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 Good morning, Watermark. My name is Chris. I oversee community groups here at Watermark,

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 and if you're here for the first time, you're very, very welcome amongst us. Today is not

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 just a day of celebration for Father's Day, it's also a day of mourning. And I would like

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 you to bow your heads for a minute's silence for the victims of the tragedy of what took

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 place earlier this morning. The England football team lost 2-1 in a tragic performance. Seriously,

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 let me just pray before we start. Father, I pray that we would know you as our Father.

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 I pray today that we would understand something more of how amazing it is to be adopted as

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 your children. I pray that you'd speak to each one of us and show us more of yourself. Amen.

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 Today we're looking in Romans 8, and we're continuing our series here. A writer called

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 J.I. Packer once said this, what is a Christian? The answer can be answered in many ways, but

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 the richest answer I know is a Christian is one who has God for his Father. If you want

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 to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being

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 God's child and having God as his Father. If this is not the thought that prompts and controls his

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 worship and prayers and whole outlook on all of life, it means he does not understand Christianity

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 very well. If that's not the thought that God is your Father and you being his child doesn't prompt and

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 control your whole outlook on life, then you don't understand Christianity very well.

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 And today my heart is that each one of us would understand Christianity better. That on Father's Day,

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 we would see that there is a father who is far beyond the father's, even the best father that you may have had.

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 If you were to look around this room now, look around, very attractive faces, but around you as you look

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 are 200, 250 people who are deeply insecure, including me. Now you may be offended by that, you may think I'm pretty secure,

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 but if I just spend a bit of time with you, I can guarantee that it wouldn't take me very long to prove the point.

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 Just, I was at Essential the other day, and just looking at people, and people who walk, you know,

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 if you walk past a window, or you walk past a glass door when you're out, it's fascinating to see how people respond.

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 You know, they've looked in the mirror probably just 10 minutes earlier, but suddenly they see the door,

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 and they're just checking that their image is still up to standard for what they want to portray to everybody else.

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 Now I'm sure none of you do that.

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 Or maybe you were really happy with your work package, with your exam marks, with your kids' performance,

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 and then you hear about everybody else, and suddenly you feel like, oh, maybe I got second best in that.

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 And, you know, we could go on and on and on and on with example after example,

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 which show us that deep down, we are actually people who are insecure in many ways.

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 And it's not hard to understand why we feel insecure.

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 The world around us is insecure and makes us feel insecure.

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 We have white papers from Beijing that make us feel insecure.

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 We have stock markets that make us feel insecure.

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 We have jobs which the security, we wonder about whether we're going to still be in the job.

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 Our health is sometimes uncertain.

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 And if it wasn't just, if that wasn't enough, we also have other people who make us feel insecure.

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 We can't always trust other people.

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 Even if you were born in the best family with the greatest parents,

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 I'm sure that there were times where you craved your parents' approval.

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 You wanted them to be there.

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 You wanted them to say maybe, well done.

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 You wanted them to be there on that special occasion, and maybe they weren't.

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 Maybe sometimes they were too busy.

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 Maybe they were there, but emotionally they were detached.

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 Maybe they were too much.

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 And deep inside, many of us still have that same longing for security and approval

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 because we didn't receive it as a kid.

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 You see, all of us are insecure in different ways.

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 and it's not just that but also we know that if we're honest with ourselves we ourselves

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 are not trustworthy sometimes we hurt the people that we love and we regret it sometimes we feel

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 like there are things in our past which weigh us down there's things we know we should do but we

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 don't do and there are things that we don't do which we know we should do and that's what the

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 bible calls sin and whether it's externally or internally all of us have these insecurities

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 and you can feel secure for a little while maybe you're feeling it's a good period at this moment

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 i'm on top of my game but sooner or later the world kind of tips you up at some point and you can be

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 back in flux feeling insecure again now as we as we look in this passage and there's so much in this

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 passage we can't focus on all of it and i'm going to particularly focus on verses 15 to 17

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 this passage is talking to each one of us this morning it's talking to us in our insecurities

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 and it's telling us that there are two different identities that we can live under

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 we can live as orphans who are enslaved or we can live as adopted children who know we're loved by

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 our father so we're going to look at those two different identities we're then going to have an

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 interview with melanie case then afterwards we're going to finally examine how does the experience

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 of knowing what being a child of god change the way we view life okay so that's that's where we're

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 going we've looked through the book of rumors if you've been following along with us so far

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 and paul has brought in all kinds of contrasts he's been telling us that you can live two different

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 ways you can live trusting in yourself or trusting in christ you can live in adam or you can live in christ

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 you can live in the flesh or you can live in the spirit and today it's you can live as an orphan or

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 you can live as an adopted son

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 and what he's done he's talking to some small groups of christians in churches from different

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 backgrounds and he's telling them that the gospel message radically changes your view of everything

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 your gospel message changes your view of everything so he's gone through the bible story the bible

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 story is basically a garden to garden story it's a story about we were placed in a garden as a in an

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 intimate dependent relationship on our loving heavenly father with security and in that relationship

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 that relationship was the foundation of all the security in the world that there is but as children

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 of god what we decided to say was actually

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 we prefer to run away from our father we we didn't care about him we said okay i want to live my life my

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 way and i'm gonna i'm gonna treat you as dead i don't you don't have any say in my life that's what we said

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 and we thought we could be free in ourselves but the only freedom that we gained was the freedom

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 of being an orphan and the world became like a giant orphanage with people running around trying to

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 fend for themselves trying to find hope trying to find meaning trying to find significance

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 in a insecure world

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 and we kind of pilfer for survival

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 and the thing is if you're trying to survive what happens is often people become slaves to somebody else

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 like julie was talking about earlier and we cling to anything and anyone who can give us that sense of that security that we're craving

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 because it was meant to be found in god but now we've become like orphans

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 and you know sometimes maybe we join gangs you know we join um office gangs who are kind of um chasing after success on the stock market

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 or we join singles gangs who are chasing after the one who's going to fulfill your greatest desires

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 or

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 we join parents gangs

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 who who are pushing their kids to success

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 all to make ourselves feel good secure

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 worth something in our lives

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 but actually in those gangs what often

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 is the gang leader

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 what often drives us is fear

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 fear of missing out

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 fear of being rejected by others

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 fear

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 that maybe

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 other people are going to think badly of you

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 fears of all kinds

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 but the bible story is this

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 that god

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 takes us out of slavery

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 to gangs

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 to fear

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 when we're at our worst

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 as orphans who are running around trying to find meaning

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 he adopted us

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 into his family

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 which was the beginning

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 of that restoration of the way we were always meant to be

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 and that's the beginning of full restoration of the whole world

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 okay

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 so

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 to understand just a little bit more of this background

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 of um

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 of verse

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 uh

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 15

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 let me just read it to you one more time

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 for you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear

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 but you have received the spirit of adoption as sons

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 by whom we cry

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 Abba

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 Father

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 to understand what it means to be adopted

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 we've got to understand the um

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 the context

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 in the roman world

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 adoption was something in the roman world where

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 um

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 the roman world was a man's world

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 the father of the household was the undisputed authority

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 and even a son

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 even when he was grown up

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 he was still under his father's authority

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 and it was critical for a father

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 to have for his sense of esteem in society

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 to have a son

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 who could inherit

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 all of his wealth

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 all of his property

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 everything that he had

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 now sometimes powerful landowners

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 aristocrats

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 for one reason or another

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 didn't have a son

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 and so what they would do

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 they would go and look around society

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 and find someone from a lower status

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 maybe even their slave

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 to make them their son

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 so that they would become the person who inherited all of their wealth

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 and what would happen is

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 their old father would have to legally renounce

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 his authority over their son

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 all the debts that the son had were cleared

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 and the son became

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 no longer a slave or a lower class citizen

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 he became the son of a nobleman

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 he had new responsibilities

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 but he was now seated

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 in a place of honor

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 the most significant example of this is

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 Julius Caesar adopted

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 the emperor who became the emperor

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 Augustus Caesar

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 and the thing is

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 Augustus Caesar

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 he wasn't Augustus to start with

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 he changed his name

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 and when Julius Caesar adopted him into his family

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 you know what happened?

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 he became

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 the emperor

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 the owner of the whole Roman Empire

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 from nothing

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 from a nobody

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 to a somebody

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 that's what happened

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 and that is what God

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 and Paul is saying here

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 happens for each one of us

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 you were orphans

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 you were slaves

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 you were people who

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 were nobodies

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 but actually

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 I have removed all your debts

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 I've brought you into my family

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 I've made you now

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 sons of the royal family

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 you are seated in a place of honor

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 and the kingdom that is mine

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 is yours

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 that's what he's saying

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 now let's just think about this for a minute

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 one more minute

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 Russell Moore

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 who's the head of a seminary in the States

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 who's adopted two kids himself

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 he once said this

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 imagine for a moment

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 that you're adopting a child

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 as you meet with the social worker

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 in the last stage of the process

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 you're told that this 12 year old

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 has been in and out of psychotherapy

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 since he was three

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 he persists in burning things

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 and attempting repeatedly

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 to skin kittens alive

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 he acts out sexually

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 the social worker says

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 although she doesn't really fill you in

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 on what that means

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 she continues with a little bit of family history

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 this boy's father

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 grandfather

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 great-grandfather

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 and great-great-grandfather

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 all had histories of violence

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 ranging from spousal abuse

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 to serial murder

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 each of them ended their life

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 the same way

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 death by suicide

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 each found hanging from a rope

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 of blankets

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 in his respective prison cell

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 now think for a moment

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 would you want to adopt

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 a child like that?

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 would you want that child?

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 if you did adopt them

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 wouldn't you want to keep an eye on them

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 as they played with your other children?

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 would you watch nervously

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 as he looked at the kitchen knife

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 the knife on the kitchen table?

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 would you leave the room

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 as he watched a movie

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 with your daughter

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 with the lights out?

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 well he's me

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 and he's you

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 that's what the gospel

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 is telling us

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 your birth father

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 has fangs

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 and left to ourselves

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 we'll show ourselves

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 to be as serpentine

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 as he is

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 wow

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 we don't want to think

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 of ourselves like that

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 I want to think

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 that actually

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 I deserve to be

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 in God's family

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 I want to think

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 that actually

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 there was something about me

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 that made God

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 just think

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 man Chris

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 I've got to have him

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 man

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 can't let him

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 go to another team

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 but actually

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 the gospel is saying

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 God

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 wanted

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 you

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 God

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 took

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 the initiative

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 knowing

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 everything about you

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 he

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 took the initiative

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 it wasn't your initiative

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 he took the initiative

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 and out of his

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 infinite love

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 he came down

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 to the squalor

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 of the orphanage

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 that was at

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 earth

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 with all these people

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 running around

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 and he became

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 an orphan

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 for each one of us

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 he was abandoned

00:17:23.059 --> 00:17:24.059
 by his

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 father

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 so that you

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 and I

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 would never

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 have to be

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 abandoned

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 ever again

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 we

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 are secure

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 in his family

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 that

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 is the gospel

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 and the beautiful

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 thing about it

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 is this

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 you could earn

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:41.920
 more money

00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:42.400
 in the world

00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:43.480
 you could have

00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:44.379
 the greatest spouse

00:17:44.379 --> 00:17:44.980
 in the world

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 you could earn

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 all the respect

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 that you ever wanted

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 all the achievements

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 that you ever desired

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 and the thing is

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 you could never

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 be more secure

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 than you are now

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 in God's family

00:17:58.140 --> 00:17:59.259
 if you're a Christian

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 isn't that amazing

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 isn't that amazing

00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:07.019
 Melanie

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 case

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 if I can

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 find her

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 is going to come up

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 and just

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 share with us

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 a little bit

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 about her story

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 a few extras

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 this morning

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 that's great

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 thank you Melanie

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 so Melanie

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 and Jason

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 would you like

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 to just tell us

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 a little bit

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 about

00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:38.980
 your family

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 my name is Jason

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 and this is Melanie

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 and this is Helen

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 and this is George

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 we have three others

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 Esri is our oldest

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 Javi is our oldest son

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 who's adopted

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 from Guatemala

00:18:51.099 --> 00:18:52.460
 and Helen

00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:52.980
 and Ethan

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 are in the process

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 of being adopted

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 from Uganda

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 thank you

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 it's an amazing

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 family you've got

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 and you've probably

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.440
 seen them running

00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:04.000
 around

00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:05.920
 causing joy

00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:07.079
 to everybody

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 but could you

00:19:10.699 --> 00:19:11.059
 tell me

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 as we've kind of

00:19:12.699 --> 00:19:13.299
 talked about

00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:14.599
 the process

00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:15.299
 of adoption

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 there are some

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 people here

00:19:17.939 --> 00:19:18.539
 who've adopted

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 many of us

00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:20.319
 maybe have not

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 had experience

00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:23.279
 of this

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 maybe could you

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 kind of run us

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 through

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 what some of that

00:19:26.779 --> 00:19:27.899
 process of adoption

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 has been like

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 and how you've seen

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 orphans

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 when they're in

00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:34.179
 that situation

00:19:34.179 --> 00:19:35.099
 how does

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 being an orphan

00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:36.740
 affect

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 children

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 I think

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 the process

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 can be quite

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 long and lengthy

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 and always

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 has hiccups

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 but as far as

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 I think something

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:49.120
 you just mentioned

00:19:49.120 --> 00:19:49.599
 in the sermon

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 a few minutes ago

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 about how

00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:52.539
 God pursues us

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 how God initiates

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 and I think

00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:55.380
 that's a really

00:19:55.380 --> 00:19:56.279
 poignant point

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 about physical

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 adoption

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 is that

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 the parents

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 are the one

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 who initiate

00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.519
 that relationship

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 the parents

00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:01.480
 are the one

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:01.980
 who pursue

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 that

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 and who

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 do the work

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.500
 of getting

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.000
 that child

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.400
 home

00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:05.780
 and bringing

00:20:05.780 --> 00:20:06.200
 that child

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:06.580
 into their

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 family

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:08.440
 and there's

00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:08.900
 no merit

00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:09.380
 on the part

00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:09.980
 of the child

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 the child

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 did not

00:20:11.040 --> 00:20:11.960
 do anything

00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:12.560
 to become

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 an orphan

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 and the child

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 cannot do

00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:14.680
 anything

00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:16.259
 to earn

00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:16.620
 favor

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 to be adopted

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 but the parents

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 are the ones

00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:19.860
 who are assessed

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 and scrutinized

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 so that

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 they

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 so they put

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 in the work

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 I'm not saying

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 that for us

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 I'm just saying

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 that that really

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 relates to how

00:20:26.780 --> 00:20:27.360
 God is the one

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 who puts in

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 the work

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 to bring us

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 into his family

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 but I think

00:20:31.320 --> 00:20:32.600
 as far as

00:20:32.600 --> 00:20:32.940
 children

00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:33.880
 who are orphans

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 and some

00:20:34.220 --> 00:20:34.660
 of the things

00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:35.300
 that we've

00:20:35.300 --> 00:20:35.560
 noted

00:20:35.560 --> 00:20:37.020
 in two different

00:20:37.020 --> 00:20:37.600
 orphanages

00:20:37.600 --> 00:20:39.300
 so our kids

00:20:39.300 --> 00:20:39.680
 when we met

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.100
 them for the

00:20:40.100 --> 00:20:40.740
 first time

00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.220
 those of you

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.840
 who are moms

00:20:41.840 --> 00:20:42.500
 you'll know

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:44.360
 that overjoy

00:20:44.360 --> 00:20:44.900
 when you

00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:45.920
 when you birth

00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:46.400
 a child

00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:46.840
 or when you

00:20:46.840 --> 00:20:47.600
 adopt a child

00:20:47.600 --> 00:20:48.240
 and just that

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:50.180
 that first meeting

00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:51.100
 and that wow

00:20:51.100 --> 00:20:52.000
 and that I don't

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:53.000
 have words for this

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:54.160
 and that happened

00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:54.780
 with each of our

00:20:54.780 --> 00:20:55.600
 children we adopted

00:20:55.600 --> 00:20:56.200
 as well

00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:57.840
 it was different

00:20:57.840 --> 00:20:58.920
 but it did happen

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 and I was really

00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:00.259
 grateful to God

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:00.759
 for that

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:02.460
 but what we

00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:03.160
 noticed when we

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:03.700
 meet them

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.759
 in that moment

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.720
 they are timid

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.600
 they are scared

00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:07.880
 they don't know us

00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:09.480
 they've never been

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.240
 known really

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:11.060
 by anyone

00:21:11.060 --> 00:21:13.259
 they don't have

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:13.920
 any favorites

00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:16.580
 and that to me

00:21:16.580 --> 00:21:17.440
 was really strange

00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:18.480
 I asked the caseworker

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.620
 well what are

00:21:19.620 --> 00:21:20.200
 their favorites

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:20.640
 you know what

00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:21.640
 what color do they

00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:22.340
 like what animal

00:21:22.340 --> 00:21:22.740
 and she said

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.560
 they don't have any

00:21:23.560 --> 00:21:24.580
 because they've

00:21:24.580 --> 00:21:25.380
 never been noted

00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:26.120
 or noticed

00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:26.920
 in that way

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:27.740
 so they don't know

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.300
 to have

00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:29.259
 favorites

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.079
 does that make any

00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:30.639
 and to me

00:21:30.639 --> 00:21:31.159
 that was really

00:21:31.159 --> 00:21:32.339
 hard to contemplate

00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:34.099
 and so my eldest

00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:34.740
 daughter said

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.659
 to me this morning

00:21:35.659 --> 00:21:36.200
 I asked her

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:36.879
 what should I add

00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:37.480
 to this talk

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:37.919
 and she said

00:21:37.919 --> 00:21:39.339
 well they don't

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:39.919
 like anything

00:21:39.919 --> 00:21:40.440
 there's nothing

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:40.940
 that they can

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.159
 you know

00:21:41.159 --> 00:21:41.599
 they don't like

00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:41.720
 anything

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:41.960
 I mean

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:43.139
 and then when you

00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:43.579
 ask okay

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.139
 what do you like

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:44.940
 well they like

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:46.059
 exactly what I like

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.720
 she's like

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.919
 have a favorite color

00:21:47.919 --> 00:21:48.480
 you know

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:48.980
 you don't have

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.680
 to like pink

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.859
 so yeah

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.619
 that's a new

00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:52.240
 thing for us

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:53.940
 just understanding

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.659
 that they're learning

00:21:54.659 --> 00:21:55.159
 what it means

00:21:55.159 --> 00:21:56.000
 to own anything

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:57.279
 and to own family

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.680
 so those are some

00:21:58.680 --> 00:21:59.460
 yeah timid

00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.319
 I think fear

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:01.700
 and not being known

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:02.119
 great

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:04.599
 and how have you seen

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.779
 just in the process

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:07.759
 of children moving

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:09.019
 from being an orphan

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:10.460
 to being part

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.180
 of your family

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:12.539
 what are some

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.500
 of the struggles

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.339
 that happen there

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.740
 what are some

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.799
 of the joys

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.680
 that you've seen

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.880
 just in that process

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:21.500
 as far as

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:22.280
 as far as

00:22:22.280 --> 00:22:22.700
 bringing them

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.460
 into our family

00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:25.160
 I remember

00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:26.180
 we went before

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:27.100
 the judge in Uganda

00:22:27.100 --> 00:22:27.560
 and she said

00:22:27.560 --> 00:22:28.080
 well how are you

00:22:28.080 --> 00:22:28.680
 how are you going

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.700
 to treat these children

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.900
 and I said

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:32.220
 well once they're

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.680
 in our family

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:33.260
 I'm going to treat

00:22:33.260 --> 00:22:33.740
 them just like

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.360
 the other children

00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:35.340
 and it kind of

00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:35.980
 it kind of

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.680
 I mean

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.740
 we try to have

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.320
 more patience

00:22:38.320 --> 00:22:39.120
 and more sensitivity

00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:39.760
 that they're dealing

00:22:39.760 --> 00:22:40.560
 with more things

00:22:40.560 --> 00:22:41.440
 from their past

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.560
 especially the ones

00:22:42.560 --> 00:22:43.020
 that have more

00:22:43.020 --> 00:22:44.300
 traumatic experiences

00:22:44.300 --> 00:22:45.420
 but adoption

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:46.280
 is just the way

00:22:46.280 --> 00:22:46.780
 that they enter

00:22:46.780 --> 00:22:47.520
 into our family

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.039
 and once they're

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.619
 in our family

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.740
 it's just a more

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:51.000
 it's more an idea

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:52.119
 of assimilating them

00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:52.759
 into our family

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.359
 and making sure

00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:53.799
 that they know

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.500
 that there are cases

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.319
 and there's nothing

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:56.279
 they can ever do

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:57.559
 to break that bond

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.519
 and I mean

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.099
 they're just like

00:22:59.099 --> 00:22:59.799
 all the other kids

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.460
 in that they test

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:00.940
 boundaries

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:02.339
 they have fits

00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:03.019
 you know

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.660
 and you just

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.400
 like I said

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:04.980
 it really becomes

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.660
 more of an issue

00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:06.279
 of parenting

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:07.160
 and making sure

00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:08.460
 that they're strong

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:09.259
 and they're foundation

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:10.599
 in their identity

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:11.500
 as cases

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:13.559
 do you find

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.099
 the kids

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:15.819
 naturally

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.400
 just

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.500
 accepting

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.279
 to you as parents

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:19.119
 and naturally

00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:19.980
 or are there any

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:21.240
 struggles that you find

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.700
 well I think

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.319
 the transition

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.559
 early on

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:25.720
 Helen had grown up

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.220
 in orphanages

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:27.039
 she was very happy

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.259
 there

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.660
 and she was very

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.460
 hesitant about

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.099
 coming with us

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:30.859
 Ethan had more

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.539
 trauma in his

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:31.880
 background

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:33.259
 and he loved

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.720
 the iPhone

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:35.119
 so I won him over

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:36.200
 pretty quickly

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:37.259
 by taking this picture

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.960
 but Helen

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:40.619
 the three weeks

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:41.119
 I was there

00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:42.099
 she never did

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:43.859
 she never did

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:44.759
 really welcome me

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.799
 so that was

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.720
 kind of an issue

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.220
 for me

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.579
 you know

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.279
 so I remember

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.819
 the first time

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.519
 she gave me a hug

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.119
 I thought it was

00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:50.599
 you know

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.940
 a real step forward

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:53.279
 but you know

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:54.400
 as they come over

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:55.440
 and as they get used

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:55.940
 to us

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:57.480
 and as they're here

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.680
 and bond with other kids

00:23:58.680 --> 00:23:59.000
 you know

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.839
 it's become easier

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.519
 and easier

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.440
 great

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.200
 great

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.980
 thank you

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.539
 anything else

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:03.980
 you want to

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:05.259
 add on that

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:10.180
 well let me just pray

00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:11.279
 pray for these guys

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.940
 even as you

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.579
 we know

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.200
 you're still going

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:14.160
 through some of the

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:15.039
 the issues

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:16.279
 with the Ugandan authorities

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:18.440
 so let me just pray

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.619
 pray for them

00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:23.059
 Father thank you

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:24.420
 for this

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.259
 this family

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:26.200
 thank you for

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:27.359
 Melanie and Jason

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:29.160
 and for all of their kids

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:30.180
 and for the way

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.980
 that they're just

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.140
 such a great picture

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:33.620
 of how you

00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:35.720
 you adopt us

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:37.060
 and you bring us

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:37.800
 into your family

00:24:37.800 --> 00:24:38.920
 Lord I pray that you would

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:41.020
 bless them as parents

00:24:41.020 --> 00:24:41.740
 bless them

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.980
 in their

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:44.380
 as they're seeking

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:45.680
 to bring the kids up

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.320
 to know you

00:24:46.320 --> 00:24:47.300
 as their heavenly father

00:24:47.300 --> 00:24:48.420
 Lord we pray for all the

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.180
 the details

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:51.080
 of all the legalities

00:24:51.080 --> 00:24:51.880
 at the moment

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:53.640
 with the Ugandan authorities

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.700
 we pray that you would

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:56.040
 just really open those doors

00:24:56.040 --> 00:24:57.560
 that that might happen

00:24:57.560 --> 00:24:59.300
 and that each one of these kids

00:24:59.300 --> 00:25:00.320
 would know that you

00:25:00.320 --> 00:25:01.240
 are their father

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.819
 and that they are

00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:04.359
 so secure in you

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.660
 please bless them

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.759
 as a family now

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.620
 in your name

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.279
 Amen

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.440
 Thanks guys

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:11.480
 Do you want to just

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.120
 take that down?

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:12.799
 Thank you

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:18.759
 Thank you

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:21.339
 You see

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:23.259
 what is it like

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:24.640
 to live

00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:25.539
 as an orphan

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.279
 what is it like

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:27.420
 to live as a child of God

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:30.380
 orphans

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:31.440
 are often fearful

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:34.220
 they hide their food

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.200
 in their high chairs

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.920
 because they're not

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:37.320
 sure when the next meal

00:25:37.320 --> 00:25:37.960
 may be coming

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:39.860
 they may be fearful

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.380
 but others

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:41.220
 will reject them

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:43.960
 so maybe they chase

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.940
 after approval

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:46.220
 from everybody else

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:47.500
 or

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:49.759
 they'll do anything

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.620
 to be liked

00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:51.539
 they can't say no

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.160
 to anyone

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:53.500
 or the other

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.620
 the other extreme

00:25:54.620 --> 00:25:55.259
 can be

00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:56.400
 because they've been

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.240
 hurt before

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:58.519
 they feel they can't

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.120
 trust anyone

00:25:59.120 --> 00:26:01.220
 so they can't open up

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:02.460
 they can't be vulnerable

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.340
 with other people

00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:04.420
 because they're

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:05.160
 they're suspicious

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:07.860
 if someone does

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:08.580
 show them love

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:09.980
 sometimes orphans

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.740
 can be

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:12.440
 controlling

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.140
 because they want

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.860
 to be in control

00:26:13.860 --> 00:26:15.240
 because they've had

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.840
 to sort out

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.779
 the world themselves

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:18.360
 they're the only ones

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:19.000
 who can fix

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.600
 the problems

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.939
 because there's no one

00:26:20.939 --> 00:26:21.599
 else around

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.379
 to do it

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:23.219
 so they've got to

00:26:23.219 --> 00:26:24.379
 take responsibility

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:25.240
 for everything

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.919
 themselves

00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:28.259
 and sometimes

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.359
 that may mean

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:31.139
 orphans get angry

00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:32.619
 they lash out

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.199
 because

00:26:33.199 --> 00:26:35.919
 if people are getting

00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:36.519
 in their way

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:38.740
 they can't control

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.459
 the situation

00:26:39.459 --> 00:26:40.299
 it makes them feel

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.699
 insecure

00:26:40.699 --> 00:26:44.659
 and the problem is

00:26:44.659 --> 00:26:46.039
 often orphans

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:47.139
 are enslaved to fear

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:50.180
 and I wonder

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:51.280
 how many of us

00:26:51.280 --> 00:26:52.560
 including me

00:26:52.560 --> 00:26:53.320
 are like that

00:26:53.320 --> 00:26:55.520
 we stockpile

00:26:55.520 --> 00:26:56.140
 our money

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:57.259
 our stuff

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:59.480
 our time

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.800
 in our high chair

00:27:00.800 --> 00:27:01.640
 bank accounts

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.800
 in our

00:27:02.800 --> 00:27:05.340
 in our ways

00:27:05.340 --> 00:27:06.160
 of trying to make

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:07.020
 ourselves secure

00:27:07.020 --> 00:27:08.680
 we don't want to be

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.020
 generous

00:27:09.020 --> 00:27:09.820
 because we're not sure

00:27:09.820 --> 00:27:10.420
 what will happen

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.980
 in the future

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.740
 if we give away

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.580
 time now

00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:13.460
 if we give away

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.180
 money now

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.980
 we're fearful

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.700
 about our kids

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.140
 we're fearful

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:17.060
 about our jobs

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.919
 will God

00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:18.879
 actually provide

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:19.299
 for us

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:20.079
 or do I have

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.500
 to actually

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.700
 take it all

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.399
 on myself

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:23.159
 because no one

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:23.639
 else is going

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.119
 to sort out

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.859
 the situation

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:28.539
 maybe we're fearful

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.159
 and we don't say

00:27:29.159 --> 00:27:29.799
 no to anyone

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.740
 because we've got

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.119
 to get other

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.859
 people's approval

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.460
 we want people

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.279
 to like us

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:35.240
 or we're trying

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:36.139
 so hard to fix

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:36.639
 everybody

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:37.779
 because we want

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.179
 to feel like

00:27:38.179 --> 00:27:38.639
 we're needed

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:40.279
 and we're valuable

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.460
 and we're worth

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:42.039
 something

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:44.539
 and yet

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.940
 often

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:48.340
 and this is

00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:48.820
 so true

00:27:48.820 --> 00:27:49.460
 of myself

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.740
 we're living

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.720
 like orphans

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:53.039
 locked up

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.759
 by fear

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:55.220
 in an orphanage

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.279
 and we're

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.100
 shaking the bars

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.779
 of our cot

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:59.259
 angry

00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:00.140
 complaining

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:01.039
 hurting

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:02.140
 stressed

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:03.519
 not knowing

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.019
 that we don't

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.500
 have to live

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:04.799
 there

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:07.240
 you see

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.640
 at the root

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:09.279
 of all

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.740
 of your

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:11.120
 anger issues

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:12.579
 all of your

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.819
 stress issues

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:15.059
 all of your

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:16.319
 worry about

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.899
 the future

00:28:16.899 --> 00:28:17.419
 issues

00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:18.159
 if you peel

00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:19.019
 back the layers

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.679
 far enough

00:28:19.679 --> 00:28:20.319
 you would find

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.959
 it all comes

00:28:20.959 --> 00:28:21.479
 down to this

00:28:21.479 --> 00:28:22.579
 one truth

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:24.939
 you and I

00:28:24.939 --> 00:28:26.139
 have forgotten

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.879
 who our father

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.299
 is

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:29.479
 and we've forgotten

00:28:29.479 --> 00:28:29.979
 that we're a

00:28:29.979 --> 00:28:30.659
 child of God

00:28:30.659 --> 00:28:32.159
 and we're living

00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:32.819
 like an orphan

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:35.439
 someone once said

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:36.319
 man made

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.939
 orphanages

00:28:36.939 --> 00:28:37.619
 for children

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.939
 but God

00:28:38.939 --> 00:28:39.679
 made the family

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.360
 for children

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:41.759
 as followers

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.240
 of Jesus

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.779
 we cannot

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.519
 be satisfied

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.480
 with children

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.160
 living in

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:45.759
 orphanages

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.759
 as a long

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.720
 term solution

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:49.759
 I would like

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.259
 to say

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:51.940
 we as Christians

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:53.100
 cannot be satisfied

00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:54.000
 with ourselves

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:55.420
 living as orphans

00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:56.759
 in the long term

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:58.799
 it doesn't matter

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.200
 how long

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.640
 we've been a

00:28:59.640 --> 00:28:59.980
 Christian

00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:03.560
 every one of us

00:29:03.560 --> 00:29:04.259
 in one part

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.820
 of our lives

00:29:04.820 --> 00:29:05.299
 or another

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:07.380
 lives in an

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:07.700
 orphan

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:09.000
 and God

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.400
 wants to

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:10.040
 bring us

00:29:10.040 --> 00:29:11.360
 in every

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:11.920
 part of our

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.259
 lives

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.700
 to knowing

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.180
 what it is

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.500
 to be a

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.040
 child of God

00:29:14.040 --> 00:29:16.040
 so let's

00:29:16.040 --> 00:29:16.540
 very quickly

00:29:16.540 --> 00:29:18.440
 look at

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.360
 just some

00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:19.880
 of the experience

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.360
 of what it is

00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:20.820
 to be adopted

00:29:20.820 --> 00:29:21.440
 as children

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:23.200
 verse 15

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.620
 says

00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:24.960
 by the spirit

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:26.240
 we cry

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.980
 Abba

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:27.560
 father

00:29:27.560 --> 00:29:29.240
 now Abba

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.820
 is the

00:29:29.820 --> 00:29:30.860
 intimate cry

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.759
 of a child

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:33.320
 to a father

00:29:33.320 --> 00:29:34.019
 she knows

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.600
 cares

00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:35.259
 and is fond

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.600
 of her

00:29:35.600 --> 00:29:36.120
 you know

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.440
 when you're

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.940
 in a crowded

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.360
 room

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:39.539
 or you're

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:39.740
 in a

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.119
 pressure

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:41.000
 situation

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:42.639
 the presence

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:43.159
 of someone

00:29:43.159 --> 00:29:43.979
 who loves

00:29:43.979 --> 00:29:44.419
 you

00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:46.079
 intimately

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.639
 brings a

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:46.979
 sense of

00:29:46.979 --> 00:29:47.519
 security

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:49.339
 and safety

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:52.059
 well here

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.719
 in the passage

00:29:52.719 --> 00:29:53.259
 it says

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:55.259
 we cry

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.919
 Abba

00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.439
 father

00:29:56.439 --> 00:29:56.879
 notice it

00:29:56.879 --> 00:29:57.259
 doesn't say

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.699
 we kind of

00:29:57.699 --> 00:29:58.519
 gently murmur

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.519
 it doesn't say

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.359
 we whisper

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:01.379
 in dulcet tones

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:02.440
 it says

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.820
 we cry

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:04.520
 Abba

00:30:04.520 --> 00:30:05.200
 father

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:06.600
 now that word

00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:07.100
 Abba

00:30:07.100 --> 00:30:07.920
 occurs only

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.560
 three times

00:30:08.560 --> 00:30:09.080
 in the bible

00:30:09.080 --> 00:30:09.600
 and one of

00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:10.200
 those times

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.740
 is with

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.080
 Jesus

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:11.940
 in the garden

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.920
 of Gethsemane

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.480
 before he's

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:13.760
 going to go

00:30:13.760 --> 00:30:14.380
 to the cross

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:15.320
 and at that

00:30:15.320 --> 00:30:15.700
 moment

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.560
 he is sweating

00:30:16.560 --> 00:30:17.480
 drops of blood

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.480
 and he cries

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.420
 out in distress

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:20.440
 to his father

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.200
 Abba

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.900
 father

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.900
 take this

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.260
 cup

00:30:23.260 --> 00:30:23.960
 away from

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.220
 me

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:25.120
 you see

00:30:25.120 --> 00:30:25.580
 the cry

00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:26.280
 of Abba

00:30:26.280 --> 00:30:27.320
 is the cry

00:30:27.320 --> 00:30:28.080
 of a child

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.880
 who maybe

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:30.000
 is in distress

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:31.220
 it's the cry

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.940
 of a child

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:33.259
 who has wandered

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.940
 off somewhere

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.759
 in the crowd

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.740
 and is lost

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.400
 and doesn't know

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:37.099
 where their father

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.900
 is at that moment

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.779
 and they say

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.420
 daddy

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:44.259
 and the thing is

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:45.000
 if you're an orphan

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.900
 at that stage

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:48.579
 you can cry

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.200
 all you like

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:50.140
 but the only person

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:51.119
 who's going to hear you

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:52.759
 may be a stranger

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:56.039
 but if you're a child

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:58.680
 your father

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.900
 hears

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.560
 you

00:31:00.560 --> 00:31:02.080
 and he comes

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.620
 running

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:03.660
 to you

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.700
 with open

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.500
 arms

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.480
 just like the father

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.400
 in the prodigal son

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:07.920
 story

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:09.560
 he's right there

00:31:09.560 --> 00:31:12.160
 with you

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:14.180
 you see

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:15.720
 the world

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.180
 is full of

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:17.140
 precious situations

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:18.200
 and moments

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.900
 of stress

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.820
 moments where we fear

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:21.120
 moments of intimidation

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:22.540
 moments of all kinds

00:31:22.540 --> 00:31:23.380
 of insecurity

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:24.860
 and it's just

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:25.759
 at those moments

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.280
 that God

00:31:26.280 --> 00:31:26.900
 wants you

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.759
 to cry to him

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.320
 Abba

00:31:28.320 --> 00:31:28.940
 father

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:30.420
 now an orphan

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:32.120
 often doesn't cry

00:31:32.120 --> 00:31:32.779
 Abba father

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.759
 because they think

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.580
 they've got to fix

00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:35.240
 the situation

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.940
 all themselves

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:39.259
 so they don't cry

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:40.340
 because they don't

00:31:40.340 --> 00:31:40.720
 think anyone

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.360
 will hear them

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:44.380
 but if you're

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:45.100
 a child of God

00:31:45.100 --> 00:31:47.600
 God hears you

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:50.059
 second

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:55.319
 children of God

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.919
 are reminded

00:31:55.919 --> 00:31:56.619
 who they are

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:56.980
 you see

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.919
 it's the spirit

00:31:57.919 --> 00:31:59.159
 who reminds you

00:31:59.159 --> 00:31:59.879
 of who you are

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:01.000
 it's not your initiative

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.839
 you didn't think

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.519
 oh

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.839
 I'd like to cry

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.559
 to God now

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:04.939
 because

00:32:04.939 --> 00:32:06.439
 the Bible says

00:32:06.439 --> 00:32:07.899
 that none of us

00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:08.819
 wanted actually

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.919
 to run to God

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:11.240
 we treated him

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.179
 as if he was dead

00:32:12.179 --> 00:32:13.059
 naturally

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.779
 we wrapped up

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.240
 in ourselves

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:16.200
 but

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:18.819
 what God does

00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:20.259
 he puts his spirit

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.740
 in you

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.440
 so that you

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.819
 will cry to him

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.799
 in those moments

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:26.500
 it's his initiative

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.019
 to do that

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.240
 you know

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:28.059
 whenever you read

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.899
 a song lyric

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.559
 and it kind of

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:30.279
 gets your heart

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.000
 and you just want to say

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.980
 father

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:34.039
 when you're in those situations

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:35.339
 and you just want to cry out

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:35.720
 to God

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.700
 God help me

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:38.379
 those situations

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:39.680
 are God

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:41.019
 putting that cry

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.660
 in your heart

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.279
 because God

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.460
 is wanting to draw you

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.180
 to himself

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:45.380
 because that's a sign

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:46.540
 that God loves you

00:32:46.540 --> 00:32:48.140
 because he is drawing you

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:48.800
 at that moment

00:32:48.800 --> 00:32:50.180
 because he wants you

00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:51.500
 and he wants to know you

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:56.120
 and there's another thing

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.700
 the spirit does

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.720
 the spirit also

00:32:57.720 --> 00:33:00.560
 continually

00:33:00.560 --> 00:33:02.420
 bears witness

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:04.200
 that's what verse 16

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:05.120
 says

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:07.240
 the spirit bears witness

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:09.080
 with our spirit

00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:10.460
 that we are children

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:11.100
 of God

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:12.319
 now what that means

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:13.079
 is this

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:14.259
 his job

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:15.579
 is to remind you

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.599
 that you're a child of God

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:18.219
 if he doesn't do it

00:33:18.219 --> 00:33:19.039
 he'll get fired

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.799
 okay

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:21.179
 so it's his job

00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:21.939
 to do it

00:33:21.939 --> 00:33:22.980
 now

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:24.419
 think about this

00:33:24.419 --> 00:33:25.799
 when was the last time

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.740
 that you heard

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.519
 the spirit

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:29.059
 saying to you

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:30.279
 you're

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.980
 my

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.579
 child

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:33.119
 when did it last

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:34.079
 thrill you

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:36.139
 that God

00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:36.819
 was your father

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.279
 I mean

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.419
 really excite you

00:33:38.419 --> 00:33:38.719
 that God

00:33:38.719 --> 00:33:39.359
 was your father

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:41.359
 because

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:41.959
 it doesn't matter

00:33:41.959 --> 00:33:42.299
 how long

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:43.079
 you've been a Christian

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:44.099
 it's possible

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.939
 to grow deaf

00:33:44.939 --> 00:33:45.659
 to what the spirit

00:33:45.659 --> 00:33:46.139
 is saying

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:47.939
 because in this world

00:33:47.939 --> 00:33:49.079
 there are so many voices

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:50.439
 that are competing to us

00:33:50.439 --> 00:33:51.639
 voices telling you

00:33:51.639 --> 00:33:52.979
 you're not good enough

00:33:52.979 --> 00:33:54.099
 voices telling you

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.659
 you've got to just

00:33:54.659 --> 00:33:55.459
 try a bit harder

00:33:55.459 --> 00:33:55.939
 yourself

00:33:55.939 --> 00:33:56.939
 voices which are

00:33:56.939 --> 00:33:57.740
 condemning you

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.899
 voices which are

00:33:58.899 --> 00:33:59.559
 telling you

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:00.559
 look at what

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.740
 everybody else has got

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.899
 voices which are

00:34:02.899 --> 00:34:03.219
 telling you

00:34:03.219 --> 00:34:04.259
 life's not fair

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:06.700
 and you know

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.339
 so many of those

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:08.340
 just drown out

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.420
 the spirit's voice

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:11.500
 the thing is

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.179
 what each of you

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.119
 and I need

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.780
 we need

00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:16.500
 spiritual headphones

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:19.059
 we need these things

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:20.719
 because

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:22.699
 God's just convicted me

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:23.300
 of this really

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.119
 just as I've been

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:25.980
 just thinking about this

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:27.219
 because you see

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:28.079
 headphones are great

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:29.199
 you know what

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:29.659
 headphones do

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.500
 they do two things

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.380
 one is

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.179
 you put them in

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:33.259
 and it blocks out

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:33.799
 all the noise

00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:34.339
 that you don't want

00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:34.639
 to hear

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.679
 yeah

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:37.279
 all the other voices

00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:37.940
 that you don't want

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.219
 to hear

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:38.960
 if you want to

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.919
 ignore somebody

00:34:39.919 --> 00:34:41.539
 the best way to do it

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.179
 is just put your

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:43.000
 headphones in

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.779
 and then they'll

00:34:43.779 --> 00:34:44.919
 stop talking to you

00:34:44.919 --> 00:34:45.679
 okay

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.599
 you notice that

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.679
 now

00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:48.919
 so it does that

00:34:48.919 --> 00:34:49.980
 but the other thing

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.559
 it does

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.599
 is it enables you

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:52.339
 to focus on

00:34:52.339 --> 00:34:52.859
 and concentrate

00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:53.399
 on the noise

00:34:53.399 --> 00:34:54.000
 that you do want

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.299
 to hear

00:34:54.299 --> 00:34:55.719
 the voices

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.440
 that you do want

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.719
 to hear

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:58.839
 and so I think

00:34:58.839 --> 00:34:59.940
 we need to use

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.699
 the Bible

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:02.819
 and God's word

00:35:02.819 --> 00:35:03.699
 as spiritual

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:04.419
 headphones

00:35:04.419 --> 00:35:06.699
 we need to

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:08.219
 take this passage

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:08.899
 and meditate

00:35:08.899 --> 00:35:09.539
 on it daily

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.699
 speak it to yourself

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:11.000
 daily

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:12.179
 I would recommend

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:13.799
 that you learn

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.859
 and memorize

00:35:14.859 --> 00:35:16.980
 verses 15 to 17

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:18.279
 as your spiritual

00:35:18.279 --> 00:35:18.819
 headphones

00:35:18.819 --> 00:35:21.679
 learn them

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:22.939
 speak them to yourself

00:35:22.939 --> 00:35:23.579
 when you're having

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.139
 a shower

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:25.059
 tell yourself

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:26.139
 I'm a child of God

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.899
 I'm accepted

00:35:26.899 --> 00:35:28.519
 I do not have

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.379
 a spirit of slavery

00:35:29.379 --> 00:35:29.879
 to fear

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.619
 when you're going

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.539
 into the office

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.039
 when you're going

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.700
 to that interview

00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:33.539
 when you're going

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.680
 to meet your boss

00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:35.880
 and you don't want

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.579
 to meet your boss

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.220
 at that moment

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:39.280
 you can tell yourself

00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:42.280
 I do not have

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:43.200
 a spirit of slavery

00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:43.800
 to fear

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:45.119
 I have the spirit

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.700
 of adoption

00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:46.440
 as a son

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:47.119
 of the king

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:47.860
 of the universe

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:49.340
 I am secure

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:49.780
 in him

00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:50.500
 I have nothing

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:51.079
 to lose

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:52.079
 I have nothing

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.780
 to prove

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:54.460
 he will provide

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:55.240
 for me

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:56.200
 entirely

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:59.599
 I wonder

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.299
 how many times

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:00.779
 we actually

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:01.439
 tell ourselves

00:36:01.439 --> 00:36:01.960
 those things

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.480
 every day

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:04.019
 because if you're

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.539
 like me

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:06.559
 I kind of know

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:06.939
 that

00:36:06.939 --> 00:36:08.599
 but every day

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.339
 I forget it

00:36:09.339 --> 00:36:10.779
 when I'm in the moment

00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:12.159
 and we need

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.939
 in our community

00:36:12.939 --> 00:36:13.599
 groups

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:14.899
 to be people

00:36:14.899 --> 00:36:15.980
 who are enabling

00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:16.460
 each other

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:17.179
 to put on those

00:36:17.179 --> 00:36:18.079
 spiritual headphones

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.679
 of reminding

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:19.099
 each other

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.759
 who we are

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:23.200
 because otherwise

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:25.800
 we won't know

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.260
 Christianity

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:26.940
 very well

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:28.440
 because we won't

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.000
 know our father

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.580
 very well

00:36:29.580 --> 00:36:30.620
 and the spirit's

00:36:30.620 --> 00:36:31.120
 voice will be

00:36:31.120 --> 00:36:31.760
 drowned out

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:35.720
 next

00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:37.000
 and

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:38.000
 we're nearly there

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:39.720
 Christians

00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.300
 also

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:40.800
 if you're

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:41.460
 a child of God

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.260
 you display

00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:44.440
 the family likeness

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:45.200
 you know the phrase

00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:45.660
 like father

00:36:45.660 --> 00:36:46.240
 like son

00:36:46.240 --> 00:36:48.560
 I find that phrase

00:36:48.560 --> 00:36:49.460
 very scary

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.579
 because

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:52.440
 the older I get

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:53.920
 the more I realize

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:55.139
 you know when I was a kid

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:56.780
 my dad

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:58.320
 I always used to cringe

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:59.460
 at the embarrassing things

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:00.480
 my dad used to say

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:03.380
 as I get older

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:04.679
 I hear myself

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:05.940
 saying the same things

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:07.199
 and it's frightening

00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:10.519
 but you know

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.699
 that's the same thing

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:12.420
 that should be true

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:13.099
 of Christians

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:15.079
 children of God

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:16.380
 become like

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:17.659
 their father

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:22.579
 now here's the thing

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:23.619
 here's the key thing

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.059
 to remember

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.639
 if you remember

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.420
 nothing else

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:26.259
 I want you to remember

00:37:26.259 --> 00:37:26.779
 this

00:37:26.779 --> 00:37:30.739
 in all of our lives

00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:31.219
 there are areas

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.639
 where we live

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.359
 as orphans

00:37:32.359 --> 00:37:33.239
 where we know

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:33.819
 that we should be

00:37:33.819 --> 00:37:34.460
 living as children

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:34.940
 of God

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:37.739
 but if you want

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.460
 to change

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.259
 in your life

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:40.019
 as a Christian

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.859
 to live more

00:37:40.859 --> 00:37:41.879
 as a child of God

00:37:41.879 --> 00:37:43.059
 you've got to

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.819
 remember this

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:47.120
 if you are more aware

00:37:47.120 --> 00:37:48.220
 of your sin

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:49.220
 in your life

00:37:49.220 --> 00:37:51.200
 than of God's

00:37:51.200 --> 00:37:52.360
 adopting grace

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:52.780
 of you

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:54.860
 you will only ever

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.720
 be motivated

00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:56.400
 to change

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.100
 out of fear

00:37:57.100 --> 00:37:57.960
 guilt

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.800
 or desire

00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.700
 to prove yourself

00:37:59.700 --> 00:38:02.080
 let me repeat that

00:38:02.080 --> 00:38:03.960
 if you are more aware

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:05.120
 of your own sin

00:38:05.120 --> 00:38:05.900
 and guilt

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:06.700
 and shame

00:38:06.700 --> 00:38:07.559
 in your life

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.340
 than God's

00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:08.980
 adopting

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:10.240
 fatherly grace

00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:11.339
 on you

00:38:11.339 --> 00:38:14.479
 then you will only

00:38:14.479 --> 00:38:15.179
 be motivated

00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:15.879
 out of guilt

00:38:15.879 --> 00:38:16.779
 or fear

00:38:16.779 --> 00:38:17.779
 or a sense

00:38:17.779 --> 00:38:18.319
 of desire

00:38:18.319 --> 00:38:19.500
 to prove yourself

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:22.379
 because God's

00:38:22.379 --> 00:38:23.500
 adopting grace

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:24.319
 if you want

00:38:24.319 --> 00:38:24.659
 to change

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:25.379
 anything

00:38:25.379 --> 00:38:26.739
 in your life

00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:27.619
 and walk with God

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:29.379
 that is the foundation

00:38:29.379 --> 00:38:30.299
 of it all

00:38:30.299 --> 00:38:32.259
 let's

00:38:32.259 --> 00:38:32.899
 let's

00:38:32.899 --> 00:38:34.559
 take an example

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:36.739
 everyone's gossiping

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:37.099
 at work

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.699
 about one of your

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:38.159
 colleagues

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:40.579
 you know

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:40.920
 she's

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.879
 she's oversensitive

00:38:41.879 --> 00:38:42.679
 she's just

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:43.659
 she's a slacker

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.599
 she doesn't do the work

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:45.259
 she should do

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:46.179
 and you know what

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:47.319
 you kind of begin

00:38:47.319 --> 00:38:48.039
 to join in

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.739
 with what everybody

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:49.420
 else is saying

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:51.739
 why do we join in

00:38:51.739 --> 00:38:52.259
 well we don't want

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:52.940
 to be left out

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:54.000
 we want to belong

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:55.039
 and you know what

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:56.239
 there's nothing better

00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:57.079
 than helping you

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.839
 to feel okay

00:38:57.839 --> 00:38:58.739
 about yourself

00:38:58.739 --> 00:38:59.779
 than by putting

00:38:59.779 --> 00:39:00.879
 somebody else down

00:39:00.879 --> 00:39:02.460
 so I mean

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:03.319
 it works like that

00:39:03.319 --> 00:39:03.619
 doesn't it

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:03.879
 you know

00:39:03.879 --> 00:39:04.920
 she's bad

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:05.759
 that must mean

00:39:05.759 --> 00:39:06.519
 we're okay

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:07.579
 yeah

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:10.659
 well

00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:12.539
 at that moment

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:13.699
 the spirit wants

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:14.500
 to remind you

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.440
 of who you are

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:16.799
 you're a child

00:39:16.799 --> 00:39:17.420
 of God

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:18.559
 children of God

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.619
 don't have to gossip

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.279
 because

00:39:20.279 --> 00:39:22.159
 you already belong

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:23.699
 you don't need

00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:24.759
 to have some people

00:39:24.759 --> 00:39:25.179
 around you

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:26.179
 to feel secure

00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:27.159
 because

00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:29.199
 I'm already

00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:30.380
 secure in Christ

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:31.440
 I don't need

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:32.659
 in this situation

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:34.079
 to get involved

00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:35.360
 because children of God

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:36.000
 don't gossip

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:36.960
 they're like

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.519
 their father

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:40.079
 and so that

00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:40.780
 enables us

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.199
 and that's what

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:41.679
 Paul means

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:42.519
 when in verse 14

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:43.039
 he says

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.880
 those who are led

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:44.099
 by

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.840
 so verse 13

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:45.420
 those who are led

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:46.000
 by the spirit

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:47.039
 put to death

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:48.199
 the flesh

00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:49.679
 because when you know

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:50.079
 that you say

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.820
 I'm a child of God

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:51.579
 so I don't need

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:52.119
 to do that

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:53.599
 so I say no

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.579
 I'm not going to do that

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:55.460
 I'm not going to worry

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:56.900
 I'm not going to stress

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.900
 I'm not going to do

00:39:57.900 --> 00:39:58.760
 all those things

00:39:58.760 --> 00:39:59.900
 that naturally we do

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:00.480
 when we're living

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:01.079
 as orphans

00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:01.739
 because I know

00:40:01.739 --> 00:40:02.360
 who I am

00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:03.260
 and the spirit

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:03.960
 is reminding me

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:05.699
 I'm a child of God

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:09.519
 if you don't know

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:10.340
 that as the center

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:11.320
 all other change

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:12.519
 is just window dressing

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:15.199
 you need to put on

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:16.179
 your spiritual headphones

00:40:16.179 --> 00:40:17.460
 we need to do it

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:18.119
 with each other

00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:20.099
 if you're in a community group

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:21.740
 let that be

00:40:21.740 --> 00:40:23.300
 one of the key things

00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:24.260
 that you're continually

00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:25.639
 telling each other

00:40:25.639 --> 00:40:27.139
 reminding each other

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:27.920
 of who you are

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:30.059
 last thing

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:31.059
 and we're finishing here

00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:33.000
 children of God

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.980
 look forward

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:35.059
 to a bright future

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:37.039
 you see

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:39.480
 if I can find

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:40.059
 the verse

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:42.639
 it says

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.659
 that we are not

00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:44.400
 just children

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:48.500
 but we are also

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:49.199
 heirs

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:50.340
 verse 17

00:40:50.340 --> 00:40:50.880
 if children

00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:51.619
 then heirs

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:52.519
 heirs of God

00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:53.199
 and fellow heirs

00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:53.699
 with Christ

00:40:53.699 --> 00:40:54.579
 provided we suffer

00:40:54.579 --> 00:40:55.059
 with him

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:55.800
 in order that

00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:56.659
 we may be glorified

00:40:56.659 --> 00:40:57.059
 with him

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:58.719
 there's too much

00:40:58.719 --> 00:40:59.360
 to go into

00:40:59.360 --> 00:41:00.239
 in this

00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:00.899
 but

00:41:00.899 --> 00:41:02.819
 what he's saying

00:41:02.819 --> 00:41:03.259
 is this

00:41:03.259 --> 00:41:03.879
 if you think

00:41:03.879 --> 00:41:04.779
 adoption of sons

00:41:04.779 --> 00:41:05.519
 is just about

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:05.959
 you and your

00:41:05.959 --> 00:41:07.000
 relationship with God

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:09.119
 you've got too

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:10.059
 narrow a view

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.879
 of adoption

00:41:10.879 --> 00:41:12.859
 verse 23

00:41:12.859 --> 00:41:13.879
 also goes on

00:41:13.879 --> 00:41:14.500
 to talk about

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:15.799
 we are eagerly

00:41:15.799 --> 00:41:17.399
 waiting

00:41:17.399 --> 00:41:19.659
 we who have

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:20.459
 the first fruits

00:41:20.459 --> 00:41:21.000
 of the spirit

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:21.819
 grown inwardly

00:41:21.819 --> 00:41:22.839
 as we eagerly

00:41:22.839 --> 00:41:23.959
 wait for adoption

00:41:23.959 --> 00:41:24.659
 of sons

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:25.659
 the redemption

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:26.500
 of our bodies

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:27.559
 it was in this hope

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:28.519
 that we were saved

00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:30.599
 because adoption

00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:31.820
 us getting right

00:41:31.820 --> 00:41:32.320
 with God

00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:33.219
 knowing who we are

00:41:33.219 --> 00:41:34.039
 is the beginning

00:41:34.039 --> 00:41:34.699
 of the process

00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:35.900
 of restoring everything

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:37.980
 so in this

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:38.920
 insecure world

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.739
 of corruption

00:41:39.739 --> 00:41:40.659
 cancer

00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:42.039
 aging

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:43.960
 rebellious kids

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:46.400
 of women

00:41:46.400 --> 00:41:47.360
 trafficked

00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:48.239
 as objects

00:41:48.239 --> 00:41:48.940
 for sale

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:51.799
 God says

00:41:51.799 --> 00:41:52.940
 there's going to

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.480
 come a time

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:54.259
 when those things

00:41:54.259 --> 00:41:55.719
 are a distant memory

00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:56.739
 I'm going to

00:41:56.739 --> 00:41:57.400
 wipe it out

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:58.099
 I'm going to

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.800
 restore

00:41:58.800 --> 00:42:00.300
 all the insecurity

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:01.519
 in this world

00:42:01.519 --> 00:42:04.200
 all the tyrannical

00:42:04.200 --> 00:42:04.539
 bosses

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:05.360
 all the unfair

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:06.280
 market systems

00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:06.960
 it's going to be

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:07.980
 a thing of the past

00:42:07.980 --> 00:42:09.639
 and we will be

00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:10.280
 on the managing

00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:10.860
 committee

00:42:10.860 --> 00:42:11.820
 of the biggest

00:42:11.820 --> 00:42:12.539
 facelift

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:13.039
 this world

00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:13.680
 has ever seen

00:42:13.680 --> 00:42:15.900
 God is going

00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:16.400
 to restore

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:16.860
 everything

00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:18.180
 and we are going

00:42:18.180 --> 00:42:18.980
 to be those children

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:19.740
 who inherit

00:42:19.740 --> 00:42:20.519
 the restored

00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:21.380
 creation

00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:23.619
 now if I'm honest

00:42:23.619 --> 00:42:26.859
 I probably

00:42:26.859 --> 00:42:27.719
 don't eagerly

00:42:27.719 --> 00:42:28.339
 wait for that

00:42:28.339 --> 00:42:28.900
 that often

00:42:28.900 --> 00:42:31.420
 because I often

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:32.039
 more eagerly

00:42:32.039 --> 00:42:32.559
 wait for my

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:33.239
 next holiday

00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:35.440
 or your next

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:36.239
 job promotion

00:42:36.239 --> 00:42:37.960
 or the next

00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:38.819
 break from

00:42:38.819 --> 00:42:39.960
 your kids

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:40.679
 or your work

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:41.039
 or whatever

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:41.639
 it is

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:44.579
 but let me think

00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:45.059
 about this

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:45.719
 Russell Moore

00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:46.699
 who mentioned

00:42:46.699 --> 00:42:50.879
 who we mentioned

00:42:50.879 --> 00:42:51.139
 earlier

00:42:51.139 --> 00:42:52.159
 he told when he

00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:52.779
 picked his two

00:42:52.779 --> 00:42:53.439
 new kids up

00:42:53.439 --> 00:42:54.239
 from the orphanage

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:55.339
 this is what he says

00:42:55.339 --> 00:42:56.739
 we nodded our

00:42:56.739 --> 00:42:57.219
 thanks to the

00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:57.960
 orphanage personnel

00:42:57.960 --> 00:42:58.679
 and walked out

00:42:58.679 --> 00:42:59.519
 into the sunlight

00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:00.339
 to the terror

00:43:00.339 --> 00:43:01.259
 of the two boys

00:43:01.259 --> 00:43:02.379
 they'd never seen

00:43:02.379 --> 00:43:02.859
 the sun

00:43:02.859 --> 00:43:03.739
 they'd never felt

00:43:03.739 --> 00:43:04.199
 the wind

00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:05.079
 they'd never heard

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:05.559
 the sound

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:06.339
 of a car door

00:43:06.339 --> 00:43:06.899
 slamming

00:43:06.899 --> 00:43:07.719
 or felt like

00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:08.159
 they were being

00:43:08.159 --> 00:43:08.839
 carried along

00:43:08.839 --> 00:43:09.259
 a road

00:43:09.259 --> 00:43:09.960
 at 100 miles

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:10.299
 an hour

00:43:10.299 --> 00:43:11.279
 I noticed

00:43:11.279 --> 00:43:11.699
 that they were

00:43:11.699 --> 00:43:12.079
 shaking

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:12.619
 and reaching

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:13.419
 back to the

00:43:13.419 --> 00:43:13.919
 orphanage

00:43:13.919 --> 00:43:14.639
 in the distance

00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:16.339
 I whispered

00:43:16.339 --> 00:43:17.019
 to Sergei

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:17.639
 now Timothy

00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:18.759
 that place

00:43:18.759 --> 00:43:19.339
 is a pit

00:43:19.339 --> 00:43:20.900
 if only you knew

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:21.539
 what's waiting

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:22.079
 for you

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:22.940
 a home

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.940
 with a mummy

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.599
 and a daddy

00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:25.239
 who love you

00:43:25.239 --> 00:43:26.059
 grandparents

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:26.980
 and great

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.480
 grandparents

00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:28.359
 and cousins

00:43:28.359 --> 00:43:29.819
 and playmates

00:43:29.819 --> 00:43:31.599
 and McDonald's

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:32.319
 Happy Meals

00:43:32.319 --> 00:43:34.219
 he's American

00:43:34.219 --> 00:43:34.879
 it's okay

00:43:34.879 --> 00:43:37.199
 but all they knew

00:43:37.199 --> 00:43:39.159
 was the orphanage

00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:40.679
 it was squalid

00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:42.239
 they had no other

00:43:42.239 --> 00:43:43.199
 reference point

00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:44.259
 it was home

00:43:44.260 --> 00:43:47.740
 that restored

00:43:47.740 --> 00:43:48.460
 creation

00:43:48.460 --> 00:43:49.080
 that we talk

00:43:49.080 --> 00:43:49.440
 about

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:50.600
 that is our

00:43:50.600 --> 00:43:51.020
 home

00:43:51.020 --> 00:43:52.440
 and our lives

00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:53.500
 here are often

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:54.080
 those of the

00:43:54.080 --> 00:43:54.840
 orphanage

00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:58.240
 but that's not

00:43:58.240 --> 00:43:58.640
 all

00:43:58.640 --> 00:43:59.800
 because in some

00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:00.300
 ways that may

00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:00.820
 seem just a

00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:01.740
 pipe dream away

00:44:01.740 --> 00:44:03.020
 but the Bible

00:44:03.020 --> 00:44:03.740
 says unlike

00:44:03.740 --> 00:44:04.740
 those orphans

00:44:04.740 --> 00:44:05.840
 we do have a

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:06.740
 reference point

00:44:06.740 --> 00:44:07.840
 to that great

00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:08.560
 restoration

00:44:08.560 --> 00:44:11.540
 and that reference

00:44:11.540 --> 00:44:12.400
 point is your

00:44:12.400 --> 00:44:13.600
 experience now

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:14.420
 of the Spirit

00:44:14.420 --> 00:44:15.860
 telling you

00:44:15.860 --> 00:44:16.420
 making you

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:17.079
 secure

00:44:17.079 --> 00:44:18.139
 in who you

00:44:18.139 --> 00:44:19.360
 are in Christ

00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:20.420
 in his

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:21.400
 adopting love

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:22.839
 that when you

00:44:22.839 --> 00:44:23.900
 see the reality

00:44:23.900 --> 00:44:24.539
 of that

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:25.400
 worked out

00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:26.019
 in your day

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:26.539
 to day

00:44:26.539 --> 00:44:27.539
 when you're

00:44:27.539 --> 00:44:28.099
 facing your

00:44:28.099 --> 00:44:28.420
 fears

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:28.900
 when you're

00:44:28.900 --> 00:44:29.360
 facing the

00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:29.900
 worries and the

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:30.299
 stress

00:44:30.299 --> 00:44:31.880
 that is a

00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:33.239
 tangible sign

00:44:33.239 --> 00:44:33.859
 of something

00:44:33.859 --> 00:44:34.379
 that is going

00:44:34.379 --> 00:44:34.819
 to be so

00:44:34.819 --> 00:44:35.319
 much greater

00:44:35.319 --> 00:44:35.919
 later on

00:44:35.919 --> 00:44:37.099
 and I

00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:37.459
 wonder

00:44:37.459 --> 00:44:38.500
 for me

00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:39.199
 and maybe

00:44:39.199 --> 00:44:39.619
 for you

00:44:39.619 --> 00:44:40.339
 the reason I

00:44:40.339 --> 00:44:40.899
 feel that

00:44:40.899 --> 00:44:41.979
 hope of

00:44:41.979 --> 00:44:42.500
 restoration

00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:43.259
 is so

00:44:43.259 --> 00:44:43.979
 intangible

00:44:43.979 --> 00:44:45.000
 is because

00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:45.919
 my experience

00:44:45.919 --> 00:44:46.639
 now

00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:47.459
 of the

00:44:47.459 --> 00:44:47.919
 Spirit

00:44:47.919 --> 00:44:49.139
 reminding me

00:44:49.139 --> 00:44:50.479
 is often

00:44:50.479 --> 00:44:51.259
 intangible

00:44:51.259 --> 00:44:52.059
 because I've

00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:52.739
 grown busy

00:44:52.739 --> 00:44:54.159
 and distracted

00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:55.359
 and deaf

00:44:55.359 --> 00:44:56.039
 to the Spirit

00:44:56.039 --> 00:44:56.779
 telling me

00:44:56.779 --> 00:44:57.559
 that I'm

00:44:57.559 --> 00:44:58.139
 his child

00:44:58.139 --> 00:45:00.980
 if you're

00:45:00.980 --> 00:45:01.480
 a Christian

00:45:01.480 --> 00:45:02.779
 you're not

00:45:02.779 --> 00:45:03.159
 an orphan

00:45:03.159 --> 00:45:04.139
 you're a

00:45:04.139 --> 00:45:04.519
 child

00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:05.259
 if you're

00:45:05.259 --> 00:45:06.799
 not a

00:45:06.799 --> 00:45:07.199
 Christian

00:45:07.199 --> 00:45:09.699
 the call

00:45:09.699 --> 00:45:10.239
 is come

00:45:10.239 --> 00:45:10.539
 to know

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:11.099
 your Father

00:45:11.099 --> 00:45:12.579
 know

00:45:12.579 --> 00:45:13.460
 security

00:45:13.460 --> 00:45:14.059
 in him

00:45:14.059 --> 00:45:15.279
 and let

00:45:15.279 --> 00:45:15.539
 us be

00:45:15.539 --> 00:45:16.400
 children

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:16.839
 of him

00:45:16.839 --> 00:45:17.059
 who

00:45:17.059 --> 00:45:17.659
 continually

00:45:17.659 --> 00:45:18.119
 remind

00:45:18.119 --> 00:45:18.599
 each other

00:45:18.599 --> 00:45:19.259
 of that

00:45:19.259 --> 00:45:19.699
 fact

00:45:19.699 --> 00:45:21.920
 we need

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.500
 spiritual

00:45:22.500 --> 00:45:23.099
 headphones

00:45:23.099 --> 00:45:24.960
 when you're

00:45:24.960 --> 00:45:25.500
 in distress

00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:26.039
 we have

00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:26.440
 somewhere

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:26.859
 to run

00:45:26.859 --> 00:45:27.119
 to

00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:28.239
 we have

00:45:28.239 --> 00:45:28.559
 someone

00:45:28.559 --> 00:45:28.759
 who

00:45:28.759 --> 00:45:29.299
 listens

00:45:29.299 --> 00:45:31.239
 we have

00:45:31.239 --> 00:45:31.839
 a witness

00:45:31.839 --> 00:45:33.039
 telling us

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:33.699
 again and

00:45:33.699 --> 00:45:34.000
 again

00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:34.880
 don't fear

00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:35.279
 you're not

00:45:35.279 --> 00:45:35.759
 a slave

00:45:35.759 --> 00:45:36.339
 to fear

00:45:36.339 --> 00:45:37.859
 you're a

00:45:37.859 --> 00:45:38.179
 child of

00:45:38.179 --> 00:45:38.400
 God

00:45:38.400 --> 00:45:39.759
 let's pray

00:45:39.759 --> 00:45:47.980
 Father I pray

00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:48.359
 that you

00:45:48.359 --> 00:45:48.619
 would

00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:50.679
 take

00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:51.619
 these things

00:45:51.619 --> 00:45:52.000
 and think

00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:52.279
 in our

00:45:52.279 --> 00:45:52.659
 lives

00:45:52.659 --> 00:45:52.960
 Lord

00:45:52.960 --> 00:45:53.319
 where

00:45:53.319 --> 00:45:55.259
 some of

00:45:55.259 --> 00:45:55.619
 us know

00:45:55.619 --> 00:45:56.099
 this

00:45:56.099 --> 00:45:58.039
 but

00:45:58.039 --> 00:45:58.380
 actually

00:45:58.380 --> 00:45:59.199
 there are

00:45:59.199 --> 00:45:59.519
 so many

00:45:59.519 --> 00:45:59.799
 areas

00:45:59.799 --> 00:46:00.079
 in our

00:46:00.079 --> 00:46:00.299
 lives

00:46:00.299 --> 00:46:00.539
 where we

00:46:00.539 --> 00:46:00.739
 don't

00:46:00.739 --> 00:46:00.940
 live

00:46:00.940 --> 00:46:01.279
 this

00:46:01.279 --> 00:46:03.259
 I know

00:46:03.259 --> 00:46:03.460
 that's

00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:03.860
 true for

00:46:03.860 --> 00:46:04.079
 me

00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:05.920
 I pray

00:46:05.920 --> 00:46:06.400
 for each

00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:06.759
 one of

00:46:06.759 --> 00:46:07.099
 us

00:46:07.099 --> 00:46:08.039
 that you

00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:08.519
 show us

00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:08.980
 those areas

00:46:08.980 --> 00:46:09.299
 in our

00:46:09.299 --> 00:46:09.579
 lives

00:46:09.579 --> 00:46:09.880
 where we

00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:10.279
 actually do

00:46:10.279 --> 00:46:10.619
 live in

00:46:10.619 --> 00:46:11.039
 fear of

00:46:11.039 --> 00:46:11.199
 other

00:46:11.199 --> 00:46:11.579
 people

00:46:11.579 --> 00:46:12.900
 we live

00:46:12.900 --> 00:46:13.360
 in fear

00:46:13.360 --> 00:46:13.579
 of

00:46:13.579 --> 00:46:14.299
 circumstances

00:46:14.300 --> 00:46:15.680
 and you

00:46:15.680 --> 00:46:16.360
 show us

00:46:16.360 --> 00:46:17.480
 and you

00:46:17.480 --> 00:46:18.019
 speak to

00:46:18.019 --> 00:46:18.200
 us

00:46:18.200 --> 00:46:18.560
 again

00:46:18.560 --> 00:46:20.360
 that we're

00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:20.780
 secure

00:46:20.780 --> 00:46:21.920
 that you'll

00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:22.360
 provide

00:46:22.360 --> 00:46:23.460
 that you're

00:46:23.460 --> 00:46:24.039
 in charge

00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:24.840
 that we

00:46:24.840 --> 00:46:25.300
 don't have to

00:46:25.300 --> 00:46:26.160
 fix everything

00:46:26.160 --> 00:46:26.900
 by ourselves

00:46:26.900 --> 00:46:28.000
 you're the

00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:28.860
 one who

00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:29.580
 takes it

00:46:29.580 --> 00:46:30.320
 and will

00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:31.060
 make us

00:46:31.060 --> 00:46:32.940
 fully restored

00:46:32.940 --> 00:46:33.560
 one day

00:46:33.560 --> 00:46:34.660
 and in that

00:46:34.660 --> 00:46:35.100
 meantime

00:46:35.100 --> 00:46:35.539
 you are

00:46:35.539 --> 00:46:36.220
 as we

00:46:36.220 --> 00:46:37.160
 wrestle with

00:46:37.160 --> 00:46:37.660
 being an

00:46:37.660 --> 00:46:37.980
 orphan

00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:39.440
 with living

00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:40.200
 as a child

00:46:40.200 --> 00:46:40.680
 of God

00:46:40.679 --> 00:46:41.519
 in a world

00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:42.059
 which calls

00:46:42.059 --> 00:46:42.480
 us to be

00:46:42.480 --> 00:46:42.879
 an orphan

00:46:42.879 --> 00:46:44.440
 I pray

00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:45.000
 that you

00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:45.440
 would just

00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:45.940
 continually

00:46:45.940 --> 00:46:46.779
 speak

00:46:46.779 --> 00:46:47.639
 those words

00:46:47.639 --> 00:46:48.079
 of comfort

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:48.659
 to us

00:46:48.659 --> 00:46:49.659
 Amen