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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 I can't hear that song without thinking of Delilah Harris.

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 Many of you won't know Delilah.

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 She's been with Jesus for several years now.

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 She was a special part of this church family.

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 And she would light up when she talked to you about walking with Jesus and talking with Jesus.

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 And she'd love to talk about their especially close relationship the last several years of her life that she lived alone as a widow.

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 And she talked about that a lot.

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 And this rock actually belonged to Delilah and Jack, her husband.

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 When this church was built here, they got to pick something to write on a rock that they were so thankful that the foundation of this church was built on.

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 And they wrote, God's saving grace.

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 The grace of the Savior that Delilah loved and loved walking with.

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 This was her favorite hymn.

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 The one that reminded her of how Jesus walked with her.

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 Walking with Jesus.

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 Talking with Jesus.

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 Hearing him constantly shape who we are as he calls us his own.

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 That's the kind of relationship I want us to talk about for a few weeks this summer.

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 We have been marveling these past few months at the historical, real Jesus of the Gospel of John.

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 Watching him work wonders.

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 Learning who he is.

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 Hearing him invite us to find life by believing in him.

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 To find life in him.

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 Not just life one day, someday, but life today with him.

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 That we would have relationship with the living Jesus.

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 The walking and the talking.

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 So I want to slow down this summer as I told you last week.

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 Take a break from John.

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 To ask, what does that actually look like?

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 What does it look like for us to enjoy that moment by moment, day by day relationship with God?

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 That relationship with God is the most important of our three key relationships here.

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 It's where it all starts.

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 What do we mean when we talk about walking with Jesus?

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 See, I think while some of us would say with Delilah, oh, I know exactly what you mean.

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 Relationship with Jesus.

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 That is the joy of my life.

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 It's why I've loved being a part of this church family.

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 Because it was here that I first was told I could actually have a relationship with God.

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 And it's been life changing for me.

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 It feels like this beautiful picture of walking with Jesus in the pathways of grace.

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 Yes.

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 And I know some of us feel that way.

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 I also know that many others of us have a more difficult time with that whole idea of relationship with God.

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 We struggle to understand or to experience that relationship.

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 Some of us would say things like, I mean, I say Jesus is the most important thing in the world to me.

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 I really do believe that I need him and I depend on his grace.

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 But honestly, just practically in life, I'm really busy with work like all day, every day.

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 Or I'm just trying to keep up with the kids these days.

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 I don't know what you mean about relationship.

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 I've kind of figured out how to manage and get by, get through life without some active relationship with God.

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 Others might add, I've managed to go quite a while without really knowing about relationship with God.

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 Jesus or Christianity is just an appendage, as Bill prayed earlier, an accessory to my life.

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 If I'm honest, I mean, it's something I do from time to time.

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 But I've never felt it as more than that.

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 I mean, come on, pastor.

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 I come to church most Sundays.

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 I try to be nice.

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 I give roughly 10%.

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 After all, isn't that what God really wants?

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 What else do I need?

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 Quit all this mushy-gushy relationship talk.

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 I got this figured out.

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 I'm okay.

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 Whether you've always delighted in relationship with God,

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 whether you've always had a difficult time with relationship with God,

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 or whether you have never thought relationship with God was even a real thing,

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 that's where I want us to start this morning.

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 Before jumping into ways that we experience that relationship this summer,

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 we'll talk about how God meets us in his word,

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 how to hear and talk with God in prayer, those kinds of things.

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 But I want us to start with why relationship?

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 Why is that even important?

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 Well, it's really important to God.

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 The Bible says it is fundamental to why he made us,

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 how he made us to work,

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 and to have this relationship with him and with others

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 the way Father and Son and Holy Spirit have always enjoyed this special relationship.

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 So many passages all the way through the Bible highlight this.

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 So this morning I considered staying in John one more week

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 and talking about abiding in Christ like a branch connected to the vine.

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 It's this beautiful image of that relationship God made us for, right?

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 Or Psalm 23, where day by day our shepherd leads us

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 and feeds us and provides all we need

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 and makes us lie down and gives us peace and restores our souls.

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 I consider reflecting on Jesus as Emmanuel, God with us, right?

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 Just as he tabernacled with his people for generations and generations,

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 then in the flesh he walks among us and he dwells with us forever.

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 Or the fact that when he walked here, when he was living on this earth,

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 he was known as friend of sinners.

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 What good news that is for people like me and you,

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 that Jesus is friend of sinners.

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 I considered Colossians 2, where Paul tells us to walk day by day in Jesus.

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 That special daily relationship where we're so united to him

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 that our relationship guides our daily lives,

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 our highest praise, the things that are most worthy.

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 Or Philippians 3, where Paul longs to know Christ.

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 It's the greatest treasure he can imagine.

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 To experience the actual fellowship of sharing in his sufferings,

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 of having that relationship with Jesus

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 that would be better than any other spiritual achievement

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 or experience that he could imagine.

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 See, this is at the heart of the Bible story about God and us,

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 this is this relationship.

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 But I decided to focus briefly this morning

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 on a bit more direct challenge to God's people

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 about their struggles in relationship with him.

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 We're going to look at letters to the churches

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 in the book of Revelation

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 that are about what's really important,

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 how they've missed it,

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 and what needs to change.

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 And then I realized this week

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 that those chapters were in our Bible reading plan

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 just this week.

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 So many of you have already read them.

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 God's timing is perfect.

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 He wants us to study this.

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 So, let's stop and pray

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 that God will show us his heart,

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 grow each of our relationships with him,

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 wherever they are right now,

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 to be more real

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 and deeper

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 and more delightful to our souls.

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 Let's pray.

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 God, we do ask for that.

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 But our hope in this

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 is that we know that is more important to you

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 than it is to us.

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 That you want us to know you.

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 Us to walk with you and talk with you.

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 Us to know because of Jesus

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 that we're yours,

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 that you love us

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 and have brought us into your family.

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 So, would you use your word this morning

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 not just to teach our heads,

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 but to direct our hearts

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 to love you and walk with you.

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 We ask it in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Friday mornings,

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 you can find Christy and me

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 almost without fail

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 at Latoile.

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 It's this wonderful local French bakery.

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 We'll be sipping a latte

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 and a glass of ice water.

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 Relaxing.

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 Talking about life,

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 about our relationship.

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 Plenty of people come in and out.

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 Many of you have seen us there.

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 We love getting to see you.

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 But for the better part of the morning,

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 it is just the two of us.

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 And let me be clear

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 about this aspect of our relationship.

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 Our relationship is a significant part

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 of every day.

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 Of every single thing that I do.

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 I am mindful of Christy throughout the day

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 even when I'm with others, right?

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 Even when we're going in different directions,

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 each taking a kid to something else.

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 When I'm grilling dinner

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 and she's with a child,

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 I care about her.

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 Then my love for her never stops.

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 And my knowing what she's feeling

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 or at least wondering how she's doing

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 is 24-7.

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 But there's something special,

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 something important

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 about Friday mornings at Latoile.

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 Our 24-7 relationship

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 needs those regular times

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 where we can talk with one another

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 about our relationship.

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 I get to learn some of what is on her heart.

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 What she's excited about.

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 What she's anxious about.

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 How I am or am not

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 communicating love to her.

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 How we together

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 are going to approach parenting

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 or friendship

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 or the other times that week

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 where a lot will be going on

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 and it won't be just the two of us

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 in those moments.

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 Sometimes our coffee date

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 lasts longer than others.

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 Sometimes the connection

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 and conversation

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 is better than others.

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 Sometimes I just sit there

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 and wonder

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 how did you end up with me?

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 And how are you still here?

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 But it's a chance to be together

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 and on our better days

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 remember why we fell in love

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 with one another

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 once upon a time.

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 Back in the first place.

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 We've been doing this

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 only the past couple of years.

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 I wish we had started sooner.

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 I look forward to Friday mornings

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 every week

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 because I love

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 being in relationship

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 with Christi.

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 Do we have similar feelings

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 and moments like that

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 in our relationship with God?

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 I think we should.

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 More importantly

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 God wants us to.

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 I want us to notice briefly

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 three letters

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 Jesus writes to churches

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 in the book of Revelation

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 that all highlight

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 the significance

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 of this relationship.

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 By so doing

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 they point out

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 how easily

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 we neglect

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 this relationship.

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 Maybe because

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 we've never known

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 God at all.

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 Or because

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 we've been in a season

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 of losing focus.

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 Distraction.

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 Listen first

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 to his words

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 to the church

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 in Ephesus

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 at the beginning

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 of chapter 2.

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 To the angel

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 of the church

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 in Ephesus

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 write

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 the words

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 of him

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 who holds

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 the seven stars

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 in his right hand

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 who walks

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 among the seven

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 golden lampstands.

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 I know your works

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 your toil

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 and your patient endurance

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 how you cannot bear

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 with those who are evil

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 but have tested

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 those who call themselves

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 apostles and are not

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 and found them

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 to be false.

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 I know you are

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 enduring patiently

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 and bearing up

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 for my name's sake

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 and you have not

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 grown weary

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 sounds pretty good

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 right?

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 What great encouragement

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 they're doing

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 so many good works

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 holding so tightly

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 to the truth

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 right?

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 Enduring

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 and suffering

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 but

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 but

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 verse 4

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 I have this

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 against you

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 that you have

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 abandoned

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 the love

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 you had

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 at first

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 that

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 honeymoon

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 love

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 deep

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 fresh

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 can feel it

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 tangible

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 remember

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 remember

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 therefore

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 from where

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 you have

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 fallen

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 repent

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 and do

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 the works

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 you did

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 at first

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 if not

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 I will

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 come to you

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 and remove

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 your lampstand

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 from its place

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 unless you repent

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 yet this you have

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 you hate

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 the works

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 of the Nicolaitans

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 which I also

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 hate

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 he who has

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 an ear

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 let him hear

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 what the spirit

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 says to the churches

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 to the one

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 who conquers

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 I will grant

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 to eat

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 of the tree

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 of life

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 which is in

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 the paradise

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 of God

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 this first

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 warning

00:15:10.819 --> 00:15:12.219
 is a heart

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 check

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 for God's

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 people

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 isn't it

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 it's like

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 getting a heart

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 cath

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 some of you

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 have been there

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 and you

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 found out

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 that there's

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 a blockage

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 in your heart

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 that you didn't

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 know about

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 you're living

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 well

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 there's lots

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 of good

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 things going

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 on

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 you didn't

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 know

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 but there's

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 a problem

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 with your

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 heart

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 you've

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 abandoned

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 your first

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 love

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 God is

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 concerned

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 first

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 with who

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 we are

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 before

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 what we

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 do

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 it's that

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 first love

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 love for

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 Christ

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 that drives

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 then a love

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 for a neighbor

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 for other

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 people

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 and so the

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 prescription

00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:57.340
 given for the

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 heart blockage

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 is what

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 repentance

00:16:00.419 --> 00:16:03.000
 return to him

00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:03.759
 come back

00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:04.460
 to Jesus

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 Jesus

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 do you

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 remember

00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:09.240
 your early

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 days

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 with Jesus

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 was it at

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 a VBS

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 maybe like

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 Kathy described

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 as a kid

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 memorizing

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 God's word

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 and just

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 eating it up

00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:21.400
 was it at

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 college

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 telling everyone

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 around you

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 how awesome

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 Jesus is

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 maybe for you

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 it's just been

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 in the past

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 couple of years

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 that your

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 heart found

00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:31.940
 life in Jesus

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 for the very

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 first time

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 in spite of

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 yourself

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 but now

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 already

00:16:37.400 --> 00:16:38.180
 you've moved

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 on to a

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 busy life

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 of performance

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 of doing

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 things

00:16:41.900 --> 00:16:42.500
 and you've

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 forgotten

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 how overjoyed

00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:44.580
 you were

00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:45.360
 to find

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 God

00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:47.780
 to see him

00:16:47.780 --> 00:16:48.660
 love you

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 at your

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 worst

00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:50.820
 when you've

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 done nothing

00:16:51.400 --> 00:16:52.020
 but give him

00:16:52.020 --> 00:16:52.700
 reasons to

00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:53.700
 turn away

00:16:53.700 --> 00:16:54.520
 from you

00:16:54.520 --> 00:16:55.500
 how much

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 you treasured

00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:57.080
 Jesus

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 then

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 remember

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 remember

00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:02.860
 those emotions

00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:04.940
 those moments

00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:05.619
 that

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 love

00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:09.339
 and repent

00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:11.299
 God

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 I'm so

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 sorry

00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:13.440
 after all

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 my life

00:17:13.899 --> 00:17:14.619
 and all

00:17:14.619 --> 00:17:15.680
 my wanderings

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.579
 how are you

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 still with

00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:17.899
 me

00:17:17.899 --> 00:17:20.139
 Jesus

00:17:20.139 --> 00:17:20.519
 it's been

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 so long

00:17:21.259 --> 00:17:21.899
 since we've

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 talked

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 but you're

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 calling me

00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:24.759
 back to

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 delight in

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 you

00:17:26.159 --> 00:17:27.180
 and then

00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:27.940
 the fruit

00:17:27.940 --> 00:17:28.460
 of love

00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:29.180
 can grow

00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:29.840
 from a

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 renewed

00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:31.039
 heart

00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:33.600
 there's a

00:17:33.600 --> 00:17:34.340
 warning here

00:17:34.340 --> 00:17:34.860
 for us

00:17:34.860 --> 00:17:35.400
 isn't there

00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:36.920
 to be

00:17:36.920 --> 00:17:37.740
 honest about

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.680
 your heart

00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:40.039
 have you

00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:40.579
 left

00:17:40.579 --> 00:17:41.519
 your first

00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:42.620
 love

00:17:42.620 --> 00:17:44.120
 have you

00:17:44.120 --> 00:17:44.640
 decided

00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:45.299
 if you're

00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:45.579
 honest

00:17:45.579 --> 00:17:46.579
 that life

00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:47.299
 is mostly

00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:47.779
 okay

00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:48.559
 with Jesus

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 mostly

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 on the

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 shelf

00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:51.440
 on the

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 side

00:17:52.100 --> 00:17:53.279
 more of a

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 thing to

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 do

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 occasionally

00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:55.740
 than a

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 person

00:17:56.120 --> 00:17:56.940
 to love

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 God

00:18:00.140 --> 00:18:00.580
 is calling

00:18:00.580 --> 00:18:01.299
 our hearts

00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:02.320
 back to

00:18:02.320 --> 00:18:02.840
 himself

00:18:02.840 --> 00:18:04.340
 don't

00:18:04.340 --> 00:18:05.240
 neglect

00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:06.259
 relationship

00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:06.960
 with me

00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:07.960
 any longer

00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:09.360
 use this

00:18:09.360 --> 00:18:09.860
 summer

00:18:09.860 --> 00:18:10.580
 I think he

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 would say

00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:12.100
 as a chance

00:18:12.100 --> 00:18:12.620
 to see the

00:18:12.620 --> 00:18:13.440
 love that you

00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:14.200
 had at first

00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:15.259
 rekindled

00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:15.680
 that's what

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 that's what

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 I'm hoping

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 we'll set it

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 aside for

00:18:18.140 --> 00:18:18.940
 wherever we

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 are there

00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:20.259
 pray for

00:18:20.259 --> 00:18:20.500
 that

00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:21.100
 right now

00:18:21.100 --> 00:18:21.559
 pray

00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:22.299
 pray that

00:18:22.299 --> 00:18:22.779
 God would

00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.440
 would do

00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:23.799
 that in

00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.399
 your heart

00:18:24.399 --> 00:18:24.839
 today

00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:26.059
 and through

00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:26.519
 these next

00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:27.039
 few weeks

00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:28.099
 don't delay

00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:29.099
 or ignore

00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:29.940
 the results

00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.299
 of the

00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:31.059
 heart check

00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:32.059
 any longer

00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:34.299
 ask God

00:18:34.299 --> 00:18:34.659
 to work

00:18:34.659 --> 00:18:34.960
 there

00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:35.899
 second

00:18:35.899 --> 00:18:36.339
 warning

00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:38.519
 to the

00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:38.960
 church in

00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.419
 Sardis

00:18:39.419 --> 00:18:41.720
 of course

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.099
 all these

00:18:42.099 --> 00:18:42.559
 letters were

00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:43.139
 read to all

00:18:43.139 --> 00:18:43.619
 the churches

00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:44.099
 there's a

00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:44.359
 lesson

00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:45.720
 for us

00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.000
 too

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 Revelation

00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:47.099
 3

00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:47.879
 verse 1

00:18:47.879 --> 00:18:48.539
 to the

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.019
 angel of

00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.379
 the church

00:18:49.379 --> 00:18:50.019
 in Sardis

00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:50.359
 write

00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:51.139
 the words

00:18:51.139 --> 00:18:51.460
 of him

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:51.819
 who has

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 the seven

00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:52.940
 spirits of

00:18:52.940 --> 00:18:53.220
 God

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 in the

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 seven

00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:54.240
 stars

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 I know

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 your

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 works

00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:57.400
 you have

00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:57.539
 the

00:18:57.539 --> 00:18:58.100
 reputation

00:18:58.100 --> 00:18:58.620
 of being

00:18:58.620 --> 00:18:59.240
 alive

00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:01.200
 but you

00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:01.740
 are dead

00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:03.180
 wake up

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:04.180
 and strengthen

00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:04.820
 what remains

00:19:04.820 --> 00:19:05.320
 and is about

00:19:05.320 --> 00:19:05.740
 to die

00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:06.440
 for I have

00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:06.840
 not found

00:19:06.840 --> 00:19:07.200
 your works

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.680
 complete

00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:08.200
 in the sight

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:08.480
 of my

00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:08.860
 God

00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:09.920
 remember

00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:10.580
 then what

00:19:10.580 --> 00:19:11.360
 you received

00:19:11.360 --> 00:19:12.080
 and heard

00:19:12.080 --> 00:19:13.220
 keep it

00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:14.240
 and repent

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.620
 if you will

00:19:15.620 --> 00:19:16.160
 not wake

00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:16.860
 up I will

00:19:16.860 --> 00:19:17.420
 come like a

00:19:17.420 --> 00:19:17.940
 thief and you

00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.460
 will not know

00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:19.039
 at what hour

00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:19.539
 I will come

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:20.320
 against you

00:19:20.320 --> 00:19:21.960
 yet you still

00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:22.360
 have a few

00:19:22.360 --> 00:19:22.880
 names in

00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.260
 Sardis

00:19:23.260 --> 00:19:23.940
 people who

00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:24.300
 have not

00:19:24.300 --> 00:19:24.880
 soiled their

00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:25.200
 garments

00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:25.840
 and they

00:19:25.840 --> 00:19:26.420
 will walk

00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:27.120
 with me

00:19:27.120 --> 00:19:28.140
 in white

00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:28.620
 for they

00:19:28.620 --> 00:19:29.160
 are worthy

00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:30.360
 the one

00:19:30.360 --> 00:19:30.920
 who conquers

00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:31.200
 will be

00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:31.700
 clothed

00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:32.340
 thus in

00:19:32.340 --> 00:19:33.320
 white garments

00:19:33.320 --> 00:19:34.340
 and I will

00:19:34.340 --> 00:19:34.880
 never blot

00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:35.440
 his name

00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.080
 out of the

00:19:36.080 --> 00:19:36.360
 book of

00:19:36.360 --> 00:19:36.720
 life

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.500
 I will

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.040
 confess his

00:19:38.040 --> 00:19:38.460
 name before

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:39.020
 my father

00:19:39.020 --> 00:19:39.600
 and before

00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:40.160
 his angels

00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:40.920
 he who has

00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:41.300
 an ear

00:19:41.300 --> 00:19:42.140
 let him hear

00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.700
 what the

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.680
 spirit says

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.640
 to the

00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:45.240
 churches

00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:47.420
 again a

00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:48.520
 church that

00:19:48.520 --> 00:19:49.020
 looks good

00:19:49.020 --> 00:19:49.260
 on the

00:19:49.260 --> 00:19:49.740
 outside

00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:52.759
 but inside

00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:55.079
 it's dead

00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:57.380
 Jesus is

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:58.339
 very concerned

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:59.220
 he sets

00:19:59.220 --> 00:19:59.680
 off the

00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:00.039
 alarm

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 wake up

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 God is

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 not done

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 with you

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 yet

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 isn't that

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 so hopeful

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 God's

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 not done

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 with you

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 even though

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 you're

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 dead

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 no he's

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 not cutting

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 you loose

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 to move

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 on to

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 someone

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 better

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 no

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 so what's

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 the call

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 again it's

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 the same

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 call it's

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 to remember

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 what you

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 received

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 and heard

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 a way of

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 saying the

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 gospel

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 the good

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 news of

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 Jesus

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 the hope

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 of the

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 scriptures

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 repent

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 and come

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 back to

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 him

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 in fact

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 you can

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 be like

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 he's saying

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 to those

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 who have

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 wandered

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 who have

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 soiled

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 their garments

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 you can

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 be like

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 those in

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 your church

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 who walk

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 with

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 Jesus

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 clothed

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 in his

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 righteousness

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 experiencing

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 the joy

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 of Jesus

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 being with

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 you and

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 for you

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 rather than

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 against you

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 that's the

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 warning is

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 that he'll

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 come against

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 you

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 he could

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 be with

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 you

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 walking

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 with you

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 and for

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 you

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 have

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 you felt

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 that sense

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 of drifting

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 spiritually

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 just

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 I'm just

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 here

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 I haven't

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 changed anything

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 I believe

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 I just don't

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 feel it

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 anymore

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 I'm checked

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 out

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 what's Jesus'

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 heart for you

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 if that's

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 what you feel

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 come back

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 to me

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:24.840
 he's urging

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 you

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 toward

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 revival

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.039
 towards

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 new life

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 with him

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 don't keep

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 drifting

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 come walk

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 with me

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 draw on

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 my strength

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 find life

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 not in

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 other things

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:39.340
 but in me

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 otherwise you're

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:40.500
 dead

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 unless you

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.820
 find life

00:21:41.820 --> 00:21:42.600
 in me

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 one more

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.320
 warning

00:21:46.320 --> 00:21:47.880
 with an

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 invitation

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 perhaps the

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 most famous

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 of these

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 seven letters

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 the final one

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 to the church

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 in Laodicea

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 verse 14

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 to the angel

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 of the church

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 in Laodicea

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 write

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 the words

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 of the amen

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 the faithful

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 and true

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 witness

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 the beginning

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 of God's

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 creation

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 I know

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 your works

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 you are

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 neither cold

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 nor hot

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 would that

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 you were

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 either cold

00:22:09.860 --> 00:22:10.460
 or hot

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.120
 so because

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.540
 you are

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 lukewarm

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:12.640
 and neither

00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:13.160
 hot nor

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 cold

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 I will spit

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 you out

00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:15.660
 of my mouth

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 for you

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.900
 say I am

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:18.340
 rich

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 I have

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 prospered

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 and I need

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 nothing

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.480
 not realizing

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.279
 that you

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 are wretched

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 pitiable

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 poor

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 blind

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 and naked

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 I counsel

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 you to buy

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 from me

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 gold refined

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.880
 by fire

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 so that you

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 may be rich

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:34.039
 and white

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 garments

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 so that you

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 may clothe

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.880
 yourself

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.620
 and the shame

00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:36.860
 of your

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 nakedness

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:37.960
 may not be

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.400
 seen

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:39.319
 and salve

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 to anoint

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 your eyes

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 so that you

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 may see

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:44.779
 wretched

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:46.960
 pitiable

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:48.319
 poor

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:49.500
 blind

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:51.000
 and naked

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:52.119
 even though

00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:53.000
 you felt

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:54.279
 strong

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:55.519
 and rich

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.880
 even though

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.539
 you dress

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:58.240
 up really

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.740
 well

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.859
 even though

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:00.400
 you made

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:00.839
 budget

00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:02.000
 last year

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:03.140
 even though

00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:03.619
 you know

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.539
 theology

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:07.619
 watch out

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 you're lukewarm

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 milk toast

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 Christians

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 not offering

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.740
 refreshment

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:18.659
 or comfort

00:23:18.659 --> 00:23:19.519
 and healing

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 to anyone

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.019
 around you

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.680
 to the world

00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.559
 God is

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:23.079
 threatening

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 to spit

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:25.059
 you out

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 then listen

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.440
 verse 19

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 because that's

00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:30.539
 pretty tough

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.039
 you don't want

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.819
 God spitting

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.519
 you out

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:35.859
 those whom

00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:36.559
 I love

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 I reprove

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 and discipline

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:40.500
 so be zealous

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:42.119
 and repent

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:43.599
 behold

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.639
 I stand

00:23:44.639 --> 00:23:45.299
 at the door

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 and knock

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.899
 if anyone

00:23:46.899 --> 00:23:47.839
 hears my voice

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.399
 and opens

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:48.799
 the door

00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:49.559
 I will come

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:50.059
 into him

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.659
 and eat

00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:51.240
 with him

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.799
 and he

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.519
 with me

00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:54.259
 the one

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:54.819
 who conquers

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.339
 I will grant

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:55.879
 him to sit

00:23:55.879 --> 00:23:56.240
 with me

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:57.019
 on my throne

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.799
 as I also

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.259
 conquered

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.700
 and sat

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:58.980
 down

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.399
 with my

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 father

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 on his

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 throne

00:24:00.639 --> 00:24:01.480
 he who

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:01.879
 has an

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.119
 ear

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:02.740
 let him

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.099
 hear

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:03.740
 what the

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.039
 spirit

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.720
 says

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.419
 to the

00:24:05.419 --> 00:24:05.939
 churches

00:24:05.939 --> 00:24:08.939
 another call

00:24:08.939 --> 00:24:09.399
 to repentance

00:24:09.399 --> 00:24:10.220
 isn't it

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:11.159
 with an

00:24:11.159 --> 00:24:12.019
 incredible

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:13.019
 invitation

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:14.019
 here

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:15.079
 to the

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.960
 church goer

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.740
 who feels

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.740
 so far

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.579
 from God

00:24:18.579 --> 00:24:20.759
 to the

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.220
 Christian

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:22.039
 who feels

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.779
 exposed

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.919
 and

00:24:23.919 --> 00:24:24.759
 exhausted

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:26.440
 to the

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:26.940
 person

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.859
 who feels

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.440
 utterly

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.500
 unworthy

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.480
 of any

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.279
 relationship

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.980
 with God

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.259
 what does

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.859
 Jesus say

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:34.420
 I will

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:35.279
 come in

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.660
 and eat

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.519
 with you

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.940
 the word

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.299
 used here

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:39.720
 is for the

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.180
 meal that

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 was at

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.059
 the end

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.299
 of the

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.559
 day

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.700
 after all

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.339
 the day's

00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:44.099
 work was

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.440
 done

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.460
 everything else

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.740
 had been

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.480
 set aside

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.240
 and people

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.980
 would linger

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.619
 together

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:49.480
 over

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.319
 conversation

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:51.220
 and

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:52.019
 friendship

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:53.220
 this is

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.400
 the

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:54.039
 Jesus

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.379
 then

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:54.639
 who is

00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:54.799
 the

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.299
 bread

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:56.019
 of life

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.660
 the

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:57.480
 divine

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.099
 king

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.839
 of all

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.440
 glory

00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.920
 the

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.680
 miracle

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.279
 working

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:02.099
 resurrection

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:03.240
 and the

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.639
 life

00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.680
 saying to

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.019
 you

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.819
 offering

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.420
 to you

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.500
 to renew

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.420
 acquaintance

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:10.079
 fellowship

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:11.920
 friendship

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:13.759
 with you

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:15.680
 don't rush

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.240
 off to go

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:17.119
 do amazing

00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.599
 things

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.259
 to impress

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.460
 him

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.019
 or get

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.640
 his attention

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.779
 no I'm

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.480
 right here

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.480
 knocking at

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.099
 the door

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:24.259
 it's what

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.819
 repentance

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.640
 means

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.339
 just the

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:26.940
 thing to

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.359
 do

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:28.160
 is to

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:28.660
 repent

00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.700
 to restore

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.539
 fellowship

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.619
 with me

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.519
 to invite

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.200
 me back

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.819
 into the

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.539
 center of

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.279
 your life

00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.559
 to linger

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:38.240
 with me

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.440
 in this

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.539
 relationship

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.980
 Jesus says

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.400
 that's

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:43.460
 true riches

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.240
 buy that

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.200
 it's actually

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:46.140
 free for you

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:47.100
 buy it

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.720
 it'll last

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.519
 it's real

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.100
 clothes

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.740
 that'll actually

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.299
 cover you

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.319
 it's corrected

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.840
 vision

00:25:51.840 --> 00:25:52.799
 to see the

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.579
 most glorious

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.200
 person

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:55.259
 the weightiest

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:55.680
 the most

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.279
 important

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:57.100
 relationship

00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:58.640
 see me

00:25:58.640 --> 00:26:00.259
 I'll do

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.840
 that for you

00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:01.680
 just open

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.100
 the door

00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.460
 I'm here

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.840
 to meet

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.440
 with you

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.120
 and to

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.480
 linger

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.059
 long

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.600
 with you

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.559
 Jesus says

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:08.579
 do you hear

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.279
 how important

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.240
 it is to

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.579
 Jesus

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:12.460
 that we

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.259
 individually

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:15.039
 and corporately

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:16.079
 as a church

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:17.819
 are nurturing

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.920
 relationship

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.559
 with him

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:21.119
 it's not

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:21.740
 it's not just a

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.619
 verse here

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:22.960
 or there

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:24.400
 this is his

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:24.859
 heart

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:26.539
 he warns us

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.259
 repeatedly

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.379
 because he

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:28.879
 knows how

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.720
 easy it is

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.299
 to neglect

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.759
 the heart

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.500
 is that easy

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:33.119
 that's very

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:34.279
 easy for us

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.480
 to get busy

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.099
 with all the

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.519
 things we're

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:36.980
 doing and

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.839
 miss the heart

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.420
 he knows how

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.339
 natural it is

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.959
 to drift

00:26:39.959 --> 00:26:41.159
 spiritually

00:26:41.159 --> 00:26:42.899
 drifting is

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:43.639
 very easy

00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:44.319
 that's the

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.759
 definition

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.459
 of it

00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:47.079
 he knows

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.919
 how comfortable

00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:49.079
 it can feel

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.659
 to be a

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.819
 half-hearted

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.740
 nominal

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:53.179
 box-checking

00:26:53.179 --> 00:26:53.619
 Christian

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.339
 who thinks

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.879
 all God

00:26:54.879 --> 00:26:55.500
 cares about

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.819
 is you're

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.500
 doing some

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.259
 things for

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.599
 him

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.279
 y'all that's

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.759
 religion

00:26:58.759 --> 00:27:00.939
 Jesus is

00:27:00.939 --> 00:27:01.220
 about

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:02.240
 relationship

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:03.559
 he's not

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.159
 trying to

00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:04.659
 drive you

00:27:04.659 --> 00:27:05.119
 away

00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:05.759
 with these

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.559
 strong words

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.379
 he's wanting

00:27:07.379 --> 00:27:07.879
 to sit

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.359
 down and

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:08.940
 eat

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.740
 to walk

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.179
 with you

00:27:10.179 --> 00:27:10.960
 to renew

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.619
 your first

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.279
 love

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:14.359
 you'll notice

00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:15.139
 in each of

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:15.599
 these letters

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.000
 there's a

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.599
 communal

00:27:16.599 --> 00:27:17.619
 encouragement

00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:18.200
 isn't there

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.839
 for the

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.599
 church

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.940
 that he's

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.559
 writing to

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:23.339
 my heart

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:23.980
 for Southwood

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.779
 is the same

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:26.359
 not just

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:27.339
 some of us

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:28.200
 walking with

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:29.019
 Jesus in the

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.839
 pathways of

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.279
 grace

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.079
 boy wouldn't

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.500
 it be great

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:31.879
 if there were

00:27:31.879 --> 00:27:32.440
 just a few

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.000
 of us

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:34.759
 no

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:36.200
 not just

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.759
 some of us

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.600
 reading God's

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:37.920
 word

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.620
 not just

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:39.319
 some of our

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.000
 grace groups

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.640
 spurring one

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.420
 another on to

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.340
 love and good

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:42.700
 deeds

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.620
 not just some

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.279
 of us sharing

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.900
 the hope of

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.400
 Christ with

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.920
 our neighbors

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.840
 now don't you

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:48.140
 long for all

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:49.059
 of us together

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.900
 to be around

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.840
 the family dinner

00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:51.519
 table because

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.180
 we've come with

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:53.720
 Jesus and we

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.700
 often do this

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.279
 on Sundays

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:56.299
 and we come

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.240
 and we linger

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:58.259
 together

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:59.860
 living with

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.059
 him

00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:01.200
 loving him

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:02.180
 because Jesus

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:03.000
 has brought all

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.420
 of us into

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:03.920
 this special

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.460
 relationship

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.160
 don't you want

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:06.340
 to experience

00:28:06.340 --> 00:28:06.759
 that

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.880
 I want to

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:08.380
 invite all

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.960
 of us

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:10.120
 into this

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:10.500
 journey

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.340
 this summer

00:28:11.340 --> 00:28:13.180
 I mean that

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.779
 wherever you

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.180
 are with

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.600
 Jesus

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:16.279
 that this is

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.880
 an invitation

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.880
 into revival

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.820
 renewal

00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.759
 refreshing

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.320
 of that

00:28:20.320 --> 00:28:21.360
 relationship

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:22.900
 I think

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.480
 that's his

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.100
 invitation

00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:25.380
 to all

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:25.980
 of us

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:27.380
 we're going

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:27.720
 to be very

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.519
 practical

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.360
 this summer

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:30.779
 in the weeks

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.320
 ahead there

00:28:31.320 --> 00:28:31.680
 will be

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.840
 age appropriate

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.919
 resources

00:28:33.919 --> 00:28:35.319
 for all

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.679
 of us

00:28:35.679 --> 00:28:36.259
 I'm told

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.740
 we are even

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.019
 going to use

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.779
 a QR code

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.319
 so that you

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:38.859
 can get it

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.500
 and when they

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.919
 tell me what

00:28:39.919 --> 00:28:40.279
 that is

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.779
 I'll explain

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.240
 it to you

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.159
 but you'll

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:42.819
 be able to

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:44.699
 access resources

00:28:44.699 --> 00:28:46.379
 young people

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:47.379
 and adults

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:47.959
 and no matter

00:28:47.959 --> 00:28:48.480
 how long

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:48.759
 you've been

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.259
 walking with

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.500
 Jesus

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:49.879
 that will

00:28:49.879 --> 00:28:51.000
 help you

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.619
 along the

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.259
 path of

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.000
 walking

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:54.019
 with him

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.220
 this morning

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.759
 I just want

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.139
 to give you

00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:56.899
 one practical

00:28:56.899 --> 00:28:57.579
 question

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:59.480
 just something

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.879
 to start

00:28:59.879 --> 00:29:00.659
 thinking about

00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:01.119
 we'll talk

00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:01.500
 about it

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:01.859
 through the

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.140
 summer

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:03.460
 what's the

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.519
 one time

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:06.579
 that directs

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.039
 all your

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.500
 time

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:10.119
 in my

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:10.500
 relationship

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.059
 with Christy

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.599
 I told you

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.119
 about that

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:12.900
 Friday morning

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.519
 time

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:15.259
 that directs

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.880
 all our

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.599
 time for a

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:17.700
 24-7

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:19.259
 relationship

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:20.680
 Friday mornings

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.500
 are not

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.299
 the extent

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.640
 of our

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.220
 relationship

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.640
 that wouldn't

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.000
 work

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.559
 would it

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:26.619
 they're part

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:27.079
 of the rhythm

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:28.400
 like mornings

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:29.680
 and evenings

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.940
 Friday mornings

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.740
 together

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:33.120
 impact all

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:33.519
 the other

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.100
 time

00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:36.740
 so then we

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.360
 think about

00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:38.779
 how this

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.320
 one time

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:40.120
 directs

00:29:40.120 --> 00:29:40.980
 all our

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.560
 other time

00:29:41.560 --> 00:29:42.220
 I'm asking

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.660
 you that

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:42.960
 in your

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.600
 relationship

00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:45.320
 with Jesus

00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:46.900
 what's your

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:47.840
 one time

00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:48.960
 that helps

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.560
 direct you

00:29:49.560 --> 00:29:50.000
 to live

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.660
 all your

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:51.100
 time

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.900
 with him

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:53.240
 24-7

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:54.180
 what's that

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.799
 time on a

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:56.000
 daily basis

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:57.180
 a regular

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.640
 rhythm

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:59.440
 when you

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.000
 can remember

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.540
 your first

00:30:00.540 --> 00:30:00.920
 love

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:02.800
 when he

00:30:02.800 --> 00:30:03.380
 can tell

00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:03.900
 you who

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.520
 you are

00:30:04.520 --> 00:30:04.940
 to him

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.900
 in relationship

00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:06.380
 with him

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:07.040
 and you

00:30:07.040 --> 00:30:07.820
 can marvel

00:30:07.820 --> 00:30:08.300
 that he's

00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:08.880
 still with

00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:09.259
 you

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:11.720
 when he

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.220
 can linger

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.780
 with you

00:30:12.780 --> 00:30:13.759
 to hear

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.300
 your heart

00:30:14.300 --> 00:30:14.800
 and what's

00:30:14.800 --> 00:30:15.620
 going on

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:15.720
 there

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.020
 when he

00:30:16.020 --> 00:30:16.520
 can direct

00:30:16.520 --> 00:30:17.180
 your path

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:20.140
 I trust

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.759
 with Jesus

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.200
 in that

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.780
 relationship

00:30:21.780 --> 00:30:22.380
 that Sunday

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:22.820
 mornings

00:30:22.820 --> 00:30:24.540
 are part

00:30:24.540 --> 00:30:24.920
 of that

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.380
 weekly

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:25.720
 rhythm

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.200
 we'll talk

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.680
 about that

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.220
 later this

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.500
 summer

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.480
 but what's

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.000
 your daily

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.339
 rhythm

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.799
 like

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:31.660
 doesn't

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.059
 have to

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.440
 be the

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:33.039
 same time

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.500
 every day

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:33.900
 of course

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.259
 it doesn't

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.759
 have to

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:34.980
 be

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.740
 but for

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.480
 most of

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.700
 us

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.140
 schedules

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:37.660
 fill up

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:37.900
 pretty

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.380
 quickly

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:40.860
 and things

00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.100
 that are

00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:41.640
 priorities

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.059
 need to

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.539
 be set

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.100
 early

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:44.500
 is it

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.200
 first thing

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.420
 in the

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:45.700
 morning

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:45.980
 that's

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.339
 often

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:46.759
 best

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.259
 for me

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.900
 is it

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.319
 right after

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:48.700
 the kids

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.039
 go to

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.279
 bed

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.960
 is it

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.240
 right when

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.400
 you get

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:50.660
 to the

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:51.120
 office

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.980
 is it

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.180
 at the

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.319
 end

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:52.720
 of family

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.059
 dinner

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:54.839
 the Bible

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:55.500
 doesn't tell

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:55.759
 you when

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.200
 it has to

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.519
 be

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.119
 you don't

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.480
 have to

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.740
 have an

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.119
 answer to

00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:58.539
 that this

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:58.940
 morning

00:30:58.940 --> 00:31:00.279
 but I want

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.900
 to encourage

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.299
 you to be

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.879
 thinking about

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.299
 when that

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:03.420
 special time

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.299
 with Jesus

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.299
 could be for

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.599
 you

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:05.940
 it is

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:07.059
 so worth

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.500
 it

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.680
 we'll talk

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.099
 about what

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:10.000
 can happen

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.839
 there in

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.379
 that time

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:12.240
 but if you

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.839
 get some time

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.400
 alone with

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:14.200
 Jesus this

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.539
 week

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.720
 just the

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.119
 two of

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.420
 you

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:18.180
 will you

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.700
 text or

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.359
 email someone

00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:19.779
 just one

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.059
 line

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:22.539
 this is

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.159
 my time

00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:25.339
 will you

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:25.720
 share that

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.240
 with somebody

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.059
 share it

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.339
 with someone

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:27.579
 in your

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:28.159
 grace group

00:31:28.159 --> 00:31:29.399
 text or

00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:29.879
 email it

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.279
 to me

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.940
 yes

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.599
 I would

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:32.119
 love to

00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:32.599
 get hundreds

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.299
 of emails

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:34.019
 yes I

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.339
 would

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:35.460
 hundreds of

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.079
 short emails

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:37.059
 telling me

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:38.000
 it would let

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.399
 me know how

00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:38.779
 to enter in

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.480
 and pray for

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:39.899
 you during

00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:40.500
 that time

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.119
 to know what

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:41.759
 God is doing

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.679
 in your life

00:31:42.679 --> 00:31:43.639
 but if you

00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:44.059
 would just

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.960
 share that

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:46.079
 with someone

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.539
 when you

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.960
 share it

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.919
 might encourage

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.800
 someone else

00:31:48.800 --> 00:31:49.940
 in considering

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.800
 what the time

00:31:50.800 --> 00:31:52.019
 can be for

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.380
 them

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:55.880
 now as we

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.360
 finish I want

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:56.820
 to acknowledge

00:31:56.820 --> 00:31:58.800
 that that

00:31:58.800 --> 00:31:59.259
 can be pretty

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.680
 scary

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:01.420
 I remember

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:01.980
 how scared

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.480
 I was I

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:02.940
 was really

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:04.560
 worried a

00:32:04.560 --> 00:32:04.980
 couple years

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.560
 ago when I

00:32:05.560 --> 00:32:05.900
 went on

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.700
 sabbatical and

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.400
 I was sent

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:07.960
 to spend

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.820
 some time

00:32:08.820 --> 00:32:09.720
 alone with

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.300
 Jesus

00:32:10.300 --> 00:32:12.180
 and I only

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.900
 told a few

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:13.380
 of you this

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:14.039
 before I

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.860
 left but I

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.500
 was afraid

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.720
 honestly that I

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.120
 would get

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.460
 there

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.940
 and he

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.579
 wouldn't

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:21.480
 that I'd

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.920
 be stood

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:23.200
 up so to

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.539
 speak

00:32:23.539 --> 00:32:24.920
 that I'd

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.380
 be sitting

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:26.700
 there in

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.380
 this awkward

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:28.160
 silence

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:29.059
 you ever felt

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.519
 the awkward

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.039
 silence

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.600
 am I the

00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:31.160
 only one who

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:31.660
 has awkward

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:33.000
 I know I'm

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.819
 socially awkward

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.460
 but come on

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.579
 somebody else

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.880
 has felt going

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:37.400
 somewhere and

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:37.980
 it's just you

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:39.259
 and I don't

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.600
 know what to

00:32:39.600 --> 00:32:39.980
 do

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:42.460
 maybe you

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:42.840
 felt that

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.340
 maybe you

00:32:43.340 --> 00:32:44.059
 fear that

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.340
 too

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:45.079
 you don't

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.960
 look forward

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.400
 to time

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:46.960
 just the

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.360
 two of

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:47.519
 you

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:47.900
 you and

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.160
 Jesus

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.559
 he doesn't

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.259
 talk much

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.680
 pastor

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.960
 it's kind

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.460
 of quiet

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:54.980
 start by

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.579
 just showing

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.259
 up for a

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.759
 few minutes

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:58.279
 and telling

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.880
 him that

00:32:58.880 --> 00:33:01.860
 just being

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:03.380
 honest about

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:03.960
 that struggle

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.860
 that fear

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:05.160
 that you

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.460
 have

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.900
 repenting

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.980
 that he's

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.360
 been telling

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:08.740
 us about

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.779
 returning to

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.980
 him can be

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.960
 that simple

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:13.100
 it's not

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:14.340
 this complex

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:15.039
 spiritual

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.579
 thing

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.399
 it's coming

00:33:16.399 --> 00:33:16.819
 back to

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:16.980
 him

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.539
 he describes

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:17.799
 it as

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.639
 opening the

00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:18.919
 door

00:33:18.919 --> 00:33:19.980
 he's knocking

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:21.179
 he's there

00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:22.159
 I can tell

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:22.619
 you from

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:23.919
 personal experience

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:25.119
 God met me

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:26.119
 there in that

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.839
 time

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:28.179
 I so needed

00:33:28.179 --> 00:33:28.859
 it

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:29.699
 that God

00:33:29.699 --> 00:33:30.980
 delighted to

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.480
 meet me

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:32.480
 and continues

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.500
 to meet with

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.339
 me because I

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.220
 still need it

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:36.139
 and I am so

00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:36.779
 thankful that

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.119
 he's there

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.659
 and that he

00:33:37.659 --> 00:33:38.639
 delights to

00:33:38.639 --> 00:33:39.339
 walk with us

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:40.199
 and talk with

00:33:40.199 --> 00:33:41.039
 us and tell

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:42.019
 us who we

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.399
 are

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:43.440
 walking with

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.379
 Jesus will

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:44.899
 change your

00:33:44.899 --> 00:33:46.359
 life in a

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:46.819
 good way

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.799
 in the best

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.559
 way change

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.259
 all of your

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.839
 life it'll

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.460
 change every

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.019
 moment of

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.899
 every day

00:33:51.899 --> 00:33:52.579
 that's what it

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.099
 did for Mary

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.720
 when she was

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.279
 in the garden

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:56.019
 right and she

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.619
 got to walk

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:57.399
 and talk with

00:33:57.399 --> 00:33:57.980
 Jesus and when

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.799
 he told her

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.700
 now let go

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.619
 and here's what

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:01.279
 you'll go do

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:02.359
 he met her

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:04.220
 there and we

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:05.180
 so need that

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:06.659
 vital encouragement

00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:07.159
 don't we

00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:08.340
 the one who

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.400
 warns us

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:11.500
 is with us

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.440
 there is so

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.119
 much life

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.240
 and hope

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:15.039
 in that he

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.840
 is knocking

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.539
 at the door

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.160
 to come in

00:34:17.160 --> 00:34:17.700
 and eat with

00:34:17.700 --> 00:34:18.539
 us isn't he

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:20.039
 but even more

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:20.460
 than that look

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.980
 look where he

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.460
 is and what he's

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.000
 doing in this

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.820
 passage because I

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.460
 think we often

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.320
 picture God

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:26.500
 far off from

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:27.119
 us especially

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.740
 when we've been

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.420
 going in different

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.260
 directions with

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:30.559
 him wandering

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:32.160
 off perhaps for

00:34:32.160 --> 00:34:33.260
 a long time

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:34.840
 and the picture

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.820
 we have of him

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.639
 is him way off

00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:37.220
 in the distance

00:34:37.220 --> 00:34:38.079
 crossing his

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:39.000
 arms tapping

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.760
 his foot

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:40.900
 shaking his

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.199
 head

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:43.800
 that's not

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.320
 what he tells

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:45.019
 us he's doing

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:47.119
 these words of

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:48.039
 warning are

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.840
 from the one

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:49.920
 who holds the

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:51.179
 seven stars in

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:52.039
 his right hand

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:53.340
 and walks among

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:54.460
 the seven golden

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.920
 lampstands might

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.519
 not mean much

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.280
 to you what

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:58.139
 revelation one

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:59.079
 has already told

00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:00.079
 us is that is

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:01.360
 figurative language

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:03.019
 for Jesus walking

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.940
 among his

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:05.719
 churches his

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:07.440
 people holding

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.920
 them and their

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:10.220
 leaders and their

00:35:10.220 --> 00:35:11.820
 angels in his

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:13.840
 hand he is with

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:15.740
 us already he

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:17.480
 gave his life to

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.559
 establish this

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:19.619
 relationship with

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.679
 us in the first

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:22.159
 place so when we

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:23.420
 open the door and

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:24.659
 make the time and

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:26.559
 turn to him he is

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.880
 there you can count

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:30.119
 on it to renew the

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:31.159
 relationship he

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:33.260
 started to walk

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:35.140
 with us to hold

00:35:35.140 --> 00:35:36.940
 us every day

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:39.860
 hallelujah what a

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:43.200
 savior hallelujah what

00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:44.500
 a friend let's

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:44.800
 pray

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:49.680
 Jesus we're gonna

00:35:49.680 --> 00:35:50.920
 trust you for that

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:56.120
 we're gonna do what

00:35:56.120 --> 00:35:57.520
 might feel awkward to

00:35:57.520 --> 00:35:58.980
 many of us and trust

00:35:58.980 --> 00:36:00.020
 you that you want a

00:36:00.020 --> 00:36:01.240
 relationship with us

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:02.139
 more than we

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:03.039
 understand what that

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:06.359
 means we need your

00:36:06.359 --> 00:36:07.559
 spirit to work in our

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:10.059
 hearts that we would

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:12.239
 feel your love for us

00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:14.299
 that we would taste the

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:16.000
 riches and the sweetness

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:18.539
 of your grace that we

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.879
 would know that walking

00:36:19.879 --> 00:36:21.979
 with you is the best

00:36:21.979 --> 00:36:24.779
 place for us to be so

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:26.059
 many other things will

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 scream at us before we

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 walk out the back doors

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 of this room this

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 morning as more

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 important and more

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 worthy of our attention

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 and our time Jesus

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 would you continue to

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 bring yourself before

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 us help us to

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 encourage one another

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 in that that we might

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 meet you and see our

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 love for you grow and

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 our lives changed

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 thank you for promising

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 to meet us thank you

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 for continuing to

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 pursue us thank you

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 that you're already here

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 with us we give you

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 thanks in your name

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 amen for more

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 online at

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 southwood.org

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