

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 so that's

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 the hope

00:18:38.180 --> 00:18:38.500
 that we

00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:38.900
 hold on

00:18:38.900 --> 00:18:39.259
 to for

00:18:39.259 --> 00:18:39.580
 today

00:18:39.580 --> 00:18:41.460
 when we

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:41.880
 struggle

00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:42.480
 when it's

00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:42.820
 hard

00:18:42.820 --> 00:18:43.240
 when we

00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:43.600
 forget

00:18:43.600 --> 00:18:43.960
 God

00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:45.259
 Jesus

00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:45.860
 is always

00:18:45.860 --> 00:18:46.420
 there for

00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:46.759
 us to

00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:47.240
 turn to

00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:47.920
 for us

00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:48.519
 to question

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 he is

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.259
 always

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.599
 there

00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:55.200
 so as

00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:55.500
 I come

00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:55.960
 to close

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 now

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 it is

00:18:58.339 --> 00:18:58.660
 a hard

00:18:58.660 --> 00:18:59.139
 message

00:18:59.139 --> 00:19:00.799
 it can't

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.579
 really be

00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:02.879
 vamped up

00:19:02.879 --> 00:19:03.400
 with a cherry

00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:03.960
 on top

00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:05.759
 but the fact

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.660
 is that there

00:19:06.660 --> 00:19:07.220
 is a hope

00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:07.799
 there's a

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.660
 hilltop

00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:09.420
 with a gorgeous

00:19:09.420 --> 00:19:09.859
 view

00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:10.819
 and that's

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.139
 what we're

00:19:11.139 --> 00:19:11.940
 striving for

00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:12.960
 in and

00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:13.359
 amongst

00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:14.139
 where we

00:19:14.139 --> 00:19:14.480
 find

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:14.960
 ourselves

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:18.920
 but we're

00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:19.200
 going to

00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:19.759
 take a

00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:20.100
 moment

00:19:20.100 --> 00:19:20.700
 in a

00:19:20.700 --> 00:19:21.220
 minute

00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:22.559
 and perhaps

00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:23.480
 the band

00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:24.059
 might come

00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:25.039
 up as

00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:25.259
 well

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:26.840
 and I'd

00:19:26.840 --> 00:19:27.200
 love just

00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:27.700
 to invite

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.299
 us to

00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:29.819
 let God

00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:30.299
 speak to

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:30.779
 us today

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.480
 I can't

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:31.840
 tell us

00:19:31.840 --> 00:19:32.340
 how to

00:19:32.340 --> 00:19:33.559
 live a

00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:34.059
 sacrificial

00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:34.519
 life

00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.259
 that's

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:36.660
 for you

00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:37.059
 and for

00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:37.340
 God

00:19:37.340 --> 00:19:38.360
 to decide

00:19:38.360 --> 00:19:38.819
 what that

00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.440
 looks like

00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:41.600
 and today

00:19:41.600 --> 00:19:42.039
 it might

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.519
 be about

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:43.079
 starting

00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:43.519
 small

00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:44.759
 it might

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.339
 be about

00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:47.019
 giving a

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.339
 little

00:19:47.339 --> 00:19:50.879
 or perhaps

00:19:50.879 --> 00:19:51.740
 you know

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.119
 that there

00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:52.720
 is something

00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:54.059
 for you

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.879
 that is

00:19:54.879 --> 00:19:55.619
 actually a

00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:55.980
 stumbling

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.379
 block

00:19:56.379 --> 00:19:57.720
 that's really

00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:58.460
 stopping you

00:19:58.460 --> 00:19:59.720
 from fully

00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.879
 immersing

00:20:00.879 --> 00:20:01.400
 yourself

00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:02.319
 in Jesus

00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:03.900
 or maybe

00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.599
 it's that you

00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:05.400
 feel actually

00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:06.079
 that you are

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.599
 in the midst

00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:07.139
 of that

00:20:07.139 --> 00:20:07.839
 suffering

00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.980
 that you are

00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.420
 in the midst

00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.079
 of the pain

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:12.160
 and perhaps

00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:12.980
 you need to

00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:13.539
 be reminded

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:14.200
 again by

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:15.079
 Jesus that

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:16.460
 he is there

00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:17.400
 sat with you

00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:18.779
 walking along

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.360
 the journey

00:20:19.360 --> 00:20:19.960
 with you

00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:21.339
 taking you

00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:22.400
 to the

00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:23.339
 glorious life

00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:24.980
 that's ahead

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.839
 of that

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.519
 you

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:27.640
 to the

00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:29.299
 you

00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:30.759
 to go

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.440
 to the

00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:32.400
 what

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.779
 the

00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:36.559
 do

00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:38.079
 as

00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:38.240
 or

00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:40.059
 as

00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:40.620
 or

00:20:40.620 --> 00:20:42.200
 the

00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:42.700
 you

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:45.380
 you