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 Okay, well, morning, everyone.

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 With your Bibles in your hands, come with me to Genesis chapter 30.

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 And here's C.S. Lewis on the screen.

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 I've been reading poems, romances, vision, literature, legends, and myths my whole life.

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 If I know what they are like, I know none of them are like the Bible.

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 So be reminded as you pick up the Bible this morning that this is no ordinary book.

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 Come at this enthusiastically this morning.

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 Come at this expectantly this morning.

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 That as we open this book, the voice of the living God is heard.

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 So often we can just go through the motions, can't we, when we come to hearing from God as we open his word.

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 But come at that expectantly this morning.

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 I know none of them are like the Bible.

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 So Genesis 30 verse 25 is where we are today.

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 I want to tell you about a lady who I met on holiday called Mary.

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 So we're on holiday to Bath in the south of England.

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 Mary was part of the church family there.

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 She ran the kids church.

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 She looked after her kids.

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 And we bumped into Mary on the Monday after the Sunday that we met her.

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 And so she asked me what life was like in Edinburgh.

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 And so I told her.

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 And after telling her, I responded and asked her the same question.

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 I said, what is life like in Bath?

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 And here's what she said.

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 She said, there's a joke that we tell ourselves in Bath.

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 That Bath is a place where, and this is her line,

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 it's the place where ambition goes to die.

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 Right?

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 And I made a joke about how that should be the new city motto.

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 I don't think she got it in my accent, but we moved on.

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 But before we go hating on Mary,

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 believe it or not, she was being hugely complimentary about the place where she lives.

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 Right?

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 If people are interested in climbing career ladders and making a name for themselves,

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 trying to make it in a city,

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 they go two hours east and they go to the big smoke.

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 They go to London.

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 Right?

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 But if you want a nice life,

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 if you want good schools,

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 if you want stunning scenery,

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 if you want wonderful Georgian architecture,

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 safe neighbourhood,

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 recycling bins go out on the right day,

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 et cetera, et cetera,

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 then you go to Bath.

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 And the subtext of what Mary was saying

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 is that this is a city where people come

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 and they settle.

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 And I heard her say it,

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 and it reminded me of the greatest fear that I have for my Christian life,

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 and I wonder if it's yours as well.

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 Not physically speaking, but spiritually speaking,

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 is that I just settle down in this world.

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 And life's cushy,

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 and it's nice,

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 and it's comfortable.

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 And I let the things of this world,

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 the comforts, the pleasures,

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 take me,

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 and the currents of that sea

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 cause me to drift away from my love for Jesus Christ.

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 Right?

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 I stop pursuing

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 and learning more of the big heart of Jesus.

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 Let me tell you,

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 it's the most easy thing in the world to stand up here

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 and deliver something when your heart's not in it.

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 I never want to get to that stage

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 where this is not a burning passion of mine

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 to know Jesus more,

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 to see more of his character and his love

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 stamped all across my life,

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 enjoying him

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 and living in light of who he is.

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 And what this is today

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 is God's loving and gracious invitation to us

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 to be a people

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 who are living for the heavenly city.

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 As the reformers used to say,

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 what was said of them,

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 that they were forward tilted people.

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 Right?

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 Life was lived on the tiptoes

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 expecting that this is not the final destination.

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 Do you know,

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 it's the easiest thing as well

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 in my generation,

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 people my generation

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 talk about their forever homes.

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 Right?

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 Buying your forever home.

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 And you can be in that home for 10 years,

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 you can be in it for 50 years,

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 but let me tell you,

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 this is not your forever home.

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 And why this matters,

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 and whoever you are here today,

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 I want you to listen to this challenge

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 that comes at this today.

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 Why you should listen

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 is that we are all meaning-seeking creatures.

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 We are all meaning-seeking creatures.

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 We are all looking for a bigger reason

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 for which we exist.

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 Something to live for,

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 something to make your life worth it.

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 And it is all wrapped up

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 in our culture's newfound craving

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 for an identity.

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 Yeah?

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 Something to make your life make sense.

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 You know,

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 it was astrologer Carl Sagan,

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 who, as I understand it,

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 wasn't a believer,

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 commented on a picture

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 that NASA took of the Earth

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 from their Voyager spacecraft,

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 right?

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 Some 4 billion miles away

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 from Earth.

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 See if you can find it on the screen.

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 Right?

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 The picture that's become famous

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 as the pale blue dot.

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 And its conclusion,

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 after seeing this picture

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 and reflecting on the smallness

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 of planet Earth

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 and the seeming insignificance

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 of our little lives

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 on planet Earth.

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 He said this,

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 he said,

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 if we crave some cosmic purpose,

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 then let us find ourselves

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 a worthy goal.

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 In other words,

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 we're so small,

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 who knows what's going on?

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 You better make your life

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 worth something

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 and find something

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 to live for.

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 Makes sense, doesn't it?

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 If that's your outlook on life.

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 You've got to find your meaning.

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 You've got to find a purpose.

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 And I'm reminded that

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 every time I turn on the news

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 and I see things like

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 the just oil activists, right?

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 And that's not a comment at all

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 on the validity of the cause.

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 It's just a little snippet example

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 of how people in our world

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 are desperate for something

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 to believe in

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 and give their life meaning and worth.

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 But what God is saying today

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 to the Christian believer

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 is not that you need to go out

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 and find yourself a worthy goal.

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 The gospel is the opposite.

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 The gospel says,

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 God by his grace,

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 that I've given you a worthy goal

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 and I've saved you to live

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 for a worthy goal.

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 To quote Seth Lewis

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 in his book,

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 Dream Small.

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 And he's a believer

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 and he says this,

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 once you grasp that God

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 has given you the goal,

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 you don't need to find

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 your own meaning in life.

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 He said this,

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 I'm not interested

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 in naming my dreams

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 at empty promises,

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 no matter how big they look.

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 I want to spend my strength

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 and my short time

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 on this planet

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 on things that really matter,

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 no matter how small they look.

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 And so into our world,

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 dear friends,

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 that encourages you,

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 what's always the second question

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 we ask people

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 after,

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 where are you from?

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 What do you do?

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 Right?

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 And so often I know

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 that many of you

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 answer that question

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 and you feel like

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 you don't have a good answer

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 for that,

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 what do you do?

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 Maybe particularly

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 if I'm going to pick one,

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 maybe particularly

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 if you're a mum

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 who stays at home,

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 you're a parent

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 that stays at home

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 and you answer that question

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 and you think,

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 actually,

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 am I living for something?

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 Absolutely it is

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 because it's caught up

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 in what God has given you

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 as an identity.

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 All of us is an identity.

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 We're living for something bigger

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 than just what we do

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 with our lives

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 and Hebrews 11

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 gives us the interpretive lens

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 through which we can understand

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 the massive change

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 that goes on

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 in Jacob's heart today

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 as God says,

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 come and live

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 for the better city.

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 This is what the writer

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 to the Hebrews says,

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 by faith he,

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 and that's Abraham,

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 he made his home

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 in the promised land

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 like a stranger

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 in a foreign country.

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 He lived in tents

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 as did Isaac

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 and Jacob

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 who were heirs with him

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 of the same promise

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 for he was looking forward

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 to the city

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 with foundations

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 whose architect

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 and builder

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 is God.

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 As it was with Abraham,

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 so it is with Isaac.

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 As it is today

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 as we read about Jacob,

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 God is calling him

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 to live for the bigger

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 and better city.

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 And so as we take in

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 a turning point

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 in Jacob's life today,

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 I want us to see

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 and look out for these

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 in the reading

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 that there are two

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 big barriers

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 that God is calling

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 Jacob by faith

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 to overcome

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 as he responds

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 to God's word

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 this morning.

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 What we're going to see

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 is that Jesus

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 has defeated

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 those barriers

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 for us

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 and he's calling us

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 to live in light

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 of who he is

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 and to live

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 for that better city

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 as we delightfully

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 and diligently

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 pursue him.

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 So this is Genesis 30

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 in at verse 25.

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 And guys,

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 maybe we could get

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 the words on the screen

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 and follow with me

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 in your Bible,

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 please,

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 if you have one there.

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 Genesis 30

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 in at verse 25.

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 Watch for the turning point.

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 Think about the two barriers.

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 Think about the better city.

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 After Rachel gave birth

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 to Joseph,

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 Jacob said to Laban,

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 send me on my way

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 so I can go back

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 to my own homeland.

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 Remember,

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 Jacob is living

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 away from his homeland

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 almost as it were

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 under house arrest

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 it feels

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 by this guy Laban, right?

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 Give me my wives

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 and children

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 from whom I've served you

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 and I will be on my way.

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 You know how much work

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 I've done for you.

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 But Laban said to him,

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 if I have found favor

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 in your eyes,

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 please stay.

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 I have learned

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 by divination

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 that the Lord

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 has blessed me

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 because of you.

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 He added,

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 name your wages

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 and I will pay them.

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 Jacob said to him,

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 you know how I've worked

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 for you

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 and how your livestock

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 has fared under my care.

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 The little you had

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 before I came

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 has increased greatly

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 and the Lord

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 has blessed you

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 wherever I have been.

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 But now,

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 when may I do something

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 for my own household,

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 what shall I give you,

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 he asked?

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 Don't give me anything,

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 Jacob replied.

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 But if you will do

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 this one thing for me,

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 I will go on

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 tending your flocks

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 and watching over them.

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 Let me go

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 through all your flocks

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 today,

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 let me go through

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 all your flocks today

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 and remove from them

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 every speckled

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 or spotted sheep,

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 every dark colored lamb

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 and every spotted

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 or speckled goat.

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 They will be my wages.

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 And my honesty

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 will testify for me

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 in the future.

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 Whenever you check

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 on the wages

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 you have paid me,

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 any goat in my possession

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 that is not speckled

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 or spotted

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 or any lamb

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 that is not dark colored

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 will be considered stolen.

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 Agreed,

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 said Laban.

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 Let it be

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 as you have said.

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 That same day

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 he removed

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 all the male goats

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 that were streaked

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 or spotted

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 and all the speckled

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 or spotted female goats,

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 all that had white on them

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 and all the dark colored lambs

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 and he placed them

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 in the care of his sons.

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 Then he put a three day journey

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 between himself and Jacob

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 while Jacob continued

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 to tend the rest

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 of Laban's flocks.

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 Jacob, however,

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 took fresh cut branches

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 from poplar,

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 almond and plain trees

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 and made white stripes

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 on them

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 by peeling the bark

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 and exposing

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 the white inner wood

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 of the branches.

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 Then

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 he placed

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 the peeled branches

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 in all the watering

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 troughs

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 so that

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 they would be

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 directly in front

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 of the flocks

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 when they came

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 to drink.

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 This will all make sense

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 when we go through it,

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 okay?

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 When the flocks

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 were in heat

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 and came to drink

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 they mated in front

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 of the branches

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 and they bore young

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 and they were streaked

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 or speckled

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 or spotted.

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 Jacob set apart

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 the young of the flock

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 by themselves

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 but made the rest

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 face the streaked

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 and dark coloured

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 animals that belonged

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 to Laban.

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 Thus he made

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 separate flocks

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 for himself

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 and did not put them

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 with Laban's animals.

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 Whenever the stronger

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 females were in heat

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 Jacob would place

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 the branches

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 in the troughs

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 in front of the animals

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 so that they would mate

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 near the branches

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 but if the animals

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 were weak

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 he would not place

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 them there.

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 So the weak animals

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 went to Laban

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 and the strong ones

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 to Jacob.

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 In this way

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 the man grew

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 exceedingly prosperous

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 and came to his own

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 large flocks

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 and female

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 and male servants

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 and camels

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 and donkeys.

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 Jacob heard that

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 Laban's sons were saying

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 Jacob has taken

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 everything our father

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 owned

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 and has gained

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 all his wealth

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 from what belonged

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 to our father.

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 And Jacob noticed

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 that Laban's attitude

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 towards him

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 was not what it

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 had been.

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 Then the Lord

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 said to Jacob

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 go back to the land

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 of your fathers

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 and to your relatives

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 and I will be with you.

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 So Jacob sent word

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 to Rachel and Leah

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 to come out

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 to the fields

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 where his flocks were.

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 He said to them

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 I see that your father's

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 attitude towards me

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 is not what it was before

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 but the God of my father

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 has been with me.

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 You know that I've worked

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 for your father

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 with all my strength

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 yet your father

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 has cheated me

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 by changing my wages

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 ten times.

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 However God

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 has not allowed him

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 to harm me.

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 If he said

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 the speckled ones

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 will be your wages

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 then all the flocks

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 gave birth to speckled young

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 and if he said

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 the streaked ones

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 will be your wages

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 then all the flocks

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 bore streaked young.

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 So God has taken away

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 your father's livestock

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 and has given them to me.

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 In breeding season

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 I once had a dream

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 in which I looked up

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 and saw that the male goats

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 mating with the flock

00:14:20.620 --> 00:14:21.220
 were streaked

00:14:21.220 --> 00:14:22.500
 speckled or spotted.

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 The angel of God

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 said to me in a dream

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 Jacob

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 I answered

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 here I am

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 and he said

00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:31.539
 look up and see

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 that all the male goats

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 mating with the flock

00:14:34.659 --> 00:14:35.379
 are streaked

00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:36.700
 speckled or spotted

00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:38.440
 for I have seen

00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:40.320
 all that Laban

00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:41.919
 has been doing to you.

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 I am the God

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 of Bethel

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 where you

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 anointed a pillar

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 and where you

00:14:49.379 --> 00:14:50.220
 made a vow

00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:51.360
 to me.

00:14:51.620 --> 00:14:52.840
 Now leave this land

00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:53.580
 at once

00:14:53.580 --> 00:14:55.159
 and go back

00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:56.259
 to your native land.

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 Then Rachel and Leah

00:14:59.220 --> 00:14:59.779
 replied

00:14:59.779 --> 00:15:00.480
 do we still have

00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:01.120
 any share

00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:01.759
 in our fathers

00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:02.899
 in the inheritance

00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:04.039
 of our fathers estate?

00:15:04.180 --> 00:15:05.019
 Does he not regard us

00:15:05.019 --> 00:15:05.600
 as foreigners?

00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:08.120
 Not only has he sold us

00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:09.320
 but he's used up

00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:10.519
 what was paid for us.

00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:12.180
 Surely all the wealth

00:15:12.180 --> 00:15:12.980
 that God took away

00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:13.580
 from our father

00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:14.740
 belongs to us

00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.980
 and our children

00:15:15.980 --> 00:15:16.680
 so

00:15:16.680 --> 00:15:18.620
 do whatever

00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:21.019
 God has told you.

00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:22.620
 Amen.

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 And this is God's word

00:15:23.700 --> 00:15:24.799
 to us this morning.

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 And just remember

00:15:27.899 --> 00:15:28.740
 that big thing.

00:15:29.940 --> 00:15:30.840
 God's called

00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:31.519
 to Jacob

00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:32.220
 to live

00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:33.379
 for the bigger city

00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:34.379
 where he is

00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:35.600
 and live in faith.

00:15:35.940 --> 00:15:36.980
 Jacob's away from home

00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:38.440
 he's living under Laban

00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:39.539
 and God says

00:15:39.539 --> 00:15:40.799
 return.

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 And so here's

00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:44.419
 the first of the two barriers

00:15:44.419 --> 00:15:45.539
 that God's inviting him

00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:46.919
 to overcome in faith.

00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:47.399
 Right?

00:15:47.459 --> 00:15:48.259
 And see if you see

00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:49.539
 these things in your life.

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 Because I saw them

00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:51.039
 in my life

00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:53.219
 at the minute

00:15:53.219 --> 00:15:54.019
 as I've been walking

00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:54.519
 through this.

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 Here's number one.

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 There's too many mistakes

00:15:56.719 --> 00:15:57.479
 in my past.

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 I mean it's just been

00:16:00.379 --> 00:16:01.419
 blow after blow

00:16:01.419 --> 00:16:02.159
 and mistake

00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:03.139
 after mistake

00:16:03.139 --> 00:16:04.179
 in Jacob's life

00:16:04.179 --> 00:16:04.779
 thus far

00:16:04.779 --> 00:16:05.279
 hasn't it?

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:06.759
 Things that have

00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:07.519
 happened to him

00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:09.959
 but things that he has

00:16:09.959 --> 00:16:10.779
 done to other people.

00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:12.219
 and the fallout

00:16:12.219 --> 00:16:12.779
 that's come

00:16:12.779 --> 00:16:13.959
 off the back of that.

00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:14.279
 Right?

00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:15.359
 Total them up.

00:16:15.459 --> 00:16:16.079
 He's been hurt

00:16:16.079 --> 00:16:16.879
 by his dad.

00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:19.939
 He's been led astray

00:16:19.939 --> 00:16:20.639
 by his mum.

00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:22.859
 He's cheated his brother.

00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:23.740
 He's been tricked

00:16:23.740 --> 00:16:25.000
 by his father-in-law.

00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:26.639
 He's got two wives

00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:27.899
 who are at each other's

00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:28.399
 throats.

00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:30.019
 He's sitting there

00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:30.479
 with kids

00:16:30.479 --> 00:16:31.639
 from four different women

00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:32.500
 and to top it up

00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:33.439
 he's living miles

00:16:33.439 --> 00:16:34.419
 away from home.

00:16:34.819 --> 00:16:35.599
 And that is what

00:16:35.599 --> 00:16:36.759
 we would call today

00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:37.639
 that is what we would

00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:38.439
 call baggage.

00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:41.799
 And maybe that's you

00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:42.279
 today.

00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:47.339
 Dear friends

00:16:47.339 --> 00:16:48.059
 we cannot undo

00:16:48.059 --> 00:16:48.699
 the past

00:16:48.699 --> 00:16:52.179
 but we can take

00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:53.000
 God at his word

00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:55.399
 and we can come

00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:55.879
 to him

00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:56.740
 and to receive

00:16:56.740 --> 00:16:57.319
 his mercy

00:16:57.319 --> 00:16:58.019
 and grace

00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:59.000
 and we can

00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:00.339
 change

00:17:00.339 --> 00:17:01.779
 and begin

00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:02.159
 to live

00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:02.759
 for the future.

00:17:05.159 --> 00:17:05.859
 Our God

00:17:05.859 --> 00:17:06.299
 is the God

00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:06.680
 of endless

00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:07.240
 compassion

00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:07.700
 and grace.

00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:08.500
 So you're not amazed

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.920
 with how patient

00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:11.019
 he is with his people?

00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:13.240
 How patient

00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:13.680
 he is

00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:14.460
 as I look back

00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:15.680
 and as I think

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.299
 about the mistakes

00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:16.740
 that I've made

00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:17.259
 in my life

00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:17.880
 as I think

00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:18.440
 about the ways

00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:19.059
 when I was young

00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:19.559
 and I used to

00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.000
 think about

00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.880
 and speak to people

00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:21.920
 oh God

00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.539
 he's so patient

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 with us.

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 And that's exactly

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 what God says

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 at verse 13

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 of chapter 31.

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 He calls himself

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 what?

00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:33.580
 He says

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 I am the God

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 of Bethel.

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 Now that's a reference

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 a really significant

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 reference

00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.579
 and feel

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 the forgiveness

00:17:41.019 --> 00:17:41.919
 and invitation

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 that's here

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 is the reference

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 to something

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 that's happened

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 in Jacob's life

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 back at

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 verse 10

00:17:47.199 --> 00:17:48.599
 of chapter 28.

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 Jacob's had a dream

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 if you remember

00:17:52.419 --> 00:17:53.179
 that scene

00:17:53.179 --> 00:17:54.339
 of the stairway

00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:54.980
 between heaven

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 and earth

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 and God says

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 because

00:17:57.439 --> 00:17:59.019
 of who I am

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 I'm going to

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 give you this land

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 and you're going

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 to be a blessing

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 to the nations

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 and even though

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 you go

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 I'm going to

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 bring you

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 back to this land

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 and that's the promise

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 that God has made

00:18:10.719 --> 00:18:11.039
 Jacob

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 but the thing

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 to see

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 is that chapter

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 30

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 might be a

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 two chapter

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 jump for us

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 but it's a

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 20 year

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 jump

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 chronologically

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 in the life

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 of Jacob.

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 You do the maths

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 right?

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 That's a lot

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 of mistakes

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 that's a lot

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 of regrets

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 in 20 years

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 think about

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 your life

00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:30.959
 in 20 years.

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 There's a lot

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 going on

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 between Bethel

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 then

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 and God

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 saying return

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 now

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 it's been

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 20 years

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 and Jacob's

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 got to be

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 asking himself

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 is he not?

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 See the mess

00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:44.720
 that I've made

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 of it

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 in 20 years

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 time

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 the mess

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 I've made

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 of it

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 here and now

00:18:49.819 --> 00:18:50.980
 does that

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 nullify

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 the promises

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 that God

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 made to me

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 back then?

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 You know

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 we had an

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 English teacher

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 at school

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 substitute

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 teacher

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 from America

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 from New York

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 I think we

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 nicknamed him

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 Yankee

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 and there was

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 one rule

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 in his classroom

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 and he took it

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 straight from

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 the baseball

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.560
 umpire

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 and his rule

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 was three strikes

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 and you're out

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 so if he called

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 you out three times

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 if he called you

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 out in late homework

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 if he called you

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 out talking in class

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 then that was

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 one strike

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 and you got

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 three

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 and you used

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 to get

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 what was the

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 dreaded

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 lunchtime

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 detention

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 and all that

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 meant was just

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 you spent

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 your lunchtime

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 walking around

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 picking up litter

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 and you got

00:19:32.620 --> 00:19:33.140
 to ask yourself

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 is God

00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.000
 like that?

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 Is it three

00:19:36.320 --> 00:19:36.860
 strikes and

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 you're out

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 with the Lord?

00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:40.060
 When God

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 says return

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 and says

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 I'm the God

00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:43.960
 of Bethel

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 it is him

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 graciously

00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:46.220
 reminding Jacob

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 that this is

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 not primarily

00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.620
 about you

00:19:48.620 --> 00:19:50.380
 that we preach

00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:50.800
 a gospel

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 that is bigger

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 than just

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:53.080
 behavior modification

00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:55.080
 the entry

00:19:55.080 --> 00:19:55.860
 to the gospel

00:19:55.860 --> 00:19:56.380
 is not

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 behavior

00:19:56.840 --> 00:19:57.700
 qualification

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 it is simply

00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:00.259
 the blood

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.720
 of Jesus

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:01.140
 Christ

00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:01.660
 and faith

00:20:01.660 --> 00:20:02.080
 in him

00:20:02.080 --> 00:20:02.860
 what God

00:20:02.860 --> 00:20:03.519
 is teaching

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:03.960
 Jacob

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 here

00:20:04.360 --> 00:20:04.539
 is

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 this is

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 not

00:20:05.120 --> 00:20:05.680
 primarily

00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.100
 about

00:20:06.100 --> 00:20:06.600
 you

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 it is

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.860
 about me

00:20:08.860 --> 00:20:09.200
 and my

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 unchanging

00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:10.420
 character

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:11.640
 and my

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 heart

00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:12.500
 for the

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 peoples

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 and the

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 nations

00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:13.940
 of the

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 world

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 this is

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 about

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.140
 my

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 perfect

00:20:16.620 --> 00:20:17.100
 timing

00:20:17.100 --> 00:20:18.059
 this is

00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:18.279
 about

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.740
 my

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 unstoppable

00:20:19.340 --> 00:20:20.200
 and good

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:20.779
 promises

00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.620
 and this

00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:22.039
 is about

00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:22.580
 me

00:20:22.580 --> 00:20:23.259
 doing

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:23.940
 the thing

00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:25.220
 from your

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:25.779
 line in the

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.080
 future

00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.359
 that's

00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:26.759
 ultimately

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.319
 going to

00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:27.679
 be the

00:20:27.679 --> 00:20:28.019
 blood

00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:28.460
 bought

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:28.919
 price

00:20:28.919 --> 00:20:29.460
 to free

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:29.699
 you

00:20:29.699 --> 00:20:30.079
 from the

00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:30.319
 grip

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.699
 and the

00:20:30.699 --> 00:20:31.000
 debt

00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.419
 of your

00:20:31.419 --> 00:20:31.980
 mistakes

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:32.299
 and your

00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:32.599
 painful

00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:33.240
 past

00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:35.220
 this is

00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:35.599
 not just

00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:35.939
 a get

00:20:35.939 --> 00:20:38.220
 out of jail

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:38.899
 free card

00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:39.220
 that God

00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:39.559
 has given

00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:40.079
 Laban here

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.399
 it doesn't

00:20:40.399 --> 00:20:40.679
 matter

00:20:40.679 --> 00:20:41.159
 no God

00:20:41.159 --> 00:20:41.919
 sees

00:20:41.919 --> 00:20:44.179
 and God

00:20:44.179 --> 00:20:44.899
 will deal

00:20:44.899 --> 00:20:46.519
 because God

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:47.059
 loves

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:50.240
 is he

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.839
 thinking in

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.379
 his heart

00:20:51.379 --> 00:20:52.000
 in this

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 moment

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.480
 there's

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:52.839
 too many

00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.259
 mistakes

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:53.519
 in my

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:54.039
 past

00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:56.000
 you

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.279
 thinking

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.460
 that

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:56.659
 this

00:20:56.659 --> 00:20:57.019
 morning

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:58.599
 do you

00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:58.700
 know what

00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.019
 the second

00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.500
 one is

00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.019
 that there's

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.539
 too many

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.079
 unknowns

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.579
 about the

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:01.960
 future

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:04.079
 because Jacob

00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:04.579
 to get up

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:04.859
 and go

00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.639
 home here

00:21:05.639 --> 00:21:07.599
 is not

00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:08.179
 easy

00:21:08.179 --> 00:21:09.539
 this is not

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.000
 going to be a

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.899
 hero's welcome

00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:11.700
 back in his

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.259
 homeland

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:14.059
 right

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.519
 think about

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:14.980
 what he's just

00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.500
 walked away

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:15.960
 from

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.500
 he's got

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:16.759
 to go

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.420
 back

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:17.779
 God has

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.039
 called him

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.220
 to go

00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:18.360
 back

00:21:18.360 --> 00:21:18.880
 to Isaac

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.240
 who he

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:19.740
 conned

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:22.480
 he's got

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:22.620
 to go

00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:22.960
 back to

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.460
 Esau

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:23.759
 who he

00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.180
 tricked

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:26.480
 so to

00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:26.900
 follow the

00:21:26.900 --> 00:21:27.480
 Lord there

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:27.840
 and to

00:21:27.840 --> 00:21:28.180
 face up

00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:28.500
 to his

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 old sins

00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:30.160
 who knows

00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:30.519
 what way

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:30.900
 that's going

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:31.259
 to go

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:33.299
 but the

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.960
 promise that

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.480
 God makes

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:34.799
 to him

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.519
 at 31

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.079
 3

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:38.480
 is the

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.120
 thing that

00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:39.480
 he's got

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.240
 to hold

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:40.980
 and he's got

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.519
 to walk

00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.240
 by faith

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.100
 with

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 and it's a

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.400
 really simple

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.000
 promise here

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.480
 it is that

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:45.900
 God is

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.300
 with him

00:21:46.300 --> 00:21:48.120
 right

00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:48.660
 God holds

00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:49.320
 the future

00:21:49.320 --> 00:21:50.920
 it's God's

00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.460
 plans and

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:51.880
 purposes

00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:53.259
 it's God

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:53.780
 who is the

00:21:53.780 --> 00:21:54.360
 sovereign one

00:21:54.360 --> 00:21:54.720
 and if

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.480
 Jacob is

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:55.980
 looking for

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:56.580
 proof of

00:21:56.580 --> 00:21:57.180
 that that

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.519
 God is

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:57.820
 with him

00:21:57.820 --> 00:21:58.560
 he'll need

00:21:58.560 --> 00:21:59.200
 look no

00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:00.380
 further than

00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:00.980
 all the ways

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.380
 that God

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:02.060
 has blessed

00:22:02.060 --> 00:22:02.320
 him

00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:03.680
 despite

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.680
 Laban's

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.560
 best efforts

00:22:05.560 --> 00:22:05.920
 to make

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.460
 life as

00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:07.040
 hard as

00:22:07.040 --> 00:22:07.800
 possible for

00:22:07.800 --> 00:22:07.960
 him

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.700
 and that's

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.120
 what's going

00:22:09.120 --> 00:22:09.640
 on here with

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.120
 the flock of

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:10.800
 animals in case

00:22:10.800 --> 00:22:11.300
 you're wondering

00:22:11.300 --> 00:22:13.680
 in case you're

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.000
 wondering

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.680
 you're definitely

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.200
 wondering what

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:15.600
 on earth is

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:15.920
 that all

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:16.240
 about

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:18.559
 okay what's

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:18.880
 going on

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.180
 Jacob

00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.799
 Laban is

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.180
 effectively

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.960
 giving Jacob

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:22.220
 he said you

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.640
 can have the

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:22.940
 best

00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.500
 Jacob has

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:23.980
 effectively

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.880
 been given

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:25.500
 the worst

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.080
 by Laban

00:22:26.080 --> 00:22:27.059
 right

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:27.519
 Laban has

00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.100
 handpicked the

00:22:28.100 --> 00:22:28.460
 best for

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:28.819
 himself

00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.400
 done a runner

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:29.880
 and said you

00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.440
 can have the

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.980
 rest

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.980
 best

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.940
 and yes

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.579
 Jacob has

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.079
 used his

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.539
 wisdom and

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.620
 experience in

00:22:35.620 --> 00:22:36.360
 cattle breeding

00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:37.220
 techniques to

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.620
 give it his

00:22:37.620 --> 00:22:38.180
 best shot

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.779
 that's what all

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.420
 that stuff is

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:39.960
 about about the

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.440
 peeling of the

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:40.980
 branches and

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.819
 whatnot he's

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.279
 giving it his

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.880
 best shot

00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:43.559
 because that

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:44.160
 stuff is kind

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:45.059
 of folklore in

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.640
 this day about

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.319
 how you make

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:47.160
 cattle breed

00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:48.420
 right you get

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.039
 them to look at

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:50.019
 sticks and if

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.440
 they look at

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.160
 spotted sticks

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.559
 they'll think

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.180
 about spotted

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.880
 it's that kind

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.160
 of thing

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.440
 right

00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:55.680
 but I think

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.440
 the reason that

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:56.740
 we're given

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.339
 all of it

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:58.519
 the writer's

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.539
 intention is to

00:22:59.539 --> 00:22:59.959
 say do you

00:22:59.959 --> 00:23:00.679
 seriously think

00:23:00.679 --> 00:23:01.099
 that that was

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.480
 the thing that

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.899
 was making

00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:02.699
 Jacob prosperous

00:23:02.699 --> 00:23:03.819
 here a few

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.740
 sticks a few

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.279
 peels

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:08.119
 what's going on

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:10.319
 here as that

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:11.399
 summary sentence

00:23:11.399 --> 00:23:12.399
 at verse 43

00:23:12.399 --> 00:23:13.240
 right at the end

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.019
 of chapter 30

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:15.000
 gives us as he

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.980
 increases greatly

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:18.359
 what it's showing

00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:19.099
 us is that God

00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:19.699
 is making this

00:23:19.699 --> 00:23:20.279
 all happen

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:23.019
 he's making this

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.679
 all happen

00:23:23.679 --> 00:23:26.939
 so much so

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.820
 that Laban says

00:23:27.820 --> 00:23:28.779
 verse 27 of

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.460
 chapter 30

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.160
 I see

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:32.700
 that the Lord

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.620
 has blessed me

00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:35.380
 because of you

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:36.860
 right he gets

00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.420
 that something's

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.039
 up here

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:40.980
 he's aware that

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.559
 something's going

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.320
 on what's going

00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:43.160
 on there is that

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.900
 God is making

00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:44.920
 good on his

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:46.240
 covenant promises

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:47.240
 that through

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:49.000
 Jacob God will

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.940
 bless the nations

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.720
 of the world

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:52.059
 it's a little

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.880
 snippet of a

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.519
 glimpse of it

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:55.299
 there and so

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:56.019
 when God says

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.539
 to Jacob

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:58.359
 return home

00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:59.879
 and says

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.559
 I am with

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:00.680
 you

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.460
 these are not

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.079
 words that

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.720
 come without

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.720
 any backing

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:06.859
 right in the

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.200
 words of

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:08.099
 Corrie ten Boom

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:09.879
 who was

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.680
 imprisoned in a

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.379
 German concentration

00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:12.099
 camp during

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:13.000
 World War II

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.700
 and who knew

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.599
 more reasons

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.139
 than I think

00:24:15.139 --> 00:24:15.599
 any of us

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:16.440
 will ever know

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.639
 to worry

00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:20.359
 she said this

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:20.839
 she said never

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.519
 be scared to

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.940
 commit an

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.659
 unknown future

00:24:22.659 --> 00:24:23.159
 to a known

00:24:23.159 --> 00:24:23.539
 God

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:27.740
 too many

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.319
 mistakes in

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:28.960
 my past

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:31.399
 too many

00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:32.079
 unknowns about

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.680
 the future

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:35.639
 and God

00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:36.279
 says Jacob

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.680
 I'm going to

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:36.980
 deal with

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.319
 both of

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.539
 them

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:40.319
 and we read

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.680
 of Jacob

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.139
 from verse

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.639
 four he's

00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:42.279
 relaying that

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:43.000
 to Rachel

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.519
 and Leah

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.960
 and it's

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.619
 amazing isn't

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.200
 it this must

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.599
 be God

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.019
 because it's

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.539
 the first time

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.000
 those two have

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.639
 agreed in this

00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.359
 whole incident

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:52.099
 the writer's

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.619
 telling us

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.179
 that Jacob

00:24:53.179 --> 00:24:53.759
 is beginning

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.519
 to walk

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.500
 once again

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.359
 in light

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.059
 of who

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.979
 Yahweh

00:24:57.979 --> 00:24:58.819
 is

00:24:58.819 --> 00:25:00.719
 and he's

00:25:00.719 --> 00:25:01.179
 beginning to

00:25:01.179 --> 00:25:01.579
 think about

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.119
 the promises

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.699
 that he has

00:25:02.699 --> 00:25:03.339
 made him

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:04.299
 that are

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.979
 trustworthy

00:25:04.979 --> 00:25:06.000
 and if you

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.399
 think about

00:25:06.399 --> 00:25:06.859
 the original

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.479
 readers of

00:25:07.479 --> 00:25:08.019
 this who are

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.799
 that Israelite

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.359
 generation

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:10.019
 wandering in

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.459
 the wilderness

00:25:10.459 --> 00:25:12.379
 they read

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:13.179
 this what a

00:25:13.179 --> 00:25:14.179
 rallying call

00:25:14.179 --> 00:25:14.819
 to do the

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.159
 same

00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:16.740
 because this

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.139
 is if you

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:17.519
 think about

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:17.799
 it there's

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.359
 echoes

00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:20.539
 of the

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.299
 exodus

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:22.079
 all over

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.519
 this

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.559
 right

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.179
 if you think

00:25:24.179 --> 00:25:24.819
 about what's

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.240
 going on in

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.879
 Jacob's life

00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.359
 here he's

00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:26.759
 kind of

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:28.679
 in slavery

00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:29.500
 to this man

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.159
 Laban isn't

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:31.619
 he and God

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.299
 says I am

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:32.679
 with you

00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.279
 God calls

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.799
 him to go

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.099
 does that

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.659
 remind you of

00:25:34.659 --> 00:25:35.219
 anything that's

00:25:35.219 --> 00:25:35.799
 going on for

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.279
 these readers

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.839
 it must have

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.059
 done

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:38.559
 it must have

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:38.779
 done

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.779
 that's how

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.479
 God works

00:25:40.479 --> 00:25:41.699
 could it even

00:25:41.699 --> 00:25:43.240
 be that the

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.079
 generation who

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.519
 are wandering

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.179
 in the wilderness

00:25:45.179 --> 00:25:45.959
 could it even

00:25:45.959 --> 00:25:46.559
 be that they're

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.139
 at the 20

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:48.019
 year mark

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:49.779
 in that 40

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.740
 year journey

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:53.980
 could it even

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.639
 be that many

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.220
 of them like

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.160
 Jacob here

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:57.920
 are doubting

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:58.819
 God's goodness

00:25:58.819 --> 00:26:00.519
 questioning his

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.000
 promises

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:02.099
 looking at the

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.680
 failure and

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.379
 mistakes in their

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:03.960
 own life

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.779
 and what they're

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.420
 doing is they're

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.180
 just drifting

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:08.639
 and they're

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.200
 settling

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:12.720
 and Moses is

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.759
 saying just like

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.839
 Jacob and just

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.779
 like Isaac and

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.900
 Abraham before him

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.460
 you've got to

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:19.440
 start thinking

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.259
 about who this

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.720
 God is and

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.580
 taking out his

00:26:22.580 --> 00:26:23.280
 word and getting

00:26:23.280 --> 00:26:24.280
 back into the

00:26:24.280 --> 00:26:25.340
 slipstream of his

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:26.240
 promises in the

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.900
 future that he's

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:28.340
 won for you

00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:30.900
 come home

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:32.660
 return

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:36.600
 and from Jacob's

00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:37.460
 line dear friends

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.200
 will come another

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:39.080
 son who left

00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:39.400
 home

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:42.720
 not because of

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.780
 his mistakes and

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:46.240
 his sin but

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.799
 out of loving

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.960
 choice the

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:49.000
 father's choice

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:50.799
 to send the

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:53.180
 son is loving

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:54.119
 choice to save

00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:55.019
 us from our

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:56.960
 mistakes and

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:58.759
 sin and his

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.960
 choice to come to

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:01.559
 bring us home

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:04.000
 and that son

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:06.819
 will tell a story

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.899
 about another son

00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:08.660
 who was away from

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:10.639
 home one of the

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.180
 most famous

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:12.000
 stories that

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:13.160
 Jesus told

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:15.880
 ever told

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:17.740
 about another

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.660
 son who left

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:20.580
 home about

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:21.460
 another son who

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.259
 was estranged

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.220
 from his father

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:24.480
 about another

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:25.220
 son who didn't

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.960
 know about what

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.540
 kind of welcome

00:27:26.540 --> 00:27:27.259
 he would receive

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:28.040
 as he returned

00:27:28.040 --> 00:27:29.280
 home he didn't

00:27:29.280 --> 00:27:30.020
 want his father

00:27:30.020 --> 00:27:30.900
 in that story of

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.720
 the prodigal son

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.640
 he didn't want

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.280
 his father he

00:27:33.280 --> 00:27:34.020
 wanted his father

00:27:34.020 --> 00:27:35.840
 dead I want

00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:36.540
 your stuff I

00:27:36.540 --> 00:27:37.140
 don't want you

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:39.140
 and so the son

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:39.840
 goes and he

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.480
 lives the life

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.340
 of Riley he

00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:42.200
 goes girls he

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:43.000
 goes parties he

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.960
 goes clothes but

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.759
 eventually because

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:46.380
 of the folly he

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.360
 finds himself in

00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:48.520
 the pigsty and

00:27:48.520 --> 00:27:49.300
 when he comes to

00:27:49.300 --> 00:27:50.160
 his senses and

00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:51.280
 remembers his

00:27:51.280 --> 00:27:51.960
 father he thinks

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.840
 I've got to get

00:27:52.840 --> 00:27:54.340
 to him but as he

00:27:54.340 --> 00:27:55.320
 starts making that

00:27:55.320 --> 00:27:56.360
 journey home what

00:27:56.360 --> 00:27:57.620
 I'm sure came to

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:59.480
 mind too many

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.380
 mistakes in my

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:02.540
 past and

00:28:02.540 --> 00:28:04.340
 unknown too many

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:05.540
 unknowns about my

00:28:05.540 --> 00:28:06.640
 future what kind of

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:08.100
 gods am I going to

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:09.100
 encounter here

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:13.120
 and the walking

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:14.240
 son is met by the

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:15.020
 running father

00:28:15.020 --> 00:28:19.860
 fattened calf ring

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:21.080
 on his finger best

00:28:21.080 --> 00:28:22.759
 robe welcome home

00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:25.180
 because this God is

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:26.180
 a God of compassion

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:27.560
 and forgiveness and

00:28:27.560 --> 00:28:30.020
 grace but what is so

00:28:30.020 --> 00:28:30.940
 often missed as we

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:33.560
 tell that story it's

00:28:33.560 --> 00:28:34.540
 where the shame has

00:28:34.540 --> 00:28:36.560
 gone you see the

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:38.419
 shame that the son

00:28:38.419 --> 00:28:39.399
 deserved because of

00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:40.379
 running away from his

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:41.220
 father and saying I

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.159
 don't want you father

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:43.099
 the shame that should

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:44.139
 have been the sons

00:28:44.139 --> 00:28:46.019
 the father takes on

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:48.700
 himself no father in

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.460
 the Middle East would

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:51.019
 run it's not what you

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:53.419
 do don't humiliate

00:28:53.419 --> 00:28:54.379
 yourself like that no

00:28:54.379 --> 00:28:56.220
 no no but this father

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.980
 was willing to

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.779
 humiliate himself and

00:28:58.779 --> 00:29:00.099
 take the spotlight of

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.960
 shame that his son

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:02.099
 deserves on himself

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:04.439
 why so that his son can

00:29:04.439 --> 00:29:07.039
 come home and that is

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.219
 what Jesus does as he

00:29:08.219 --> 00:29:10.179
 goes to the cross to

00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:11.480
 take that from being a

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:13.039
 nice story to being a

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:14.740
 stunning reality why does

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:16.339
 Jesus go to the cross

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:18.059
 what is it that's made

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:19.639
 him leave home in search

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:21.559
 of rebels like us

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:26.579
 why does he propitiate

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:29.179
 turn away God's anger

00:29:29.179 --> 00:29:30.440
 against my sinful

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.859
 creaturely rebellion

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:33.200
 against this holy God

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:34.980
 why does Jesus take it on

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:37.460
 himself why does Jesus

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.980
 take the humiliation and

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:40.159
 shame that I deserve

00:29:40.159 --> 00:29:41.879
 why does he take the

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:43.139
 nails that I deserve

00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:44.519
 why will he shed his

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.359
 blood because it should

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:46.240
 have been my blood that

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.720
 was shed answer

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:51.700
 he does it so that by

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:53.039
 his grace I may be

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.640
 forgiven

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:57.279
 and that I might be

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.620
 adopted into the family

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.160
 of God

00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:01.819
 and that I might

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.880
 love him

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:05.180
 as he transforms my

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:06.279
 heart I didn't see these

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.960
 things before

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:09.380
 but he's on my eyes

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:10.120
 so that I can see the

00:30:10.120 --> 00:30:11.380
 all surpassing beauty

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:12.019
 of Jesus

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:14.420
 and I would live

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:15.480
 because I know him

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.759
 and I know the future

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:18.680
 and I know the thing

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.819
 that he's called me to

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:21.700
 and I know about the

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.839
 new creation that he

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.900
 will return and bring

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.940
 in one day where all

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:26.059
 wrongs will be right

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:28.279
 he calls me to live

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.879
 for that future

00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:33.779
 and ultimately he calls

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.480
 me to live for that

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.559
 better city where he

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.019
 is

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:39.140
 you see friends that is

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:40.079
 the gospel that I drift

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.879
 from all the time

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:44.839
 Jesus has done

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.339
 everything

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:47.379
 so that I may live

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.500
 for a better city

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:50.179
 mistakes in my past

00:30:50.179 --> 00:30:51.939
 guys he's dealt

00:30:51.939 --> 00:30:52.399
 with them

00:30:52.399 --> 00:30:54.819
 unknown future

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:56.419
 he holds me

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:57.220
 and he says

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:58.119
 I'm with you

00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:59.839
 to the very end

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.839
 and once we grasp

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.279
 that

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:04.459
 how could we settle

00:31:04.459 --> 00:31:06.419
 for the stuff

00:31:06.419 --> 00:31:07.119
 down here

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:09.000
 you know I love

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:10.399
 the funeral tomorrow

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:11.019
 looking at the order

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.459
 service

00:31:11.459 --> 00:31:12.119
 the song we're going

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.959
 to finish with tomorrow

00:31:12.959 --> 00:31:14.000
 is because he lives

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:15.000
 and it goes like this

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.859
 because he lives I can

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.599
 face tomorrow

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.940
 because he lives all

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.839
 fear is gone for I

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.539
 know that he holds

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.059
 the future

00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:22.359
 and life is worth the

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:23.579
 living just because he

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.900
 lives

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:26.940
 the answer to settling

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:28.440
 is not try harder

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.700
 just in case your mind's

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.460
 gone there already

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:32.519
 it's not be better

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.920
 it's not be a busier

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:35.019
 and a better Christian

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:36.279
 it's not serve in more

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.660
 ways

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.920
 it's not fill your

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.380
 calendar

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:39.400
 because that can drift

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.359
 so easily into

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:41.920
 legalism and moralism

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:45.620
 the solution

00:31:45.620 --> 00:31:46.240
 is a heart

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.980
 that's been gripped

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.940
 and transformed

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.500
 by

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:50.160
 and is swimming

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.880
 in the ocean

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:52.360
 of the loving

00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:53.340
 grace of Jesus

00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:54.420
 and the new

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:55.440
 identity that he

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:56.279
 has given us

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:58.279
 that he calls us

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:59.240
 by his grace

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.980
 to live for that

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.779
 better city

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:04.500
 you know just

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:04.920
 as we close

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.480
 I just want to tell

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:05.779
 you about my

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.560
 friend Kate

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:11.079
 there was a

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.720
 whatsapp group

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:13.339
 over the last

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.859
 couple of weeks

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.779
 for her birthday

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.399
 and she invited

00:32:15.399 --> 00:32:16.539
 all of us

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:16.980
 who kind of

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.799
 were in the same

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:19.220
 group of friends

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.940
 when we were young

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.779
 hanging out together

00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:21.559
 and so I kind of

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.619
 reconnected with all

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.419
 those guys recently

00:32:23.419 --> 00:32:25.599
 and I remember Kate

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:26.359
 when Kate was growing

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:26.679
 up

00:32:26.679 --> 00:32:29.259
 and I remember

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.299
 her becoming

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.859
 a Christian

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:32.720
 and so she went

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.720
 by the name Kate

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.299
 with a K

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:37.259
 and all of a sudden

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.779
 when she became

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.319
 a Christian

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.539
 she starts wanting

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.019
 to be known

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.460
 as Kate

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:40.980
 with a C

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:43.399
 and I was

00:32:43.399 --> 00:32:44.319
 during the 90s

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:44.740
 and it was

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.460
 only a few years

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.139
 after that thing

00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:46.619
 when Prince

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:47.159
 turned his name

00:32:47.159 --> 00:32:47.759
 into a symbol

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.200
 I just thought

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.839
 it was a fad

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:50.700
 I remember

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.579
 asking her why

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.740
 and she said

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:54.500
 the meaning

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:54.960
 of the name

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.659
 Catherine

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:56.279
 with a C

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.819
 which is my

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.680
 real name

00:32:57.680 --> 00:33:00.200
 the meaning

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.720
 of that name

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.559
 is purity

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:04.099
 and so

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:05.199
 having given

00:33:05.199 --> 00:33:05.699
 my life

00:33:05.699 --> 00:33:06.219
 to Jesus

00:33:06.219 --> 00:33:06.719
 having been

00:33:06.719 --> 00:33:07.459
 saved by him

00:33:07.459 --> 00:33:07.819
 I just want

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.399
 to draw a line

00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:09.139
 in the sand

00:33:09.139 --> 00:33:10.699
 between my

00:33:10.699 --> 00:33:11.579
 old life

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:11.980
 which was

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.219
 Kate

00:33:12.219 --> 00:33:12.659
 with a K

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:14.779
 and my new

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.480
 life that Jesus

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.139
 has called me

00:33:16.139 --> 00:33:16.719
 to which is

00:33:16.719 --> 00:33:16.899
 Kate

00:33:16.899 --> 00:33:17.359
 with a C

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:20.079
 because my

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.759
 previous life

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.359
 was dominated

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:22.480
 by my mistakes

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:24.240
 and my folly

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:25.559
 and it should

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.199
 have been me

00:33:26.199 --> 00:33:27.319
 with shame

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:28.619
 but Jesus

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.199
 has saved me

00:33:29.199 --> 00:33:29.879
 made me holy

00:33:29.879 --> 00:33:30.480
 and I'm going

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.000
 to live as a

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.579
 daughter of the

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:31.839
 king

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:33.759
 now the

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.399
 application of

00:33:34.399 --> 00:33:34.939
 that is not

00:33:34.939 --> 00:33:35.379
 let's all

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:36.059
 parade down

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.779
 to register's

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.220
 office and

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:37.619
 change our

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:37.959
 names

00:33:37.959 --> 00:33:40.579
 the application

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:41.439
 is because of

00:33:41.439 --> 00:33:42.039
 the gospel

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:44.859
 in Christ

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:47.019
 the old

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.599
 has gone

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:50.659
 and the new

00:33:50.659 --> 00:33:51.099
 has come

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:53.720
 and that's

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.220
 who you are

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:54.679
 today in

00:33:54.679 --> 00:33:55.500
 Jesus Christ

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:57.559
 to celebrate

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.059
 the gospel

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:59.000
 I love this

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.359
 song we're

00:33:59.359 --> 00:33:59.659
 going to

00:33:59.659 --> 00:34:00.439
 we sang it

00:34:00.439 --> 00:34:00.799
 earlier

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:02.960
 and we

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.399
 finish with

00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:03.559
 this

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:03.859
 these are

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.379
 the lyrics

00:34:04.379 --> 00:34:06.379
 and this

00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:06.680
 is what

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:06.960
 it's all

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.139
 about

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:07.399
 isn't it

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:07.819
 I was

00:34:07.819 --> 00:34:08.340
 blinded

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:08.779
 by my

00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:09.059
 sin

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:10.679
 I had

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.139
 no ears

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.519
 to hear

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.259
 your voice

00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:13.599
 did not

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:13.860
 know

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.320
 your love

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:14.699
 within

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:16.079
 had no

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.579
 taste

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.199
 for heaven's

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:17.619
 joys

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:19.519
 then your

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:19.860
 spirit

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.360
 gave me

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.719
 life

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.639
 opened up

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.119
 your word

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.739
 to me

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:24.460
 through

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.239
 the gospel

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:25.699
 of your

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:26.119
 son

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:28.360
 gave me

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.920
 endless hope

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.420
 in peace

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:31.019
 and so

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.579
 maybe that's

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:32.180
 you today

00:34:32.180 --> 00:34:33.519
 mistakes in

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:34.180
 the past

00:34:34.180 --> 00:34:35.159
 too many

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.780
 unknowns about

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.340
 the future

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:37.059
 God says

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.539
 because of

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:38.940
 who he is

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.519
 in Christ

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:41.000
 he says

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.420
 return

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:43.440
 so what we're

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:43.700
 going to do

00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:44.039
 now we're just

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.320
 going to have a

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:45.420
 moment of silence

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:47.700
 and let's just

00:34:47.700 --> 00:34:49.380
 pour out hearts

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:50.099
 before the Lord

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.840
 wherever you're at

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.320
 this morning

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:52.800
 whatever God's

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.720
 spirit however he

00:34:53.720 --> 00:34:54.460
 has taken it and

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.300
 apply this to your

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:56.180
 life let's

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:57.399
 pause and be

00:34:57.399 --> 00:34:58.199
 quiet reverently

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.739
 before the

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.079
 Lord

00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:05.940
 and so

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.299
 Father we

00:35:06.299 --> 00:35:07.019
 thank you

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:10.819
 for the

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.460
 truth of

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:12.679
 Romans 8

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:14.219
 chapter 1

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:16.799
 that there

00:35:16.799 --> 00:35:17.299
 is now

00:35:17.299 --> 00:35:17.899
 no

00:35:17.899 --> 00:35:19.440
 condemnation

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:21.559
 for those

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.279
 who are

00:35:22.279 --> 00:35:22.879
 in

00:35:22.879 --> 00:35:24.119
 Christ

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:25.079
 Jesus

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:28.299
 and so

00:35:28.299 --> 00:35:28.619
 Father I

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.159
 pray for us

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.659
 this morning

00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:30.019
 Lord

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:31.279
 many of us

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:31.860
 will be aware

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.119
 of the

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.779
 mistakes in

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 the past

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:35.799
 and I

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 pray

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 heavenly

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 father that

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 you would

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 bring that

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 knowledge by

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 your spirit

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.299
 who is dwelling

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:42.019
 in us he

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:42.440
 would bring

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:43.179
 that knowledge

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.599
 of the

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:44.159
 forgiveness

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:44.900
 that's found

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:46.319
 in Jesus

00:35:46.319 --> 00:35:47.900
 and the

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.799
 newness of

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 life that's

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 found in

00:35:49.799 --> 00:35:50.159
 Jesus

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:51.559
 and the

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.380
 all surpassing

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:53.219
 beauty of

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 life that's

00:35:53.819 --> 00:35:55.059
 found in

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.759
 Jesus

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 and Father

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.460
 as many of

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:58.840
 us here as

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.079
 well we

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.440
 think about

00:35:59.440 --> 00:35:59.980
 the unknown

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.619
 future we

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.039
 think about

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.460
 our church

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.259
 family Lord

00:36:02.259 --> 00:36:02.940
 just now and

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:04.199
 everything that

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:04.759
 many of us are

00:36:04.759 --> 00:36:05.259
 going through

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:05.799
 would your

00:36:05.799 --> 00:36:06.400
 spirit also

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:06.799
 bring that

00:36:06.799 --> 00:36:07.639
 deep conviction

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.759
 of what

00:36:08.759 --> 00:36:09.480
 Jesus has

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:10.039
 won for us

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.299
 on the

00:36:10.299 --> 00:36:10.699
 cross

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:11.759
 about how

00:36:11.759 --> 00:36:12.480
 he holds

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.059
 the future

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:14.199
 about how

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.799
 he is

00:36:14.799 --> 00:36:16.219
 sovereign over

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 everything that

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 happens today

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:18.779
 Lord be at

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 work in our

00:36:19.279 --> 00:36:19.820
 hearts we

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.179
 pray

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:21.559
 oh Lord

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:21.960
 help us

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.460
 never to

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.199
 settle

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 help us

00:36:24.859 --> 00:36:25.339
 always to

00:36:25.339 --> 00:36:26.460
 be those

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:26.919
 people who

00:36:26.919 --> 00:36:27.219
 have an

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:28.119
 eye on

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.839
 the future

00:36:28.839 --> 00:36:30.879
 and so Lord

00:36:30.879 --> 00:36:31.439
 we thank you

00:36:31.439 --> 00:36:31.859
 for your

00:36:31.859 --> 00:36:32.919
 goodness help

00:36:32.919 --> 00:36:33.619
 us to live for

00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:34.359
 your glory this

00:36:34.359 --> 00:36:35.079
 week we pray

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:36.119
 in Jesus'

00:36:36.379 --> 00:36:36.659
 name

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.839
 Amen

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:44.820
 Amen