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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. Join us.

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! Turning our eyes upon Jesus. That's why we're here.

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 It's not just a Sunday morning thing, but it needs to be at least that to help us with every moment.

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 That's actually what we saw last week, that faith is.

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 Faith, really, is seeing Jesus, right?

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 Building our lives on realities that our eyes can't see, but are nonetheless true and eternal.

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 Faith, then, can't be a one-time activity.

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 Faith, then, can't be a one-time activity.

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 Sometimes, if you're talking to somebody that you've met about faith,

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 we may say that we had faith with something that happened in our lives back when we were a young person

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 and we walked an aisle or we prayed a prayer, and so we have faith.

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 The Bible says faith is not something that we just know about or that we just do once.

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 Rather, it is a lifelong race.

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 Hebrews 12 now turns us to a discussion of running the race of faith.

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 So we've got our image for this morning, right?

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 I don't have to make anything up.

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 We've got a race.

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 God is here in chapter 11, helped us see what faith is,

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 what it looks like when people trust unseen realities

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 more than the things they see with their own eyes.

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 And so now, God says in chapter 12,

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 go, run by faith.

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 Every day, run.

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 Let's listen to God's word together

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 and then ask that we might be shaped by it.

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 We need that.

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 Hebrews 12 at verse 1.

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 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,

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 let us also lay aside every weight and sin which clings so closely

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 and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

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 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith,

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 who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,

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 despising the shame and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

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 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself

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 so that you may not grow weary or faint-hearted.

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 In your struggle against sin,

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 you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

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 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

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 My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,

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 nor be weary when reproved by him,

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 for the Lord disciplines the one he loves

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 and chastises every son whom he receives.

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 It is for discipline that you have to endure.

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 God is treating you as sons.

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 For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

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 If you're left without discipline in which all have participated,

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 then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

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 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us

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 and we respected them.

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 Shall we not much more be subject to the father of spirits and live?

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 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them,

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 but he disciplines us for our good,

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 that we may share his holiness.

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 For the moment, all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant,

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 but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness

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 to those who have been trained by it.

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 Therefore, lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees

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 and make straight paths for your feet

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 so that what is lame may not be put out of joint,

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 but rather be healed.

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 Strive for peace with everyone

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 and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

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 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God,

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 that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble,

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 and by it many become defiled,

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 that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau,

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 who sold his birthright for a single meal.

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 For you know that afterward,

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 when he desired to inherit the blessing,

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 he was rejected,

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 for he found no chance to repent,

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 though he sought it with tears.

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 God's word.

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 Let's ask for his help.

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 Father, these are wonderful things,

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 but they're difficult things for us,

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 not so much to hear or even to grasp,

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 but to live.

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 We struggle.

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 We need your grace.

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 Would you so by your spirit give us grace

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 that we might be willing,

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 even eager,

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 to have our lives shaped by your word

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 more than by this world

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 or even our own desires.

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 Renew us, spirit, by your word

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 and change us even,

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 even where it hurts,

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 so that we'd be more and more

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 like our gracious Savior, Jesus,

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 we ask in his name.

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 Amen.

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 In spite of how it's translated

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 in English here,

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 there's actually only one main verb

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 here at the beginning of chapter 12.

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 With endurance, let us run.

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 Run the race set before us.

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 All these heroes in chapter 11

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 lived by faith, right?

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 By faith, by faith.

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 And now we are called

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 to run our race

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 by faith

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 with endurance.

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 Not, I hope this is encouraging,

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 speed.

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 It's not a sprint.

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 Endurance.

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 It means perseverance,

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 patience,

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 keeping on, keeping on,

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 bearing up under

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 whatever's pressing down on us.

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 The preacher has been calling us

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 to this all along in Hebrews.

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 Don't drift.

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 Cling to Jesus.

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 Don't turn back.

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 And now,

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 keep running

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 with endurance.

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 It is absolutely essential

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 to life with God.

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 Endurance.

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 It's essential,

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 but it's not easy.

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 So he has to keep calling us

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 to it over and over,

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 lest we grow weary

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 and faint-hearted, right?

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 And just not have

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 the strength to carry on.

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 And just want to notice up front,

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 don't you love

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 that God recognizes

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 that our growing weary

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 is a distinct possibility?

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 He gets that.

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 He doesn't mock us

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 for growing weary.

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 In fact,

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 he has help

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 and hope

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 for us this morning.

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 Switching temporarily.

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 Why might we

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 be weary?

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 Have you never run a race before?

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 Everybody

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 gets weary

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 at some point, right?

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 It's like saying

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 we're all so busy

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 these days.

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 Okay,

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 runners get weary.

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 Here in Hebrews,

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 though,

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 the weariness

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 is a bit more pointed.

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 Thank you so much,

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 Jarrett.

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 This will help everybody.

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 God knows

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 that we might grow weary

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 because

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 we're clinging

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 to his promises

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 and yet we're not

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 seeing them

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 fulfilled yet.

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 Remember last week

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 the people of faith

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 in chapter 11?

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 Finding life

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 in God's promises

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 but not finding them

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 to be coming true

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 in my life yet.

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 It may be

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 because we're being

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 attacked

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 for our commitment

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 to Jesus

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 and we seem

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 to have nothing

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 to show for it.

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 Like the psalmist

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 whose enemies

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 kept prospering

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 and pushing him down.

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 we may be weary

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 because

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 sometimes

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 it is just

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 too hard

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 hoping

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 in the unseen

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 living

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 for Jesus

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 and I

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 just want

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 to satisfy

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 myself

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 with some of the

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 things of this

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 world for a while.

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 I want to scratch

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 that itch.

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 And we've

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 parented

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 patiently

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 but it's not

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 producing results.

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 God,

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 we're weary.

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 I've prayed

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 repeatedly

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 but the chronic

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 pain

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 it just

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 never seems

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 to go away.

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 God,

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 I'm weary.

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 God,

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 you know,

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 to be honest

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 I do feel

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 like I should

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 make some time

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 to think about

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 how my faith

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 in you

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 affects all

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 of my life.

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 But right now

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 I'm just trying

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 to put food

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 on the table

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 for my family

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 and keep money

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 in the bank

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 and get the kids

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 where they need

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 to go

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 and plan our

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 next vacation

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 and try not

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 to feel too

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 discouraged

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 about my

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 failures as a

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 spouse

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 and get prepared

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 for the next

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 meeting

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 and have some

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 real friends

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 I can actually

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 count on

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 and enjoy

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 and I'm just

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 too weary,

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 God,

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 with all of the

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 things that I

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 see right in

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 front of me

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 every day.

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 I'm too weary

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 to look up

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 to anything

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 else.

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 I give up

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 on trying

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 to have

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 life with

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 God,

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 a relationship,

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 with him.

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 I mean,

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 he'll be there

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 when I die.

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 I've got

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 faith for

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 them.

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 You feel

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 any of that?

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 I do.

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 I have thought

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 or said

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 every one

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 of those

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 things at

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 some point

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 in my

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 journey

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 with Jesus.

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 And God

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 understands.

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 He wants

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 to encourage

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 us today

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 that the

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 life of

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 faith

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 is a race

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 to stay

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 in,

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 to run

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 with endurance

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 even

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 when we're

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 weary.

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 He knows

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 that it's not

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 easy,

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 but he wants

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 to tell us

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 how to do

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 that.

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 So it's

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 intensely

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 practical

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 here.

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 Pause.

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 The race

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 of faith

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 is a

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 daily race.

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 So he

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 starts here

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 by addressing

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 how do we

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 stay ready

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 to run

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 well

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 each

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 day.

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 First,

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 he says,

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 lay aside

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 hindrances.

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 Anything that

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 would get in

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 your way.

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 Verse 1,

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 let us also

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 lay aside

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 every weight

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 and sin

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 which clings

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 so closely.

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 So just

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 imagine,

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 before you

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 run a race,

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 you might

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 need to

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 train

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 to shed

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 some extra

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 pounds,

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 weight.

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 You'll

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 certainly

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 want to

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 empty your

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 pockets,

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 right?

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 You'll

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 take off

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 a jacket

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 if you're

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 wearing it.

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 You know,

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 if you're

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 really serious,

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 you might

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 shave your

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 legs,

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 right?

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 You're

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 really

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 going to

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 make sure

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 there's

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 nothing

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 slowing

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 you down

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 in this

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 race.

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 You'll

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 get rid

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 of anything,

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 even good

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 things,

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 that might

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 slow you

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 down.

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 In other

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 words,

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 if your

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 goal is

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 running the

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 race with

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 endurance,

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 it's a

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 very simple

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 decision what

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 to keep

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 with you

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 for the

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 race.

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 Will it

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 help you

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 run or

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 not?

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 Not,

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 am I

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 allowed to

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 or can I

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 get away

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 with a

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 little bit,

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 but will

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 it help

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 me run?

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 So,

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 you got a

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 few things

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 in your

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 pocket in

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 life,

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 don't you?

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 Meddling,

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 mourning.

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 How about

00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:48.519
 your phone?

00:12:50.699 --> 00:12:51.439
 How about

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 your hobby?

00:12:52.939 --> 00:12:53.340
 How about

00:12:53.340 --> 00:12:54.139
 your habit?

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 college

00:12:56.199 --> 00:12:56.740
 football,

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 book club,

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 vacation,

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 kids

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 activities,

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 my high

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 paying job,

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 my

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 boyfriend.

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 Should I

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 keep it

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 with me?

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 Or not?

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 Are you

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 willing to

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 ask?

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 What's

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 the question?

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 I don't

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 understand,

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 Pastor,

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 should I

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 keep it

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 with me?

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 Of course

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 I want to

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 keep it

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 with me.

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 No,

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 no,

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 no,

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 I'm

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 asking a

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 different

00:13:25.259 --> 00:13:25.659
 question.

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 Will it

00:13:27.500 --> 00:13:27.980
 help me

00:13:27.980 --> 00:13:28.519
 live by

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 faith,

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 run with

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 endurance,

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 keep my

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 life focused

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 on unseen

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 realities,

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 or obsessed

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 with the

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 world I see

00:13:38.700 --> 00:13:39.159
 with my

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 eyes?

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 Which one?

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 I just,

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 I know

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 from my

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 own life,

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 I think

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 from looking

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 at ours,

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 if we

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 would order

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 our lives

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 around honest

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 answers to

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 that question,

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 they probably

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 look different,

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 maybe

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 significantly

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 different.

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 Not because

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 the things

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 that we

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 might decide

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 to lay

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 aside are

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 bad things,

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 but will

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 we be

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 willing to

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 ask if

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 or how

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 they help

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 us run

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 by faith?

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 Will we

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 at least

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 be willing

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 to ask

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 that question

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 what did

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 Jesus say

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 in Luke

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 14?

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 Any one

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 of you

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 who does

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 not renounce

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 all that

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 he has

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 cannot be

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 my disciple.

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 Deny

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 yourself,

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 take up

00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:31.159
 your cross

00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:32.060
 and follow

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 me.

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 And y'all,

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 that's just

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 the neutral

00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:36.720
 stuff that

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 we might

00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:38.700
 need to

00:14:38.700 --> 00:14:39.379
 lay aside.

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 we certainly

00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:43.139
 must lay

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 aside

00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:45.000
 the sin

00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:46.240
 that so

00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:47.039
 often trips

00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:47.539
 us up.

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 Harboring

00:14:49.580 --> 00:14:50.480
 sin in your

00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:51.019
 heart is like

00:14:51.019 --> 00:14:51.740
 running a race

00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:52.340
 with a big

00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:53.320
 boulder on

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 your back,

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 weighing you

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 down,

00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:55.779
 or with your

00:14:55.779 --> 00:14:56.820
 shoes untied,

00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:57.539
 you're going

00:14:57.539 --> 00:14:58.299
 to trip and

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 fall at some

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 point.

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 So what do

00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:01.220
 we do?

00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:03.059
 Laying sin

00:15:03.059 --> 00:15:03.960
 aside is called

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 repentance,

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 hating it,

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 turning from

00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:07.299
 it,

00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:08.500
 confessing it

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 to God.

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 James says

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 even confess

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 your sins

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 to one

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 another.

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 Fight

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 against

00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:17.240
 Satan

00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:18.120
 and sin

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 rather than

00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:19.220
 just giving

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 in to

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 sloth

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 or lust

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 or slander.

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 I talked

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 with a brother

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 this week

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 who said

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 generosity

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 and giving

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 is something

00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:30.200
 that he

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 loves,

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 but he

00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:31.940
 needs to

00:15:31.940 --> 00:15:32.279
 do it

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 because he

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 says he's

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 lifelong

00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:35.440
 been fighting

00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:36.000
 a battle

00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:36.820
 against greed.

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 It's one

00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:37.600
 of his

00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:38.220
 besetting

00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:38.820
 sins

00:15:38.820 --> 00:15:39.399
 and one

00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:39.580
 of the

00:15:39.580 --> 00:15:40.040
 things he's

00:15:40.040 --> 00:15:41.000
 learned helps

00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:41.560
 him in that

00:15:41.560 --> 00:15:42.259
 battle is to

00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:43.480
 give generously.

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 I love

00:15:45.300 --> 00:15:45.840
 that.

00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:48.139
 Lay aside

00:15:48.139 --> 00:15:50.220
 every weight.

00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:51.360
 Lay aside

00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:53.360
 every sin

00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:55.680
 and

00:15:55.680 --> 00:15:57.879
 look to

00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:58.320
 Jesus.

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 You didn't

00:16:00.300 --> 00:16:00.600
 think he was

00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:00.920
 going to take

00:16:00.920 --> 00:16:01.500
 a week off

00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:02.060
 from that,

00:16:02.160 --> 00:16:02.360
 did you?

00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:04.000
 Every page

00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:04.540
 of Hebrews,

00:16:04.639 --> 00:16:04.980
 isn't it?

00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:05.720
 Because he's

00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:06.399
 greater than

00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:06.899
 anything else.

00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.679
 Look to

00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:08.259
 Jesus.

00:16:08.459 --> 00:16:08.720
 Robert

00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:09.000
 Murray

00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.579
 McShane

00:16:09.579 --> 00:16:10.259
 must have

00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:10.639
 been reading

00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.179
 Hebrews,

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 I think,

00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.079
 when he

00:16:12.079 --> 00:16:12.620
 famously

00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:13.199
 said,

00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:14.079
 for every

00:16:14.079 --> 00:16:14.759
 one look

00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:15.480
 at yourself

00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:16.179
 and your

00:16:16.179 --> 00:16:16.639
 sin,

00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:18.439
 take ten

00:16:18.439 --> 00:16:19.840
 looks at

00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.220
 Jesus.

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 I hope

00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:24.379
 this brief

00:16:24.379 --> 00:16:24.759
 look he

00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.120
 gives us

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.740
 will breathe

00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:27.559
 life into

00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:28.179
 your weary

00:16:28.179 --> 00:16:29.120
 soul this

00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:29.439
 morning.

00:16:29.579 --> 00:16:30.519
 Just look

00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:30.939
 at Jesus

00:16:30.939 --> 00:16:31.399
 for a

00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:31.559
 minute.

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 Jesus,

00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:34.879
 the

00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:36.299
 founder

00:16:36.299 --> 00:16:37.919
 and

00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:39.000
 perfecter

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:40.319
 of our

00:16:40.319 --> 00:16:40.819
 faith.

00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:41.600
 The one

00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:42.179
 who at

00:16:42.179 --> 00:16:42.620
 the very

00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:43.100
 beginning

00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:43.980
 went before

00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:44.860
 us as

00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:45.639
 the champion,

00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:47.379
 the trailblazer

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:47.879
 of our

00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:48.500
 salvation.

00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:49.000
 Remember

00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:49.319
 that?

00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:50.039
 Chapter

00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:50.480
 two?

00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:51.539
 He went

00:16:51.539 --> 00:16:52.079
 before us

00:16:52.079 --> 00:16:52.699
 and even

00:16:52.699 --> 00:16:53.019
 in the

00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:53.340
 beginning

00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:53.879
 made our

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 faith

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 possible

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 that the

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 way up

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 is down.

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 He lives

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 that and

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 he perfects

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 it in

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 the end

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 because our

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 faith needs

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 a perfect

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 object.

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 And Jesus

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 always comes

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 through like

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 ultimately when

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 he for the

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 joy that was

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 set before

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 him endured

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 the cross

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 despising

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 the shame

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 sat down

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 at the right

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 hand of

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 the throne

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 of God.

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 the deep

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 shame of

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 the cross.

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 It marked

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 the cross.

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 Jesus

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 considered that

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 as insignificant

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 compared to

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 the joy

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 that he saw

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 in doing

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 the will

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 of his

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 father,

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 in achieving

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 redemption

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 for us,

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 in bringing

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 you and

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 me with

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 him into

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 eternal

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 glory with

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 his father

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 to have

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 us there

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 with him.

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 That joy

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 sustained

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 him all

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 the way

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 to and

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 through

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 the cross.

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 That's the

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 Jesus that

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 we look to

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 now and

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 every day.

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 We slow

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 down and

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 consider

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 him

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 when we're

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 weary,

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 when we're

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 overwhelmed,

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 when we're

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 losing heart.

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 Because if

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 we're hearing

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 this sermon,

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 we haven't

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 given our

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 lives yet.

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 yet.

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 But he

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 did.

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 And so

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 there's

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 hope that

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 we then

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 can suffer

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 and yet

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 endure.

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 The first

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 Christian

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 martyr,

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 Stephen,

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 when he's

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 being stoned,

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 what does he

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 look up and

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 see?

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 He sees

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 Jesus

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 standing at

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 the right

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 hand of

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 God.

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 And he's

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 sustained

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 all the way

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 through his

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 death.

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 Since

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 Stephen,

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 many in the

00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:50.860
 cloud of

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 witnesses,

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 martyrs,

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 have looked

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 to Jesus.

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 And so

00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:56.799
 we too

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 look to

00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:58.460
 the crucified

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 Savior so

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 that we

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 can keep

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 running,

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 even and

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 especially

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 when it

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 hurts.

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 That's what

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 takes us into

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 this next

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 section.

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 Running

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 with endurance

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 is often

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 painful.

00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:18.700
 Non-runners

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 tell me

00:19:19.100 --> 00:19:19.519
 something I

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 don't know.

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 Right?

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 Different

00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:22.560
 times,

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 different

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.660
 pains for

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 different

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 runners.

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 But the

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 side stitch

00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:27.799
 is going

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 to develop.

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 Yeah?

00:19:29.320 --> 00:19:29.700
 Right?

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 About 50

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:31.620
 yards or

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 so.

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 Is that

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:33.880
 when you

00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:34.560
 get it at

00:19:34.560 --> 00:19:35.220
 50 yards?

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 Please,

00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:36.500
 somebody.

00:19:38.080 --> 00:19:38.940
 Maybe it's

00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:40.360
 aching feet

00:19:40.360 --> 00:19:41.700
 or leg

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:42.299
 muscles.

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 In some

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 moments you

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.360
 get to this

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 just painful

00:19:46.640 --> 00:19:48.000
 exhaustion of

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 I can't even

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 catch a breath.

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 Or take

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 another step

00:19:52.060 --> 00:19:52.900
 that just

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 hurts.

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 Maybe it

00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:55.080
 happens for

00:19:55.080 --> 00:19:55.580
 you when you're

00:19:55.580 --> 00:19:56.400
 cruising along

00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:56.960
 and all of a

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:57.560
 sudden the

00:19:57.560 --> 00:19:59.180
 slope starts

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 to go up.

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 You start to

00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:02.320
 feel the pain.

00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:04.640
 You been there?

00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:06.019
 You felt that?

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:08.000
 One of my

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.560
 friends that I

00:20:08.560 --> 00:20:09.420
 used to run

00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:09.960
 with, some

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.660
 would ask me a

00:20:10.660 --> 00:20:11.720
 theology question

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 right at the

00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:12.720
 bottom of a

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 really big hill.

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 and then he

00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:14.700
 would just

00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:16.639
 enjoy waiting

00:20:16.639 --> 00:20:17.419
 for me to

00:20:17.419 --> 00:20:18.500
 try to talk

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.539
 and breathe

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.200
 running up a

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:20.599
 hill at the

00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:21.579
 same time.

00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:23.259
 Didn't pick up

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:23.639
 on it for

00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:24.179
 months.

00:20:26.379 --> 00:20:27.319
 Bill Nash

00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:28.319
 reminded us a

00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:28.799
 few months

00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:30.899
 ago that life

00:20:30.899 --> 00:20:31.980
 itself is

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:32.460
 uphill.

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 It's hard.

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.480
 That's part of

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:37.899
 what verses

00:20:37.899 --> 00:20:38.599
 5 through

00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:39.220
 11 are

00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:40.079
 addressing when

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.839
 they talk about

00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:41.939
 God's discipline.

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.959
 It is for

00:20:43.959 --> 00:20:45.939
 discipline that

00:20:45.939 --> 00:20:46.699
 you have to

00:20:46.699 --> 00:20:47.939
 endure, verse

00:20:47.939 --> 00:20:48.779
 7.

00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:50.899
 The idea here,

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.519
 it's a little bit

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.419
 hard I think to

00:20:52.419 --> 00:20:53.119
 understand in the

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:54.339
 ESV, the NIV

00:20:54.339 --> 00:20:55.259
 states it well,

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:57.139
 endure hardship

00:20:57.139 --> 00:20:59.039
 as discipline.

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.879
 How do we run

00:21:00.879 --> 00:21:01.839
 well when we're

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:03.019
 hurting, when it's

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.619
 hard?

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.720
 How do we not

00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.720
 just give up and

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.599
 drop out of the

00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.279
 race and just

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.339
 stop to make the

00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:08.939
 pain go away?

00:21:08.939 --> 00:21:09.599
 I know how to

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.199
 make it better.

00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:11.819
 I could quit.

00:21:13.679 --> 00:21:14.799
 He says we have

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.919
 to recognize that

00:21:15.919 --> 00:21:17.079
 even the genuinely

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:18.500
 painful things in

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.220
 our lives are

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:21.359
 being worked for

00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:22.099
 our good.

00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:23.699
 So we don't

00:21:23.699 --> 00:21:24.539
 deny the pain,

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:26.099
 don't call bad

00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:27.159
 things good,

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:27.599
 no.

00:21:28.119 --> 00:21:28.740
 Verse 11,

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.779
 at the time,

00:21:29.899 --> 00:21:30.639
 for the moment,

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.579
 all discipline

00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:32.759
 seems painful,

00:21:32.919 --> 00:21:33.859
 not pleasant.

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:36.039
 We've got to

00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:36.919
 see the hard

00:21:36.919 --> 00:21:37.419
 things, the

00:21:37.419 --> 00:21:38.039
 hurtful things,

00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:38.859
 and name that

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.839
 struggle so that

00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:40.559
 we can take

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:41.159
 that struggle

00:21:41.159 --> 00:21:41.740
 and that hurt

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.480
 to God.

00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:45.039
 18th century

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:46.099
 British theologian

00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:47.000
 William Law

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.619
 wrote,

00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.779
 receive every

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:50.519
 inward and

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.419
 outward trouble,

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:53.159
 every disappointment,

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:54.799
 pain, uneasiness,

00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:55.639
 temptation,

00:21:56.179 --> 00:21:56.500
 darkness,

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.699
 and desolation

00:21:57.699 --> 00:21:58.819
 with both

00:21:58.819 --> 00:21:59.639
 your hands

00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:01.299
 as a true

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:02.139
 opportunity and

00:22:02.139 --> 00:22:03.159
 blessed occasion

00:22:03.159 --> 00:22:04.259
 of dying to

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.339
 self and

00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:06.259
 entering into a

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:07.139
 fuller fellowship

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.660
 with your

00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:08.660
 self-denying

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.440
 suffering

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.340
 savior.

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:11.759
 You see what

00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.100
 he's saying?

00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:13.259
 Let the pain

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.259
 point you to

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.860
 the one who

00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:15.980
 bore your

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:17.020
 pain, draw you

00:22:17.020 --> 00:22:18.160
 closer to him,

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:19.160
 he's been there.

00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.120
 See, we don't

00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:21.000
 deny our pain,

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:23.480
 but we also

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.360
 don't deny our

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:24.800
 father.

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.440
 He's never

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:27.120
 left us.

00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:28.480
 The point of

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:28.940
 the preacher

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.860
 here is that

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:31.200
 painful realities

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.980
 in your life

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.780
 are actually

00:22:32.780 --> 00:22:33.940
 being used by

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.560
 your heavenly

00:22:34.560 --> 00:22:35.980
 father for

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.920
 your good,

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.680
 to help you

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.940
 share in

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:41.620
 his holiness.

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:42.559
 Whoa.

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.099
 How would

00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:45.720
 that happen?

00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:46.700
 By reminding

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.539
 you where

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.500
 your hope is

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.420
 to be found,

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:51.319
 by producing

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:52.500
 the peaceful

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.200
 fruit of

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:53.900
 righteousness

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.880
 as you learn

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:56.059
 to trust God

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.980
 in spite of

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.920
 the circumstances.

00:22:58.120 --> 00:22:58.400
 It's why

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.319
 John Piper

00:22:59.319 --> 00:22:59.640
 wrote,

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.720
 don't waste

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.559
 your cancer.

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:02.940
 He's saying

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.620
 not that it's

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.220
 a good thing,

00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:04.799
 but that it

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.620
 is an opportunity

00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:06.139
 because you

00:23:06.139 --> 00:23:06.559
 have a good

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.059
 father.

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:07.959
 And so it

00:23:07.959 --> 00:23:08.359
 can actually

00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:08.799
 draw you

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.639
 deeper into

00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.399
 relationship

00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:11.459
 with him.

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.219
 Don't let

00:23:12.219 --> 00:23:12.799
 the pain

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.519
 convince you

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:13.899
 that God

00:23:13.899 --> 00:23:14.719
 doesn't care

00:23:14.719 --> 00:23:15.459
 or that God

00:23:15.459 --> 00:23:16.019
 has forgotten

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.339
 you.

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.299
 Far from it.

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.699
 The painful

00:23:18.699 --> 00:23:19.759
 struggles are

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.979
 evidences that

00:23:20.979 --> 00:23:22.179
 God cares for

00:23:22.179 --> 00:23:23.199
 you as a

00:23:23.199 --> 00:23:23.799
 father.

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:27.099
 After all,

00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:27.639
 didn't Jesus

00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:28.839
 tell us that

00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.379
 not even a

00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:30.419
 single sparrow

00:23:30.419 --> 00:23:31.339
 falls to the

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.919
 ground apart

00:23:32.919 --> 00:23:33.599
 from the will

00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.299
 of our father

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.779
 in heaven

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.359
 and that

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:35.799
 we are

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.259
 of more

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.079
 value to

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.740
 him than

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.680
 many sparrows,

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.599
 even then that

00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:40.500
 he has numbered

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.680
 the very hairs

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.339
 on our head.

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.159
 So if something

00:23:43.159 --> 00:23:43.960
 more painful

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.680
 than a hair

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.279
 for you is

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.859
 going on,

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.980
 your father

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.619
 knows,

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.779
 your father

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.279
 sees,

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.119
 your father

00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:51.139
 is working

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:52.240
 for your good

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:53.059
 even through

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:53.579
 bad.

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.500
 That's come

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.259
 into your life.

00:23:57.659 --> 00:23:58.579
 There's peace

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.579
 then in the

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.039
 pain.

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.399
 Not peace

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:01.880
 from the

00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.620
 circumstances

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:02.960
 here.

00:24:03.040 --> 00:24:03.140
 No,

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.460
 what did we

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:03.660
 sing?

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.500
 Peace that

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.400
 flows from

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.540
 heaven.

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.660
 A strength

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.560
 in time

00:24:09.560 --> 00:24:10.240
 of need.

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:10.960
 I know my

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.880
 pain will

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.420
 not be

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:12.800
 wasted.

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.320
 Not a

00:24:13.320 --> 00:24:14.860
 single tear.

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.780
 It won't be

00:24:15.780 --> 00:24:16.200
 wasted.

00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:17.460
 Christ completes

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.340
 his work in

00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:18.860
 me.

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:21.400
 Hardship is

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:22.140
 endured by

00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:22.759
 seeing it as

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.700
 discipline from

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.220
 a loving

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:25.000
 father.

00:24:25.780 --> 00:24:26.620
 Be encouraged.

00:24:26.780 --> 00:24:27.480
 God knows you

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.040
 will hurt

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:29.099
 deeply as

00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:29.440
 you run

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:29.899
 the race

00:24:29.899 --> 00:24:30.420
 of faith

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.019
 but it's

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.859
 not arbitrary

00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:33.220
 or meaningless.

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.059
 He's anchoring

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.559
 you to an

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.460
 eternal hope

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.559
 to a suffering

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.500
 savior.

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.539
 And there are

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.779
 going to be

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.339
 days when you

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:41.299
 struggle to

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.839
 feel that,

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.680
 to find that.

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.639
 You need to

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.119
 have a brother

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.740
 or sister

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:46.200
 who will enter

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.019
 in with you,

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.519
 who will not

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.579
 deny the pain.

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.240
 They'll listen

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.599
 to you,

00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.159
 they'll mourn

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.700
 with you,

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:53.599
 but they won't

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.339
 leave you there.

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:55.720
 They won't let

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.339
 you deny your

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:57.139
 father either.

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.659
 In fact,

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.200
 they'll point

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.819
 you to him.

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.519
 They'll remind

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.480
 you that although

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.559
 you are hurting,

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.779
 he's helping

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.259
 you.

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.339
 And that's the

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.980
 heart behind the

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.680
 final section

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.240
 this morning.

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:10.279
 It's going to

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.099
 remind us that

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:12.180
 the race of faith

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.799
 is not an

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.980
 individual project,

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:15.500
 it's a group

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.079
 project.

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.920
 It's like a

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.920
 team race where

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:22.659
 your team doesn't

00:25:22.659 --> 00:25:23.440
 finish until

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.420
 everyone makes

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.599
 it across the

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:25.920
 line.

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.960
 The issue is not

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.779
 how fast is the

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.639
 fastest guy,

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.500
 that doesn't

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:29.799
 help,

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:31.079
 but how do we

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:32.200
 make sure that

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:33.079
 we don't leave

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:34.519
 anyone struggling

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.299
 behind?

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.899
 How do we run

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:38.359
 well together?

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.379
 Can we think

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:39.940
 about that for

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.359
 just a minute?

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.220
 Look at verse

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.579
 12.

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:45.359
 You can see the

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.680
 discouraged runner

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.500
 here, can't you?

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:50.160
 Drooping hands,

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:53.660
 just done,

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:55.819
 ready to give up,

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.399
 no more

00:25:56.399 --> 00:25:57.059
 motivation.

00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:59.500
 Weak knees,

00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:00.619
 unstable,

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.279
 right?

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.759
 Maybe even

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:05.419
 fearful of

00:26:05.419 --> 00:26:05.919
 keeping on

00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:06.220
 running.

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.500
 The lame

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.939
 needing to be

00:26:10.939 --> 00:26:11.539
 healed on a

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.399
 straight path.

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.839
 That may be a

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.839
 description of you

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.679
 at times,

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:19.359
 but it may be a

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:20.559
 brother or a

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.299
 sister in your

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:21.759
 family,

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:21.819
 family,

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.220
 in your

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.799
 church,

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:25.440
 in your

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.180
 grace group.

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.319
 Notice how

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.819
 once again

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.940
 Hebrews broadens

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.519
 our focus

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.539
 beyond ourselves

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.019
 to our

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.619
 brothers and

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.180
 sisters.

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.500
 Strive for

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:36.160
 peace with

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.740
 everyone,

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.980
 for the

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.819
 holiness without

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.940
 which no one

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:42.319
 will see the

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.660
 Lord.

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.920
 That's pretty

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.440
 serious.

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.759
 We have to be

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.299
 connected to

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:47.059
 Jesus to have

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.740
 that kind of

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.879
 holy life,

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:49.440
 right?

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:51.160
 So, so,

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.519
 see to it

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:54.120
 that no one

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:55.200
 fails to

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:56.200
 obtain the

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.039
 grace of God.

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.840
 Notice what he

00:26:57.840 --> 00:26:58.140
 says.

00:26:58.320 --> 00:26:59.120
 He doesn't say

00:26:59.120 --> 00:27:00.539
 make sure that

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.779
 you obtain the

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.680
 grace of God.

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:03.420
 That's not what

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.880
 he's calling you

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:03.980
 to.

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.340
 He's actually

00:27:04.340 --> 00:27:04.700
 calling you to

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.220
 something harder

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.660
 than that.

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.360
 Be careful

00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:10.420
 about everyone

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.519
 else.

00:27:12.840 --> 00:27:13.400
 You know,

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:13.940
 about really

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.700
 surface level

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.240
 things in their

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:16.039
 life like how's

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.500
 your day and

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:16.860
 how are your

00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.240
 kids?

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.980
 no.

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.859
 Be careful

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:24.259
 about roots

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.460
 of bitterness.

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.960
 Look for

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.539
 everyone else

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.380
 about their

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:31.980
 sexual morality,

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:34.240
 about their

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.059
 holiness.

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:37.960
 Wow.

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.460
 That doesn't

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:39.940
 leave much

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.440
 out.

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.880
 Remember back

00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:43.660
 to chapter 10

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.099
 we have a

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:45.200
 responsibility to

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.859
 stir one

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:47.199
 another up to

00:27:47.199 --> 00:27:48.000
 love and

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.699
 good works.

00:27:49.439 --> 00:27:50.119
 This is more

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:50.959
 one anothering.

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.240
 Running

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.599
 together, arms

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:54.500
 locked, no

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.619
 one falls down

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.240
 and gets left

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.179
 behind in this

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:57.719
 family.

00:27:58.639 --> 00:27:59.959
 Strengthen the

00:27:59.959 --> 00:28:00.599
 struggling.

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.259
 Are you drawn

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.939
 to those who

00:28:03.939 --> 00:28:04.379
 are hurting?

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:07.240
 Maybe even to

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.959
 those who look

00:28:07.959 --> 00:28:08.479
 like they're doing

00:28:08.479 --> 00:28:09.179
 pretty well but

00:28:09.179 --> 00:28:09.659
 they've got a

00:28:09.659 --> 00:28:11.159
 distinct limp as

00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:12.119
 they run,

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.740
 weighed down by

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.759
 an obsession

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.500
 they can't

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.120
 seem to

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:16.740
 shake,

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.180
 clung to

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:19.160
 by a sin

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:19.519
 that they

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.220
 can't seem

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.859
 to get away

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.480
 from?

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.980
 That's your

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.480
 job,

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:27.960
 friends.

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.400
 It may not

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:30.960
 be your

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.559
 sin,

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.980
 but she's

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.740
 your sister.

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:36.000
 It may not

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.880
 be your

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.460
 addiction,

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:39.180
 but he's

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:40.039
 your brother.

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:43.379
 it's our

00:28:43.379 --> 00:28:44.680
 issue.

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.680
 And God's

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.139
 at work.

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.700
 God's at work

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.339
 in the struggling

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:51.579
 one, in him

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.240
 or her.

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.240
 Perhaps even

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.799
 he's at work

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.799
 using you as

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.359
 an agent of

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.079
 his discipline,

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:57.099
 as an agent of

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:57.839
 his producing

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:59.240
 holiness, so

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.779
 that even the

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.259
 one who is

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:01.099
 most feebly

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:02.720
 running receives

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:04.059
 his grace and

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.659
 then runs

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:06.319
 freely again.

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:07.599
 Don't give up

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.920
 on them because

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.600
 they're limping

00:29:09.600 --> 00:29:10.180
 behind.

00:29:11.800 --> 00:29:12.580
 Don't run

00:29:12.580 --> 00:29:13.180
 ahead without

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.700
 them.

00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:16.380
 Pick them

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.800
 up.

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.500
 Run together.

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.400
 Look to

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:19.840
 Jesus.

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.640
 He's enough

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.259
 for all of

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.680
 us.

00:29:23.560 --> 00:29:24.019
 And as you

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:25.320
 do, remember

00:29:25.320 --> 00:29:26.600
 the relationship.

00:29:28.060 --> 00:29:29.259
 Yes, one

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:31.019
 another, but

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.580
 run well

00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:32.440
 together by

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.140
 remembering the

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:34.220
 relationship we

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:35.180
 have with God

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.920
 as our

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.340
 Father.

00:29:37.320 --> 00:29:37.860
 It's a little

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.559
 harder to

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.359
 track with

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.740
 here, but

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.259
 that's the

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.979
 issue for

00:29:40.979 --> 00:29:41.459
 Esau.

00:29:43.219 --> 00:29:43.740
 What did

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.259
 Esau do?

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.219
 Esau gave

00:29:46.219 --> 00:29:46.899
 away the

00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:47.279
 covenant

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:50.379
 blessing that

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:50.899
 he couldn't

00:29:50.899 --> 00:29:51.479
 see in the

00:29:51.479 --> 00:29:51.740
 moment.

00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:52.599
 You get

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:52.839
 that?

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.539
 You wake

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:54.979
 up every day

00:29:54.979 --> 00:29:55.439
 and see the

00:29:55.439 --> 00:29:55.759
 covenant

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.599
 blessing, the

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.839
 glory of God

00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.099
 and his

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.659
 faithfulness

00:29:58.659 --> 00:29:59.219
 immediately when

00:29:59.219 --> 00:29:59.500
 you open

00:29:59.500 --> 00:29:59.959
 your eyes?

00:30:00.479 --> 00:30:01.159
 No, he

00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:01.859
 didn't see it.

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.359
 He gave that

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:04.059
 away for

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.599
 something that

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.379
 he could see.

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:05.939
 He could

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:07.460
 taste it right

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:07.740
 in that

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.380
 moment, right?

00:30:08.580 --> 00:30:09.259
 Just for a

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.519
 meal.

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:13.860
 Esau lost

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:15.279
 sight of what

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.960
 was valuable.

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.400
 I get that.

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.160
 It's the

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.900
 opposite of

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.620
 living by

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.500
 faith, of

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.200
 valuing the

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:23.140
 unseen, right?

00:30:23.320 --> 00:30:24.140
 All he could

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:25.019
 value was what

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.600
 he could have

00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:26.120
 right in that

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:26.600
 moment and

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:27.220
 see and touch

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.920
 and taste.

00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:29.380
 And it was

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:30.600
 later that he

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:31.420
 realized that

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:32.440
 that blessing,

00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:33.700
 that relationship

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.019
 with the

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.740
 covenant God

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:36.279
 was so valuable.

00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:38.640
 See to it

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:40.299
 that no one

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:42.099
 is unholy,

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.740
 neglecting the

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.380
 blessing of

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:44.920
 being set

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.880
 apart as

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.279
 God's

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.880
 treasured

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.819
 possession and

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.579
 living as if

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.120
 all that

00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:50.140
 matters is my

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.940
 comfort and my

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.720
 success right

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.220
 here, right

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.620
 now.

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.140
 So here's the

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.839
 deal for the

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:57.180
 relationships in

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.620
 your grace

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:57.960
 group.

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.980
 If you need to

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.480
 turn around and

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.220
 look at them to

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:01.019
 remind yourself,

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.980
 go ahead.

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:04.200
 friends don't

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:05.980
 let friends miss

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.839
 the glory of

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:08.140
 God's grace and

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:09.140
 settle for less.

00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:10.980
 Friends don't

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.759
 let friends

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.779
 minimize the

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.599
 value of being

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:14.720
 loved by God

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.720
 and drop out

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.319
 of the race.

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.799
 Friends don't

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.740
 let friends live

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.920
 for today and

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:22.019
 neglect eternity

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:23.740
 because we're all

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.880
 prone to it and

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.900
 we all need

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.360
 help.

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.980
 Turning our

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.660
 eyes to Jesus.

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:29.940
 The writer of

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.820
 Hebrews has sent

00:31:30.820 --> 00:31:31.680
 us to stir one

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.240
 another up.

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.539
 Now he's calling

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.559
 us to strengthen

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.220
 the struggling,

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.640
 not to let anyone

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.860
 fall out of the

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:39.100
 race of faith.

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:40.539
 It's not a race

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:40.900
 where you're

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.820
 competing against

00:31:41.820 --> 00:31:42.640
 one another to

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.440
 win, right?

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.420
 Please don't get

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:44.860
 confused.

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:46.200
 It's a race you're

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:47.400
 completing with one

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:48.559
 another to endure,

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:50.180
 to finish together.

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.299
 That's the kind of

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:52.620
 race that this is.

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.580
 If you've ever run a

00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:56.400
 race of any length,

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.460
 you know how much

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.400
 help it is not to

00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:58.880
 run alone.

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:02.820
 you felt the

00:32:02.820 --> 00:32:03.720
 relief from the

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.759
 cup of water

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.779
 pass to you at

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.840
 the right moment.

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.660
 The strength from

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.820
 the apt word of

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:11.019
 encouragement spoken

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:12.340
 by the runner next

00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:12.880
 to you.

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.940
 Even the energy

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.880
 from the crowd

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:16.140
 cheering near the

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:17.000
 finish line.

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.480
 I want us to think

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.299
 about that together

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:20.120
 as we close.

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.180
 This image is

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.960
 inspired by

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.940
 Pastor Joe

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:25.059
 Novenson a

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.799
 couple years ago.

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:28.399
 The cloud of

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:30.180
 witnesses surrounding

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:31.700
 us in this race is

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.960
 primarily those who've

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:35.299
 gone before us in

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.819
 the race.

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:36.819
 For the sake of

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:38.139
 Mother's Day, let's

00:32:38.139 --> 00:32:38.759
 call them our

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:40.919
 spiritual mothers and

00:32:40.919 --> 00:32:41.500
 grandmothers.

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:44.879
 But as you picture

00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:45.960
 them, the picture here

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:47.099
 is a bit different from

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:48.419
 what we often think when

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:49.379
 we read this verse.

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.859
 It's not so much that

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:52.019
 they're looking down and

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:53.059
 watching us and

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:54.259
 speaking to us.

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:56.139
 It's actually that we

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:57.579
 look at them and

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:59.339
 their testimony of

00:32:59.339 --> 00:33:00.339
 faith is what we

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:01.639
 hear when we see

00:33:01.639 --> 00:33:01.859
 them.

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:03.179
 That Jesus is worth

00:33:03.179 --> 00:33:03.480
 it.

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:05.339
 That God is faithful.

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.619
 That he never let me

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.059
 go.

00:33:08.659 --> 00:33:09.859
 I suspect each of us

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:12.200
 has names and faces

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:13.299
 that come to mind

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:14.139
 immediately when we

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:15.859
 think of forefathers

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.500
 in the faith.

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:17.619
 Those who've gone

00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:18.299
 before us.

00:33:18.419 --> 00:33:19.659
 Who've showed us the

00:33:19.659 --> 00:33:20.659
 path of faith and

00:33:20.659 --> 00:33:21.500
 what it looks like to

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.859
 walk.

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:24.299
 Next week, we're

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.799
 going to see that

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.839
 endurance in the race

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:27.559
 of faith ends in a

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:27.959
 kingdom.

00:33:28.659 --> 00:33:30.199
 I can't wait to

00:33:30.199 --> 00:33:31.219
 explore this with you.

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:33.339
 But here, before we

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:35.719
 get to that, endurance

00:33:35.719 --> 00:33:39.659
 ends finally in an

00:33:39.659 --> 00:33:40.799
 eternal embrace.

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:45.719
 Abraham, Sarah,

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:48.699
 Moses, who endured so

00:33:48.699 --> 00:33:49.159
 much.

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:50.740
 the Old Testament

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:52.160
 prophets and martyrs

00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:55.240
 sawn in two who yet

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.700
 hoped in the Lord,

00:33:56.840 --> 00:33:57.880
 waited on the Lord,

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:59.279
 renewed their strength,

00:33:59.540 --> 00:34:00.920
 ran with wings like

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:02.019
 eagles, not getting

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.500
 weary.

00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:04.900
 They're embracing us as

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:06.800
 we cross the finish line.

00:34:07.100 --> 00:34:08.559
 And so right now, here's

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.000
 what they're doing.

00:34:09.180 --> 00:34:10.300
 They're taking the good

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:12.480
 news of Jesus, that he's

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.240
 worth it.

00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:15.179
 the message of the

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.419
 gospel that Jesus

00:34:16.419 --> 00:34:18.399
 saves, that the truth

00:34:18.399 --> 00:34:20.179
 of the Bible, shape your

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:21.479
 life around this.

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:23.000
 They're taking this

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:24.579
 baton and they are

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:25.799
 pressing it into your

00:34:25.799 --> 00:34:26.299
 hand.

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.759
 They're running and now

00:34:27.759 --> 00:34:28.959
 they're handing it off to

00:34:28.959 --> 00:34:30.279
 you and they're saying,

00:34:30.779 --> 00:34:33.979
 Southwood, live by faith.

00:34:34.819 --> 00:34:36.219
 Fix your eyes on Jesus

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:37.679
 and run.

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:41.059
 Jesus himself is there in

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:42.079
 this cloud of witnesses.

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.259
 The one who went to the

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:45.079
 cross in spite of its

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:47.759
 shame and Stephen and the

00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:49.500
 New Testament apostles and

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.739
 the many other martyrs who've

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:51.839
 given their lives for the

00:34:51.839 --> 00:34:52.919
 cause of Christ.

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.480
 Christians through the

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:55.879
 centuries have endured

00:34:55.879 --> 00:34:57.819
 persecution, suffered

00:34:57.819 --> 00:34:59.299
 through church schisms,

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:01.000
 endured mockery.

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:02.579
 missionary, missionaries

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:04.000
 who've packed all of their

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:05.940
 belongings into a coffin

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:07.920
 to go invite people into

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:09.380
 the eternal embrace of

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:11.059
 Jesus that they knew that

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:12.179
 they themselves couldn't

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:13.780
 lose even if their life

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:15.260
 ended trying to invite

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:16.219
 others into it.

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:18.019
 As we read this passage

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:19.940
 today, they're saying,

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:22.239
 live by faith.

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:24.579
 Fix your eyes on Jesus.

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:26.900
 Take the baton and run.

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:30.820
 Perhaps more recently, we

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:32.280
 should think of Christians

00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:33.039
 in Nigeria.

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:35.700
 Our brothers and sisters,

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:39.300
 some of whom even this

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:41.680
 week have ended their race

00:35:41.680 --> 00:35:43.740
 that they endured by faith

00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:44.800
 in martyrdom.

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:48.840
 You may think of Frank

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:53.700
 Six, of Laura Wolfson,

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:57.599
 of Ron Brady,

00:35:58.599 --> 00:36:00.579
 who can't wait

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:03.779
 to embrace us again

00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:06.199
 eternally

00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:08.799
 to live in their embrace.

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:10.939
 They want us to bring with us

00:36:10.939 --> 00:36:12.079
 many more

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:13.619
 from this community.

00:36:14.339 --> 00:36:15.939
 They're by the Spirit of God

00:36:15.939 --> 00:36:17.319
 pressing the baton

00:36:17.319 --> 00:36:18.239
 of the Word of God

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:19.379
 into our hands this morning

00:36:19.379 --> 00:36:20.099
 and saying,

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:20.980
 Southwood family,

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:23.139
 whom we love,

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:25.739
 live by faith.

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:28.339
 Fix your eyes on Jesus

00:36:28.339 --> 00:36:30.199
 and run.

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.539
 Run.

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:33.119
 Run to our neighbors

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:34.919
 and to the nations

00:36:34.919 --> 00:36:37.500
 toward lives of rest

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:38.980
 in a world of exhaustion,

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.639
 lives of simplicity

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:42.139
 in a world of chaos,

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:43.960
 toward lives of peace

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:45.460
 in a world of war

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:46.439
 and holiness

00:36:46.439 --> 00:36:47.739
 in a world of compromise,

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:49.739
 toward lives of purpose

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:51.119
 in a world of distraction,

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:52.819
 lives of service

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:54.500
 and a world of selfishness,

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:56.160
 because by faith

00:36:56.160 --> 00:36:57.620
 you see Him

00:36:57.620 --> 00:36:58.820
 who is invisible,

00:36:59.140 --> 00:37:00.340
 who nobody else sees.

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:03.440
 It's our turn,

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:04.960
 Southwood.

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:08.519
 God's Word is saying to us,

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:09.380
 there's a race

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:11.120
 marked out for us.

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:12.100
 It's our turn

00:37:12.100 --> 00:37:12.840
 to run it

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.980
 with endurance.

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:16.019
 Let's take the baton,

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:17.539
 let's turn our eyes

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:18.059
 to Jesus,

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:19.700
 and let's run.

00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:22.819
 That's why this table

00:37:22.819 --> 00:37:23.939
 is before us this morning.

00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:26.559
 Because we need

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.579
 to see Jesus again

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:28.319
 and we're not going to run

00:37:28.319 --> 00:37:29.019
 in the right direction

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.460
 at all.

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:31.179
 You know that.

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:33.279
 You know how capable

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:34.379
 we are of wandering

00:37:34.379 --> 00:37:36.019
 off the path of faith

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.899
 in any moment.

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.719
 And so Jesus sits

00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:40.960
 with disciples like that

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.699
 who were weary,

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:43.599
 some of whom were losing

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.659
 direction in the moment.

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:46.879
 And that night

00:37:46.879 --> 00:37:47.519
 He was betrayed,

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:48.279
 He took bread

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 and He broke it

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 and He gave it to them

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:52.339
 as I am ministering

00:37:52.339 --> 00:37:52.940
 in His name,

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 give this bread to you.

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:55.159
 He said,

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 take and eat.

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 This is my body

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 given for you.

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 Do this

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 in remembrance of me.

00:38:02.759 --> 00:38:03.480
 In the same way,

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:04.039
 after supper

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.839
 He took the cup

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 and He said,

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 this cup is the new covenant

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.359
 in my blood

00:38:08.359 --> 00:38:09.500
 shed for many

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:10.379
 for the forgiveness

00:38:10.379 --> 00:38:11.059
 of sins.

00:38:11.399 --> 00:38:11.920
 Drink from it,

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.480
 all of you.

00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:13.299
 For as often

00:38:13.299 --> 00:38:14.259
 as you eat this bread,

00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:15.740
 and you drink this cup,

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:17.220
 you proclaim the Lord's death

00:38:17.220 --> 00:38:18.360
 until He comes.

00:38:18.640 --> 00:38:19.100
 You say,

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:20.360
 forgiveness of sins,

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:21.420
 I need that.

00:38:22.220 --> 00:38:23.000
 Let me drink.

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.880
 It's His death

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:26.360
 and His death alone

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:28.660
 that can cover my sins.

00:38:29.120 --> 00:38:30.780
 If that's how you run,

00:38:31.560 --> 00:38:32.680
 if you run the race

00:38:32.680 --> 00:38:33.640
 looking to Jesus,

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:35.100
 if you know

00:38:35.100 --> 00:38:36.980
 that there is no other way

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:39.580
 for you to run towards God,

00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:40.920
 that you can't get there

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.480
 on your own

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.740
 but you need Jesus,

00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:44.339
 if you run today

00:38:44.339 --> 00:38:45.719
 willing to lay aside

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:46.679
 every weight

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:47.819
 and every sin

00:38:47.819 --> 00:38:48.519
 which would cling

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:49.739
 so closely to you

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:50.559
 and trip you up,

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:51.559
 then come running

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.419
 to this table

00:38:52.419 --> 00:38:54.299
 because Jesus is here

00:38:54.299 --> 00:38:55.359
 for that.

00:38:55.799 --> 00:38:56.859
 You can bring your sin

00:38:56.859 --> 00:38:57.379
 with you

00:38:57.379 --> 00:38:58.099
 as long as you're

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:59.179
 bringing it to Him

00:38:59.179 --> 00:39:00.279
 to be crucified

00:39:00.279 --> 00:39:01.319
 at His cross

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 and mortified

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:03.539
 in your life.

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 Put it to death.

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 If that's not your story,

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.439
 if you're not running

00:39:10.439 --> 00:39:11.079
 the race

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:12.419
 looking to Jesus,

00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:14.019
 listen,

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:14.839
 we're really glad

00:39:14.839 --> 00:39:15.459
 that you're here

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 with us this morning.

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.679
 We wouldn't invite you

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:19.159
 to come to a table

00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:20.799
 and to do something

00:39:20.799 --> 00:39:21.859
 outwardly

00:39:21.859 --> 00:39:22.899
 that you don't believe

00:39:22.899 --> 00:39:23.819
 at all is true

00:39:23.819 --> 00:39:24.919
 for you inwardly.

00:39:25.779 --> 00:39:27.759
 Maybe you do believe it.

00:39:28.419 --> 00:39:29.959
 Maybe you have trusted Jesus

00:39:29.959 --> 00:39:31.179
 but today you're not willing

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:31.939
 to lay aside

00:39:31.939 --> 00:39:32.939
 the sin that clings

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.639
 so closely

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:34.860
 and you know it.

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:38.559
 Wherever you fit in that,

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.960
 we'd love to pray with you.

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:41.480
 You can just come up.

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:42.200
 You may be a part

00:39:42.200 --> 00:39:42.720
 of this family

00:39:42.720 --> 00:39:43.720
 for 50 years.

00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:45.000
 You can come up here

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.440
 and say,

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:46.119
 Pastor,

00:39:46.200 --> 00:39:46.720
 I just need you

00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:47.539
 to pray for me.

00:39:49.200 --> 00:39:49.420
 Okay?

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:52.820
 But if you want

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.519
 to run to Jesus,

00:39:54.740 --> 00:39:56.460
 if your heart trusts Him

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:58.760
 to take care of the sins

00:39:58.760 --> 00:39:59.900
 that you want to lay aside

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:01.019
 and to bring you

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.880
 all the way to glory,

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:03.280
 then come and eat

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:04.740
 and be strengthened

00:40:04.740 --> 00:40:06.780
 to run the race by faith.

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.119
 Let me pray.

00:40:11.680 --> 00:40:12.119
 Jesus,

00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:13.119
 we do need

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:14.039
 your grace

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.820
 and your help

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:17.980
 to have the holiness

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.760
 of God

00:40:18.760 --> 00:40:19.519
 without which

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:20.220
 none of us

00:40:20.220 --> 00:40:21.579
 will even see the Lord.

00:40:22.640 --> 00:40:22.920
 Oh,

00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:24.400
 it's too much for us.

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:27.360
 And so we run to you

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:29.940
 knowing that you're

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.800
 perfectly holy,

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.900
 knowing that you know

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:33.019
 what to do with sin,

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:35.500
 that you've forgiven it

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:36.579
 once and for all.

00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:38.159
 And so we come to you,

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:38.460
 Jesus,

00:40:38.619 --> 00:40:39.619
 and we come together

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:40.260
 to you

00:40:40.260 --> 00:40:42.240
 because we'd not want

00:40:42.240 --> 00:40:43.099
 to figure this out

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:43.500
 on our own.

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:44.960
 It's too much for us

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.700
 and you've given us

00:40:45.700 --> 00:40:46.200
 one another

00:40:46.200 --> 00:40:47.420
 that we might run

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:48.400
 this race together.

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.820
 What a great gift.

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:52.559
 And so use very common

00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:53.539
 elements this morning

00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:55.360
 for a holy purpose.

00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:56.900
 Make us holy.

00:40:59.539 --> 00:41:00.759
 Strengthen our faith

00:41:00.759 --> 00:41:02.880
 that we might really believe

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:04.099
 the things we don't see

00:41:04.099 --> 00:41:05.099
 are more real

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:05.739
 and more true

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:06.460
 and more valuable

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:07.079
 than the things

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.820
 that we do see.

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:11.079
 Meet with us now.

00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:12.519
 Thank you for setting

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:13.559
 the table for us.

00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:15.279
 In Jesus' name,

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:15.779
 amen.

00:41:17.619 --> 00:41:18.800
 For more information,

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:20.059
 visit us online

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:21.119
 at southwood.org.

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:24.239
 For more information,

00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:25.199
 visit us online

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