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 For us this morning, we've talked about hope, and we can read hope in scriptures, but there's so many people around us who have no hope.

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! Their life circumstances and their life experiences are so heavy and so burdensome that they can't see through it and see out of it.

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 So this morning, let's talk a little bit about hope.

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 A good definition that I found is hope is a confident expectation.

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 Confident expectation.

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 So something's going to happen, and you're sure it's going to happen, and you place your trust in that.

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 G.K. Chesterton says, hope means hoping when there is no hope.

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 Otherwise, it is no virtue at all.

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 In the Old Testament, hope was displayed in God's deliverance, God's provision, God being God, and providing for His people, and doing what He said He was going to do.

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 That was hope displayed.

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 In Psalm 130, verse 7 and 8, we can wait with hopefulness.

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 Israel can wait with hopefulness for redemption and for rescue because God has done it over and over and over for them.

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 In the New Testament, hope is wrapped up in one person and one name, and that's the name of Jesus.

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 1 Timothy 1.1 says, Jesus, Christ Jesus, our hope.

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 We can trust in Jesus.

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 We can be confident in Jesus.

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 That is where hope is found.

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 So this morning, I want to look at hope.

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 I want to look at a story that may not seem very hopeful.

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 I want to share with you some of the things I've learned about hope in the almost three years that we've been in Memphis.

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 Some may seem obvious to you, and I apologize, but I'm a slow learner.

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 And then let's see what the Spirit does this morning together.

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 So Acts 3.

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 Nathan's daughter read it, but I'm going to read it one more time.

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 Verses 1-10.

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 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

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 And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the beautiful gate,

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 to ask alms or money of those entering the temple.

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 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.

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 And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, look at us.

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 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.

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 But Peter said, I have no silver and gold.

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 But what I do have, I give to you.

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 In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.

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 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up.

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 And immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.

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 And leaping up, he stood and began to walk.

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 And he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

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 And all the people saw him walking and praising God.

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 And recognized him as the one who sat at the beautiful gate of the temple, asking for alms.

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 And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

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 I don't need to retell the story.

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 You guys are familiar with the story.

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 Nathan just told the story to the kids and answered some questions.

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 But quickly, a couple of things I want to point out before we dig into what I've learned.

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 This man was carried every day, daily to this spot, to ask for alms, to ask for money.

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 And he was carried by friends or family.

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 Who knows who they were?

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 But they carried him and brought him there so that he can make a living, so to speak.

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 That was his situation.

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 That was his circumstances.

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 Because his body did not work.

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 His legs did not work.

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 And he couldn't take himself there.

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 It's important to note that that was as far as he could go.

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 He couldn't go any further.

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 And we'll touch on that here in just a few minutes.

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 But daily, these people brought him there and he asked for money because he thought,

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 I assume he thought that that's where his satisfaction was going to be, was in that money.

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 So here's the first thing I learned.

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 The first thing I've learned about hope is hope is not about me.

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 Hope is not about me.

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 Verse 1 says,

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 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

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 Placing myself in this story, I could say, well, I'm kind of Peter, I guess.

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 I'm not an apostle, but sure, I'd be going up and walking to the temple.

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 Verse 2,

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 Peter and John could have just walked and continued their path.

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 They were going to the temple, the hour of prayer.

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 That was their destination.

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 And they see this man.

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 Verse 4 tells us,

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 They see him and they turn their gaze on him as he's asking for money.

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 They could have ignored him.

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 This man would have been used to being ignored.

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 We see the story that Jesus tells about the priest and the Pharisees who see a man in need

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 and they walk on the other side of the street.

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 This man has probably looked people in the eyes and watched them immediately turn their eyes away.

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 We have beggars all the time.

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 I have homeless people walking up and down our streets.

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 We see beggars everywhere.

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 We can't run away from them, whether it's on the street corner or the front of Kroger or the front of the mall.

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 They're everywhere.

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 You can't ignore them.

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 And Peter and John choose not to ignore them because they understand that the hope that they have,

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 that they've received, isn't about them.

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 So let's back up a little bit.

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 In Acts chapter 1,

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 the apostles are all together.

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 Jesus says in verse 8,

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 speaking to the apostles right before he ascends into heaven,

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 he says,

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 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit is come upon you

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 and you'll be my witnesses in Jerusalem,

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 in all Judea,

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 Samaria,

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 and to the end of the earth.

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 It echoes the Great Commission in Matthew 28.

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 It says,

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 go and make disciples

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 to all nations,

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 baptizing them in the Father,

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 the Son,

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 and the Holy Spirit.

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 This power,

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 this is the same power

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 that raised Jesus from the dead.

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 This is the same power that

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 later in chapter 2,

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 Pentecost,

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 the Spirit comes down to Pentecost

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 and it appears that fire is on their head.

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 This is the same Spirit

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 that moves at Pentecost

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 where thousands of people's lives

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 are changed by Jesus.

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 This is the same Spirit

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 that later empowers them

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 to do bold things for the Gospel.

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 This is the same power that lives

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 inside of you and inside of me.

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 This is the same power from the Holy Spirit,

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 again,

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 that raised Jesus from the dead.

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 That He was dead

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 and He is alive.

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 And this power is in Peter and John

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 and leading Peter and John

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 as they're walking to the temple

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 and they see this man

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 and they turn their gaze on this man.

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 See, hope's not about me.

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 I wasn't created to sit

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 and bask in the glorious news

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 of having hope

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 and just let it flood me

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 and just sit under it

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 and be like,

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 this is so great.

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 That's not what I was created to do

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 and you weren't created to do that either.

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 We were created

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 to make disciples

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 and to proclaim the good news of Jesus

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 and to glorify His name.

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 All of that wrapped up into one.

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 Hope is not about me

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 and it's not about you.

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 We read Scriptures

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 and we get comforted.

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 I'm going to read some this morning

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 and you'll probably go,

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 that's one of my favorites.

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 But let's be honest,

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 it's not what you were created to do.

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 It's just to read it.

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 What about those people

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 who are far from God?

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 What about those people

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 who are living without hope?

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 What about the teenage girl

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 who was pregnant

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 who's raising a child?

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 Where's the hope in that?

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 The circumstances are too tough.

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 She can't go to school with a baby.

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 How does she make it happen?

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 What about her?

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 What about this man?

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 Broken.

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 Wednesday,

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 a week ago Wednesday,

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 we had our missional community,

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 which is like your community outreach groups,

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 we had a Thanksgiving dinner.

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 And we had,

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 I went out Tuesday

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 and bought a honey-baked ham

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 for 30 people.

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 Now if you know honey-baked ham,

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 that's not cheap.

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 In fact,

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 I had to talk myself

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 into buying it at the register.

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 The lady said,

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 it's going to be $80.

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 And I was like,

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 what?

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 I cannot do this.

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 But I talked myself into it

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 because I thought,

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 I'm going to love

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 my missional community.

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 I'm going to love

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 the people in our MC

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 and they're going to eat well.

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 We're going to celebrate well

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 because Jesus is good

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 and He provides for us

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 and that's what we're going to do.

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 So the night,

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 Wednesday night,

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 it's about 5.45,

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 maybe close to 6.

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 I look outside

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 and there are kids

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 just coming to our house.

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 Neighborhood kids.

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 I don't know most of them.

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 I don't know.

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 I certainly don't know their names.

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 I know maybe 20% of the names.

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 And I'm looking

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 and I'm just getting

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 bigger and bigger eyes.

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 this is not good.

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 I'm getting angry

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 because I bought this ham

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 for our missional community,

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 for our family

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 to celebrate together

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 and to eat well.

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 No,

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 this isn't what your plan is,

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 God,

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 because I had a plan

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 and this isn't it.

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 So I'm looking at Jamie.

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 I'm looking at my wife

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 and she's looking at me

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 with the same big eyes

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 and we're like having this pep talk

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 in the middle of the living room.

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 I'm like,

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 it's okay

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 because God is good

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 and He's called us to do this

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 and these kids need Jesus

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 and we're talking to each other

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 and we had enough food

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 for everyone.

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 We had over 30 kids in our house,

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 over 20 adults.

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 Our house is maybe 1,500 square feet.

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 It's not a big house.

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 Three little bedrooms.

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 Everybody was spread everywhere.

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 Nothing got broken,

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 I don't think.

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 Haven't found it yet if it did.

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 But everybody ate well.

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 There's hope in my life

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 and maybe,

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 just maybe we gave them

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 a fragrance of hope

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 on that evening

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 because hope isn't about me.

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 Peter and John saw this man,

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 turned their gaze on him

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 and they spoke to him

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 and as we'll see in just a minute,

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 they help him.

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 Second thing I've learned

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 is hope is not circumstantial.

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 Hope is not dependent

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 on your circumstances

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 or how much money you have

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 in a bank account.

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 Hope is a confident expectation

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 and you can't put confident expectation

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 on anything that is temporal.

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 Anything that is temporary.

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 dust and wind.

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 The lame beggar was asking

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 for all he knew

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 and what he thought he needed.

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 What he thought maybe

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 would help his situation

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 if I just had some money.

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 He was brought there

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 every day at the same place.

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 So much so that at the end

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 of this text,

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 the people said,

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 that's the guy who's been

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 sitting there,

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 the last whatever many years.

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 That's the guy we've seen

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 over and over.

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 We know him.

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 That's the guy who sits

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 outside that temple.

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 Over and over,

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 this guy is there.

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 He didn't think money

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 would heal him.

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 How could he?

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 But he thought that money

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 would help his situation,

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 would help his life.

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 Maybe just make it

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 a little better.

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 Maybe I could eat

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 a honey-baked ham

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 instead of a Kroger ham.

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 It's almost as if

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 his identity

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 was rooted in

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 receiving those alms,

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 right?

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 Because that's what he was.

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 He was a beggar.

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 Every day he was there.

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 I can't emphasize enough.

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 He was there every day

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 begging.

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 So this is his identity.

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 This is what he's known as.

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 So he's living out

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 his identity

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 as a beggar

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 asking for money.

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 If I can get

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 this amount,

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 if I can

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 beg enough

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 and maybe get $10,

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 then my life

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 will have meaning

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 or whatever the amount is.

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 His identity also

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 was not to be able

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 to enter the temple.

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 I don't know if you guys

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 knew this,

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 but in Leviticus 21,

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 it says that

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 a lame person

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 was not allowed

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 to enter the temple

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 because they saw him

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 as unclean

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 or saw her as unclean.

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 So he wasn't even able.

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 That's as far as he could go

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 is to that gate.

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 He wasn't allowed.

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 So his identity

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 was not just begging,

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 but his identity

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 was as a lame person

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 who couldn't even go

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 where everybody else could.

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 hope is not in our circumstances

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 though.

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 When we find our identity

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 in our circumstances,

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 when we're an athlete

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 or a preacher

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 or a teacher

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 or whatever it is,

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 and we find our identity

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 in that,

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 there is no hope in that.

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 There is no hope.

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 All around us,

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 people are looking

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 to things or circumstances

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 for their identity.

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 They're looking for

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 the next pair of Jordans

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 or the next deposit

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 in their bank account

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 or their tax return.

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 They're waiting

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 for their tax return

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 so that they can then

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 live for the next six months.

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 They're looking

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 for the next thing

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 to fulfill them

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 and find their identity

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 in when they can't.

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 It's impossible

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 to find hope

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 in those things.

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 Circumstances

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 do not make you

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 who you are.

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 That's the teenage pregnant

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 girl who was pregnant.

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 She's now a mom.

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 Sure, her identity title

00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:48.879
 has changed,

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 but it doesn't change

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 who she is

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 in the eyes of God.

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 And your circumstances.

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 You could have had

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 an abusive past

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 or you could have had

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 whatever it is,

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 but your circumstances

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 don't change.

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 Or your circumstances

00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:02.120
 may change,

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 but that doesn't

00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:04.580
 change your identity.

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 It doesn't change

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 how God views you.

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 And we can have hope

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 in that because hope

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 is not circumstantial.

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 Your circumstances

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 right now

00:16:12.779 --> 00:16:14.159
 may appear hopeless.

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 It may appear

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 like you have

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 nowhere to go,

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 nothing that can get you

00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:21.679
 out of what you're in,

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 but that doesn't change

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 how God sees you

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 and it certainly

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 doesn't change

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 the hope

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 that you have

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 in Christ.

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 But what about

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 the people around us?

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 What about

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 the people around you?

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 Now, if you're

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 a college student

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 and you live on campus,

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 you guys are all

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 kind of on the even

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 playing field,

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 so to speak.

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 You have the same

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 place to live

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 and kind of have

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 the same stuff.

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 You all have those

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 milk crates

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 and crazy plastic

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 furniture and all

00:16:49.079 --> 00:16:49.779
 that stuff, right?

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 Is that what you guys

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 have?

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 And maybe a laptop?

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 I don't know.

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 You all have

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 the same kind of stuff.

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 But if you live

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 outside of the campus,

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 you live in a neighborhood,

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 everybody may appear

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 the same,

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 but they're certainly

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 not the same.

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 What about those people?

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 I look around

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 the people around us

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 and I feel hopeless.

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 I get defeated,

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 negative,

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 negative.

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 And here's why.

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 Because I think,

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 I think

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 that they have no hope

00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:37.059
 because of their

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 circumstances.

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 I look at their

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 circumstances and I say

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 they're hopeless.

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 Single mom,

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 seven kids,

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 I feel bad for her

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 and I don't know

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 how to help her.

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 I feel helpless.

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 I feel hopeless

00:17:57.779 --> 00:17:59.619
 when I look at people

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 and I think that

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 I can fix them

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 because they're my project

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 and I can try to

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 give them what they need

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 and then that will

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 make the big difference.

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 Hey, they need Jesus.

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 They don't need me.

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 I'm not Jesus.

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 They don't need me

00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:14.679
 to fix them.

00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:19.939
 I feel hopeless

00:18:19.939 --> 00:18:21.639
 when I'm frozen

00:18:21.639 --> 00:18:22.460
 by fear

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 because we don't

00:18:24.179 --> 00:18:24.899
 look the same

00:18:24.899 --> 00:18:25.579
 or we don't

00:18:25.579 --> 00:18:27.099
 have the same mannerisms.

00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:27.579
 We don't wear

00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:28.619
 the same clothes.

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 There was a,

00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:35.240
 in our neighborhood,

00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:38.419
 there was this picnic,

00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:39.119
 a get-together.

00:18:39.579 --> 00:18:40.000
 This lady,

00:18:40.059 --> 00:18:40.759
 old lady who's been

00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:41.699
 there 40 years,

00:18:42.199 --> 00:18:42.559
 she's been in

00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:43.419
 the same house.

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 She had this get-together

00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:48.059
 to sign petitions

00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:49.700
 to get a crosswalk

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 and maybe,

00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:50.900
 hopefully,

00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:51.640
 some speed bumps

00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:52.400
 on our streets

00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:53.840
 which is a great thing.

00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:55.000
 We were there

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:56.680
 and we pull up

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 and we were

00:18:59.840 --> 00:19:00.920
 the only white people there.

00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:04.880
 And I don't know.

00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:06.559
 We were extremely nervous.

00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:07.740
 We actually parked

00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:09.480
 and we looked at each other.

00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:11.380
 We talked soft enough

00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:12.340
 so our kids didn't hear

00:19:12.340 --> 00:19:13.220
 this conversation

00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:14.400
 and we said,

00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:15.799
 should we go?

00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:17.440
 I don't know.

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.600
 I mean,

00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:19.299
 it's a good thing

00:19:19.299 --> 00:19:20.980
 but that looks,

00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:21.559
 I don't,

00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:23.039
 we weren't scared

00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:23.720
 for our life.

00:19:23.820 --> 00:19:24.360
 It was just going to be,

00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:24.960
 it was going to be,

00:19:25.360 --> 00:19:26.539
 we were going to feel awkward

00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:26.880
 and,

00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:30.200
 but we went.

00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:33.180
 We went because

00:19:33.180 --> 00:19:35.900
 it was the right thing to do.

00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:38.720
 We can't let the circumstances

00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.500
 around us

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.220
 or the circumstances

00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:41.019
 in other people's lives

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.900
 or the way that they look

00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:42.820
 freeze us,

00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.620
 free us,

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.700
 or freeze us

00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:45.960
 from doing

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:47.380
 and being

00:19:47.380 --> 00:19:48.960
 a fragrance of hope

00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:50.720
 to those around us.

00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:57.080
 This man's circumstances

00:19:57.080 --> 00:19:57.759
 were bad.

00:19:59.860 --> 00:20:00.779
 But he still had,

00:20:01.340 --> 00:20:02.740
 as we'll see,

00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:04.539
 he still had the opportunity

00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:06.180
 to have hope.

00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:10.980
 not only is hope

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:12.039
 not circumstantial,

00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:12.279


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 and here's the,

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.500
 you guys are going to go,

00:20:14.580 --> 00:20:14.740
 yeah,

00:20:14.820 --> 00:20:15.259
 of course,

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 unless you've already done that

00:20:17.360 --> 00:20:18.039
 and that's cool too.

00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:20.200
 Hope is only found

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:20.960
 in Jesus.

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:24.799
 1 Timothy 1.1

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.680
 says that Jesus,

00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:27.259
 our hope,

00:20:28.340 --> 00:20:30.820
 hope is only found

00:20:30.820 --> 00:20:31.519
 in Jesus.

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:31.759
 Jesus.

00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:33.640
 Look at verse 4-8.

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 Jesus isn't mentioned here.

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:37.559
 Except by the name of Jesus,

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 but he is all in these

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:39.599
 scriptures

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.539
 and in this story.

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 And Peter directed

00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:42.500
 his gaze at him

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.339
 as did John

00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:43.740
 and said,

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.400
 look at us.

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.779
 And he fixed his attention

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.180
 on them,

00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:47.140
 expecting Peter,

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.480
 expecting to receive

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.480
 something from them.

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 But Peter said,

00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:53.740
 I have no silver and gold.

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:54.440
 In other words,

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:55.299
 I don't have

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:56.379
 what you're asking for.

00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:57.960
 I'm sorry,

00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:59.160
 my pockets are empty.

00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:01.319
 I don't have the item

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:02.480
 that you are looking for.

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.279
 However,

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:07.759
 but what I do have

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.519
 I give to you

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:11.160
 in the name of Jesus Christ

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:11.799
 of Nazareth,

00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:14.319
 rise up and walk.

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.819
 And he took him

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.779
 by the right hand,

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:17.920
 raised him up,

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.879
 and immediately

00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:20.139
 his feet and ankles

00:21:20.139 --> 00:21:20.960
 were made strong.

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.940
 And leaping up,

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:24.000
 he stood and began

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.579
 to walk

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 and entered the temple

00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.160
 with him,

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 walking and leaping

00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:29.699
 and praising God.

00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:33.559
 Jesus heals him.

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:35.419
 The Holy Spirit of God

00:21:35.419 --> 00:21:37.399
 heals this man.

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.679
 There's only hope

00:21:38.679 --> 00:21:40.119
 in Jesus alone.

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:43.519
 Now for us,

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.879
 healings in the Bible

00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:48.579
 are mostly pictures

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.759
 of the spiritual healing

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.459
 that takes place

00:21:50.459 --> 00:21:52.519
 when Jesus changes our lives,

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.679
 when he saves us.

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:57.240
 So this picture of healing

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.820
 is a picture of those

00:21:58.820 --> 00:22:01.279
 who are dead and broken

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:03.460
 that God makes whole

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.960
 in Jesus Christ.

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:11.160
 In the name of Jesus Christ

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.960
 of Nazareth,

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:14.539
 rise up and walk.

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.440
 There's no other name.

00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:18.539
 Acts 4 verse 12 says,

00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:19.400
 no other name,

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:22.200
 no other name above

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:23.059
 the name of Jesus.

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.319
 There's no other name

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:26.080
 that could have saved,

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:27.279
 that could have healed him.

00:22:27.340 --> 00:22:27.940
 There's no other name

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:29.240
 that could have saved him.

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:29.980
 There's no other name

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.759
 that could have helped

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:32.100
 or can help the people

00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:33.039
 around you

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:35.080
 who have no hope.

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:37.220
 Only Jesus.

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:41.340
 2 Corinthians 1 says,

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:43.400
 in Him we set our hope.

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:45.799
 So here's the rubber

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.980
 meets the road for us.

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.960
 Now we can sit

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:49.860
 and we can read this.

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.740
 I can tell you

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.240
 all the things

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.480
 I've learned about hope.

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:57.880
 And I can do nothing about it.

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.359
 And I can say,

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.960
 that's great

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.859
 and take great notes

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:04.120
 and have this nice outline

00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:04.599
 laid out

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:06.519
 and do nothing about it.

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:08.000
 And care nothing

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:09.200
 about the people around us.

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:11.039
 It's possible for me

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.779
 to do that.

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.339
 And it's possible

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:14.440
 for you to do that.

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.940
 But Jesus is

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:17.220
 the only hope

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:18.480
 that people have.

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:20.720
 So as we sit here

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.839
 and sing about Jesus,

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.980
 as we sit here

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:24.360
 and sing in Christ alone,

00:23:24.620 --> 00:23:25.420
 as we sit here

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:26.319
 and sing about

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:27.539
 the glorious name

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.099
 of Jesus,

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:29.140
 what are we going

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.960
 to do about it?

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:32.620
 Peter and John

00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:34.519
 were not intending

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.960
 to meet this guy.

00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:38.039
 But the Spirit

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.700
 put this guy

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.819
 in front of them

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.860
 in their path

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.859
 and they were obedient

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.879
 to do

00:23:42.879 --> 00:23:43.779
 what they knew

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.399
 what to do.

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:49.079
 I praise God

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:50.099
 for Christ's family church.

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:51.039
 I praise God

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.919
 for the words

00:23:51.919 --> 00:23:52.839
 that are preached

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.740
 and the gospel

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.599
 that is proclaimed.

00:23:55.399 --> 00:23:56.779
 But if Christ's family church

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.699
 is not reaching

00:23:57.699 --> 00:23:59.000
 the people around them,

00:23:59.179 --> 00:24:00.740
 then what is the point?

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:05.319
 You want me to repeat that, Evie?

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.859
 What's the point?

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:11.659
 If I'm studying Scripture

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:12.839
 and I'm preparing

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:14.379
 for a sermon to preach

00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:16.159
 here this morning

00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:17.859
 and I don't live this out,

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:19.000
 what is the point?

00:24:20.719 --> 00:24:22.279
 There is no point.

00:24:23.479 --> 00:24:24.319
 Because Jesus

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:29.899
 is where hope is found.

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.979
 People need to know that.

00:24:32.439 --> 00:24:33.439
 That doesn't mean

00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:34.259
 that the teenager

00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.079
 who is pregnant

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:37.339
 who's having this child

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:37.879
 and you say,

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:39.720
 Jesus will fix your problems.

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:40.899
 No!

00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:42.980
 Jesus isn't going to

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:44.159
 change her circumstances.

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.439
 Jesus isn't going to

00:24:45.439 --> 00:24:47.019
 fix that she's trying

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.899
 to figure out

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:48.740
 how to be in school

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.220
 and figure out

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.859
 who's going to watch

00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:50.659
 her child.

00:24:51.699 --> 00:24:52.899
 That's not what that means.

00:24:53.139 --> 00:24:53.819
 But Jesus is going

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.639
 to make her whole.

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:56.619
 That broken heart

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:58.079
 is going to be made whole.

00:24:59.379 --> 00:25:01.039
 She's going to have hope

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:02.220
 in Jesus.

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.759
 Jesus is going to have

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:05.360
 to be made whole.

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:07.200
 We can celebrate

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:08.140
 the Advent

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:12.000
 and we can talk

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:13.960
 about the long-awaited

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:15.339
 Savior who's going

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:16.140
 to come back.

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.660
 But what about

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:19.000
 the people around you?

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.279
 Nitschke,

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.039
 I don't know,

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:24.579
 in the 1800s

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.339
 and 1900s,

00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:26.559
 he was a philosopher

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.640
 and who knows

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:28.460
 what else he did.

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:30.120
 He claimed that

00:25:30.120 --> 00:25:31.240
 Christianity made

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:32.339
 people cowards.

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.759
 Cowards.

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:37.460
 Because it taught

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:39.079
 that whatever happened

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:40.319
 was God's will.

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:42.359
 And if God wills it,

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.319
 then it will happen.

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.880
 Thus,

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:47.740
 discouraging efforts

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.839
 to change

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.819
 the world.

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.839
 Hope

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:55.279
 changes

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.279
 the world.

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:56.940
 Jesus

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.779
 changes

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.400
 the world.

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.120
 Not,

00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:01.439
 doesn't leave

00:26:01.439 --> 00:26:02.139
 us a room

00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:02.619
 to sit

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:02.959
 and do

00:26:02.959 --> 00:26:03.379
 nothing.

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.899
 We just went

00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.699
 to that picnic.

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:11.959
 The only white

00:26:11.959 --> 00:26:12.599
 people there.

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.399
 People looked

00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:14.039
 at us funny.

00:26:14.379 --> 00:26:15.239
 We didn't talk

00:26:15.239 --> 00:26:15.839
 about Jesus,

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.799
 but we made

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.359
 our presence

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:18.219
 known and hopefully

00:26:18.219 --> 00:26:19.939
 someday down the road

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:20.859
 that will build

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.719
 relationships where

00:26:21.719 --> 00:26:22.579
 we can then talk

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.299
 about Jesus

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:24.019
 with people.

00:26:25.719 --> 00:26:26.719
 It doesn't change

00:26:26.719 --> 00:26:27.279
 our neighborhood.

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.500
 It doesn't fix

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.859
 anything.

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.680
 It doesn't fix

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.899
 the homeless

00:26:30.899 --> 00:26:32.279
 problem or the

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:33.759
 poverty problem.

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.359
 Hope is found

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:39.839
 in Jesus,

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.740
 but also hope

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.639
 requires action

00:26:41.639 --> 00:26:42.160
 and I've already

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.960
 talked about it.

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:44.480
 Hope requires action.

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.879
 Look at Peter

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.299
 and John.

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:46.960
 What do they do?

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:48.599
 So they talk to him

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.539
 and they say,

00:26:49.699 --> 00:26:50.819
 I don't have

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.579
 what you're asking

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.079
 for,

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:54.079
 but what I do

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.699
 have I give to you

00:26:54.699 --> 00:26:55.219
 in the name of

00:26:55.219 --> 00:26:56.059
 Jesus Christ of

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.480
 Nazareth.

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.559
 Rise and walk.

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.619
 And Peter reaches

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.480
 down with his right

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.459
 hand and grabs him

00:27:00.459 --> 00:27:01.539
 and he stands

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:02.559
 that he's never

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.240
 stood before.

00:27:03.439 --> 00:27:04.019
 Like he's been

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.279
 lame from birth.

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.379
 He's never stood

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:06.839
 before.

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.559
 He's doing

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.339
 something new

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.359
 and his legs

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:10.679
 work immediately.

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.779
 Just like you

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:15.299
 and just like me.

00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:18.980
 and just like

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.619
 you and me,

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.339
 your heart

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:22.119
 that was not

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:23.359
 working correctly

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.639
 works correctly

00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.440
 now because of

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.700
 Jesus.

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:29.319
 You now can

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:31.180
 honor Jesus

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.720
 and you can

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:33.720
 glorify Jesus

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.180
 and you can

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.879
 glory in his

00:27:34.879 --> 00:27:35.539
 goodness and you

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.819
 can do all these

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.399
 things that you

00:27:37.399 --> 00:27:38.200
 originally couldn't

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.940
 do because of

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.200
 sin.

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:41.339
 And this man

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:42.259
 is able to

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.200
 walk and his

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:44.000
 body works

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.819
 because Peter

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.339
 and John

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.939
 were obedient

00:27:45.939 --> 00:27:46.279
 to the

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.659
 spirit's

00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:47.339
 leading and

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:48.159
 they did

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:48.599
 something.

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.519
 There are

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.259
 people around

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:53.179
 you who

00:27:53.179 --> 00:27:53.720
 need you to

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.279
 reach down

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.700
 and grab

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:55.980
 them.

00:27:56.679 --> 00:27:56.980
 There are

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.500
 people around

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:57.839
 you that

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.299
 need you to

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.700
 reach down

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:58.939
 with your

00:27:58.939 --> 00:27:59.519
 right hand

00:27:59.519 --> 00:27:59.759
 or your

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.700
 left and

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.399
 grab them

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:02.279
 and help

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:02.599
 them.

00:28:06.419 --> 00:28:08.359
 Hope is

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:08.779
 like the

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.779
 Christmas

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:11.480
 presents on

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.799
 Christmas

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.439
 morning under

00:28:12.439 --> 00:28:12.899
 the Christmas

00:28:12.899 --> 00:28:13.259
 tree.

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.599
 Now most of

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.059
 y'all in here

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.419
 are young

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:15.799
 enough that

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.059
 you can

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:17.659
 remember the

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:18.779
 anticipation,

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.500
 you can

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.539
 remember the

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.839
 feelings that

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.079
 you had,

00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:22.319
 you can

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:22.819
 remember getting

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.459
 up at three

00:28:23.459 --> 00:28:23.959
 or four in

00:28:23.959 --> 00:28:24.279
 the morning

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.619
 because you

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:25.319
 couldn't sleep

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.879
 anymore.

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:27.059
 And if you

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:28.639
 lived upstairs,

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.439
 you'd run

00:28:29.439 --> 00:28:30.279
 downstairs to the

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.859
 Christmas tree and

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.500
 you'd look at it

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.359
 and go, oh my

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:32.919
 gosh, it's so

00:28:32.919 --> 00:28:33.159
 great.

00:28:33.219 --> 00:28:33.619
 And you'd run

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.279
 upstairs and you'd

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.699
 wake up your

00:28:34.699 --> 00:28:35.319
 siblings and then

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.099
 you'd run back

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.879
 downstairs and then

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.859
 you'd figure out

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.719
 how to wake

00:28:38.719 --> 00:28:39.459
 everybody up on

00:28:39.459 --> 00:28:40.779
 accident and then

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.839
 you'd get

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.839
 everybody up and

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:44.659
 hope though is

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.159
 like the

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:45.740
 Christmas presents.

00:28:45.939 --> 00:28:46.659
 You know they're

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.299
 going to be there.

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.799
 You may not know

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:51.119
 exactly what they

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:52.459
 are, but you know

00:28:52.459 --> 00:28:53.039
 they're going to be

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:54.259
 there and you want

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:55.720
 to tell everybody

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:57.740
 in that house about

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:59.519
 those presents.

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.720
 They're here.

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:03.059
 You and I,

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:05.679
 hope is like those

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.099
 presents.

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:07.619
 We may not know

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:08.639
 exactly how it

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.159
 plays out.

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.600
 We know that

00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:10.060
 Jesus is going

00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:10.740
 to come back

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.519
 and we know

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.120
 we have the

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.720
 details, but we

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.080
 don't know

00:29:13.080 --> 00:29:13.940
 exactly when and

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.320
 there's some

00:29:14.320 --> 00:29:14.680
 things we're

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.500
 missing about it,

00:29:15.560 --> 00:29:16.300
 but we have

00:29:16.300 --> 00:29:17.259
 this anticipation

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:18.420
 or we should

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:19.759
 have this

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:21.040
 anticipation that

00:29:21.040 --> 00:29:21.940
 Jesus is coming

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.360
 back.

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.860
 That Jesus is

00:29:24.860 --> 00:29:25.420
 coming back and

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.279
 it's going to be

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:28.140
 so good and we

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.940
 need to wake up

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:31.880
 everyone and get

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:33.580
 them to be part

00:29:33.580 --> 00:29:34.240
 of it.

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:41.259
 we should be

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.980
 waking up our

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.620
 future family

00:29:42.620 --> 00:29:43.080
 members.

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:45.560
 That's not our

00:29:45.560 --> 00:29:46.420
 job to save.

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.080
 That's the

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:48.720
 Spirit's job.

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.759
 That's God's job.

00:29:50.560 --> 00:29:51.240
 But we certainly

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.980
 should wake them

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.660
 up and let them

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:54.019
 know that there

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.740
 are presents under

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.540
 the tree for them.

00:29:59.120 --> 00:30:01.279
 Finally, hope

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:02.320
 changes everything.

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.640
 Hope changes

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.080
 everything.

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.560
 Our circumstances

00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:08.940
 can be so dim,

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:11.060
 there can

00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:12.460
 appear to be no

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.400
 hope out of our

00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:14.400
 situations and yet

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.140
 there is hope

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:15.820
 because of Jesus.

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.720
 Our circumstances

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:20.940
 can tear us

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.320
 down.

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.860
 Things can be

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.840
 ripped from us,

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.540
 but Jesus is

00:30:25.540 --> 00:30:25.940
 still there.

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.560
 He'll never be

00:30:26.560 --> 00:30:27.160
 ripped from you.

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.600
 And we know

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.860
 through the Bible

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:34.940
 that sin no

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.840
 longer has a

00:30:35.840 --> 00:30:36.820
 hold on us.

00:30:37.560 --> 00:30:38.320
 Sin no longer

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:38.919
 has victory

00:30:38.919 --> 00:30:39.599
 over you and

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.480
 me in Christ

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:40.859
 Jesus.

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:44.279
 Death no longer

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:45.119
 has a hold

00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:46.439
 on you or me.

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.500
 We die,

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.039
 we're with

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.519
 Jesus.

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:52.079
 That's hopeful

00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:53.279
 thinking.

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.919
 This lame beggar,

00:30:55.619 --> 00:30:57.480
 his life was

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.179
 changed.

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:01.200
 He now can

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:02.319
 enter the temple

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:03.179
 and worship

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:04.080
 God.

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.660
 Because his

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.740
 body is

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.299
 fixed.

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.620
 Because Jesus

00:31:08.620 --> 00:31:09.340
 has healed

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:09.640
 him.

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.940
 There's a story

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.340
 in the Old

00:31:16.340 --> 00:31:16.880
 Testament in

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.560
 2 Samuel

00:31:17.560 --> 00:31:21.720
 by the name

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:23.220
 of Mephibosheth.

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:24.860
 I don't know

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:25.240
 if you know

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:26.019
 Mephibosheth.

00:31:27.320 --> 00:31:28.640
 Mephibosheth is a

00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:29.600
 descendant of

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:30.340
 Jonathan who is

00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:30.980
 the son of

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.320
 Saul.

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:33.119
 Saul and

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.759
 Jonathan are

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.579
 long gone.

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:37.139
 David wants

00:31:37.139 --> 00:31:38.439
 to bless the

00:31:38.439 --> 00:31:39.079
 lineage of

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:40.259
 Saul as

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.939
 David does.

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.480
 He's a man

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:42.339
 after God's

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:42.839
 own heart.

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:46.019
 And David

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.819
 asks a servant,

00:31:46.919 --> 00:31:47.220
 he says,

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.200
 is there anybody

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:50.059
 left in the

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:51.039
 line of Saul

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.659
 that I can

00:31:51.659 --> 00:31:52.099
 bless?

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.439
 And the man

00:31:53.439 --> 00:31:53.679
 says,

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.019
 yes,

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:55.179
 there is one.

00:31:55.939 --> 00:31:56.619
 Go get him

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:57.079
 please.

00:31:57.919 --> 00:31:58.439
 So he goes

00:31:58.439 --> 00:31:58.960
 and gets him

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.500
 and brings him

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.000
 and of course

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.920
 Mephibosheth is

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.640
 a little scared

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:04.259
 because David

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.880
 was the one

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.640
 by God's hand

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.059
 who wiped

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:07.079
 down his

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.700
 father and

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.380
 his grandfather

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:11.200
 and was part

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.480
 of that.

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.960
 Now David

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.519
 is king.

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.119
 Mephibosheth

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:18.359
 was crippled

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:18.920
 at the age

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.539
 of five.

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.579
 He had

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.200
 nothing to do

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.539
 with it.

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:22.960
 His maidservant

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.519
 or whoever it

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.119
 was actually

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.640
 dropped him

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.160
 and he became

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.640
 crippled and

00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:26.299
 his legs didn't

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.980
 work anymore.

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:29.519
 And David

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.019
 seeks him

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.559
 out and he

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:31.440
 comes in

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.000
 and he sees

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.299
 that he's

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:33.000
 crippled and

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.759
 David says,

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.500
 fear not

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:36.720
 for I want

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.380
 to bless you.

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.160
 Long story

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.579
 short,

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.740
 he tells the

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.299
 servant who

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:42.059
 worked for

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:43.339
 Saul's family,

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:44.880
 whatever Saul

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:45.339
 had,

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.339
 he has it

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:46.980
 all back.

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.079
 His riches

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.759
 are his.

00:32:49.860 --> 00:32:50.500
 And I want

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.120
 you and all

00:32:51.120 --> 00:32:51.660
 his servants

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.460
 to work for

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.160
 Mephibosheth

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:54.500
 because I

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.099
 want him

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:55.799
 to have food

00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:56.240
 to eat

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.700
 and have

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.180
 a living.

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.599
 And David

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:00.919
 says,

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:03.779
 but Mephibosheth

00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.700
 is going to

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.519
 sit with me

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.799
 at my table.

00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:10.319
 That's what

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:11.259
 Jesus does.

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.680
 Jesus says,

00:33:16.159 --> 00:33:17.680
 you are mine

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:19.159
 and you are

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:20.259
 mine and you

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.759
 are mine and

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.240
 you are mine

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.639
 and you are

00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:22.559
 glorifying my

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.299
 name on earth

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:23.680
 and you are

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.299
 working your

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.899
 tails off for

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:25.639
 me and you

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.259
 will sit

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:27.500
 at my table

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.200
 with me.

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.740
 He has

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.620
 opened his

00:33:30.620 --> 00:33:31.420
 table up to

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:32.420
 you and to

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:32.680
 me.

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.520
 You are

00:33:33.520 --> 00:33:33.840
 going to

00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:34.480
 celebrate and

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.160
 participate in

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.620
 the Lord's

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.080
 Supper in a

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:36.600
 few minutes

00:33:36.600 --> 00:33:36.960
 and Nathan

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.280
 is going to

00:33:37.280 --> 00:33:37.759
 lead that

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.480
 and that

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.400
 is Jesus

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:40.900
 inviting you

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.380
 to his

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:41.780
 table.

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:42.860
 You have

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.480
 been invited

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.060
 to join

00:33:44.060 --> 00:33:44.820
 him and the

00:33:44.820 --> 00:33:45.600
 people around

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:46.340
 you have

00:33:46.340 --> 00:33:46.960
 been invited

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.580
 to sit

00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:48.320
 with the

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:48.620
 king.

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:51.060
 But they

00:33:51.060 --> 00:33:51.600
 need to know,

00:33:51.800 --> 00:33:52.320
 they need to

00:33:52.320 --> 00:33:52.620
 hear,

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.919
 they need

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:54.339
 to see

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:55.039
 the hope

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.719
 that you

00:33:55.719 --> 00:33:56.379
 and you

00:33:56.379 --> 00:33:56.859
 and all

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.179
 of us

00:33:57.179 --> 00:33:57.639
 have in

00:33:57.639 --> 00:33:58.099
 this room

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.399
 who are

00:33:58.399 --> 00:33:59.179
 in Christ

00:33:59.179 --> 00:33:59.699
 Jesus.

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.579
 Hope

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.599
 changes

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.759
 everything.

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.079
 Mephibosheth's

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.939
 life has been

00:34:06.939 --> 00:34:07.599
 changed.

00:34:08.799 --> 00:34:09.239
 Circumstances

00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:09.940
 are still the

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.159
 same.

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:10.539
 He's still

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.079
 crippled.

00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:12.000
 He still

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.579
 wobbles.

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:14.059
 He's dependent

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.500
 on other

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:14.920
 people.

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.319
 But David

00:34:16.319 --> 00:34:16.639
 said,

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.219
 you will sit

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:17.659
 with me

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.099
 until you

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.420
 die.

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.019
 You will

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.380
 sit with

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.840
 the king.

00:34:21.660 --> 00:34:22.380
 And hope

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:23.380
 changes

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.480
 everything.

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:28.000
 Today,

00:34:28.200 --> 00:34:29.519
 Jamie joked

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:29.980
 around with

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.300
 me about

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.619
 this and

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:30.780
 I'm going

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.079
 to mention

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.280
 it.

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.800
 Today marks

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.640
 23 years

00:34:33.640 --> 00:34:34.280
 ago on

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.800
 this day

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:35.079
 that we

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.420
 had our

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.019
 first date.

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.320
 Took her

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.740
 to a pizza

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.200
 place.

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.200
 Got her

00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:40.320
 the,

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.680
 yeah,

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:41.980
 big time.

00:34:43.180 --> 00:34:43.700
 Play ya.

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.200
 Took her,

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.579
 picked out

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:48.960
 the wrong

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.360
 thing to

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.279
 drink for

00:34:50.279 --> 00:34:50.559
 her,

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.699
 winter.

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.319
 She is

00:34:55.319 --> 00:34:56.500
 the light

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:57.059
 in my

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.440
 sky.

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.000
 She is

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.699
 by rock

00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:00.019
 a lot of

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.500
 times here

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:00.980
 on earth.

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.420
 And I've

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.719
 asked her

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:03.019
 to come

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.360
 and share

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:03.880
 a story

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:06.699
 that she'll

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:07.259
 do a way

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:07.940
 better job

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.400
 than me

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.559
 about some

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:09.759
 of the

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:10.340
 things that's

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:10.840
 going on

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.059
 that we're

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.380
 a part

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.639
 of in

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:11.920
 Memphis.

00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:13.239
 Let me

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:14.079
 just say

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:16.779
 it would

00:35:16.779 --> 00:35:17.460
 take hours

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:18.980
 to tell

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.380
 you all

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:19.780
 the things

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.079
 that God

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.460
 has done

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:20.760
 or is

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.059
 doing.

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:22.019
 The way

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.300
 that he's

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:22.980
 provided for

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.280
 us,

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:24.119
 the people

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.519
 he's given

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.019
 us favor

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.440
 with,

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:28.920
 the way

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.400
 the Spirit

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.920
 has moved

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.300
 and led

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:30.760
 us to do

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.639
 certain things

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:31.940
 that didn't

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.380
 make any

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:32.800
 sense.

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:33.900
 But she's

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.119
 going to

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.500
 share,

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:36.039
 and then I'm

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.159
 going to

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.480
 pray,

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.220
 and then I

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:37.800
 think Nathan's

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:38.159
 coming up

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.639
 after that.

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.400
 Good morning.

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:42.000
 He makes

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.400
 me teary

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:43.059
 before I even

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.559
 get up here.

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:45.139
 Those of

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.360
 you who

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.619
 know me

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.019
 well know

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.299
 I'm a

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:46.599
 crier,

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.799
 so forgive

00:35:47.799 --> 00:35:48.119
 me.

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:50.440
 When Chris

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:50.920
 asked me to

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.360
 share one

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:51.799
 story, I

00:35:51.799 --> 00:35:52.139
 thought that

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.659
 wasn't very

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.039
 fair.

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.179
 How do

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:54.559
 you choose

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.279
 one story

00:35:55.279 --> 00:35:55.820
 when all

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.119
 that is

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.460
 happening

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.119
 around us

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.559
 is woven

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.059
 into this

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.579
 beautiful

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.279
 tapestry

00:35:59.279 --> 00:36:00.739
 that's organic

00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:01.259
 and it's

00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:02.039
 alive and it

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.460
 can't be

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.539
 compartmentalized?

00:36:04.279 --> 00:36:04.799
 So when we

00:36:04.799 --> 00:36:05.340
 come back to

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.940
 visit you and

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.239
 you say,

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.880
 how is it

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.279
 going?

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.500
 I know

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.739
 you're

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.259
 earnest in

00:36:09.259 --> 00:36:09.639
 asking,

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.440
 and we

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:10.739
 say it's

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.079
 good.

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:11.900
 It's

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.159
 good.

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:13.299
 We say

00:36:13.299 --> 00:36:13.659
 it with

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:16.420
 such vagueness

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:17.099
 because how

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:17.639
 do you?

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.819
 How do you,

00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:19.799
 apart from

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:21.379
 hours and

00:36:21.379 --> 00:36:22.000
 hours of

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.639
 sitting together

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.279
 and recounting

00:36:23.279 --> 00:36:23.699
 all the

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:24.239
 stories and

00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:24.659
 all the

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:25.139
 details and

00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:25.480
 all the

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:25.759
 things,

00:36:25.839 --> 00:36:26.059
 it'd be

00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:26.500
 like if I

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.000
 asked you

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.819
 what's new.

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.739
 You say

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:29.219
 one or two

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:29.699
 tidbits,

00:36:30.379 --> 00:36:30.799
 but apart

00:36:30.799 --> 00:36:31.679
 from having

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:32.719
 that deep

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.440
 conversation,

00:36:33.879 --> 00:36:34.619
 it's hard

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:35.279
 to just

00:36:35.279 --> 00:36:37.099
 recount one

00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:37.480
 story.

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.339
 So it's

00:36:38.339 --> 00:36:38.519
 a bit

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:38.899
 unfair.

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:40.579
 So forgive

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:40.940
 me for,

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:42.139
 and Chris,

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:42.480
 also,

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.019
 for only

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.440
 being able

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:43.859
 to serve

00:36:43.859 --> 00:36:44.219
 you just

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:44.759
 a small

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:46.420
 sliver of

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:46.899
 the Memphis

00:36:46.899 --> 00:36:47.359
 pie.

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.399
 But I'll

00:36:48.399 --> 00:36:48.679
 try.

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:50.699
 The family

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.179
 I'll tell you

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.799
 about today,

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.779
 they literally

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:53.899
 walked into

00:36:53.899 --> 00:36:54.500
 our lives

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.000
 this past

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.259
 summer.

00:36:55.759 --> 00:36:56.139
 Two of

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.559
 the boys

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.099
 from the

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:57.759
 Coleman family

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:58.359
 came strolling

00:36:58.359 --> 00:36:58.799
 into our

00:36:58.799 --> 00:36:59.119
 yard.

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.699
 We were

00:36:59.699 --> 00:37:00.399
 outside hanging

00:37:00.399 --> 00:37:00.739
 out with

00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:01.339
 other neighborhood

00:37:01.339 --> 00:37:01.739
 kids.

00:37:01.819 --> 00:37:02.059
 A lot of

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.399
 you heard

00:37:02.399 --> 00:37:02.839
 this summer

00:37:02.839 --> 00:37:03.139
 when I

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.719
 came about

00:37:03.719 --> 00:37:04.460
 the favor

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:04.899
 we gained

00:37:04.899 --> 00:37:05.159
 in our

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.460
 neighborhood

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:05.739
 that we

00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:06.159
 were having

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.960
 20-plus

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.539
 children at

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:07.940
 our house

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.460
 every day.

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:09.900
 They wanted

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.320
 to know

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.639
 if we

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.099
 would donate

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.579
 to their

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.340
 basketball

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:12.980
 team.

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.579
 The scheme

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.139
 later got

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:15.699
 them busted

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:16.059
 by the

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.519
 police.

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.019
 I didn't

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.340
 give them

00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:18.639
 money.

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.220
 I wasn't

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:19.760
 foolish enough

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.039
 to do

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.320
 that.

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:20.900
 I told

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.320
 them that I

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:21.679
 had to be

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:22.220
 loyal to

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.740
 some of the

00:37:22.740 --> 00:37:23.240
 other boys

00:37:23.240 --> 00:37:23.619
 who hang

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.139
 out with us

00:37:24.139 --> 00:37:24.539
 and are on

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:24.920
 a team.

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:25.840
 But we

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.320
 talked for a

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.860
 while and I

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.380
 asked lots of

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:27.760
 questions,

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.280
 of course,

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:29.320
 and got to

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:29.740
 know them a

00:37:29.740 --> 00:37:30.039
 little bit

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.320
 better.

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:30.760
 Where are you

00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:31.220
 coming from?

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:31.519
 Where are you

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:31.699
 going?

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.699
 over the

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.139
 next several

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:33.399
 weeks,

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.980
 they continued

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.359
 to come

00:37:34.359 --> 00:37:34.619
 back,

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:34.939
 bringing

00:37:34.939 --> 00:37:35.899
 slowly more

00:37:35.899 --> 00:37:36.299
 and more

00:37:36.299 --> 00:37:36.599
 of their

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:37.219
 family to

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.639
 meet us.

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.399
 Eventually,

00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:39.039
 they brought

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:39.619
 their mom

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.179
 and she

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:40.819
 sat on our

00:37:40.819 --> 00:37:41.259
 couch.

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.639
 She explained

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.079
 her mental

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.659
 illness.

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:45.119
 She expressed

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:46.139
 her wonder

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.739
 at the fact

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:47.079
 that the

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.639
 Department of

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:48.339
 Family and

00:37:48.339 --> 00:37:48.739
 Children's

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:49.079
 Services

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.839
 has never

00:37:49.839 --> 00:37:50.239
 caught up

00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:50.599
 with them.

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:52.439
 She groaned

00:37:52.439 --> 00:37:52.839
 about not

00:37:52.839 --> 00:37:53.460
 having clothes

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:53.819
 for her

00:37:53.819 --> 00:37:54.500
 seven children.

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:54.960
 They had

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:55.239
 all been

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:55.739
 thrown out

00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:56.139
 during the

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:57.679
 most recent

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:58.219
 eviction.

00:37:59.500 --> 00:37:59.779
 There are

00:37:59.779 --> 00:38:00.579
 seven children.

00:38:00.819 --> 00:38:01.079
 There are

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.840
 nine people

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.539
 total in

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:04.099
 a one-bedroom

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.519
 house.

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:05.900
 It sits

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:06.239
 about a

00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:06.779
 quarter mile

00:38:06.779 --> 00:38:07.159
 from us

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:07.440
 on the

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.119
 busy main

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.440
 road.

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.039
 We're just

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.719
 slightly off

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:10.139
 that road.

00:38:10.279 --> 00:38:10.739
 So, you

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:11.139
 know, anybody

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:11.539
 who comes

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:11.880
 down that

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.219
 road can

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:12.599
 see our

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:12.840
 house.

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.659
 It sits

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.219
 next to a

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:14.900
 gas station

00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:15.279
 that can

00:38:15.279 --> 00:38:15.840
 only be

00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:17.039
 described as

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:18.000
 sketch for

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.619
 the illegal

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:19.199
 things that

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:19.679
 happen there.

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:21.139
 The house

00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:22.219
 looks uninhabitable.

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.500
 As you can

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:24.079
 imagine, these

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:24.880
 kids don't hang

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.319
 out at their

00:38:25.319 --> 00:38:26.340
 own house because

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:27.259
 how do you

00:38:27.259 --> 00:38:27.779
 hang out at a

00:38:27.779 --> 00:38:28.139
 house where

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:28.500
 there's nowhere

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:28.980
 to actually

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.299
 hang?

00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:31.100
 They often

00:38:31.100 --> 00:38:31.860
 roam around in

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.380
 sort of a

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:33.640
 pack with

00:38:33.640 --> 00:38:34.280
 other kids

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:35.380
 whose situations

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:36.780
 and homes are

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.280
 similar.

00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:39.160
 This pack of

00:38:39.160 --> 00:38:40.019
 children, as they

00:38:40.019 --> 00:38:40.539
 roam around the

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.120
 neighborhood, they

00:38:41.120 --> 00:38:41.680
 lie, they

00:38:41.680 --> 00:38:42.420
 manipulate, they

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:42.860
 steal.

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:43.920
 They generally

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.640
 create an

00:38:44.640 --> 00:38:45.420
 interesting wake

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:46.560
 of havoc wherever

00:38:46.560 --> 00:38:47.039
 they go.

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:48.800
 School?

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:50.460
 Well, we

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:50.920
 couldn't get them

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:52.420
 enrolled until the

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:52.900
 school had already

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:53.700
 been in for a

00:38:53.700 --> 00:38:54.500
 couple of weeks.

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:54.599
 kids.

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:56.119
 By week three,

00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:56.539
 the middle

00:38:56.539 --> 00:39:04.039
 schoolers were

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.780
 banned from the

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:06.159
 bus for

00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:06.940
 stabbing another

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.420
 child.

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:09.059
 By week 12, it

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:09.639
 was clear that

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:10.320
 after multiple

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:11.179
 suspensions, the

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:12.000
 two of the boys

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.800
 that were at our

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:13.480
 neighborhood school

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.039
 wouldn't be able

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.480
 to stay.

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.960
 They are now

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.519
 headed to an

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.400
 alternative school.

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.239
 One of the

00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:19.840
 biggest problems,

00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:21.260
 mom is too

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:22.840
 tired, she's too

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:24.180
 apathetic to walk

00:39:24.180 --> 00:39:25.100
 her younger kids

00:39:25.100 --> 00:39:25.820
 to and from

00:39:25.820 --> 00:39:26.180
 school.

00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:27.400
 She isn't

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:27.780
 willing to

00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:28.400
 intercede for

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:28.880
 them and she

00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:29.579
 isn't willing to

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:30.280
 fight for them

00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:31.360
 and so they

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:32.519
 fight all the

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.460
 way there and

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:34.039
 all the way back

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.240
 home.

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.500
 What else do you

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:35.920
 do when you're

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.200
 bullied?

00:39:37.120 --> 00:39:38.220
 If I can connect

00:39:38.220 --> 00:39:38.800
 with them before

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:39.460
 school, I'm

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:40.000
 talking the

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:41.180
 oldest down off

00:39:41.180 --> 00:39:41.680
 of whatever

00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:42.760
 anger ledge

00:39:42.760 --> 00:39:44.120
 he's sitting on.

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:44.740
 He usually

00:39:44.740 --> 00:39:45.720
 shows up, fists

00:39:45.720 --> 00:39:47.019
 bald, tears

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.660
 flowing out of

00:39:47.660 --> 00:39:48.120
 his face.

00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:49.019
 I'm helping he

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.620
 and his brother

00:39:49.620 --> 00:39:50.720
 tuck stained

00:39:50.720 --> 00:39:51.760
 shirts and fix

00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:52.780
 ill-fitting

00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:53.480
 belts and

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:53.960
 pants and

00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:55.080
 usually carefully

00:39:55.080 --> 00:39:55.820
 piecing together

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:57.160
 their shoes so

00:39:57.160 --> 00:39:57.600
 that they won't

00:39:57.600 --> 00:39:58.260
 cause too much

00:39:58.260 --> 00:39:59.000
 embarrassment during

00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.340
 the day.

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:01.680
 We fix the

00:40:01.680 --> 00:40:02.460
 little sister, we

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:03.260
 wipe the crust

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:04.080
 from her eyes

00:40:04.080 --> 00:40:05.100
 and nobody's

00:40:05.100 --> 00:40:05.800
 eaten yet so

00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:06.180
 there aren't

00:40:06.180 --> 00:40:06.760
 milk stains

00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:07.300
 and things.

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.019
 They depend on

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.660
 the school for

00:40:08.660 --> 00:40:09.560
 their breakfast

00:40:09.560 --> 00:40:10.460
 and their lunch

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:11.519
 and usually are

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.340
 not fed at

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:13.340
 dinner or on

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:13.820
 the weekends.

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:16.280
 We try to get

00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:16.880
 her to smile

00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:17.620
 erasing the

00:40:17.620 --> 00:40:18.660
 perpetual void

00:40:18.660 --> 00:40:19.920
 look that

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.480
 usually fills

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:20.960
 her eyes.

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:24.160
 lots of

00:40:24.160 --> 00:40:25.019
 talking before

00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:25.660
 they go into

00:40:25.660 --> 00:40:26.100
 the school

00:40:26.100 --> 00:40:26.519
 because they're

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.080
 already mad.

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:28.019
 You can do

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.440
 this.

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.760
 Do your best

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.080
 today.

00:40:30.160 --> 00:40:30.500
 Don't worry

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:30.800
 about what

00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:31.240
 other people

00:40:31.240 --> 00:40:31.540
 say.

00:40:31.600 --> 00:40:32.320
 I love you.

00:40:32.680 --> 00:40:33.180
 We hug

00:40:33.180 --> 00:40:33.940
 them big, long

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.480
 I care for

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:34.980
 you type of

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.280
 hugs.

00:40:35.860 --> 00:40:36.700
 If we connect

00:40:36.700 --> 00:40:37.600
 after school

00:40:37.600 --> 00:40:38.480
 we'll walk

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:39.019
 together for a

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:39.340
 little while

00:40:39.340 --> 00:40:40.040
 until our paths

00:40:40.040 --> 00:40:40.640
 diverge.

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:41.220
 They might have

00:40:41.220 --> 00:40:41.700
 some small

00:40:41.700 --> 00:40:42.560
 like tattletale

00:40:42.560 --> 00:40:43.300
 type things to

00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:44.300
 report but they

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:44.900
 aren't like our

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.380
 children where

00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:45.960
 they're talking

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.460
 about anything

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:47.200
 they learned or

00:40:47.200 --> 00:40:47.760
 they did in

00:40:47.760 --> 00:40:48.240
 school or that

00:40:48.240 --> 00:40:48.800
 they're excited

00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:49.480
 about the upcoming

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.000
 field trips.

00:40:50.120 --> 00:40:50.540
 Nothing like

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:50.800
 that.

00:40:51.759 --> 00:40:52.300
 They're usually

00:40:52.300 --> 00:40:52.980
 just the same

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.539
 questions.

00:40:53.719 --> 00:40:54.119
 Number one,

00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:54.539
 can we have a

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:54.960
 ride home?

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:56.559
 Number two,

00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:57.139
 can we get some

00:40:57.139 --> 00:40:57.679
 food to eat?

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.460
 Number three,

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:59.019
 can we play at

00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.460
 your house?

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:00.579
 And number four,

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:01.000
 are we having

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.679
 the shill community

00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:02.159
 this week?

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:04.019
 Forgive me for

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:04.659
 not being able to

00:41:04.659 --> 00:41:06.119
 fully describe the

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:06.659
 overwhelming

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:07.599
 desperation.

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.619
 Their jaded

00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:11.440
 spirits.

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:19.880
 Their smell.

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:22.639
 And their

00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:23.199
 hardness.

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:25.880
 Here's the

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.159
 thing.

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:28.099
 The Coleman

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:28.860
 family is a

00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:31.239
 norm on our

00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:31.679
 side of the

00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:32.000
 neighborhood.

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.119
 They're the

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:34.679
 norm in the

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:35.239
 urban school

00:41:35.239 --> 00:41:36.000
 where I teach.

00:41:37.279 --> 00:41:37.920
 In fact,

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:38.739
 their story is

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:39.579
 not the worst,

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:40.800
 most seemingly

00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:41.940
 hopeless story I

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.199
 could have

00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:42.559
 shared.

00:41:44.340 --> 00:41:45.320
 I, however,

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:46.360
 refuse to view

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:46.880
 them as a

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.320
 statistic.

00:41:48.639 --> 00:41:48.940
 You know,

00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:49.840
 the old pipeline

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:50.360
 to prison.

00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:52.759
 elementary schools

00:41:52.759 --> 00:41:53.639
 are a pipeline

00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:54.480
 to prison is

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:55.440
 very true

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:56.300
 where we live.

00:41:57.239 --> 00:41:58.139
 You can look at

00:41:58.139 --> 00:41:58.940
 these children and

00:41:58.940 --> 00:42:00.300
 already see how

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:01.039
 if there is not

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.619
 intervention,

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.619
 that's exactly

00:42:02.619 --> 00:42:03.039
 where they're

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.279
 headed.

00:42:04.759 --> 00:42:05.800
 I know the

00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:06.460
 only hope for

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:07.099
 them is Christ.

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:08.719
 So,

00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:11.000
 can we clean

00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:11.659
 them up enough

00:42:11.659 --> 00:42:12.159
 and make them

00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:13.119
 smell great and

00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:13.659
 get them a better

00:42:13.659 --> 00:42:14.940
 house and maybe a

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.659
 better car and

00:42:15.659 --> 00:42:16.759
 better medicine and

00:42:16.759 --> 00:42:18.019
 make them act more

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:19.159
 like us all in the

00:42:19.159 --> 00:42:19.859
 hope that Christ

00:42:19.859 --> 00:42:20.599
 will save them?

00:42:22.679 --> 00:42:23.440
 Was that your

00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:23.960
 experience when

00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:24.599
 Christ sought you

00:42:24.599 --> 00:42:24.819
 out?

00:42:26.239 --> 00:42:26.699
 No.

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:28.659
 We were all the

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:29.259
 Coleman's.

00:42:29.839 --> 00:42:30.719
 We were dead in

00:42:30.719 --> 00:42:31.219
 our sin.

00:42:33.779 --> 00:42:35.019
 You weren't born

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:36.519
 more privileged

00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:37.920
 to know Christ.

00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:39.799
 You weren't chosen

00:42:39.799 --> 00:42:41.379
 for Christ because

00:42:41.379 --> 00:42:42.559
 of the color of

00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:43.099
 your skin.

00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:43.799
 You weren't chosen

00:42:43.799 --> 00:42:44.679
 for Christ because

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:45.779
 you smelled good.

00:42:45.780 --> 00:42:46.700
 You weren't chosen

00:42:46.700 --> 00:42:47.360
 for Christ because

00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:48.180
 of the family you

00:42:48.180 --> 00:42:49.460
 grew up in, the

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:50.260
 schools you attended,

00:42:50.380 --> 00:42:51.120
 your natural

00:42:51.120 --> 00:42:51.900
 intelligence.

00:42:53.160 --> 00:42:54.620
 He sought you

00:42:54.620 --> 00:42:55.160
 out.

00:42:56.600 --> 00:42:57.300
 And if you

00:42:57.300 --> 00:42:58.080
 believe anything

00:42:58.080 --> 00:42:59.240
 different, shame

00:42:59.240 --> 00:42:59.660
 on you.

00:43:02.160 --> 00:43:04.220
 And so, I

00:43:04.220 --> 00:43:04.980
 choose to believe

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:05.860
 that Patrice, the

00:43:05.860 --> 00:43:07.260
 mom, and Kayla,

00:43:08.100 --> 00:43:09.740
 Chris, Martavius,

00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:11.420
 Quentin, Tyler,

00:43:11.560 --> 00:43:12.440
 Nalia, and Joseph

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:14.039
 are all loved by

00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:14.760
 God and are

00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:15.900
 gently being wooed

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:16.700
 by his spirit.

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:18.619
 I feel honored that

00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:19.480
 we get to be people

00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:20.420
 who are intentionally

00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:22.280
 loving them, many

00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:23.320
 more like them in

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:23.760
 our neighborhood.

00:43:24.420 --> 00:43:25.320
 My hope is not that

00:43:25.320 --> 00:43:26.099
 the Lord will save

00:43:26.099 --> 00:43:27.019
 them to then make

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:28.880
 them look, smell,

00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:30.159
 and be like us.

00:43:30.740 --> 00:43:31.760
 My hope is that the

00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:32.579
 Lord will save them

00:43:32.579 --> 00:43:34.400
 to look, smell, and

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:35.340
 be like him.

00:43:37.380 --> 00:43:38.639
 I want them to be

00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:39.539
 image bearers of

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:40.000
 Christ.

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:41.659
 I want them to be

00:43:41.659 --> 00:43:42.659
 part of his body,

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:44.179
 adopted sons and

00:43:44.179 --> 00:43:44.500
 daughters.

00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:46.920
 Will you join us in

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:48.039
 praying big prayers

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:48.940
 for the families in

00:43:48.940 --> 00:43:49.380
 our neighborhood?

00:43:50.179 --> 00:43:51.139
 Will you begin to

00:43:51.139 --> 00:43:51.559
 look for the

00:43:51.559 --> 00:43:52.539
 Coleman's around you?

00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:54.039
 You won't have to

00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:54.599
 look far.

00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:55.639
 We've lived in

00:43:55.639 --> 00:43:56.079
 Dahlonega.

00:43:56.679 --> 00:43:57.460
 We know the

00:43:57.460 --> 00:43:58.340
 Coleman's that live

00:43:58.340 --> 00:43:59.099
 in this area.

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:02.139
 Will you dream big

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:02.980
 dreams for those

00:44:02.980 --> 00:44:04.480
 people around you

00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:05.360
 who can't dream

00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:05.860
 dreams for

00:44:05.860 --> 00:44:06.320
 themselves?

00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:08.980
 As we walk out

00:44:08.980 --> 00:44:09.900
 this beautiful

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:10.800
 mess, whether in

00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:11.900
 Memphis or North

00:44:11.900 --> 00:44:12.699
 Georgia or wherever

00:44:12.699 --> 00:44:14.360
 you may live, may

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:15.179
 our hope be

00:44:15.179 --> 00:44:17.480
 unwavering, a

00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:19.280
 confident expectation

00:44:19.280 --> 00:44:21.119
 that the Lord is

00:44:21.119 --> 00:44:22.159
 doing great things.