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 My name's Chris, for those of you who don't know me.

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 It's a beautiful morning outside, and welcome if you're new here.

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 I feel like I'm six feet above contradiction here, so it's quite fun.

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 Have you ever sat back and thought, why on earth did I do that?

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 I bumped into an old friend a while back, and I hadn't seen him for a while,

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 and we started talking, and for some reason we started getting on to our childhood.

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 We started talking about the crazy things that we had done when we were children.

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 He started on a story telling how he'd kind of had this dramatic escape from the police,

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 and it was kind of, I don't know, somersaulted over a fence,

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 and it was just this amazingly dramatic, exciting story.

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 Then it went on to my turn, and I started talking about this story about

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 I had started playing tennis when I shouldn't have done at school over the weekend,

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 and after a while it just didn't sound particularly exciting.

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 You know, wow, crazy childhood.

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 And so I thought, okay, let's add a few kind of touches to this

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 to make it a little bit more exciting.

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 So the caretaker who asked us to leave the tennis court,

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 he became someone who chased us down the road like shouting at us.

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 And then the hole in the fence that we managed to get through,

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 which actually we could stand up in and was huge,

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 suddenly became this very small, tiny hole

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 that we could only just squeeze through

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 before he was about to grab us by the legs and catch us.

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 And my friend was impressed.

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 I went away.

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 And as I was walking along,

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 I had this battle inside of me thinking,

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 did I lie?

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 And I was thinking, well, it's kind of true.

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 You know, there was a hole.

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 There was a caretaker.

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 You know, and maybe that hole was much smaller than I really thought.

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 And you know, like the devil and the angel inside.

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 You know, so I'm battling inside me,

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 going on all this way for about 20 minutes.

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 Okay, it's a long walk back.

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 And then finally, I think I had a moment of honesty

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 where I realized, actually, I think I lied.

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 And then I thought, why did I do that?

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 Why did I do that?

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 And I realized I do the same thing at work.

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 You know, I'm looking at some random YouTube video at work.

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 I'm sure you would never do that.

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 And someone comes past.

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 And quickly, I minimize the screen

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 and go back to looking as if I'm looking at my work email.

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 And if someone asks me,

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 oh, what were you looking at?

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 I'll just say, oh, just some work stuff.

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 You know, just some work stuff.

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 And it's stupid because there isn't any strict rule in our office

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 about, okay, you can't ever look at a YouTube video.

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 But it's because I want to give the impression

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 that I'm a hard worker.

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 I want to be seen as something.

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 I want to be recognized as something.

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 So why, with a friend, do I feel the need to lie to them?

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 Why do I feel the need to put up an image?

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 Well, I think, on reflection,

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 it's because I crave the approval of other people.

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 And I have a strong conviction that lying is wrong.

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 Integrity is very important to me.

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 If somebody tells even a small lie to me,

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 I will question their integrity

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 and look down on them, maybe.

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 But what I've realized is,

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 over the last few months,

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 is if you had asked me,

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 do you lie,

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 I'd only say, oh, very, very occasionally,

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 not really very often.

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 But I've realized that if my approval,

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 if my recognition,

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 if my sense of respect

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 in front of other people's eyes is on the line,

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 then I can turn into a compulsive liar.

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 And it's because I want to maintain this image.

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 And deep down in my heart,

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 I'm like an orphan

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 who wants other people's recognition

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 because I've forgotten

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 that I have a Father in Heaven

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 who loves me,

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 who accepts me,

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 who delights in me.

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 And I have to get someone else's approval

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 because God's is not good enough for me.

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 And I work for the church.

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 So you can fire me if you like.

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 And I'm sure none of you do that.

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 But we're going through this series on prayer.

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 We're kind of coming to the end of the series.

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 And we've been saying that prayer

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 is like a needy child

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 calling out to their loving Heavenly Father

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 in response to Him reaching down to them.

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 Prayer is essentially a VIP access pass

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 available only to family members

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 into the presence of the King of all creation.

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 It's been paid for with the blood of Jesus Christ.

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 And if we trust in Him,

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 we can enter into that relationship

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 and call our King our Father.

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 And we don't get that pass

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 by queuing for hours to get a ticket.

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 It's our Father who reached down to us in Christ

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 and draws us to Himself.

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 And prayer is an invitation

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 to enjoy this newly bought relationship with Him

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 and to find satisfaction in our Father.

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 That is what prayer is about.

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 And if you look in this prayer,

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 in the Lord's Prayer,

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 you see our enjoyment of God starts in worship.

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 It says,

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 Our Father, hallowed be your name.

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 Holy be your name above all names.

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 Because worship is your response

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 to what you see as valuable

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 and precious in your life.

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 Whatever controls your heart

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 is what will worship.

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 Whatever consumes your thoughts,

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 whatever directs your behavior,

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 whatever in those everyday moments

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 is shaping you,

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 that is what you're worshiping.

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 In that moment with my friend,

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 I was worshiping the idol of approval.

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 Because that was what was shaping my heart.

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 And even though I could tell you

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 with conviction that lying is wrong,

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 the worship of my heart

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 always directs my behavior

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 more than what I think just in my head.

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 Which is why the Lord's Prayer

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 starts with worship,

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 but it finishes with warfare.

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 And this is what we're going to look at today.

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 Because every day,

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 I don't know if you realize it,

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 but we're actually in a worship war.

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 We're called to be lovers.

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 Love God with all your heart,

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 soul, mind, and strength.

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 Love other people as yourself.

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 Lovers of God.

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 Lovers of others.

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 And yet every day,

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 we're in a battle for our affections

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 from where we're going to place our love.

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 It's a war for what's going to captivate you.

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 It's a war for what's going to wrap you up.

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 Is it yourself that's going to wrap you up,

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 or is it you're going to find satisfaction in God?

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 That's why we,

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 as a needy child,

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 need to be praying this prayer.

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 Lead us not into temptation.

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 Deliver us.

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 Deliver us from evil.

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 Deliver means rescue.

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 I need rescuing in this war.

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 So let's have a little look into

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 this idea of temptation a little bit more.

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 So we're going to look at what temptation is,

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 how we get snared,

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 and how we overcome.

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 What temptation is,

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 how we get snared,

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 and how we overcome.

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 Okay?

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 So what is temptation?

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 Okay?

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 Well, let's look in this verse.

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 Lead us not into temptation,

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 but deliver us from evil.

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 I don't know if you've read that verse before,

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 but if you have,

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 and like me,

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 I always found that really strange.

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 Because think about it.

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 Firstly,

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 how can a loving father

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 lead you into temptation?

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 If temptation is meant to be bad,

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 why would he lead you into it?

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 Strange.

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 James 1,

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 in the passage we read earlier,

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 says,

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 God does not tempt anyone.

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 So it's just never made sense to me

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 why we pray,

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 God,

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 don't lead me into temptation.

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 Strange.

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 Secondly,

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 am I praying for God

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 to remove all temptation from me?

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 You know,

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 Jesus was tempted by the devil

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 in the wilderness,

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 and God didn't just remove the temptation.

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 Am I asking God

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 to make all attractive women or men

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 suddenly seem ugly to me?

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 Or chocolate smell like durian?

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 Do you know,

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 is that what we're asking?

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 Some people like durian,

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 but it's okay.

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 We can talk with you later.

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 We'll pray for you.

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 Yes.

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 Deliver us from evil.

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 Yes.

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 So,

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 so to understand temptation,

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 I googled it.

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 And do you know what I found?

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 Temptation

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 is a brand of cat treats,

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 deodorant,

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 chocolates,

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 a nail collection,

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 sunglasses,

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 handbags,

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 and a jewelry and fashion store.

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 I looked more deeply

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 into this topic,

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 and I discovered

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 that it's a behavior

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 which is kind of naughty

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 but nice.

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 You know,

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 it's something maybe

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 which prevents you

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 getting your goals,

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 you know,

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 so we overeat,

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 it's overspending,

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 it's spending too much time

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 on Facebook,

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 it's procrastinating,

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 it's inappropriate sex,

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 it's worrying.

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 All of these things

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 are right at the top of the list

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 of what temptation is.

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 And they,

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 and they can be.

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 But the Bible

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 has a different definition

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 of what temptation is.

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 If you look in James 1,

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 verse 14,

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 it says,

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 each person,

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 and it's in your bulletin,

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 each person is tempted

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 when he's lured

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 and enticed

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 by his own desire.

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 That word lured

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 and enticed

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 means to be literally

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 drawn away.

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 Temptation

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 is anything

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 that seeks

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 to draw your heart

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 away

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 from finding

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 satisfaction,

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 security,

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 hope,

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 comfort,

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 delight in God.

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 It could be anything,

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 the obvious,

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 money,

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 work,

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 pornography,

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 they're on the surface.

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 For me,

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 lying was my surface

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 sin,

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 surface temptation,

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 but underneath,

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 temptation is born

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 and birthed

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 out of your desire.

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 It's a desire

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 for approval,

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 security,

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 control,

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 any of those things

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 and to find them

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 in anything

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 other than God.

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 But the word

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 temptation in the Bible

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 also has another meaning.

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 And the second meaning

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 is to be tried

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 or tested.

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 In verse 12

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 in that passage

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 in James,

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 it says,

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 blessed is the man

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 who perseveres

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 under trial.

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 That word trial

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 is the same word

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 for temptation.

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 temptation.

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 And what it means

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 is God

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 leads us

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 in life

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 into testing

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 situations,

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 just like Jesus

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 in the wilderness.

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 And he does it

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 to strengthen us

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 and to teach us

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 how to trust him

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 in those moments.

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 But temptation

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 comes in

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 when we want to

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 satisfy our desires

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 in the wrong way,

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 at the wrong time,

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 and apart from God

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 and the way he wants

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 us to live.

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 Calvin,

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 who was the

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 great French reformer,

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 he used to say,

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 said this about this verse.

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 He said,

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 you know,

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 there are temptations

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 on your right hand

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 and temptations

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 on the left hand.

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 He said,

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 on the right hand,

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 you've got temptations

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 of success,

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 riches,

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 approval,

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 when everything

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 seems to be going well.

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 And you are tempted

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 in those moments

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 to think,

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 I can do it.

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 I can rely on myself.

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 I'm pretty good,

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 aren't I?

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 Look at the way

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 I manage to do things.

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 And I don't really

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 need God in my life.

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 That's the ones

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 on the right hand.

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 I can satisfy myself

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 my way.

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 But then on the left hand,

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 there's temptations

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 when everything

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 seems to be going wrong,

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 when you're not getting

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 what you want,

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 when there's suffering,

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 when there's insecurity,

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 when you fail,

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 when there's rejection,

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 all those other things.

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 And we're tempted

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 to worry,

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 tempted to complain,

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 tempted to find

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 the security

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 he would long for

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 in anything

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 other than God.

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 I don't know

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 where you are

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 right now.

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 It's 2016,

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 but God has led you

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 to where you are

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 right now.

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 And I don't know

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 whether everything's

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 going really well

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 for you,

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 or everything's

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 just out of control.

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 You know,

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 you may have got

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 your bonus,

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 you may have got

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 your pay rise,

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 you just think

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 things are great.

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 Or you're struggling,

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 you look at the

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 financial situation

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 in 2016,

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 you look at your work,

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 you look at your health,

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 you look at your kids,

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 and you're stressed out.

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 I don't know which it is,

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 but God has led you

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 right here,

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 and he's calling to you,

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 and the question is,

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 where are you looking

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 for right now

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 for your security,

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 for your comfort,

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 for your pleasure,

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 for your approval,

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 for control?

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 Every day,

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 we're tempted to find

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 those things in our work,

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 in other people's opinions,

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 in our great plans,

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 in our families,

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 in our spouses.

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 And if you want to know

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 where temptation is lurking,

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 just look at the things

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 which stress you out.

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 Look at the things

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 which make you fearful,

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 make you frustrated

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 and angry,

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 because lurking underneath,

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 you may find

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 that temptation

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 has got you.

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 But temptation

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 is not sin in itself.

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 Otherwise,

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 Jesus would have sinned

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 when he was tempted.

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 Having a thought

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 entering your mind

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 isn't sin.

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 We have people

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 putting thoughts

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 in our minds

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 all the time,

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 you know,

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 colleagues,

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 parents,

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 media,

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 Satan,

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 all kinds of things,

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 but the key word here

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 is have we entered

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 into temptation,

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 or are we refusing

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 to let it in?

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 In Genesis 4,

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 I don't know,

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 you know the story

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 of Cain and Abel,

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 God says to Cain,

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 who's just had

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 his sacrifice rejected,

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 and he's feeling jealous,

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 he's feeling angry,

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 he's feeling like,

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 oh,

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 my brother,

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 it's not fair,

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 life's not good,

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 and God says to him,

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 you know what,

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 in this moment,

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 you have a choice,

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 because sin

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 is crouching,

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 like a lion,

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 waiting to pounce,

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 and he says,

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 it wants to master you,

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 but you must rule over it,

00:14:51.660 --> 00:14:53.920
 that's what God says to us

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 with our temptations,

00:14:56.259 --> 00:14:57.259
 when I was a kid,

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 every Christmas,

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 there used to be this movie

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 called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,

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 I don't know if anyone

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 has seen it,

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 there's a few people,

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 okay,

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 go ahead and watch it,

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 but there was one character

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 who just really freaked me out,

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 in fact,

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 he's been voted

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 one of the scariest

00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:14.460
 children's characters

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 in a movie,

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 he was called

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 the Child Snatcher,

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 and he would ride

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 into town on a cart,

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 and he'd get out

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 of the cart,

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 and he'd call

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 for all the children

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 in the town to come,

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 and he'd offer them

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 free ice cream

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 and lollipops,

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 and though the kids

00:15:30.540 --> 00:15:31.639
 knew that they shouldn't

00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:32.700
 go out to see him,

00:15:33.040 --> 00:15:34.680
 the offer of free sweets

00:15:34.680 --> 00:15:35.639
 was too much,

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 and they were drawn

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 out of their home,

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 and they were lured

00:15:38.340 --> 00:15:39.420
 into his cart

00:15:39.420 --> 00:15:40.580
 with the ice cream,

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 and as soon as

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 they went in,

00:15:42.900 --> 00:15:44.300
 he would slam the door,

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 and he would reveal

00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:46.379
 that it was actually

00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:47.440
 a cage that were

00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:48.139
 inside of,

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 and then he would

00:15:48.740 --> 00:15:49.700
 ride off with them

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 imprisoned.

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 Can you see how I was

00:15:51.940 --> 00:15:52.700
 scared as a kid,

00:15:52.800 --> 00:15:53.080
 you know?

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 I'm still traumatized

00:15:55.040 --> 00:15:55.420
 by it,

00:15:56.940 --> 00:15:57.300
 you know,

00:15:57.300 --> 00:15:59.180
 but that's what

00:15:59.180 --> 00:16:00.460
 entering into temptation

00:16:00.460 --> 00:16:00.980
 is.

00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:04.000
 It imprisons you,

00:16:04.180 --> 00:16:05.639
 it ensnares you,

00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:06.860
 and this prayer,

00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:08.580
 lead us not

00:16:08.580 --> 00:16:09.820
 into temptation,

00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:10.960
 is saying,

00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:11.780
 Dad,

00:16:11.779 --> 00:16:13.360
 Father,

00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:14.679
 right now,

00:16:14.839 --> 00:16:16.079
 with the circumstances

00:16:16.079 --> 00:16:18.299
 that you have placed me in,

00:16:19.179 --> 00:16:20.419
 with the temptations

00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:21.339
 around me

00:16:21.339 --> 00:16:23.179
 to just drawing me

00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:24.500
 to find my satisfaction

00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:25.959
 in anything other than you,

00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:27.679
 don't let me entertain them,

00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:28.839
 don't let me be

00:16:28.839 --> 00:16:30.000
 captivated by them,

00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:31.079
 don't let me be

00:16:31.079 --> 00:16:32.740
 drawn away from you

00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:34.179
 in these situations,

00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:36.500
 don't let that lion

00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:37.699
 that's waiting to pounce

00:16:37.699 --> 00:16:40.039
 steal my joy in you,

00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:41.679
 because my relationship

00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:42.199
 with you

00:16:42.199 --> 00:16:43.019
 is more important

00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:44.299
 than anything else.

00:16:44.939 --> 00:16:46.240
 That's what this prayer

00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:46.860
 is saying.

00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:49.079
 Provide me a way

00:16:49.079 --> 00:16:49.559
 to overcome.

00:16:51.839 --> 00:16:53.139
 So what's tempting you

00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:53.679
 at the moment?

00:16:55.439 --> 00:16:56.299
 Do you know?

00:16:57.379 --> 00:16:58.139
 Do you know?

00:16:59.939 --> 00:17:01.120
 That's what temptation is.

00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:02.339
 How do we get snared

00:17:02.339 --> 00:17:04.079
 and trapped?

00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.879
 Genesis 3,

00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:08.319
 before Cain's story,

00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:09.339
 The Fall of Man

00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:10.700
 is a great passage

00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:11.299
 just to show

00:17:11.299 --> 00:17:12.720
 how temptation works.

00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:14.359
 God gives a command.

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 He says,

00:17:14.919 --> 00:17:16.220
 don't eat from the fruit

00:17:16.220 --> 00:17:17.059
 of the tree

00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:17.539
 of the knowledge

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.259
 and good and evil.

00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.679
 I want you to trust me.

00:17:19.879 --> 00:17:21.439
 I want you to depend on me.

00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.359
 I don't want you

00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:23.159
 to be independent.

00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:24.879
 I want you to stay close to me.

00:17:25.899 --> 00:17:26.919
 But then Satan comes

00:17:26.919 --> 00:17:27.639
 with a lie.

00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:30.379
 And all temptation

00:17:30.379 --> 00:17:31.879
 starts with a lie.

00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:34.019
 Satan says,

00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:36.700
 did God really say,

00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:38.420
 did he really say,

00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:40.100
 you can't eat from any tree

00:17:40.100 --> 00:17:40.680
 in the garden?

00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:43.519
 God hadn't said that at all,

00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:44.819
 but he'd said,

00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:46.240
 only one tree.

00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:47.920
 But all temptation

00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:48.880
 works like this.

00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:50.559
 It starts with placing doubt

00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.819
 as to whether God

00:17:51.819 --> 00:17:53.000
 is really good

00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:54.120
 and whether you can

00:17:54.120 --> 00:17:55.039
 really trust him.

00:17:55.360 --> 00:17:56.420
 God's holding something

00:17:56.420 --> 00:17:57.340
 back from you.

00:17:58.819 --> 00:17:59.799
 You won't die,

00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:00.600
 Satan says.

00:18:00.819 --> 00:18:02.000
 You won't be imprisoned.

00:18:02.840 --> 00:18:04.140
 God knows that if you eat

00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:04.940
 from this tree,

00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:06.000
 you'll be like him.

00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:07.059
 You'll be satisfied.

00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:08.079
 You'll be powerful.

00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:09.220
 You'll have approval.

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.279
 You'll have security.

00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.339
 You'll have everything

00:18:11.339 --> 00:18:12.200
 that you want

00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:14.519
 if you just do this thing.

00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:16.480
 God is trying

00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:17.319
 to stop you habit.

00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:19.059
 You obey God

00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:19.440
 and you're going

00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:20.079
 to miss out.

00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:21.720
 That's the lie

00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:22.539
 that's coming in.

00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:24.960
 That's the lies

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:26.019
 in my story

00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:26.619
 at the beginning.

00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:29.240
 I can't rely on God

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:30.259
 for my approval.

00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:32.019
 I need it from someone else

00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:32.859
 because that's what's

00:18:32.859 --> 00:18:33.980
 going to satisfy me.

00:18:33.980 --> 00:18:35.960
 But it never does.

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 You know?

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 The people I crave

00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:38.980
 their approval

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 spend very little time

00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:40.860
 worrying about me.

00:18:41.579 --> 00:18:42.519
 I spend more time

00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:42.960
 worrying about

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 what they think about me.

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 And even if they think

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 I'm great today,

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 well then tomorrow

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 they may even think

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 I'm an idiot.

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 But it starts with a lie

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 that that's what

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 will satisfy us.

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 But it starts with a lie

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 and then it moves on

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 to a desire

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 that you dwell on.

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 The woman sees

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 the tree

00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.519
 is good for food

00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:02.120
 and a delight

00:19:02.120 --> 00:19:02.900
 to the eyes

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 and it's desired

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 to make you wise.

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.400
 Now,

00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:08.400
 I don't know

00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:08.799
 if you've thought

00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:09.720
 about that story

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.460
 if you know it

00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:11.160
 but

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:13.380
 the woman

00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:14.500
 didn't just kind of

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 glance at the tree

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 and oh that looks

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 really good for food.

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 No.

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 She stops

00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:20.940
 to linger.

00:19:22.420 --> 00:19:23.680
 She gazes on it.

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 She starts

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 to salivate.

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 Wow.

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 Oh, that fruit looks good.

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 And that

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 then leads

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 over a process

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 to then

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 she eats it.

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 You know,

00:19:36.060 --> 00:19:37.480
 some of you

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 will know

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 Mark 6 is tomorrow

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 or Tuesday I think.

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 Do you know

00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:43.220
 what the prize is?

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 A hundred

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 million dollars.

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 Oh.

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 Now,

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:52.360
 I don't do Mark 6.

00:19:52.800 --> 00:19:53.560
 Never have.

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 But when I heard

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 about it

00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:58.420
 you know

00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.000
 what went on

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 in my mind.

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 My mind

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:04.000
 went for a little wonder.

00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:06.440
 I started wondering

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:06.859
 well,

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.960
 what would I do

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.539
 if I had

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 a hundred million dollars?

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 And obviously

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 I'd give a large amount

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 to the church

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 and to charity

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 but just think

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 about the holidays,

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 the houses,

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 the cars.

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 And you know,

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 I had a little while

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.599
 just kind of

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:23.960
 dwelling on it

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 and you know,

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:25.240
 talk a little while

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 with some other people

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 about it

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 and you know,

00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.680
 after a little while

00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:30.059
 I suddenly started

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:31.140
 to realize something.

00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:33.180
 My heart

00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:34.200
 was slowly beginning

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.380
 to get captivated

00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:36.339
 by the thought of it.

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 And the crazy thing is

00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:40.599
 I might proudly

00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:41.539
 proclaim to you

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.359
 that I have never

00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:42.799
 bought

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:44.799
 a Mark 6 ticket

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:46.539
 and I wouldn't be

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.460
 so greediest

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:48.279
 to do that.

00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:51.299
 But in my heart

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:54.639
 I've been captivated

00:20:54.639 --> 00:20:56.299
 and greed

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:56.899
 has begun

00:20:56.899 --> 00:20:57.500
 to pounce

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.159
 and I'm walking

00:20:58.159 --> 00:20:59.359
 into the cage

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 and if I allow

00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:01.680
 those thoughts

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.799
 to just continue

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:04.339
 and just drift

00:21:04.339 --> 00:21:05.319
 and just wander

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:06.339
 a little longer

00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:08.720
 you know,

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.339
 my heart

00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:10.200
 bit by bit

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.919
 will no longer

00:21:10.919 --> 00:21:12.259
 see giving

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:13.019
 for example

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.720
 on a Sunday

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:15.379
 as a joy

00:21:15.379 --> 00:21:16.059
 but it will feel

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:16.579
 a bit like

00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:17.420
 I'm losing out.

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.559
 You know,

00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.619
 I could have that money

00:21:19.619 --> 00:21:21.099
 for so many other things.

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:23.759
 And when my heart

00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.519
 begins to get

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.480
 captivated

00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:26.519
 by finding pleasure

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.140
 and security

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:27.779
 in money

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:29.220
 or in relationships

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:30.000
 or in achievements

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:31.000
 or anything else

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.680
 that could be

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:33.440
 dwelling in your mind,

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.220
 the less

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:36.599
 I will find joy

00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:37.799
 in Christ

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.680
 as my pleasure

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:40.980
 and the less

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.700
 in my life

00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.580
 I will be generous

00:21:42.580 --> 00:21:43.940
 and joyful

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.580
 about it.

00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:45.320
 The Bible says

00:21:45.320 --> 00:21:46.039
 you can't serve

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.880
 God and money

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:49.120
 but it's just

00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:49.620
 a thought,

00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:50.100
 you know,

00:21:50.180 --> 00:21:50.880
 it's just a thought

00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:51.420
 we say.

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.279
 John Owen,

00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:54.480
 the 16th century

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:55.220
 English preacher,

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.740
 he said this

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.680
 and this was

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.480
 convicting,

00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.019
 he said,

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.700
 you've entered

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.640
 into temptation

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.539
 not just when

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.039
 you've actually

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:03.539
 committed

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.640
 the outward sin

00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:07.000
 but right

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.880
 when your heart

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:09.280
 secretly begins

00:22:09.280 --> 00:22:09.960
 to like

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.920
 the temptation

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:12.240
 and you're happy

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:13.480
 to feed it.

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.860
 Do you know

00:22:15.860 --> 00:22:16.700
 why I didn't resist

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.500
 that thought?

00:22:18.280 --> 00:22:19.660
 Because I like it

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:21.720
 and I'm happy

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:23.220
 to feed the lion

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:26.340
 and the lie

00:22:26.340 --> 00:22:27.000
 I'm believing

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.800
 is that money

00:22:27.800 --> 00:22:28.560
 can give me

00:22:28.560 --> 00:22:29.480
 satisfaction

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:30.340
 and security

00:22:30.340 --> 00:22:31.500
 in life

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.600
 and I've forgotten

00:22:32.600 --> 00:22:33.580
 that I have a good

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.799
 heavenly father

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.619
 who says

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.679
 he will satisfy

00:22:36.679 --> 00:22:38.220
 me with good things

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:39.019
 and I can trust

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.960
 him to provide

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:41.159
 what I and my

00:22:41.159 --> 00:22:42.059
 family need.

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.460
 Lead me

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:45.099
 not into temptation.

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.519
 What have you

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.279
 been dwelling on

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:50.099
 in your mind

00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:50.699
 this week?

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.659
 What's been running

00:22:52.659 --> 00:22:53.659
 around there

00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:54.779
 captivating your

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.399
 thoughts

00:22:55.399 --> 00:22:56.619
 and your heart?

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.539
 Where are you

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.279
 outwardly doing

00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:00.339
 the right thing

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:01.939
 but inwardly

00:23:01.939 --> 00:23:02.899
 the idea

00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:03.620
 of your heavenly

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.200
 father

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:05.160
 satisfying

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:05.980
 your desires

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:07.019
 just seems

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.640
 a little bit

00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:08.160
 crazy.

00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:08.960
 It seems

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.840
 totally out

00:23:09.840 --> 00:23:10.100
 of your

00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:11.180
 current reality

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:12.600
 because

00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:13.620
 maybe

00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:15.440
 you're in

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.180
 the cage

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.940
 and Christ

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.420
 is wanting

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:18.160
 to set you

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.460
 free

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:19.019
 to see

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.540
 that he

00:23:19.540 --> 00:23:20.200
 can be

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:21.259
 those things

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.620
 that your

00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.700
 heart desires.

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.300
 Temptation

00:23:25.300 --> 00:23:25.680
 is anything

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.180
 that draws

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.580
 us away

00:23:26.580 --> 00:23:27.300
 from Christ.

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.120
 We get

00:23:28.120 --> 00:23:28.540
 snared

00:23:28.540 --> 00:23:28.860
 when we

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.640
 believe lies

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:29.960
 and when

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.660
 we dwell

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.840
 on temptation.

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.060
 How do

00:23:33.060 --> 00:23:33.660
 we overcome

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:35.040
 temptation?

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:36.160
 Third thing.

00:23:37.780 --> 00:23:38.480
 The problem

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.900
 with temptation

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:41.440
 Oscar Wilde

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.540
 the playwright

00:23:42.540 --> 00:23:44.320
 summed it up

00:23:44.320 --> 00:23:44.700
 very well.

00:23:44.780 --> 00:23:44.980
 He said

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:46.320
 I can resist

00:23:46.320 --> 00:23:47.520
 everything

00:23:47.520 --> 00:23:49.720
 except temptation.

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.660
 You see

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.620
 temptation

00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:54.540
 is all around

00:23:54.540 --> 00:23:54.700
 you.

00:23:54.780 --> 00:23:55.200
 I just look

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.900
 on the MTR

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.220
 and there are

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.680
 pictures of

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.360
 beautiful women

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:57.740
 which will

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.179
 either tempt

00:23:58.179 --> 00:23:58.839
 you to lust

00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.699
 or to despair.

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.199
 There are

00:24:00.199 --> 00:24:00.619
 pictures of

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:01.139
 Facebook

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:01.759
 of everyone's

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.359
 happy life

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:02.659
 which will

00:24:02.659 --> 00:24:03.119
 tempt you

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:04.119
 to just

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:04.419
 look at

00:24:04.419 --> 00:24:04.799
 your own

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.039
 and be

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.719
 dissatisfied.

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.359
 You go

00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:06.619
 into the

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:06.919
 office,

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:07.259
 you go

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.519
 into the

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.000
 playground,

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:08.740
 the behavior

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.019
 of your

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.379
 colleagues,

00:24:09.479 --> 00:24:09.819
 it tempts

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:09.959
 you to

00:24:09.959 --> 00:24:10.539
 get mad,

00:24:10.659 --> 00:24:10.979
 fearful,

00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:11.519
 look down

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:11.740
 on them,

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.259
 crave their

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:12.740
 approval,

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.419
 want to be

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:14.000
 like them.

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.759
 It's all

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.419
 around wherever

00:24:15.419 --> 00:24:16.179
 you go.

00:24:16.719 --> 00:24:17.240
 Even this

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.740
 morning you

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.159
 may have had

00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:18.859
 some temptation

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.459
 on the way.

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:21.839
 And so

00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:22.639
 monks for

00:24:22.639 --> 00:24:23.339
 over a thousand

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:24.059
 years thought

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:25.079
 the solution

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.879
 to this

00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.959
 must be

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.480
 we've got

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.160
 to escape

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.779
 the world.

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:29.799
 So they

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.039
 built

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:30.779
 monasteries up

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.400
 on mountains

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.000
 way away

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.940
 from people

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.600
 to escape

00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:34.340
 this dangerous

00:24:34.340 --> 00:24:35.480
 evil world.

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.660
 But the

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.100
 problem was

00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:38.700
 the monasteries

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.680
 became as

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.220
 sinful and

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.559
 filled with

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.059
 lust and

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.420
 greed and

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:41.880
 drunkenness

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.240
 as everywhere

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.720
 else.

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.779
 So our

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.960
 society has

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.420
 come up with

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:46.840
 a different

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:47.380
 solution.

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.840
 And this

00:24:49.840 --> 00:24:50.180
 was great,

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.519
 I found

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.840
 this on

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:52.740
 Friday in

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.400
 our office.

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.620
 This is just

00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:55.579
 preacher's dream.

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:56.139
 It was like

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:58.539
 Special K.

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.899
 On the

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.399
 back it

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:02.779
 says,

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:04.000
 let's hear

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.399
 it for

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:05.159
 willpower.

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.659
 It says

00:25:06.659 --> 00:25:07.179
 here,

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.039
 a new

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.599
 way to

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:08.980
 conquer

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.740
 temptation.

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.599
 When cravings

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:12.079
 sneak into

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.599
 your day,

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.539
 turn to

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:13.980
 new,

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:14.919
 positively

00:25:14.919 --> 00:25:15.619
 delicious

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:17.099
 Special K.

00:25:18.419 --> 00:25:19.220
 Here we

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.419
 go.

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.039
 This is the

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.419
 solution.

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.159
 Okay.

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:23.159
 Underneath it

00:25:23.159 --> 00:25:23.539
 says,

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.480
 tell us

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.119
 how you

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:25.440
 beat

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.039
 temptation

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:27.000
 and share

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.619
 encouragement

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.240
 on Facebook.

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.460
 So do you

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:31.779
 know what I

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:31.980
 did?

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.779
 I went on

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.240
 to Facebook

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.599
 because I

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:34.960
 wanted to

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.359
 tell you a

00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:36.159
 great story

00:25:36.159 --> 00:25:36.700
 about how

00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.619
 someone had

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:39.139
 been helped

00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:39.740
 by Special

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:39.940
 K.

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:43.000
 And I

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.319
 went on

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.559
 there.

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.279
 I didn't

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.700
 find a

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.119
 single

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.720
 testimony

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:48.240
 about the

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.000
 greatness of

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.539
 Special K

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:49.920
 in beating

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.519
 temptation.

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.119
 I was very

00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:51.659
 disappointed.

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:59.500
 I don't

00:25:59.500 --> 00:25:59.680
 know if

00:25:59.680 --> 00:25:59.779
 you

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.000
 take

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.540
 Special K

00:26:00.540 --> 00:26:00.880
 but maybe

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.220
 it helps

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.420
 you.

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.080
 You should

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:02.460
 write in

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.680
 if it

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:02.920
 does.

00:26:04.840 --> 00:26:07.600
 But David

00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:08.259
 Brooks of

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.660
 the New York

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.040
 Times,

00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:09.620
 he says,

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.320
 the fact that

00:26:11.320 --> 00:26:12.000
 we fail to

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.620
 keep most of

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:12.900
 our New

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.120
 Year's

00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:13.640
 resolutions

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.300
 struggle to

00:26:14.300 --> 00:26:14.759
 lose weight

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.560
 shows us

00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:16.620
 that willpower

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.640
 isn't the

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.360
 solution to

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:18.880
 temptation.

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.620
 Your willpower

00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:21.159
 is not like

00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:21.719
 a dam

00:26:21.719 --> 00:26:22.139
 that can

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.759
 block the

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.379
 torrent of

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:24.279
 self-indulgence.

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.000
 It's more

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.679
 like a muscle

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.759
 which tires

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.359
 easily.

00:26:27.899 --> 00:26:28.339
 Moreover,

00:26:28.459 --> 00:26:28.739
 you're a

00:26:28.739 --> 00:26:29.419
 social being.

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.599
 If everybody

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.159
 around you

00:26:31.159 --> 00:26:31.919
 is overeating,

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:33.059
 you'll probably

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:34.179
 do so too.

00:26:36.679 --> 00:26:37.239
 Willpower,

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.399
 doesn't matter

00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:38.979
 how hard you

00:26:38.979 --> 00:26:39.479
 try,

00:26:39.959 --> 00:26:40.879
 is not the

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.299
 solution.

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.919
 And even if

00:26:42.919 --> 00:26:43.619
 you think you've

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:43.939
 got the

00:26:43.939 --> 00:26:44.359
 willpower,

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:44.799
 listen,

00:26:44.939 --> 00:26:45.579
 I can walk

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.019
 along a

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:47.699
 street without

00:26:47.699 --> 00:26:48.959
 having to look

00:26:48.959 --> 00:26:50.099
 constantly at my

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.480
 phone.

00:26:52.419 --> 00:26:52.939
 Occasionally.

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.639
 And I feel

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:55.859
 very proud about

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.980
 the self-control

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.980
 that I exercise.

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.980
 Sometimes even

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.619
 when a WhatsApp

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.259
 goes off,

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:02.139
 I will resist.

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.799
 And then I

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.419
 walk along and

00:27:05.419 --> 00:27:06.000
 I see these

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.799
 people who

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.480
 don't have the

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.199
 same amount of

00:27:08.199 --> 00:27:08.919
 self-discipline

00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:09.539
 that I have,

00:27:09.659 --> 00:27:10.279
 and they bump

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.839
 into me.

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:14.019
 And I look at

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.459
 them and I

00:27:14.459 --> 00:27:14.619
 think,

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.839
 why can't you

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.500
 be as

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.339
 disciplined as

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.679
 me?

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.379
 Can't you

00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:20.819
 just have a

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.240
 little bit of

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.919
 self-control,

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.439
 a little bit

00:27:22.439 --> 00:27:23.220
 of willpower,

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.720
 just to not

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.519
 be a slave

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.279
 to your phone?

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.179
 And the

00:27:29.179 --> 00:27:29.519
 thing is,

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.419
 where I feel

00:27:30.419 --> 00:27:31.279
 I have strong

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.939
 willpower,

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.539
 do you know

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.059
 what it does?

00:27:33.139 --> 00:27:33.720
 I have little

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.679
 patience for

00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:35.639
 those who

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.199
 seem to be

00:27:36.199 --> 00:27:36.799
 weaker than

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.919
 me in that.

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.579
 And the

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.220
 love in my

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:40.799
 heart for

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:42.220
 them shrivels.

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:44.140
 And do you

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.579
 know what?

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:45.240
 I've actually

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:46.240
 entered into

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:48.000
 another temptation,

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.940
 that of pride

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:50.279
 and self-righteousness.

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.860
 You rely on

00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.480
 willpower,

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.740
 you'll have

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.539
 entered into

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:57.180
 temptation of

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:58.400
 self-righteousness.

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.920
 Now, don't get

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.460
 me wrong,

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:02.299
 in the moment,

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.059
 willpower,

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:05.220
 you have to use

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.860
 willpower to

00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.200
 resist.

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:06.860
 Like, if you

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.500
 want to shout

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.579
 at somebody,

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.100
 now, me,

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:10.759
 anyone,

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.480
 okay,

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.339
 count to

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.620
 ten,

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:13.279
 hold your

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.579
 tongue,

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.680
 punch something,

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.480
 not a person,

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.099
 the wall,

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:16.700
 okay,

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.680
 use every

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.779
 ounce of

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.759
 your willpower

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.779
 to resist.

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.220
 Absolutely.

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.299
 But you've

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.079
 got to realize

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:26.120
 that the

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:26.700
 problem,

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.799
 ultimately,

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.460
 is not your

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.319
 will that's

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.740
 the issue,

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.120
 it's your

00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:30.819
 heart that's

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.319
 the issue,

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:31.980
 and willpower

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.680
 can't change

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.259
 your heart.

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.559
 Because

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:39.839
 the lying,

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.500
 the anger,

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.079
 the greed,

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.599
 the lust

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.240
 that drives

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.399
 you,

00:28:42.439 --> 00:28:42.699
 is not

00:28:42.699 --> 00:28:43.179
 there because

00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:43.579
 you're not

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.019
 disciplined

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.539
 enough.

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.299
 It's there

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.839
 because your

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.259
 heart has

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.079
 been captivated

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.720
 by something

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.259
 other than

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.639
 God.

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.539
 That's why.

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:53.139
 Special K,

00:28:53.939 --> 00:28:55.339
 on their

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:55.899
 website,

00:28:56.899 --> 00:28:57.299
 say,

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.159
 you are

00:28:59.159 --> 00:28:59.819
 strong,

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.059
 and we are

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.579
 here to help

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.039
 you stay

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:03.059
 that way.

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:05.440
 the Lord's

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.339
 prayer says,

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.639
 you are

00:29:07.639 --> 00:29:08.159
 weak,

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.220
 you need

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.740
 a savior,

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:10.919
 you need

00:29:10.919 --> 00:29:11.740
 a deliverer,

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:12.919
 you're a

00:29:12.919 --> 00:29:13.460
 child,

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.700
 you need

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.279
 a father,

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.460
 we are

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:16.940
 sinful,

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.059
 we need

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.599
 someone to

00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:19.460
 rescue us.

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:21.319
 That is why

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:22.119
 this prayer,

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:23.259
 lead us not

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.279
 into temptation,

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:24.879
 should be

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.899
 constantly on

00:29:25.899 --> 00:29:26.619
 our lips,

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:28.299
 because it

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:29.419
 recognizes our

00:29:29.419 --> 00:29:29.919
 weaknesses.

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:31.199
 I can't resist

00:29:31.199 --> 00:29:32.339
 temptation by

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:32.979
 myself.

00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:34.599
 I might stop

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.279
 gambling on

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.939
 Mark 6,

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.739
 but I can't

00:29:36.739 --> 00:29:37.119
 change the

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:37.679
 greed in my

00:29:37.679 --> 00:29:38.459
 heart to

00:29:38.459 --> 00:29:39.000
 love God

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.839
 more by

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.479
 myself.

00:29:42.459 --> 00:29:42.819
 You know,

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.099
 there's an

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.779
 old Greek

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:45.619
 myth about

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.379
 the sirens,

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.459
 who are kind

00:29:47.459 --> 00:29:48.239
 of mermaid-like

00:29:48.239 --> 00:29:48.799
 creatures,

00:29:49.159 --> 00:29:50.139
 whose beautiful

00:29:50.139 --> 00:29:51.419
 voices lured

00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:53.059
 sailors to

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.739
 steer their

00:29:53.739 --> 00:29:54.519
 ships towards

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.019
 the sound,

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.399
 and then they

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:55.879
 would dash

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.580
 themselves on

00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:57.160
 the rocks,

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.400
 and be

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:58.960
 destroyed.

00:29:59.340 --> 00:29:59.860
 Time and

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.260
 again,

00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:01.120
 the sailors

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:02.240
 sailed past

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.040
 the sirens,

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.560
 they would put

00:30:03.560 --> 00:30:04.060
 their fingers

00:30:04.060 --> 00:30:04.580
 in the ears,

00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:05.200
 they would do

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:06.080
 anything to

00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:06.860
 stop the

00:30:06.860 --> 00:30:07.520
 sound,

00:30:08.760 --> 00:30:09.440
 yet every

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.120
 time it was

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:10.980
 too much for

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.200
 them,

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:11.940
 and they would

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.660
 steer their

00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.060
 ship,

00:30:13.260 --> 00:30:13.720
 and they would

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.320
 dash into

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:14.980
 the rocks.

00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:18.640
 Then one day,

00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:19.400
 a ship came

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.760
 along,

00:30:20.520 --> 00:30:20.880
 and the

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:21.760
 siren voices,

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.540
 these beautiful

00:30:22.540 --> 00:30:22.980
 voices,

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.840
 called out,

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.360
 and the sailors

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.740
 were going

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.559
 crazy trying

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.059
 to resist,

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.500
 and then a

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.940
 guy called

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.579
 Orpheus,

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.519
 he gets out

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.200
 his lyre,

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.740
 and he starts

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:33.140
 to play this

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:34.200
 beautiful song,

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:35.859
 and the song

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.859
 was so beautiful

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:38.319
 that it drowned

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:39.180
 out the voices

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:40.140
 of the sirens,

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.480
 and the ship

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.400
 carried on and

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:43.200
 sailed past.

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:45.420
 It was the only

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:46.680
 ship that survived.

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:49.480
 This is how our

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.640
 hearts will resist

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.579
 temptation.

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:53.439
 the way to resist

00:30:53.439 --> 00:30:55.139
 is to have a

00:30:55.139 --> 00:30:55.679
 more beautiful

00:30:55.679 --> 00:30:56.559
 song that is

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:57.259
 playing in your

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.740
 hearts,

00:30:58.619 --> 00:30:59.339
 a more beautiful

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:00.819
 song than the

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.879
 things around us

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:03.199
 that captivate us

00:31:03.199 --> 00:31:04.299
 are telling us.

00:31:04.639 --> 00:31:05.500
 It's to find our

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.399
 approval and our

00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:07.059
 comfort and our

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:08.639
 recognition and our

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:10.259
 satisfaction in

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.919
 Christ,

00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:12.639
 in his death who

00:31:12.639 --> 00:31:13.259
 has brought us

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:14.179
 into his presence

00:31:14.179 --> 00:31:15.359
 to be loved by the

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:16.839
 one whose love is

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.899
 boundless.

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:20.759
 And here's the

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.780
 thing, listen,

00:31:22.060 --> 00:31:23.519
 you will only live

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:25.340
 for Christ if you

00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:26.440
 are satisfied in

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.640
 him.

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:29.840
 You will only live

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:31.940
 for Christ if

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.700
 you're satisfied

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.759
 in him.

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:37.240
 You will not drink

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.820
 from a muddy

00:31:37.820 --> 00:31:39.100
 puddle if you

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:40.060
 realize that there

00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:40.800
 is a fountain

00:31:40.800 --> 00:31:42.280
 there that you

00:31:42.280 --> 00:31:43.100
 can drink from.

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.900
 And the gospel of

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:46.019
 Jesus Christ is

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.880
 that more beautiful

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.400
 song.

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:50.100
 this Hebrews

00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:50.980
 passage that we

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:53.759
 read out, it

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.820
 says, we don't

00:31:54.820 --> 00:31:55.900
 have a high priest

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:57.660
 who is unable to

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.560
 sympathize with our

00:31:58.560 --> 00:32:00.380
 weaknesses, but we

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:01.340
 have one who's been

00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:02.740
 tempted in every

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:04.080
 way and yet

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:05.240
 without sin.

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:07.480
 Let us then

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.600
 approach the

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:09.519
 throne of grace

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.759
 with confidence

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:12.420
 to find grace

00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:14.220
 and mercy in our

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:15.080
 time of need.

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:18.099
 for a liar and an

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:19.439
 approval freak like

00:32:19.439 --> 00:32:21.579
 me, Christ came

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:21.899
 down.

00:32:23.439 --> 00:32:24.559
 He was tempted

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.399
 like you and I

00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:27.199
 were, tempted to

00:32:27.199 --> 00:32:28.220
 be his own savior,

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.919
 tempted to seek his

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:31.919
 own glory, and yet

00:32:31.919 --> 00:32:33.439
 when I get lured into

00:32:33.439 --> 00:32:35.960
 that cage, he

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.439
 didn't.

00:32:37.439 --> 00:32:38.079
 He resisted.

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.879
 resisted.

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:40.259
 He stayed totally

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:42.759
 dependent, loving and

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.639
 obedient to his

00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:45.439
 father because he

00:32:45.439 --> 00:32:46.899
 found his satisfaction

00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:48.480
 and approval in

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.859
 pleasing his father

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:51.139
 because he knew his

00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:51.579
 love.

00:32:54.179 --> 00:32:55.559
 And though he resisted

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.619
 every temptation, he

00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.519
 doesn't look on you

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:59.740
 and me with self-righteousness

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:01.379
 upon our weakness as we

00:33:01.379 --> 00:33:02.259
 fail and say, can't you

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.799
 do any better?

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.379
 Look, I can do it.

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:06.180
 Why can't you?

00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:07.480
 He doesn't say that.

00:33:08.260 --> 00:33:09.400
 But with compassion,

00:33:09.520 --> 00:33:10.740
 with sympathy, he

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:12.020
 says, run to me.

00:33:12.580 --> 00:33:13.580
 Turn to me.

00:33:14.580 --> 00:33:16.680
 And I have grace

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.980
 enough to satisfy

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.400
 your soul in any

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:20.760
 moment of need.

00:33:22.340 --> 00:33:23.540
 So the lure of

00:33:23.540 --> 00:33:24.460
 whatever is tempting

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:25.220
 you at the moment

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:26.500
 loses its appeal.

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:27.880
 And it's not just

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.680
 grace, there is

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:30.480
 mercy for those of

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:30.920
 us who have

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.960
 stumbled, even this

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.300
 week.

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:35.139
 who is in that

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:36.319
 cage of temptation.

00:33:36.899 --> 00:33:37.960
 His mercy is

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.799
 vaster than the

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.180
 ocean.

00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:40.480
 If your sin is like

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:42.039
 a dripping tap, his

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:43.099
 mercy is like the

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:44.159
 Niagara Falls.

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.799
 It is incessant.

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:47.000
 It is constant.

00:33:47.419 --> 00:33:48.279
 It is there

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.980
 available.

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:50.480
 He asks us to run.

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.740
 That is why he says,

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:52.559
 pray to me.

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.700
 Run to me.

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.819
 Will you run?

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.639
 Turn.

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.599
 Repent.

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:59.419
 Turn to him and

00:33:59.419 --> 00:34:01.279
 find that there is

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:02.220
 somebody who loves

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:04.960
 you more than

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.859
 you could imagine.

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.699
 Because he's a

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.519
 father who wants

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.340
 to hold you.

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.980
 He's a father who

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:13.079
 will supply all of

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.739
 your needs.

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:16.440
 He says, if I have

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:18.099
 given my life for

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:20.239
 you, how am I going

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:21.239
 to hold back anything

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:22.139
 good that will

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:23.380
 satisfy your soul?

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:27.159
 There's that song,

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:28.539
 you know, he's got

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.219
 the whole world in

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.859
 his hands.

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:33.159
 Well, he's got your

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.859
 2016 in his hands.

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.480
 He's got the stock

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.599
 market in his hands.

00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:39.219
 He's got your health.

00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:40.139
 He's got your kids.

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.959
 He's got your

00:34:40.959 --> 00:34:42.079
 relationships in his

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.379
 hands.

00:34:42.459 --> 00:34:43.299
 So will you trust him

00:34:43.299 --> 00:34:43.659
 with them?

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:46.039
 Because there's no

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.879
 other hands in this

00:34:46.879 --> 00:34:48.619
 universe who's a more

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:50.319
 loving, more strong,

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:52.359
 more faithful than his.

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:53.360
 God.

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:56.780
 And he gave his son so

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.960
 that we might find

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:59.519
 satisfaction in him.

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:04.699
 I don't need to crave

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:06.619
 approval from people if I

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:08.340
 keep singing that song

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:10.380
 reminding that my father

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:11.280
 accepts me.

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:13.340
 We don't need to rely on

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:15.920
 our jobs for security if

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:17.139
 we know that he is the

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:18.380
 most secure one in the

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.699
 world and he's got it all

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:21.099
 in his hands.

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:24.280
 And he says, I love you.

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:26.900
 You can trust me.

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:30.380
 That's the gospel.

00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:33.400
 And that's what we need

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:34.440
 to keep singing to

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:35.060
 ourselves.

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.480
 We need to keep singing

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:38.040
 to each other daily.

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:41.000
 I am more sinful and

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.980
 weaker than I can

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:43.360
 possibly imagine, but I

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:45.120
 am more loved and more

00:35:45.120 --> 00:35:46.700
 accepted than I could

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:47.780
 dare comprehend.

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:51.620
 So do we sing that to

00:35:51.620 --> 00:35:52.480
 each other daily?

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:54.760
 I mean, if you don't

00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:56.039
 sing well like me, then

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:57.639
 say it to each other.

00:35:59.019 --> 00:36:00.099
 You know, this is the

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.740
 reason why we sing

00:36:00.740 --> 00:36:01.099
 songs.

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.380
 You know, this is the

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:03.940
 reason why we read God's

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.280
 word.

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.740
 This is the reason why we

00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:07.019
 have community groups.

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:09.900
 Because we need to

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:11.760
 constantly have that song

00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:12.980
 in a world which is

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:14.079
 singing so many other

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:15.019
 songs to us.

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:18.780
 Because if you are not

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:20.000
 having that song, let me

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:21.599
 tell you, Owen will say

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.460
 you're already in the

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.039
 cage.

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.639
 You're already in

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.199
 temptation.

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.920
 If God's word is not

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:28.300
 something that is your

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:29.179
 dwelling on, you're

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:31.380
 delighting in, you need

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:32.619
 to pray, God, help me to

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.820
 delight in your word,

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:35.380
 because otherwise you're

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:36.280
 going to be ensnared.

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:41.079
 Did you notice this

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:47.139
 prayer is lead us, us, not

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:48.579
 into temptation?

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.840
 Not just me.

00:36:50.299 --> 00:36:50.960
 It's us.

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.799
 We talk a lot about

00:36:53.799 --> 00:36:54.719
 community here at

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.259
 Watermark.

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:57.900
 But I think we're in

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.900
 danger sometimes of

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.980
 missing what that means.

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:01.539
 It's not just a social

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:02.039
 group.

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.940
 It's not just the

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.799
 American club.

00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:06.940
 It's a group of weak and

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:08.719
 broken people who are

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:10.259
 pointing each other to

00:37:10.259 --> 00:37:12.539
 Christ in the normal

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:14.039
 things of everyday life.

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:14.119
 life.

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.480
 How does it happen?

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:19.179
 We share our temptations

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:19.860
 with each other.

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:20.579
 I don't know.

00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:21.820
 Have you shared what is

00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:24.179
 tempting you this week with

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.619
 anybody?

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:26.460
 Because you probably see a

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.380
 pattern in your life.

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:30.380
 And some of us who know

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:31.219
 that we're right in that

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:32.699
 cage of temptation, the

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:34.779
 first step that you and I

00:37:34.779 --> 00:37:36.019
 need to take is to actually

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:37.480
 go and admit it to somebody,

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:39.420
 a Christian brother or

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:41.320
 sister, because that's going

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:42.539
 to be the first step of

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:43.539
 having somebody else

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:44.300
 alongside you.

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:45.380
 Because if you're like me,

00:37:45.640 --> 00:37:46.920
 sometimes I forget,

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:48.660
 sometimes I'm so attracted

00:37:48.660 --> 00:37:49.900
 that I need somebody else

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:51.220
 to sing that song to me.

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:52.700
 And if nobody knows what

00:37:52.700 --> 00:37:53.860
 the song is that I need to

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:55.039
 hear, then how are they

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:56.019
 going to sing it to me?

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:59.120
 Some of you need to admit

00:37:59.120 --> 00:37:59.960
 where you're struggling,

00:38:00.780 --> 00:38:01.780
 where you're actually

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:03.980
 wading deep in temptation.

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:11.639
 And in our CGs, if we truly

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:12.800
 believe that relationship

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:15.179
 with Christ is where we find

00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:18.840
 our satisfaction, then we

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:20.699
 should know the temptations

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:22.240
 of at least one person in our

00:38:22.240 --> 00:38:23.400
 CG and we should be praying

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:25.719
 for them regularly, daily.

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:26.840
 Not as someone who's better,

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:28.940
 but as a fellow struggler in

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:30.280
 this fight, in this war,

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:32.480
 knowing that Christ has won

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:33.059
 the victory.

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:38.500
 The elders need you to pray

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:38.940
 for them.

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:41.559
 I need you to pray for me.

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:43.340
 Your CG members need you

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:44.240
 to pray for them.

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.719
 Pray not just for our

00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:48.159
 physical needs, but because

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:50.019
 my heart is so tempted to go

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.480
 astray.

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.960
 So here's what you can pray.

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:56.840
 Chris is going to work today.

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:58.619
 He's going to be tempted to

00:38:58.619 --> 00:39:00.960
 crave the approval of others,

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:03.960
 to think that money will

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:05.340
 ultimately satisfy him.

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:07.519
 And that can lead him to

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:08.679
 lying, to cheating, to

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:10.780
 envying, to losing his joy in

00:39:10.780 --> 00:39:10.920
 you.

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:12.900
 Father, would you help him

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:15.880
 know that you will be his

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:17.800
 acceptance, his satisfaction?

00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:20.340
 Don't let his heart be led

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:21.820
 away this week.

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:24.519
 Let him see that you are the

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:26.579
 Father in heaven who supplies

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:27.400
 all his needs.

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:28.639
 He will satisfy him.

00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:30.259
 God, we need you to

00:39:30.259 --> 00:39:30.639
 pray for him.

00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:32.000
 Because this is the way we

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.879
 start praying.

00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:34.339
 This is the way we love each

00:39:34.339 --> 00:39:34.599
 other.

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:38.099
 So let's be a church that

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:39.980
 loves each other enough to

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:41.079
 pray this prayer.

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:44.699
 Our Father, hallowed be your

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:44.900
 name.

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 You are worthy of our

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 worship.

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 Your kingdom come.

00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:50.619
 Your will be done.

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 It's all about you.

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 Give us today our daily bread.

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 We need you to provide.

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 Would you forgive us for where

00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:01.000
 we keep getting our hearts

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 captured by so many other

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 things?

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 And forgive those who have

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 hurt us so we're not

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 tempted to hold on to

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 bitterness.

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 And would you enable us to

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 keep you at the center of our

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 affections?

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 Don't lead us into temptation.

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 Provide a way out.

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 Give us the strength that we

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 may honor you, that we may

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 glorify you.

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 And that in this church, people

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 would see that Christ is our

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 satisfaction, our delight, and

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 he's our joy.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, there are so many,

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 so many things which draw us

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 and pull us.

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 And sometimes I admit I don't

00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:53.659
 even know that they're pulling

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 me.

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 I don't realize I dwell on

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 things.

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 I pray now for each one of us.

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 You would show us where we're

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 dwelling on things which are not

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 you.

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 Help us to see what the things

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 we feel like we can't do

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 without.

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 And to realize that you are the

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 one who we can't do without.

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 And though everything else may

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:30.300
 crumble and fall, if we have you,

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:32.099
 we have what we need.

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 Help us to see that not just as a

00:41:34.840 --> 00:41:36.860
 theory, but in the practical

00:41:36.860 --> 00:41:38.340
 everyday things of life.

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 When we go to our office, or go

00:41:39.860 --> 00:41:41.500
 to our families, or we go to our

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:43.280
 friends, when we go on the

00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:46.600
 internet this week, would we see,

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 would we see that you are

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 satisfying for us?

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 In your name.

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 Amen.