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 All right, would you take the Word of God with me and turn to the book of Philippians?

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 Philippians chapter 1.

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 I am preaching an entire series of sermons in one day today.

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 I don't know why y'all laughing.

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 We will get out of here before 6 o'clock tonight, okay?

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 What time is the Super Bowl? 5? 5.30?

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 We'll get out of here before then, okay?

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 I'm kidding. We should be out around the normal time today.

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 And actually, we have a lunch for Discovering First Baptist.

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 Some of you received an invitation to that, so make sure you don't run out of here without coming to our lunch.

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 That is for, specifically, some of the guests we've been having with us recently,

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 some newer members to learn about our church, meet the staff, etc.

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 So if you received an invitation to that, I want to remind you about our Discovering First Baptist lunch right after the service.

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 That's at the Fellowship Hall toward the back of the building there.

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 Philippians chapter 1.

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 We're going to be looking specifically toward the end of the chapter.

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 But before we get into that,

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 I want to...

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 This really kind of is a series of sermons wrapped up in one sermon here.

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 So we're going to just touch on it lightly,

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 but I think it really ties in with the series we just concluded

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 from Matthew's Gospel about salt and light.

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 Talking, drawing from the Sermon on the Mount that Jesus preached.

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 Probably the most famous sermon ever preached on this earth.

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 And we took one of the core truths from it,

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 that God called us to be salt and light.

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 And that's who we are as a church.

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 We are the salt of the earth.

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 We are the light of the world.

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 And we covered that the last four Sundays.

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 That's available on the First Baptist Henrietta YouTube channel

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 if you'd like to get caught up on that.

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 But before we get into it,

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 let's look down at Philippians chapter 1.

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 The subject we're talking about today...

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 I don't know if I can get this to work.

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 How many of y'all were here on Wednesday night?

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 You remember my clicker wouldn't work?

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 It's still not working.

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 There we go.

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 It worked.

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 It worked.

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 There we go.

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 All right.

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 The subject...

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 I think I had slid the...

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 It's usually user error.

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 It's not usually the guys up there.

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 Matt's laughing.

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 He's like, yeah, he's right.

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 It is user error.

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 The subject we're talking about today

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 draws straight from Philippians 1 and verse 27.

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 That's these two words,

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 striving together.

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 Striving together.

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 So,

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 I want to

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 focus primarily on that verse,

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 verse 27.

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 But for the context of it,

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 let's read the whole chapter together.

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 And so,

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 out of respect for God's word,

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 if you're able to join me in standing,

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 would you do so now?

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 I know we've been up and down a little bit

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 during the service,

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 but let's stand one more time together,

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 if you can,

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 and let's read Philippians chapter 1,

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 verse...

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 Beginning in verse 1,

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 together.

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 I'm reading this time from the English Standard Version.

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 Actually, I believe I'm reading from the NIV on this one,

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 so I apologize for that.

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 There are many...

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 Tell you what.

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 How many of you,

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 if you happen to know what translation of the Bible

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 you're looking at right now,

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 would you shout it out?

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 Ready?

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 One, two, three.

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 Yeah, you hear all those different kinds?

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 That's all right.

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 There's nothing wrong with that at all.

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 God has preserved His word

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 in the English language

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 for generation after generation after generation

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 through different Bibles,

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 the Geneva Bible,

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 the King James Bible,

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 the Wycliffe Bible.

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 There's all kinds of Bibles

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 that have come up

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 since God's word was translated

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 into the English language,

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 and we're thankful for all of them.

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 Many...

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 Some of them may be a little far afield

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 from the original manuscripts that were found,

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 but normally the ones you'll find at Mardell's

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 or at a Christian bookstore

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 are just fine,

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 and we'll say more or less the same thing,

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 maybe just slightly different language.

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 So let's read it together.

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 I'm reading out of the NIV.

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 Paul and Timothy,

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 servants of Jesus Christ,

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 to all God's holy people

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 in Christ Jesus at Philippi,

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 together with the overseers and deacons,

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 grace and peace to you

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 from God,

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 our Father,

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 and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Verse 3.

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 I thank my God

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 every time I remember you.

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 Anybody say that's me?

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 People thank their God

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 every time they think of me.

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 Anybody?

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 No, nobody's bold enough

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 to raise their hand.

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 That was apparently

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 the testimony of this church,

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 and how special is that?

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 It's actually one of the early sermons

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 I preached at this church

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 in my tenure here

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 was about this church

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 and their unique reputation.

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 In the mind of Paul,

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 he was able to thank God

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 every time he remembered them.

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 Verse 4.

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 In all my prayers for all of you,

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 I always pray with joy

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 because of your partnership

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 in the gospel

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 from the first day until now.

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 You see why he was so pleased

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 to think of them?

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 Why he had so much joy

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 filling his heart

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 when he prayed for this church?

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 It was because they partnered

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 with him in the gospel.

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 What is the gospel?

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 It's a word that simply means

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 good news.

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 Back in the old days,

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 you would say

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 there's a Roman general

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 coming back to Rome

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 from a far land,

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 and he's bringing the gospel

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 of victories

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 in his battles

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 with the Roman armies.

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 So he would bring back

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 the good news

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 back to his home country.

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 That is exactly

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 what Jesus did for us.

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 He went to a far country,

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 and he fought a battle

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 on our behalf,

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 and he brings back

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 good news of victory over sin.

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 That's why we call it

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 the good news.

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 That's why we call it

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 the gospel.

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 It's the story

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 that you and I were sinners,

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 we were prisoners of sin,

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 we were brought up in sin,

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 born in sin,

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 had no way to escape it,

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 but Jesus came

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 and brought us victory.

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 He laid down his life,

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 he fought the battle,

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 he willingly sacrificed himself

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 on a cross

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 to pay that penalty of sin,

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 and because he did that,

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 you and I now

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 have an opportunity

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 to be saved,

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 to find freedom,

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 to find victory

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 because of this gospel.

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 So that's why we have churches.

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 That's why we sing

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 songs of praise.

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 That's why we go out

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 and tell this good news

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 to other people,

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 and when we partner together

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 in that,

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 it brings great joy

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 to all of us.

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 So that's what Paul was saying.

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 It brings great joy to me

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 because of your partnership

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 in getting this gospel out

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 from the first day

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 until now.

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 Being confident in this,

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 verse 6,

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 that he who began

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 a good work in you

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 will carry it on

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 to completion

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 until the day

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 of Christ Jesus.

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 Y'all, there's a lot

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 we could stop along

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 through this passage

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 and spend the rest

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 of our time together

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 talking about,

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 but I'm trying to give you

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 the context

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 as we get down

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 to the end of the chapter.

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 So he said,

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 God began a good work

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 in all of us.

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 He's going to carry it on

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 to its finish.

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 We can thank God

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 for that.

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 He's not done with us.

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 He's still working on us.

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 Verse 7,

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 And it's right for me

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 to feel this way

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 about all of you.

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 Since I have you

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 in my heart,

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 and whether I'm in chains,

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 sometimes he was arrested

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 for preaching the gospel,

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 or defending

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 and confirming the gospel,

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 all of you share

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 in God's grace with me.

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 God can testify

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 how I long

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 for all of you

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 with the affection

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 of Christ Jesus.

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 Sometimes he was arrested,

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 he was thrown in prison.

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 Sometimes his journeys

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 would take him elsewhere,

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 and he would miss

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 those Christians

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 he would leave behind

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 in Philippi

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 and Ephesus

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 and Corinth

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 and all these cities

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 that he would go to

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 and visit these churches.

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 Verse 9,

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 This is my prayer,

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 that your love

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 may abound,

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 grow,

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 more and more

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 in knowledge

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 and in depth

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 of insight

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 so that you

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 may be able

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 to discern

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 what is best

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 and may be pure

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 and blameless

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 for the day of Christ

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 when Jesus

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 comes back.

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 This is probably

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 a good stopping

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 point right here.

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 So why don't we pray

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 and ask God's blessings

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 on our service

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 and then we'll continue

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 on reading

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 the rest

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 of Philippians 1.

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 Lord, I thank you

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 for your blessing

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 on our church.

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 I thank you

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 for giving us

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 these holy scriptures.

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 I thank you

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 for your sacrifice

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 for us

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 on our behalf.

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 May everything

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 we do

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 in this service

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 and through

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 the work

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 of this church

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 be to glorify you,

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 to grow your kingdom,

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 to partner together

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 with this gospel.

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 And it's in Jesus' name

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 we ask it.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Thanks for standing

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 so long.

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 Let's pick it up here

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 when he said,

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 my goal for you

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 is that your love grows,

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 your knowledge

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 and insight grows

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 into God

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 so that you can discern

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 what is best,

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 you can be pure

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 when Jesus comes back.

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 Verse 11,

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 you can be filled

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 with the fruit

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 of righteousness

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 that comes through

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 Jesus Christ

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 to the glory

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 and praise of God.

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 Now let's look

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 at verse 12.

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 Ready?

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 I want you to know,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 that what has happened

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 to me

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 has actually served

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 to advance

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 the gospel.

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 You know what that means?

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 Get it out more.

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 Spread this good news

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 everywhere.

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 Go tell it on the mountains,

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 over the hills

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 and everywhere.

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 So he said

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 all the bad things

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 that have happened

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 to me

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 when the religious leaders

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 didn't like

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 what I was saying,

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 when the government

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 didn't like

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 what I was saying,

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 when the soldiers

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 didn't like

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 what I was saying,

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 when I got shipwrecked,

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 when I got snakebitten,

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 when I got diseases,

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 all these things

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 that have happened

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 to me

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 have actually served

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 to advance

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 the gospel

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 and as a result

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 in verse 13,

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 it's become clear

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 throughout the whole

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 palace guard,

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 the guys that were

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 guarding him

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 and to everyone else

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 around him

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 that I am in chains

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 for Christ.

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 His reputation

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 was intact.

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 His reputation

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 was strong.

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 He was not suffering

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 because he was

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 a terrible man,

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 had committed

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 terrible crimes.

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 It was clear

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 to the prison guards

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 and to everybody else

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 that this man

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 was suffering

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 because of his faith

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 in Jesus.

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 So,

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 verse 14,

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 because of these chains,

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 most of the brothers

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 and sisters

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 have become confident

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 in the Lord

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 and dare all the more

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 to proclaim the gospel

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 without fear.

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 Y'all,

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 this church

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 existed in a day

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 when you could not

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 freely go

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 and share your faith

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 like we can here

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 in America.

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 And because Paul

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 was arrested

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 and locked in prison,

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 he was so confident

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 and refused to give up,

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 refused to have his spirit

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 broken

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 or his will

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 to accomplish

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 God's will

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 deterred,

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 this man

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 was like a dog

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 with a bone.

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 He just wouldn't stop.

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 Couldn't take it

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 away from him.

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 And so,

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 the church

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 latched onto that.

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 They said,

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 we need that kind

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 of confidence.

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 We need that kind

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 of spirit

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 like Paul has.

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 So,

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 Paul's imprisonment

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 was actually

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 driving them

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 all the more

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 to proclaim

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 the gospel

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 without fear.

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 Verse 15.

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 He addresses

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 some problems

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 that have come up.

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 He said,

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 it's true

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 that some people

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 that you will hear,

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 some preach Christ

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 out of envy

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 and rivalry,

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 but others

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 preach it

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 out of good will.

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 The ones

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 preaching out

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 of good will,

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 these latter ones,

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 they do so

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 out of love.

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 They know

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 that I am put here

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 for the defense

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 of the gospel.

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 The other ones

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 that preach

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 the gospel,

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 preach Christ

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 out of poor motives,

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 out of envy

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 and rivalry.

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 He said,

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 the former

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 preached Christ

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 out of selfish

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 ambition,

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 not sincerely,

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 supposing they can

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 stir up trouble

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 for me

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 while I'm in chains.

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 He said,

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 some people

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 will preach

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 the Bible,

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 they'll preach

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 Jesus,

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 they'll preach

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 the gospel

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 out of bad motives,

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 serving themselves,

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 they have their

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 own agenda.

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 Verse 18,

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 this was Paul's

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 perspective on that.

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 We recognize that

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 sometimes in churches

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 you go

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 or you turn on

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 the TV

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 and you hear people

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 supposedly preaching

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 Jesus and you just

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 feel like they don't

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 have the right motives.

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 It may not always

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 be saying

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 the exact truth.

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 Verse 18,

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 Paul says,

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 what does it matter?

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 The important thing

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 is that in every way,

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 whether from false

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 motives or true,

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 Christ is preached.

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 And because of this,

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 I rejoice.

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 Isn't that interesting?

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 Paul would not let

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 himself get drawn

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 into any controversies.

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 While Paul was locked

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 up in prison,

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 there'd be others

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 out there trying to

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 make him look bad,

00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:09.100
 trying to take his

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 place,

00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:11.399
 trying to get his

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 fame and influence

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 throughout these

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 churches

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 and this world.

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 Sometimes it was

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 for financial gain.

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 They'd think that

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 Paul's got to be

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 making all kinds

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 of money going

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 around traveling

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 to all these churches

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 and preaching.

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 Let me see if I can

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 get some of that money

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 while he's in prison.

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 Some of it was

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 influence.

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 There was all kinds

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 of reasons

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 why people

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 would be

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 preaching

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 Christ

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 out of wrong

00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:35.820
 motivations.

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 Paul said,

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 you're not going

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 to draw me

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 into

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 tearing those

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 people down.

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 You're not going

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 to start a war

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 between me and them.

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 You're not going

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 to distract me

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 from my focus,

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 my calling,

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 my purpose.

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 He said,

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 whatever their

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 motivations are,

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 I'm glad they're

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 telling people

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 about Jesus.

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 I'm glad that

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 God is using

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 them regardless

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 of what's in it

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 for them.

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 I'm glad that

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 God's name

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 is getting out.

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 It's an interesting

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 perspective that I

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 think we could do

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 well to learn from.

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 And he said,

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 because of this,

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 I rejoice.

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 And I will continue

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 to rejoice.

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 Verse 19,

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 because I know

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 that through your

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 prayers and God's

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 provision of the

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 spirit of Jesus

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 Christ, what has

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 happened to me

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 will turn out

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 for my deliverance.

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 God will use it

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 for good.

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 God will get me

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 out of here

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 when the time's

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 right.

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 God's not going

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 to let all my

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 work go to vain,

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 go in vain.

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 God is going

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 to come through

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 and he believed

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 it.

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 So verse 20,

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 I eagerly expect

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 and hope that I

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 will in no way

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 be ashamed,

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 but now I will

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 have sufficient

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 courage.

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 So now as always,

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 Christ will be

00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:53.699
 exalted in my

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 body, whether by

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 life or by death.

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 For to me,

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 to live is Christ.

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 It's what it's

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 about.

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 To die,

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 it's just gain.

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 It's more.

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 It's more of Christ.

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 I get to go home

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 and be in heaven

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 with Jesus forever.

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 How great is that

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 going to be?

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 You see how Paul

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 was single-minded?

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 He had such a

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 laser focus on God's

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 purpose for his life.

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 Verse 22,

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 if I am to go on

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 living in this body,

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 that will mean

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 fruitful labor for me.

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 But what should I

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 choose?

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 I don't know.

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 I'm torn between

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 these two options.

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 I desire to depart

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 and to be with

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 Christ,

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 and that's better

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 by far.

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 Verse 24,

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 but it's more

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 necessary for you

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 that I remain here

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 in this body

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 with you.

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 convinced of this.

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 I know that I

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 will remain.

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 He's not going to

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 end his life

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 before it's time.

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 He said,

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 I will remain

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 and I will

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 continue

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 with all of you

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 for your progress

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 and joy

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 in the faith

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 so that through

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 my being with you,

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 again,

00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:15.039
 your boasting

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 in Christ Jesus

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 will abound

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 on account

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 of me.

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 What's he saying?

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 If I stay with you

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 and pour myself

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 into God's work

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 for me,

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 God's purpose

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 for me,

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 and become so close

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 with Jesus

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 through walking

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 with him,

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 working with him

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 for your behalf,

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 then your faith

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 will grow

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 so much more.

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 And you're boasting

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 and everything

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 that you live

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 your life for

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 will not be

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 about yourself.

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 It will grow

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 and cause you

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 to be closer

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 to Jesus Christ

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 because of the work

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 that God does

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 through me.

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 That's what Paul's

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 telling us.

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 So now we get

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 to our key verse.

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 It's been a little

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 while getting there,

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 but thanks for

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 hanging with me

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 through that.

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 Verse 27.

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 Whatever happens,

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 here is his message

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 to them.

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 Whatever happens,

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 conduct yourselves

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 in a manner

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 worthy

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 of the gospel

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 of Christ.

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 Then,

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 whether I come

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 and see you

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 or only hear

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 about you

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 in my absence,

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 I will know

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 that you

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 stand firm

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 in one spirit,

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 striving

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 together

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 as one

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 for the faith

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 of the gospel.

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 Some of the greatest

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 words that Paul

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 ever wrote.

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 They clarify,

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 they crystallize,

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 they make very

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 understandable

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 and plain

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 our purpose

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 as followers

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 of Jesus

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 gathered together

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 in a church.

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 He makes it

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 so clear

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 what we are

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 to be about.

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 and not

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 being frightened

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 in any way

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 by those

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 who oppose you

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 because this

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 is a sign

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 to them

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 that they

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 will be

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 destroyed

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 but that

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 you will

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 be saved

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 by God.

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 So folks,

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 what it comes

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 down to

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 is the end

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 of verse 27

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 right there.

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 Standing firm

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 in one spirit,

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 God's spirit,

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 striving

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 together

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 as one

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 for the faith

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 of the gospel.

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 That's what

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 we are going

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 to talk about

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 today.

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 And in the

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 few minutes

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 we have left,

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 I hope that

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 you leave here

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 today with

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 an understanding

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 of what it

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 means to

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 strive together

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 for the faith

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 of the gospel.

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 Let's think

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 about that

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 word strive.

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 When I look

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 at it,

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 and I looked

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 at it in all

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 these different

00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:54.440
 translations,

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 and even went

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 back to the

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 root word that

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 was written

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 down originally

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 in Greek,

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 and looking

00:19:59.799 --> 00:20:00.180
 at this,

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 what does it

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 mean when it

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 says this

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 word strive?

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 Maybe your

00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:03.559
 Bible says

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 contend.

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 Maybe it

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 says struggle.

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 And what it

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 seems to be

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 is that

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 struggle.

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 Because Paul

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 understands that

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.519
 it's a struggle.

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 We're fighting

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 something.

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 We're fighting

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 an enemy.

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 Something is

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 resisting us,

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 so we have

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 to strive,

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 we have to

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 fight, we have

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 to contend,

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 we have to

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 struggle.

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 struggle.

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 So, you

00:20:31.479 --> 00:20:31.699
 know where

00:20:31.699 --> 00:20:32.319
 my mind

00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:32.679
 went?

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 My mind

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 went to

00:20:34.979 --> 00:20:36.559
 Philippians

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 127.

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 That's where

00:20:38.419 --> 00:20:38.919
 it came from

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 because that

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.679
 was the text

00:20:39.679 --> 00:20:40.199
 we just read.

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 But you

00:20:40.459 --> 00:20:41.039
 know where

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:41.500
 it went

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.099
 after I

00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:42.979
 realized that

00:20:42.979 --> 00:20:43.299
 this is

00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:43.859
 talking about

00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:44.319
 a struggle?

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 It went

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:45.579
 here.

00:20:46.479 --> 00:20:46.959
 The struggle

00:20:46.959 --> 00:20:47.459
 is real.

00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:49.439
 Paul knew

00:20:49.439 --> 00:20:49.979
 that, didn't

00:20:49.979 --> 00:20:50.179
 he?

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.459
 He knew

00:20:51.459 --> 00:20:52.359
 that this

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:53.139
 struggle that

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:53.719
 we're in

00:20:53.719 --> 00:20:54.539
 is very

00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:55.079
 real.

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.219
 Now, if you

00:20:56.219 --> 00:20:57.079
 spend time on

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:58.000
 social media at

00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.599
 all, and I

00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:59.359
 can't say I

00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:00.160
 recommend it,

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 but you're

00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:01.640
 probably going to

00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:02.259
 do it whether I

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:02.759
 recommend it or

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 not.

00:21:03.619 --> 00:21:04.859
 I find myself on

00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.599
 there sometimes,

00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:06.680
 not as much as I

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.359
 used to be because

00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:08.019
 I just don't have

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.740
 the time for it.

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.980
 But you will see

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:12.559
 sometimes memes or

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:13.680
 people using this

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.380
 phrase, the

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:15.339
 struggle is real.

00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:17.099
 I don't know if

00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:17.660
 that came from the

00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:18.599
 millennial generation

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 or what it was.

00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:20.079
 That feels like

00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.819
 something that came

00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:21.140
 from the

00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:21.480
 millennials.

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:23.559
 I is one, so

00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:25.059
 I get it.

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.680
 The struggle is

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:27.000
 real.

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.940
 Now, normally,

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.720
 that's kind of

00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:29.940
 said tongue-in-cheek

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:31.440
 about something that

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.559
 isn't really that

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.579
 much of a hardship,

00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:35.220
 but it's kind of an

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:36.920
 annoyance, you know?

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.900
 Man, I ran out of

00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:40.019
 coffee this morning,

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:41.180
 and I didn't know it,

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:41.960
 and so I got up,

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.799
 and I had to start my

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.759
 morning without coffee.

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.380
 Hashtag, the

00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:46.160
 struggle is real.

00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:48.019
 It's like, yeah,

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:49.339
 first world problems,

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:49.640
 man.

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.400
 Your life is really

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:51.000
 rough out there.

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.519
 Normally, that's how

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.400
 we use that.

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:56.339
 However, this life

00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:57.539
 is a struggle,

00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:58.500
 genuinely.

00:21:59.059 --> 00:22:00.619
 There is real

00:22:00.619 --> 00:22:01.500
 struggle that you

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:02.500
 and I have to face

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.839
 all the time,

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.779
 and it's not often

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.959
 the things that make

00:22:06.959 --> 00:22:07.939
 us post on social

00:22:07.939 --> 00:22:09.659
 media, but there is

00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:10.659
 real struggle going

00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:11.859
 on in our hearts.

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:14.179
 Anybody know what's

00:22:14.179 --> 00:22:15.279
 happening at 530

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:15.579
 today?

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:19.539
 Y'all look quiet

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:20.039
 bunch, man.

00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:20.759
 What's happening at

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.439
 530 today?

00:22:22.439 --> 00:22:23.259
 Super Bowl, there we

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.899
 go, there we go,

00:22:24.139 --> 00:22:24.740
 there we go.

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.419
 We've got to cut the

00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:27.980
 air down and wake

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.439
 everybody up.

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:28.859
 I don't know.

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:32.019
 Patrick Mahomes

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:33.879
 recently reopened up

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.740
 about the Chiefs'

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.740
 journey to Super Bowl

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.279
 58.

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.220
 Now, this year is

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:38.119
 Super Bowl 59.

00:22:38.939 --> 00:22:40.980
 Last year, it was

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:42.799
 Super Bowl 58, and

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.480
 you know who won?

00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:45.799
 Chiefs, yes.

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.819
 So glad for you,

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.019
 man.

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:52.319
 You did not watch

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.120
 the whole entire game.

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:53.880
 You were running in

00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.740
 and out some, man.

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:59.519
 Listen, the Chiefs

00:22:59.519 --> 00:22:59.940
 won it.

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.799
 They're trying to win

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.740
 three in a row this

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.019
 year.

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.819
 If you don't care

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.799
 about football at all,

00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:04.380
 that's okay.

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.180
 Just listen to this

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:06.120
 part of the story here.

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:08.240
 Patrick Mahomes

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.799
 opened up recently

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:11.240
 about his team's

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:12.019
 journey to Super Bowl

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:13.079
 58 last year.

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:14.619
 revealing why this

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:15.819
 championship holds a

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.779
 special place in his

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.039
 heart.

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:19.099
 In a candid interview

00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:20.519
 with NBC Sports,

00:23:20.639 --> 00:23:21.519
 Mahomes painted a

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:23.279
 picture of a season

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.839
 filled with unexpected

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:26.259
 challenges and hard

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.980
 fought victories.

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.759
 They didn't just coast

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.980
 to a Super Bowl last

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.199
 year.

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:32.039
 If they can pull it

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:33.039
 off and beat a very

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:34.179
 powerful Chiefs team

00:23:34.179 --> 00:23:35.779
 and win this third in

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.539
 a row, you can

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.279
 definitely look at

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.199
 their season and see

00:23:38.199 --> 00:23:39.299
 that they didn't coast

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.659
 to a Super Bowl this

00:23:40.659 --> 00:23:41.259
 year either.

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:43.519
 But he's talking

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.400
 about last season

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:46.059
 and he says, this

00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:46.920
 interview says, he

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:48.039
 didn't shy away from

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:49.400
 accepting the team's

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:51.259
 struggles, particularly

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:52.259
 on offense.

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:52.879
 Well, he's the

00:23:52.879 --> 00:23:53.980
 quarterback, so that's

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.759
 his part of the team,

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.000
 right?

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.900
 He spoke of the

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.900
 constant effort to

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:59.299
 improve week after

00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:01.799
 week, adding, this

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.579
 year it was the

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:03.660
 defense that kind of

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.460
 led the team.

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:06.920
 And the offense, we

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.480
 dealt with our

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:07.819
 struggles.

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:09.319
 We had to continue

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.839
 to just work to get

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:12.079
 better every single

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.399
 week.

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.339
 He even remembered a

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:15.019
 moment that came after

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:16.419
 the final regular season

00:24:16.419 --> 00:24:17.279
 game against the

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.720
 Chargers.

00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:19.339
 Mahomes had a

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.099
 conversation with

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:22.579
 Travis Kelsey, the

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.379
 tight end for the

00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:25.299
 team, surefire Hall of

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:27.319
 Fame player, dating

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.039
 Taylor Swift.

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.399
 For those of you that

00:24:29.399 --> 00:24:30.079
 don't follow football,

00:24:30.439 --> 00:24:31.200
 put it in context.

00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:33.519
 Where he said, if we

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:36.159
 win this one, it's

00:24:36.159 --> 00:24:36.839
 going to hurt those

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.679
 guys, man, because

00:24:37.679 --> 00:24:38.839
 this isn't the one

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.779
 we're supposed to

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.000
 win.

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.500
 See, the Chiefs have

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.480
 established themselves

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:43.859
 as a dynasty in

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.959
 football, kind of the

00:24:44.959 --> 00:24:45.679
 team to beat.

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:46.720
 Used to be the

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.679
 Patriots under Tom

00:24:47.679 --> 00:24:47.939
 Brady.

00:24:48.699 --> 00:24:49.599
 There was a day when

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.359
 it was the Cowboys.

00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:52.119
 Feels so long ago.

00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:54.059
 So long ago.

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.439
 But the Chiefs have

00:24:56.439 --> 00:24:57.259
 kind of become that

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:58.139
 team, you know, they're

00:24:58.139 --> 00:24:59.259
 the one to beat, and

00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:00.019
 that's why everybody

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.799
 loves to hate the

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.459
 Chiefs, because once

00:25:01.459 --> 00:25:02.199
 you reach the top of

00:25:02.199 --> 00:25:02.740
 the mountaintop,

00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.459
 everybody's gunning

00:25:03.459 --> 00:25:03.819
 for you.

00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:06.740
 But last year, they

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.740
 showed struggle.

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.980
 They looked beatable.

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.960
 Many times during the

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.940
 regular season, it was,

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.720
 man, I don't think it's

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.380
 going to be the Chiefs

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:13.720
 this year.

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.680
 So he said, I know it's

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.779
 going to hurt that team

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:19.920
 that lost to us, because

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.859
 this wasn't supposed to

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.380
 be our year.

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:24.039
 This underdog mentality,

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.859
 which would be unusual

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:28.259
 for the Chiefs, seemed to

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:29.500
 fuel their playoff run.

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.839
 As the postseason

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.819
 unfolded, the Chiefs

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.700
 found their rhythm.

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:34.799
 Each game presented a

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.759
 new challenge from the

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.799
 Dolphins in the wild

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:38.559
 card, to the Bills in

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.580
 the divisional round, the

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:40.539
 Ravens in the AFC

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.880
 championship, and finally,

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:44.000
 the 49ers in the Super

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.220
 Bowl.

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:46.160
 Yet with each victory,

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.759
 their confidence soared.

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:50.860
 Mahomes finished his

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:52.640
 interview by saying, the

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:54.059
 struggle was extremely

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.700
 real.

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:58.600
 That struggle, from a

00:25:58.600 --> 00:26:00.400
 football perspective, was

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:01.220
 real for them.

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.240
 That wasn't said tongue

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.700
 in cheek, wasn't a joke,

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.759
 their struggle was very

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.019
 real.

00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:09.700
 But it ended with that

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.000
 scene.

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.700
 It ended with that

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.000
 picture.

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.820
 I don't know what's

00:26:13.820 --> 00:26:14.600
 going to happen tonight

00:26:14.600 --> 00:26:15.460
 with this team.

00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:16.340
 I don't know what's

00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:16.920
 going to happen with

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.700
 Mahomes, if he's going

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.920
 to hold up another

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.920
 trophy or not.

00:26:22.060 --> 00:26:23.380
 But that last year's

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:25.000
 Super Bowl itself was a

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:26.380
 dramatic overtime affair,

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:28.320
 capped off by what is

00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:29.120
 considered one of the

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.339
 greatest winning throws

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:31.879
 of Mahomes' career.

00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.399
 The struggle from

00:26:33.399 --> 00:26:35.399
 beginning to end was

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:35.959
 very real.

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:40.059
 This word striving that

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:42.659
 we see back in Philippians

00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:46.619
 1 and verse 27, let's

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.579
 look at it together here.

00:26:48.719 --> 00:26:49.799
 Whatever happens, conduct

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.619
 yourselves in a manner

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.759
 worthy of the gospel of

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.039
 Christ.

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.500
 Whether I come and see you

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:55.099
 or only hear about you in

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:56.359
 my absence, I will know

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:57.959
 that you stood firm in the

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.299
 spirit.

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.519
 Can we say these two

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.640
 highlighted words together?

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:04.120
 Striving together as one

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:06.579
 for the faith of the gospel.

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.799
 What does it mean?

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:09.579
 It means fighting or

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.880
 contending together.

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:13.360
 It means fighting shoulder

00:27:13.360 --> 00:27:15.400
 to shoulder, or the

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:16.120
 contemporary English

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:17.680
 version says struggling

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:19.519
 side by side.

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:22.519
 This is what Paul was

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:24.400
 hoping he would hear about

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:25.440
 the churches he had

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.680
 visited, specifically this

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:28.019
 one here in Philippi.

00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:32.460
 This is what you and I

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:35.240
 are supposed to be doing

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:36.860
 in this life.

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:39.920
 Struggling side by side.

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:43.340
 Is that how we would

00:27:43.340 --> 00:27:46.019
 describe what we do as a

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.340
 church?

00:27:47.600 --> 00:27:48.640
 This word,

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:51.779
 synathleo, means to

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:53.400
 struggle along with.

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:55.280
 That's the word that we

00:27:55.280 --> 00:27:56.900
 get this word striving or

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:58.440
 contending from.

00:28:01.320 --> 00:28:03.940
 To struggle along with.

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:07.080
 Y'all, what I want to do

00:28:07.080 --> 00:28:11.460
 is struggle along with you

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:13.800
 in our partnership in the

00:28:13.800 --> 00:28:14.120
 gospel.

00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:17.440
 What I hope you do with

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:19.800
 each other is struggle along

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:22.480
 together in our partnership

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.200
 in the gospel.

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.740
 That is what we're

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:27.359
 supposed to be doing as a

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:27.659
 church.

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:30.059
 The struggle is real.

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:32.460
 And we have an opportunity

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:34.759
 to struggle together.

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.899
 You're not alone.

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.480
 You're not on an island.

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:40.639
 Oftentimes it feels that way.

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.500
 I've visited churches in

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:44.259
 rural areas of this country

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:45.399
 that felt like they were

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:45.960
 alone, man.

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.579
 They're the only ones that

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.799
 really care and they're the

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:50.159
 only ones trying to do

00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:50.839
 God's work.

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:52.720
 And it's so refreshing to

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:54.059
 be able to go and tell

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.980
 those churches, y'all,

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:56.000
 there's churches all across

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.599
 your state, all across this

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:59.019
 country, and all around the

00:28:59.019 --> 00:29:00.980
 world struggling together

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.579
 with you.

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:03.299
 Fighting the same fight.

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.680
 And what we read in

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:06.200
 Philippians here, striving

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:07.240
 together.

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.940
 So we are the church.

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:12.799
 And we are together for

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.579
 the gospel.

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:15.500
 That's what we're here for.

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:20.480
 We exist to propagate or

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:22.380
 advance God's kingdom.

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:24.980
 To get this message out.

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.700
 That's what we're here for.

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:30.039
 If not, if we have no purpose

00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:31.759
 left here on this earth, then

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.519
 what's going to happen?

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.980
 God's going to bring us on

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.160
 home.

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.339
 We're all going to get

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:36.720
 together in heaven and have a

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:38.099
 beautiful forever more.

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:40.680
 But until that day comes, we do

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.359
 have a purpose.

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:44.140
 And it's to be together for the

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:44.460
 gospel.

00:29:44.580 --> 00:29:45.440
 So how do we do this?

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:47.560
 How do we strive or struggle

00:29:47.560 --> 00:29:48.340
 together?

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:50.140
 Very quickly, there's some very

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:52.080
 clear and obvious points I want

00:29:52.080 --> 00:29:53.620
 to share with you today before

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.060
 we leave.

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:55.500
 Number one, we gather together.

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.780
 We gather together.

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:58.560
 Well, hey, y'all got that part

00:29:58.560 --> 00:29:59.500
 down because you're here.

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.040
 All right?

00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:00.660
 You're gathered.

00:30:01.300 --> 00:30:02.680
 That's what the word church

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.200
 means.

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:05.160
 The word we get that from in the

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:06.200
 scripture is ecclesia.

00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:08.680
 It means a called out assembly.

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:10.660
 People would use it in the local

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.940
 governments back then.

00:30:12.020 --> 00:30:13.780
 They'd say it's time for a city

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:15.259
 hall meeting or a town hall

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.599
 meeting.

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:17.960
 So let's get together into this

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:20.240
 ecclesia and let's conduct our

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.700
 business.

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:22.440
 Let's gather and get this done.

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:24.940
 That is what God established for

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.359
 the church.

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:27.099
 It's what he envisioned that the

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.799
 church would be.

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:29.379
 This called out assembly.

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:31.299
 This gathering together of

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.660
 believers.

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:33.160
 It's not about this building.

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:34.700
 We could do this in the park.

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.899
 We could do this in somebody's

00:30:35.899 --> 00:30:36.240
 house.

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:38.139
 But this place serves our needs

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:39.740
 and purposes well and we thank God

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.319
 for it.

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:43.359
 But what it is is the gathering of

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:43.740
 people.

00:30:43.939 --> 00:30:45.539
 So that is what we're called to do

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:47.659
 and that's the first thing the very

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:50.240
 basic foundation for our struggling

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:51.700
 together is we've got to get

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.079
 together.

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:53.339
 We've got to gather.

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.240
 So how do we do that?

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:56.500
 Well, we have Sunday school classes at

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.039
 930.

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:58.899
 We have worship service at 1045.

00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:01.339
 Family worship on worship Wednesdays

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.099
 at 6 p.m.

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:03.740
 We have activities for all ages

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.500
 following that.

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:06.539
 Sunday, Monday, Tuesday we have

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:08.500
 evening d groups that happen.

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:11.420
 So we have all kinds of opportunities

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:15.319
 for you to gather together because

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:18.160
 the struggle is real and we've got

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:20.279
 to struggle along side by side.

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:22.779
 So we gather together.

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:25.500
 The Chiefs were together for their

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.019
 Super Bowl.

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:28.519
 They gathered every Sunday and they

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:30.299
 gave it their all and sometimes they

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:31.140
 would mess up.

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:33.259
 Sometimes they would lose.

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:35.480
 But in the end they won.

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:37.000
 Now listen, you might hate the Chiefs

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:38.220
 and you might not care a lick about

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:39.099
 football and that's okay.

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:40.519
 You kind of wish I'd quit talking

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.740
 about them and move on to the rest

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.180
 of the sermon.

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.259
 That's all right.

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:44.279
 Listen, we're going to do that.

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:46.180
 But today's Super Bowl Sunday so you

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:47.160
 got to just kind of put up with a

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.519
 little bit.

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:52.319
 Listen, we may not always win every

00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:52.700
 victory.

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:54.680
 We might lose some battles along the

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:57.420
 way but we know that ultimately we

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:58.539
 will hoist the trophy.

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.200
 You know why?

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:01.519
 Because Jesus paid the cost for us.

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:04.200
 Jesus already won the victory for us.

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:06.559
 So if we keep struggling along

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:10.740
 together, we are assured of certain

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.259
 victory.

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:18.279
 So, how do we struggle together and win

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:19.620
 the fights that we have to fight

00:32:19.620 --> 00:32:20.259
 every day?

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:22.299
 We gather together.

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:24.059
 Secondly, we grow together.

00:32:24.860 --> 00:32:26.059
 We grow together.

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:28.920
 It's not just about gathering.

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:33.820
 If you stop gathering, it's very

00:32:33.820 --> 00:32:35.220
 unlikely you'll get to the growing

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.759
 stage.

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:38.759
 Maybe at some point you were growing.

00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:41.519
 Maybe that growing has slowed down.

00:32:42.560 --> 00:32:45.680
 We have so many opportunities to

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:48.019
 gather but not just gather but grow

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:50.320
 together in those gatherings.

00:32:51.300 --> 00:32:52.039
 Sunday school.

00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:54.220
 We go deeper together in these

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.640
 classes.

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:57.220
 You get to know one another a little

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.620
 bit better.

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:59.620
 There's structured environment of

00:32:59.620 --> 00:33:00.100
 teaching.

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:02.480
 Sunday school at 930.

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:04.920
 We have classes for all ages from

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:08.019
 the littles all the way up to those

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:10.039
 who are not so little or little in

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.980
 age anymore.

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:13.519
 Sunday school is a wonderful

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.039
 opportunity.

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:15.860
 It's been around a long time and I

00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:17.640
 encourage you all to look at a

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:19.339
 finding a class if you don't have one

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:22.180
 at 930 to go deeper together.

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:24.460
 That is a wonderful way to grow.

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:27.279
 So starting point is an outstanding

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:30.299
 option to lay a firm foundation in

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:31.220
 this Christian faith.

00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:32.720
 What does the Bible teach us?

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:34.519
 What do we know about God?

00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:36.860
 And how can we get to know him

00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:37.160
 better?

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:39.079
 What purpose does he have for my

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.480
 life?

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:41.680
 And these are some basic foundations

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:43.620
 of the Christian faith that we're

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:45.200
 going to be starting next Sunday.

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:47.340
 So that's why I encourage you look

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:47.940
 into that.

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:49.579
 See if you'd like to come join us

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:52.220
 upstairs room 201 for starting

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:54.839
 point Sunday sermon proclaiming and

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.960
 applying the gospel.

00:33:57.880 --> 00:34:01.180
 God called certain of his shepherds to

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:03.519
 stand before his people and proclaim

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:07.240
 the good news of Jesus and apply it

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:10.199
 not just read the scriptures but give

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:11.619
 the understanding of them.

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:14.240
 That has to come from the Holy Spirit.

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:18.219
 So you have to look and listen and judge

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:21.779
 everything that I say by the words of

00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:25.159
 scripture and then learn from it and

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:28.119
 allow God to grow you from what is

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:29.599
 preached what is taught in Sunday

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:31.099
 school what is taught in starting point

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:33.619
 what is preached on Sundays Wednesday

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:35.719
 workshops these are specialized Bible

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.139
 teaching.

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:38.619
 We have it for the RAs and the GAs we

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:40.759
 have it for the teens we have it for the

00:34:40.759 --> 00:34:42.619
 even younger ones who aren't quite old

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:44.299
 enough for RAs and GAs with their

00:34:44.299 --> 00:34:46.319
 their what is that called worship

00:34:46.319 --> 00:34:50.239
 friends and what's that mission for I

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:51.179
 think it used to be called mission

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:52.420
 friends and now Nala's calling a

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.179
 worship friends or something.

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:54.759
 I don't know I can't keep it all

00:34:54.759 --> 00:34:54.980
 straight.

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.519
 That's all right.

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:57.139
 It's a wonderful class for a little

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:59.519
 extra little kids but there is all

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:02.619
 kinds of opportunities for specialized

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:04.779
 Bible teaching on Wednesday nights.

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:06.980
 So if you're not here on Wednesday

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:09.139
 nights and you don't have a valid

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:11.699
 reason not to be pray about and talk

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:13.639
 about coming and joining us on Wednesday

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:15.839
 nights God is working here in our

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:18.159
 church all throughout this campus on

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:19.619
 Wednesday nights and that's a great

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:21.960
 opportunity to grow together as a whole

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.379
 family.

00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:25.179
 It's not just a class for adults or a

00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:27.239
 class for kids or teens it's all of us

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:29.659
 together worshiping together in here

00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:31.879
 and then we split off and we can all

00:35:31.879 --> 00:35:34.299
 grow together from our Wednesday night

00:35:34.299 --> 00:35:36.399
 time and then discipleship groups.

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:38.399
 It's a wonderful opportunity to grow

00:35:38.399 --> 00:35:38.699
 together.

00:35:38.819 --> 00:35:40.379
 It's slightly a different vibe from

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:40.920
 Sunday school.

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:42.700
 Both are necessary and both are

00:35:42.700 --> 00:35:45.539
 important but discipleship groups are

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:47.780
 we call them d groups are more about

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:49.700
 community and sharpening each other and

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:51.440
 we will maybe study through a book of

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:53.860
 the Bible or study through a book about

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:56.380
 the Bible or whatever the curriculum

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:58.619
 might be for that that group each one

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:59.760
 decides their own right now.

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:03.220
 But these are wonderful opportunities to

00:36:03.220 --> 00:36:06.240
 get to know each other to let the the

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:09.979
 walls drop to let trust start to build and

00:36:09.979 --> 00:36:11.259
 we'll talk about that more in just a

00:36:11.259 --> 00:36:11.539
 moment.

00:36:12.939 --> 00:36:17.239
 But growing together say man I can I can

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:17.879
 read the Bible.

00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:20.559
 I've got everything I need right here.

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:23.219
 Why do I need to go do it with other

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.879
 people around?

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:27.720
 Because if you've read the Bible then you

00:36:27.720 --> 00:36:32.260
 know a verse that says iron sharpens what?

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:33.160
 Iron.

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:36.740
 We sharpen one another.

00:36:37.660 --> 00:36:41.300
 God determined because he knew us because

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:42.099
 he created us.

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:43.500
 He set this whole thing up.

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:46.900
 He knew that we would need each other in

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:48.180
 order to grow well.

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:51.739
 You can grow a little bit by yourself.

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:54.179
 You can grow a whole lot more together

00:36:54.839 --> 00:36:57.399
 because that's how God designed it.

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:59.980
 So if you want to take what he designed

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:03.339
 and do it your own way you're never

00:37:03.339 --> 00:37:06.059
 going to see the results that he planned

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.779
 to give you.

00:37:07.779 --> 00:37:09.419
 You've got to follow his recipe.

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:13.879
 So we gather together for the purpose of

00:37:13.879 --> 00:37:14.719
 growing together.

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:18.879
 Go to these dGroups.

00:37:19.339 --> 00:37:21.000
 We went to one on Wednesday night this

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:22.519
 last semester at the Clark's house.

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:24.779
 And I can tell you I know everyone in

00:37:24.779 --> 00:37:27.539
 that group so much better now than I did

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:28.079
 when we started.

00:37:29.299 --> 00:37:33.099
 We've shared things that I would never

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:35.279
 have known had we not been in that dGroup

00:37:35.279 --> 00:37:35.639
 together.

00:37:36.759 --> 00:37:38.119
 We prayed for things.

00:37:39.439 --> 00:37:40.359
 Talked about things.

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:42.719
 We exposed vulnerability struggles in our

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.339
 own lives.

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:46.739
 Talking about faith over fear in our group.

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:50.939
 This is an opportunity for growth that

00:37:50.939 --> 00:37:53.539
 does not happen outside of Christian

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:53.959
 community.

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:57.480
 So pray and seek God's face.

00:37:57.819 --> 00:37:59.039
 How can I grow together?

00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:01.399
 How can I see the opportunities that are

00:38:01.399 --> 00:38:03.379
 right in front of me that I could grow

00:38:03.379 --> 00:38:03.739
 together?

00:38:03.919 --> 00:38:05.019
 Take that next step.

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.839
 One to gather together.

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:08.179
 Two to grow together.

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:09.879
 And then third we give together.

00:38:10.759 --> 00:38:11.699
 We give together.

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:17.619
 Ephesians chapter 5 and verse 15 and 16.

00:38:17.919 --> 00:38:19.799
 Look carefully then how you walk.

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:21.899
 Not as unwise but as wise.

00:38:22.279 --> 00:38:24.739
 Making the best use of the what?

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:26.119
 Time.

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:28.480
 So that's one thing we give.

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.460
 We give our time.

00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:31.759
 We give our time to the Lord.

00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:34.219
 Say God I have a lot going on.

00:38:34.279 --> 00:38:35.500
 Especially if you've got kids.

00:38:35.919 --> 00:38:37.599
 How many of your kids are not involved in

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:40.779
 anything that ever takes you away or ties you

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:41.519
 up for anything.

00:38:42.080 --> 00:38:43.380
 I don't think there's a soul in here that

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:44.160
 could raise their hand.

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:47.360
 Kids are always involved in stuff.

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.560
 And that's a good thing.

00:38:48.620 --> 00:38:49.280
 Keeps them out of trouble.

00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:49.660
 Right?

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:52.300
 But it also can tie up your time.

00:38:52.620 --> 00:38:54.780
 So you've got to be very intentional in

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:56.540
 giving your time to the Lord.

00:38:57.100 --> 00:38:59.140
 Because everybody's going to be coming for

00:38:59.140 --> 00:38:59.620
 your time.

00:38:59.619 --> 00:39:00.579
 Your family.

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:00.619
 Your family.

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:02.139
 The school.

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:03.539
 Your work.

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:05.039
 Your friends.

00:39:05.819 --> 00:39:06.440
 Your neighbors.

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:08.920
 The government sometimes.

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:10.599
 Yourself.

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:13.319
 Your own desires.

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:14.019
 Passions.

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:14.799
 Weaknesses.

00:39:15.359 --> 00:39:18.619
 It will all be coming for your time.

00:39:19.799 --> 00:39:22.679
 And usually who loses out on your time

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:23.639
 is the Lord.

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:26.559
 That should be the first fruits.

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:30.320
 We've got to look wisely at our schedule

00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:32.159
 and how we walk every day

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:35.219
 and make the best use of our time.

00:39:35.759 --> 00:39:37.340
 Say number one, I've got to make sure

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:38.940
 my family's taken care of.

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:40.059
 I've got to make sure they're safe,

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:41.239
 healthy, provided for.

00:39:41.779 --> 00:39:44.400
 But I've got to also give my time to the Lord.

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:45.960
 What does he want from me today?

00:39:46.299 --> 00:39:48.460
 Maybe there's a conversation he wants me to have.

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:50.519
 Maybe there's a group he wants me to attend.

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:52.779
 Maybe there's a gathering of the church

00:39:52.779 --> 00:39:54.539
 I need to make sure we're at.

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:56.539
 Because I understand we've got to gather together.

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.659
 We've got to grow together.

00:39:58.380 --> 00:40:00.139
 And we give together.

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:02.059
 We give our time together.

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:05.219
 If it was only a very few who gave their time,

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:07.159
 this church would not be able to be

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:08.500
 the church that it is today.

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:11.259
 And if there are not more

00:40:11.259 --> 00:40:13.259
 who are willing to give their time,

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:15.739
 then this church will never be the church

00:40:15.739 --> 00:40:17.599
 that God wants it to be tomorrow.

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:20.480
 So we've got to together

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:23.000
 make the best use of our time.

00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:24.819
 1 Peter chapter 4 and verse 10.

00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:26.599
 Each of you should use

00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:28.619
 whatever gift you have received.

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:29.839
 To do what?

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:31.179
 To serve others.

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:33.940
 As faithful stewards of God's grace.

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:35.599
 So we have talents.

00:40:36.199 --> 00:40:37.679
 We have time to give,

00:40:37.839 --> 00:40:39.539
 but we also have talents to give.

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:41.519
 How many of y'all think

00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:42.799
 you are just super talented?

00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:46.320
 You're all too scared to raise your hand.

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:47.100
 Thank you, Harlan.

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:49.560
 We all know you're talented, man.

00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:53.400
 Listen, I appreciate somebody.

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:54.180
 Yes, Tripp.

00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:55.000
 Yes, Bo.

00:40:55.160 --> 00:40:55.900
 Love you guys.

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:56.500
 You're awesome.

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.720
 Tripp's talented.

00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.740
 I'm not sure about Bo.

00:41:00.240 --> 00:41:01.580
 He takes after me.

00:41:02.080 --> 00:41:03.080
 I'm kidding, dude.

00:41:03.120 --> 00:41:04.200
 You're super talented too.

00:41:05.200 --> 00:41:06.320
 Look, truth is,

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:08.440
 every one of you should be raising your hand.

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:09.080
 You know why?

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:10.319
 You may not be talented

00:41:10.319 --> 00:41:12.639
 at the things you wish you were talented at,

00:41:12.759 --> 00:41:13.779
 but the truth is,

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:15.739
 God has given you talents,

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:18.880
 and he's given you all you need

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:21.440
 to use that talent for his glory.

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:25.079
 That talent might be listening to somebody talk.

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:28.500
 The talent might be praying for somebody.

00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:32.719
 The talent might be thinking kind thoughts

00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:33.880
 about somebody else

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:38.139
 that then turn into actions of kindness.

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:42.199
 There could be all kinds of talents

00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:45.440
 that you haven't necessarily been giving

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:48.059
 or using to serve others

00:41:48.059 --> 00:41:50.340
 as faithful stewards of God's grace.

00:41:50.779 --> 00:41:53.340
 God has shown enough grace to us

00:41:53.340 --> 00:41:55.679
 to give us what we need

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:58.539
 to make a powerful impact for his kingdom.

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:02.739
 Why isn't a powerful impact being made?

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:04.879
 Because so often,

00:42:05.319 --> 00:42:08.639
 we don't use the gifts and the talents we have

00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:10.059
 to serve him,

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:11.399
 much less others.

00:42:13.099 --> 00:42:14.699
 So we give our talent together,

00:42:14.819 --> 00:42:15.899
 we give our time together,

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:16.779
 and then finally,

00:42:16.939 --> 00:42:18.000
 we give our treasure together.

00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:19.519
 Matthew 6, 21,

00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:20.919
 where your treasure is,

00:42:21.419 --> 00:42:22.599
 there will your what?

00:42:23.279 --> 00:42:24.479
 Heart be also.

00:42:24.479 --> 00:42:24.619
 So.

00:42:26.759 --> 00:42:27.739
 What do you treasure?

00:42:27.739 --> 00:42:32.019
 Well, normally we treasure money.

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:33.179
 Why do we treasure money?

00:42:33.759 --> 00:42:35.199
 Because of what money can do for us.

00:42:35.919 --> 00:42:37.699
 We think money is going to buy us happiness.

00:42:37.879 --> 00:42:38.959
 We think money is going to give us

00:42:38.959 --> 00:42:40.039
 that retirement that we need.

00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:41.099
 We think money is going to allow us

00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:41.859
 to go on that trip

00:42:41.859 --> 00:42:43.639
 or buy that toy

00:42:43.639 --> 00:42:44.659
 or whatever it is.

00:42:45.139 --> 00:42:45.719
 Kids are saying,

00:42:45.859 --> 00:42:46.419
 buy toys.

00:42:46.959 --> 00:42:48.019
 Adults buy toys too?

00:42:48.779 --> 00:42:50.799
 Just go look at the amount of big trucks

00:42:50.799 --> 00:42:52.099
 or ATVs or whatever.

00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:54.179
 You'll see the toys that adults buy, okay?

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.559
 Boat, whatever.

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:57.519
 There's nothing necessarily wrong

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:58.480
 with those things

00:42:58.480 --> 00:43:00.880
 unless they become God to you,

00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:03.440
 unless they become more important

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:06.940
 than giving that treasure to the Lord.

00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:10.659
 So we have to look,

00:43:10.739 --> 00:43:11.860
 take a hard look at ourselves

00:43:11.860 --> 00:43:13.079
 and say, where is our heart?

00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:14.840
 Where does our heart lie?

00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:17.599
 Where does the bulk of our treasure lie?

00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:19.340
 That's where our heart is.

00:43:19.880 --> 00:43:22.219
 So if you're not choosing to willingly,

00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:26.039
 from a willing, happy heart,

00:43:26.799 --> 00:43:28.480
 contribute some of your treasure

00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:30.319
 back to God's work,

00:43:30.919 --> 00:43:34.919
 then you're not investing

00:43:34.919 --> 00:43:38.119
 in what will bring you God's blessings.

00:43:39.339 --> 00:43:40.939
 If you invest in God's kingdom,

00:43:41.599 --> 00:43:43.579
 the return on that is so much greater

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:45.799
 than any other investment you can make

00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:48.900
 because it's an eternal return.

00:43:51.100 --> 00:43:52.420
 Something that will never tarnish.

00:43:52.560 --> 00:43:53.960
 Something that will never fade away.

00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:55.620
 Something that will never break.

00:43:56.620 --> 00:43:59.260
 So God's kingdom is a place

00:43:59.260 --> 00:44:00.980
 for your treasure.

00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:03.820
 It's a safe place for your treasure.

00:44:04.820 --> 00:44:05.920
 Say, I don't always like everything

00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.539
 the church does

00:44:06.539 --> 00:44:07.620
 or I don't always like everything

00:44:07.620 --> 00:44:09.620
 that Christian organization does.

00:44:09.620 --> 00:44:10.580
 Say, that's true

00:44:10.580 --> 00:44:12.820
 because it's run by humans.

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:16.580
 But God takes our investment

00:44:16.580 --> 00:44:17.660
 into his work,

00:44:18.100 --> 00:44:20.059
 however flawed it might be,

00:44:20.260 --> 00:44:21.960
 and blesses us accordingly.

00:44:22.780 --> 00:44:24.519
 That principle is all throughout the Bible.

00:44:26.980 --> 00:44:29.200
 If you give according to what God,

00:44:29.320 --> 00:44:30.340
 that thing just came undone

00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:30.880
 and I apologize.

00:44:32.559 --> 00:44:33.840
 Don't laugh at me, Nancy.

00:44:36.260 --> 00:44:37.160
 There we go.

00:44:37.160 --> 00:44:37.580
 All right.

00:44:37.760 --> 00:44:38.760
 That little clip came off.

00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:41.559
 That's what we give together.

00:44:41.680 --> 00:44:42.460
 We give our treasure.

00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:43.159
 Willingly.

00:44:43.579 --> 00:44:44.559
 Not because we're thinking,

00:44:44.699 --> 00:44:45.619
 not because we're guilt tripped

00:44:45.619 --> 00:44:46.079
 into doing it

00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:46.579
 and not thinking,

00:44:46.699 --> 00:44:47.840
 man, somebody's gonna be mad

00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:49.280
 if I don't give my tithe this month.

00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:50.539
 That's not what it's about.

00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:51.760
 That's not even what

00:44:51.760 --> 00:44:53.460
 will get God's blessings in return.

00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:55.260
 He blesses those who give

00:44:55.260 --> 00:44:56.780
 from a willing spirit.

00:44:57.500 --> 00:44:58.599
 So we give our time,

00:44:58.679 --> 00:44:59.420
 we give our talent,

00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:00.960
 and we give our treasure.

00:45:01.240 --> 00:45:02.199
 We gather together,

00:45:02.340 --> 00:45:03.039
 we grow together,

00:45:03.159 --> 00:45:03.860
 we give together,

00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:05.320
 and then here's the last thing.

00:45:05.320 --> 00:45:07.639
 We go together.

00:45:08.780 --> 00:45:09.679
 The Bible says,

00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:11.380
 you will be my witnesses,

00:45:12.200 --> 00:45:13.480
 Acts chapter one and verse eight,

00:45:13.800 --> 00:45:14.559
 in Jerusalem,

00:45:15.240 --> 00:45:16.800
 in Judea and Samaria,

00:45:17.240 --> 00:45:19.200
 and to the ends of the earth.

00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:21.559
 This is where we are supposed to go.

00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:22.940
 So what does that mean?

00:45:23.240 --> 00:45:24.519
 Do we all have to pack up

00:45:24.519 --> 00:45:25.460
 and go to Jerusalem,

00:45:25.660 --> 00:45:26.559
 Judea, Samaria,

00:45:26.559 --> 00:45:27.960
 and the ends of the earth?

00:45:28.240 --> 00:45:28.539
 No.

00:45:28.640 --> 00:45:29.720
 We can apply that.

00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:31.559
 Remember how we take scripture

00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:32.480
 and we read it

00:45:32.480 --> 00:45:33.900
 and then we apply it to ourselves?

00:45:34.260 --> 00:45:34.940
 What does it mean?

00:45:34.940 --> 00:45:37.000
 Jerusalem would mean our family,

00:45:37.159 --> 00:45:37.820
 our town,

00:45:37.980 --> 00:45:39.200
 our immediate area,

00:45:39.659 --> 00:45:40.820
 where we live.

00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:42.659
 That's where we go.

00:45:43.179 --> 00:45:44.440
 What do we go to do?

00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:46.539
 We go to share the gospel.

00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:48.559
 We go to share the good news.

00:45:48.780 --> 00:45:50.639
 We go to be salt and light.

00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:53.119
 So we go to our family,

00:45:53.240 --> 00:45:53.679
 our town,

00:45:53.780 --> 00:45:54.340
 our area,

00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:56.460
 then we move on to Judea and Samaria.

00:45:56.539 --> 00:45:57.200
 What would that be?

00:45:57.260 --> 00:45:57.780
 Our state,

00:45:57.880 --> 00:45:58.440
 our nation,

00:45:59.440 --> 00:45:59.880
 America,

00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:03.740
 the people that we understand sometimes,

00:46:04.340 --> 00:46:07.119
 the people that theoretically think

00:46:07.119 --> 00:46:08.840
 and look like us as Americans,

00:46:09.980 --> 00:46:10.800
 as Texans.

00:46:11.640 --> 00:46:13.320
 That's our Judea and Samaria.

00:46:14.500 --> 00:46:16.760
 And then the ends of the earth.

00:46:16.900 --> 00:46:18.320
 We can't forget about those

00:46:18.320 --> 00:46:20.079
 who have never heard the gospel,

00:46:20.660 --> 00:46:22.400
 those who don't have the same amount

00:46:22.400 --> 00:46:24.360
 of churches and opportunities

00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:25.640
 to grow together,

00:46:25.740 --> 00:46:26.539
 to gather together.

00:46:26.820 --> 00:46:28.260
 So we go there as well.

00:46:28.320 --> 00:46:29.640
 And that's through this idea

00:46:29.639 --> 00:46:30.879
 called foreign missions.

00:46:31.179 --> 00:46:31.980
 And we support it

00:46:31.980 --> 00:46:33.179
 through the International Mission Board.

00:46:33.440 --> 00:46:34.739
 We support what's being done

00:46:34.739 --> 00:46:35.579
 across our nation

00:46:35.579 --> 00:46:36.920
 through the North American Mission Board.

00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:38.699
 We support what's being done

00:46:38.699 --> 00:46:40.219
 across our state in missions

00:46:40.219 --> 00:46:42.019
 through Texas Baptists.

00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:44.319
 And we have a chance

00:46:44.319 --> 00:46:45.920
 to fulfill the command

00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:47.159
 that God gave us

00:46:47.159 --> 00:46:48.000
 all throughout.

00:46:48.199 --> 00:46:49.079
 Mark 16,

00:46:49.279 --> 00:46:50.119
 Matthew 28,

00:46:50.239 --> 00:46:50.819
 Acts 1,

00:46:51.099 --> 00:46:52.679
 to go together

00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:54.039
 to Jerusalem,

00:46:54.299 --> 00:46:54.699
 Judea,

00:46:54.699 --> 00:46:55.239
 Samaria,

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:56.279
 and the ends

00:46:56.279 --> 00:46:57.460
 of the earth.

00:46:57.460 --> 00:46:58.880
 Now,

00:46:59.240 --> 00:46:59.760
 practically,

00:46:59.880 --> 00:47:00.539
 how do you do that?

00:47:00.940 --> 00:47:01.820
 Because I'm pretty sure

00:47:01.820 --> 00:47:03.019
 y'all have heard before

00:47:03.019 --> 00:47:04.079
 from a preacher

00:47:04.079 --> 00:47:04.820
 or a teacher

00:47:04.820 --> 00:47:06.780
 to go out

00:47:06.780 --> 00:47:07.780
 and share the gospel.

00:47:08.320 --> 00:47:09.079
 But practically,

00:47:09.220 --> 00:47:09.960
 how do you do that?

00:47:11.220 --> 00:47:12.460
 We've got invite cards.

00:47:14.320 --> 00:47:15.659
 See the top picture there?

00:47:15.800 --> 00:47:16.619
 We've got little square

00:47:16.619 --> 00:47:17.300
 invite cards,

00:47:17.380 --> 00:47:18.179
 have our logo on it,

00:47:18.240 --> 00:47:19.019
 have our service times

00:47:19.019 --> 00:47:19.559
 on the back.

00:47:19.940 --> 00:47:20.300
 Very,

00:47:20.460 --> 00:47:21.740
 very simple thing

00:47:21.740 --> 00:47:22.740
 to hand to somebody.

00:47:23.039 --> 00:47:23.880
 You can go to the office

00:47:23.880 --> 00:47:24.539
 and pick them up.

00:47:24.599 --> 00:47:25.159
 If we run out,

00:47:25.239 --> 00:47:25.800
 we'll order more.

00:47:26.300 --> 00:47:27.239
 They're not that expensive,

00:47:27.500 --> 00:47:28.920
 pretty easy to keep on top of.

00:47:28.980 --> 00:47:29.940
 We've got a budget line

00:47:29.940 --> 00:47:30.579
 item for it.

00:47:31.460 --> 00:47:33.639
 And we can equip you

00:47:33.639 --> 00:47:34.880
 with as many invite cards

00:47:34.880 --> 00:47:35.599
 as you need.

00:47:36.019 --> 00:47:36.279
 Men,

00:47:36.400 --> 00:47:37.139
 stick a couple of them

00:47:37.139 --> 00:47:37.619
 in your wallet.

00:47:37.779 --> 00:47:38.639
 Or if your wallet's

00:47:38.639 --> 00:47:39.500
 not the right size,

00:47:39.579 --> 00:47:40.300
 stick them in your pocket.

00:47:40.840 --> 00:47:41.179
 Ladies,

00:47:41.300 --> 00:47:42.179
 stick them in your purse.

00:47:42.860 --> 00:47:44.279
 Have those invite cards,

00:47:44.400 --> 00:47:45.239
 keep them in your car.

00:47:45.519 --> 00:47:46.179
 You never know

00:47:46.179 --> 00:47:47.340
 when God's gonna give you

00:47:47.340 --> 00:47:47.960
 an opportunity

00:47:47.960 --> 00:47:49.519
 to invite someone to church.

00:47:49.840 --> 00:47:50.759
 Why do we care about

00:47:50.759 --> 00:47:51.559
 them coming to church?

00:47:52.679 --> 00:47:53.300
 Talk back to me.

00:47:53.300 --> 00:47:54.440
 Why do we care about

00:47:54.440 --> 00:47:55.840
 people coming to our church?

00:47:58.539 --> 00:47:59.519
 Exposure to the gospel.

00:47:59.660 --> 00:48:00.700
 They'll hear the gospel here.

00:48:01.140 --> 00:48:01.880
 We know that.

00:48:02.580 --> 00:48:03.400
 We don't know

00:48:03.400 --> 00:48:03.980
 if they go to

00:48:03.980 --> 00:48:05.000
 just any church

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:05.980
 around the whole area

00:48:05.980 --> 00:48:06.680
 if they're gonna hear

00:48:06.680 --> 00:48:07.440
 a clear presentation

00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:07.860
 of the gospel.

00:48:08.000 --> 00:48:08.380
 Some of them,

00:48:08.500 --> 00:48:08.800
 they will.

00:48:09.260 --> 00:48:10.400
 And we thank God for that.

00:48:10.780 --> 00:48:11.480
 But we know

00:48:11.480 --> 00:48:12.380
 they will hear

00:48:12.380 --> 00:48:13.620
 the gospel here.

00:48:13.860 --> 00:48:14.600
 They'll have a chance

00:48:14.600 --> 00:48:16.019
 to find Christian community here.

00:48:16.220 --> 00:48:16.960
 They'll have a chance

00:48:16.960 --> 00:48:17.780
 to grow together,

00:48:18.019 --> 00:48:18.920
 to gather together,

00:48:19.120 --> 00:48:20.000
 to give together,

00:48:20.120 --> 00:48:20.960
 and then in turn

00:48:20.960 --> 00:48:21.980
 to go back out together.

00:48:21.980 --> 00:48:23.599
 We know the opportunity

00:48:23.599 --> 00:48:25.079
 is here for them

00:48:25.079 --> 00:48:26.360
 to become disciples,

00:48:26.679 --> 00:48:27.659
 followers of Jesus.

00:48:27.980 --> 00:48:28.719
 So that's why

00:48:28.719 --> 00:48:30.179
 we invite them to come.

00:48:31.139 --> 00:48:32.719
 Now that doesn't always mean

00:48:32.719 --> 00:48:33.599
 that they're gonna come

00:48:33.599 --> 00:48:34.000
 right away.

00:48:34.119 --> 00:48:34.860
 Sometimes it takes

00:48:34.860 --> 00:48:36.679
 a long established

00:48:36.679 --> 00:48:38.119
 relationship and friendship

00:48:38.119 --> 00:48:39.519
 before someone opens up

00:48:39.519 --> 00:48:40.800
 to you enough

00:48:40.800 --> 00:48:41.599
 to trust you

00:48:41.599 --> 00:48:43.460
 to go try your church.

00:48:43.699 --> 00:48:43.880
 You know?

00:48:43.920 --> 00:48:44.559
 And that's alright.

00:48:44.860 --> 00:48:45.380
 Maybe that's how

00:48:45.380 --> 00:48:46.300
 it should be sometimes.

00:48:46.300 --> 00:48:48.220
 But we have opportunities,

00:48:48.940 --> 00:48:49.460
 utilities,

00:48:50.180 --> 00:48:51.440
 tools for you to take

00:48:51.440 --> 00:48:52.300
 and go invite somebody

00:48:52.300 --> 00:48:52.720
 to church.

00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:54.480
 And then that can start

00:48:54.480 --> 00:48:55.180
 a conversation

00:48:55.180 --> 00:48:57.700
 that could maybe allow you

00:48:57.700 --> 00:48:59.240
 to share the gospel.

00:48:59.380 --> 00:49:00.080
 How do you do that?

00:49:00.360 --> 00:49:01.180
 Man, your testimony,

00:49:01.880 --> 00:49:02.880
 your personal testimony

00:49:02.880 --> 00:49:04.220
 is a wonderful way

00:49:04.220 --> 00:49:04.900
 to share the gospel

00:49:04.900 --> 00:49:05.560
 with somebody else.

00:49:05.960 --> 00:49:06.440
 You know why?

00:49:06.500 --> 00:49:07.240
 Because they can't disagree

00:49:07.240 --> 00:49:07.640
 with you.

00:49:08.120 --> 00:49:08.900
 They can't argue

00:49:08.900 --> 00:49:09.720
 with your testimony.

00:49:10.720 --> 00:49:11.920
 Your story of how

00:49:11.920 --> 00:49:12.700
 you became a follower

00:49:12.700 --> 00:49:13.160
 of Jesus,

00:49:13.159 --> 00:49:14.819
 that's individual

00:49:14.819 --> 00:49:16.359
 and unique to you.

00:49:17.359 --> 00:49:18.579
 They can argue with you

00:49:18.579 --> 00:49:19.539
 about something in the Bible.

00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:20.480
 They can argue with you

00:49:20.480 --> 00:49:21.519
 about something you believe.

00:49:21.779 --> 00:49:23.420
 But they cannot dispute

00:49:23.420 --> 00:49:25.659
 your personal experience

00:49:25.659 --> 00:49:26.159
 with Jesus.

00:49:27.119 --> 00:49:28.319
 And if you share that

00:49:28.319 --> 00:49:29.739
 and use scripture

00:49:29.739 --> 00:49:30.559
 in doing it,

00:49:30.879 --> 00:49:31.679
 even if it's just

00:49:31.679 --> 00:49:32.639
 John 3, 16,

00:49:33.839 --> 00:49:35.819
 that is something

00:49:35.819 --> 00:49:36.879
 that God could use

00:49:36.879 --> 00:49:38.940
 to touch that person's heart

00:49:38.940 --> 00:49:40.559
 and over time

00:49:40.559 --> 00:49:42.299
 change their way of thinking

00:49:42.300 --> 00:49:44.680
 where they respond

00:49:44.680 --> 00:49:46.160
 to God calling them

00:49:46.160 --> 00:49:46.840
 into a relationship

00:49:46.840 --> 00:49:47.280
 with Him.

00:49:48.180 --> 00:49:49.700
 So your personal testimonies

00:49:49.700 --> 00:49:50.120
 are powerful.

00:49:50.400 --> 00:49:51.200
 I would have three

00:49:51.200 --> 00:49:51.980
 testimonies ready.

00:49:53.060 --> 00:49:54.260
 I would have the

00:49:54.260 --> 00:49:55.400
 30-second version.

00:49:57.980 --> 00:49:58.680
 You know,

00:49:58.800 --> 00:50:00.780
 I used to be a mess

00:50:00.780 --> 00:50:02.620
 and over time

00:50:02.620 --> 00:50:04.039
 God changed my life

00:50:04.039 --> 00:50:06.100
 and made me who I am today

00:50:06.100 --> 00:50:07.100
 and I'm not perfect

00:50:07.100 --> 00:50:08.800
 but He has made

00:50:08.800 --> 00:50:09.940
 such a powerful impact

00:50:09.940 --> 00:50:10.539
 in my life

00:50:10.539 --> 00:50:11.180
 and I give Him

00:50:11.180 --> 00:50:11.960
 all the glory for it.

00:50:12.740 --> 00:50:14.180
 It's your 15,

00:50:14.280 --> 00:50:15.180
 20-second version.

00:50:15.840 --> 00:50:17.360
 No more than 30 seconds

00:50:17.360 --> 00:50:18.560
 because oftentimes

00:50:18.560 --> 00:50:19.480
 you don't have time

00:50:19.480 --> 00:50:20.620
 to get into the whole story

00:50:20.620 --> 00:50:21.180
 with somebody

00:50:21.180 --> 00:50:22.519
 of what Jesus has done for you.

00:50:22.900 --> 00:50:23.680
 But you might have

00:50:23.680 --> 00:50:24.500
 30 seconds with them.

00:50:25.060 --> 00:50:25.940
 So have that ready.

00:50:26.340 --> 00:50:26.960
 And then I would have

00:50:26.960 --> 00:50:27.820
 a two-minute version

00:50:27.820 --> 00:50:29.160
 of your testimony ready.

00:50:30.320 --> 00:50:31.360
 Something a little bit longer,

00:50:31.460 --> 00:50:32.200
 a little more details

00:50:32.200 --> 00:50:32.920
 but it's still not

00:50:32.920 --> 00:50:33.560
 going to bog them down

00:50:33.560 --> 00:50:34.160
 where they feel like

00:50:34.160 --> 00:50:34.760
 they're never going to get

00:50:34.760 --> 00:50:35.500
 out of this conversation.

00:50:37.060 --> 00:50:37.980
 And then I would have

00:50:37.980 --> 00:50:39.539
 the full story ready.

00:50:39.680 --> 00:50:40.680
 If you have an opportunity,

00:50:40.679 --> 00:50:42.159
 you've got 10,

00:50:42.299 --> 00:50:42.719
 15,

00:50:42.859 --> 00:50:44.039
 20 minutes with somebody

00:50:44.039 --> 00:50:45.179
 where you could really

00:50:45.179 --> 00:50:47.019
 go through the whole story,

00:50:48.019 --> 00:50:49.500
 the fascinating,

00:50:50.059 --> 00:50:50.980
 powerful,

00:50:51.619 --> 00:50:53.879
 divine story

00:50:53.879 --> 00:50:54.879
 of what God has done

00:50:54.879 --> 00:50:55.940
 in your life.

00:50:56.019 --> 00:50:56.960
 That's your testimony.

00:50:57.339 --> 00:50:58.659
 I would have three of them ready.

00:50:59.019 --> 00:50:59.519
 Go back,

00:50:59.879 --> 00:51:00.739
 talk to your spouse,

00:51:01.059 --> 00:51:01.619
 look at yourself

00:51:01.619 --> 00:51:02.059
 in the mirror

00:51:02.059 --> 00:51:03.359
 and tell that story,

00:51:03.699 --> 00:51:04.659
 all three versions.

00:51:04.659 --> 00:51:06.139
 30 seconds,

00:51:06.359 --> 00:51:06.899
 two minutes

00:51:06.899 --> 00:51:08.399
 and then the full thing.

00:51:09.779 --> 00:51:10.480
 And then finally,

00:51:10.719 --> 00:51:11.259
 who's your one?

00:51:12.319 --> 00:51:13.559
 This is an initiative,

00:51:13.719 --> 00:51:14.139
 a campaign

00:51:14.139 --> 00:51:14.659
 that we're going to be

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 starting very soon.

00:51:16.279 --> 00:51:17.839
 So in the next several weeks,

00:51:17.839 --> 00:51:19.239
 we'll be rolling out

00:51:19.239 --> 00:51:20.879
 this evangelism campaign.

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 So this is to equip

00:51:22.259 --> 00:51:23.339
 our church

00:51:23.339 --> 00:51:24.719
 with tools

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 that will allow you

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 to go out

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 and share the gospel

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 with somebody else.

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 What it boils down to

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 is you thinking through

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 the people in your life

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 and choosing one name,

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 one face

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 that needs to hear

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 the gospel of Jesus

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 and then praying through

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 how can God use me

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 to help see that one person

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 respond to Jesus Christ,

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 choose to become his follower.

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 You'll hear so much more

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 about that

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 in the weeks to come,

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 but keep an eye out

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 for that.

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 Who's your one?

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 And start thinking

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 who is one person

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 that I could share Jesus with?

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 So our takeaway from today

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 is this.

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 We are the church

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 together for the gospel.

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 So let's ask ourselves,

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 what are the next step

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 that I can take

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 in gathering,

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 growing,

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 giving,

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 or going

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 so together

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 we can actually

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 make a difference

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 for God's kingdom?

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 Everybody has something

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 they wish was different

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 about their life.

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 Everybody has something

00:52:31.500 --> 00:52:32.340
 they wish was different

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 maybe about this church.

00:52:34.199 --> 00:52:35.119
 Everybody has something

00:52:35.119 --> 00:52:35.980
 they wish was different

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 about America.

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 You can't make a difference

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 on your own,

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 but together we can.

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 God never designed us

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 to do this life

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 on our own,

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 but together

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 we can.

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 Sounds like a political slogan

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 or something.

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 Together we can.

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 Probably has been.

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 But that is how

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 God decided.

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 So,

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 what about you?

00:53:06.299 --> 00:53:07.079
 Would you bow your heads

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 with me right now?

00:53:08.019 --> 00:53:08.639
 What about you?

00:53:09.159 --> 00:53:09.960
 Is it gathering?

00:53:10.659 --> 00:53:11.839
 Do you need to be more faithful

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 to the gatherings

00:53:12.500 --> 00:53:13.059
 of this church?

00:53:13.779 --> 00:53:14.739
 Is it growing?

00:53:16.359 --> 00:53:17.279
 Have you been ignoring

00:53:17.279 --> 00:53:17.919
 opportunities

00:53:17.919 --> 00:53:19.179
 to grow your faith

00:53:19.179 --> 00:53:19.699
 together?

00:53:20.899 --> 00:53:21.899
 Is it giving?

00:53:23.139 --> 00:53:24.219
 You've been holding back

00:53:24.219 --> 00:53:24.819
 in your time,

00:53:24.899 --> 00:53:25.319
 your talent,

00:53:25.320 --> 00:53:26.000
 or your treasure?

00:53:27.000 --> 00:53:28.019
 Or is it going?

00:53:29.780 --> 00:53:30.420
 Is there somebody

00:53:30.420 --> 00:53:31.039
 you can share

00:53:31.039 --> 00:53:31.880
 your testimony with?

00:53:31.980 --> 00:53:33.019
 Give an invite card to.

00:53:34.019 --> 00:53:35.180
 Who's the one person

00:53:35.180 --> 00:53:37.100
 that God could use you

00:53:37.100 --> 00:53:38.960
 to help change

00:53:38.960 --> 00:53:39.900
 their life?

00:53:40.400 --> 00:53:41.460
 What is the next step

00:53:41.460 --> 00:53:42.260
 in one of these areas?

00:53:42.360 --> 00:53:43.280
 Maybe it's more than one.

00:53:43.980 --> 00:53:44.820
 Maybe it's gathering

00:53:44.820 --> 00:53:45.360
 and growing.

00:53:45.500 --> 00:53:46.160
 Maybe it's giving

00:53:46.160 --> 00:53:46.700
 and going.

00:53:47.280 --> 00:53:48.480
 Whatever it is for you,

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 I'm asking right now

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 that God would speak

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 to you.

00:53:51.260 --> 00:53:53.600
 My voice isn't going

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 to get you far enough.

00:53:55.120 --> 00:53:55.820
 God's voice

00:53:55.820 --> 00:53:56.960
 has to come through

00:53:56.960 --> 00:53:58.680
 and speak to you

00:53:58.680 --> 00:53:59.320
 right now

00:53:59.320 --> 00:54:00.860
 to show you

00:54:00.860 --> 00:54:02.960
 what is my next step.

00:54:08.440 --> 00:54:09.160
 It's going to be

00:54:09.160 --> 00:54:09.940
 a struggle, folks,

00:54:09.980 --> 00:54:11.020
 but we can struggle together.

00:54:12.200 --> 00:54:13.780
 We can strive together

00:54:13.780 --> 00:54:15.740
 for the faith

00:54:15.740 --> 00:54:16.320
 of the gospel

00:54:16.320 --> 00:54:16.960
 and that's what's

00:54:16.960 --> 00:54:17.620
 going to change.

00:54:18.260 --> 00:54:18.820
 That's what's going

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 to make a difference.

00:54:19.539 --> 00:54:21.400
 God, right now,

00:54:21.460 --> 00:54:22.279
 I pray for this church.

00:54:22.360 --> 00:54:23.239
 I pray for your people

00:54:23.239 --> 00:54:24.320
 that are gathered here

00:54:24.320 --> 00:54:25.239
 in this room today.

00:54:28.699 --> 00:54:29.599
 I pray that you would

00:54:29.599 --> 00:54:30.300
 show us

00:54:30.300 --> 00:54:33.300
 how to do this life together,

00:54:33.400 --> 00:54:34.539
 how to struggle together

00:54:34.539 --> 00:54:35.500
 side by side

00:54:35.500 --> 00:54:39.699
 so our world is impacted

00:54:39.699 --> 00:54:40.759
 in ways that only you can.

00:54:42.639 --> 00:54:43.579
 It's in Jesus' name

00:54:43.579 --> 00:54:44.079
 we ask it.

00:54:46.139 --> 00:54:46.500
 Church,

00:54:46.539 --> 00:54:47.380
 if there's somebody here

00:54:47.380 --> 00:54:47.980
 who doesn't know

00:54:47.980 --> 00:54:48.820
 Jesus as Savior,

00:54:49.539 --> 00:54:50.360
 you need to place

00:54:50.360 --> 00:54:51.820
 your faith in Him

00:54:51.820 --> 00:54:52.699
 for the first time,

00:54:53.539 --> 00:54:54.219
 please come down

00:54:54.219 --> 00:54:54.800
 and talk to me.

00:54:54.880 --> 00:54:55.380
 I'd love to have

00:54:55.380 --> 00:54:56.340
 that conversation with you.

00:54:56.619 --> 00:54:57.320
 If you'd like to place

00:54:57.320 --> 00:54:57.779
 your membership

00:54:57.779 --> 00:54:58.460
 in our church,

00:54:58.699 --> 00:54:59.759
 let's meet down here

00:54:59.759 --> 00:55:00.440
 and talk about it.

00:55:01.219 --> 00:55:02.440
 If you'd like to get involved

00:55:02.440 --> 00:55:03.360
 in a different way

00:55:03.360 --> 00:55:04.139
 than you have been,

00:55:04.659 --> 00:55:05.179
 let's sit down

00:55:05.179 --> 00:55:05.840
 and talk about it.

00:55:06.420 --> 00:55:07.360
 But whatever it is,

00:55:07.460 --> 00:55:08.480
 you do business with God

00:55:08.480 --> 00:55:08.860
 right now

00:55:08.860 --> 00:55:09.860
 as Jared leads us in song.

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 love you, Lord.

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 Oh, your mercy never fails me.

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 all my days

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 I've been held

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 in your hand

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 the moment that I wake up

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 until I lay in my head

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 I will sing

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 of the goodness

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 of God.

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 and if you can

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 on this chorus

00:55:47.420 --> 00:55:48.179
 all my life

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 He's been faithful

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 all my life

00:55:51.239 --> 00:55:53.639
 you have been faithful

00:55:53.639 --> 00:55:55.440
 sir, if you need

00:55:55.440 --> 00:55:56.000
 to pray

00:55:56.000 --> 00:55:58.799
 all my life

00:55:58.799 --> 00:55:59.859
 you have been

00:55:59.859 --> 00:56:03.039
 so, so good

00:56:03.039 --> 00:56:06.279
 with every breath

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 that I am made

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 Oh, I will sing

00:56:11.800 --> 00:56:13.840
 of the goodness

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 of God

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 I love your voice

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 You have led me

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 through the fire

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 in darkest nights

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 You are close

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 like no other

00:56:32.219 --> 00:56:34.259
 I've known you

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 as a father

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 I've known you

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 as a friend

00:56:39.779 --> 00:56:42.439
 Oh, I have lived

00:56:42.439 --> 00:56:44.000
 in the goodness

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 of God

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 Chorus out

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 all my life

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 All my life

00:56:51.199 --> 00:56:53.359
 you have been faithful

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 All my life

00:56:58.359 --> 00:56:59.379
 you have been

00:56:59.379 --> 00:57:02.199
 so, so good

00:57:02.199 --> 00:57:05.559
 with every breath

00:57:05.559 --> 00:57:07.559
 that I am made

00:57:07.559 --> 00:57:11.079
 Oh, I will sing

00:57:11.079 --> 00:57:12.899
 of the goodness

00:57:12.899 --> 00:57:15.619
 of God

00:57:15.619 --> 00:57:16.299
 I will sing

00:57:16.299 --> 00:57:18.579
 I will sing

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 God, you are good

00:57:24.739 --> 00:57:25.500
 You're so good

00:57:25.500 --> 00:57:29.659
 We are not

00:57:29.659 --> 00:57:31.119
 We struggle

00:57:31.119 --> 00:57:31.860
 we mess up

00:57:31.860 --> 00:57:33.079
 but thank you

00:57:33.079 --> 00:57:33.639
 for giving us

00:57:33.639 --> 00:57:34.099
 each other

00:57:34.099 --> 00:57:35.219
 to struggle together

00:57:35.219 --> 00:57:38.000
 Help us to be faithful

00:57:38.000 --> 00:57:38.599
 to gather

00:57:38.599 --> 00:57:39.139
 to grow

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 give and go

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 together

00:57:40.820 --> 00:57:43.380
 so your light

00:57:43.380 --> 00:57:44.059
 can shine brightly

00:57:44.059 --> 00:57:44.599
 in this world

00:57:44.599 --> 00:57:45.119
 in Jesus

00:57:45.119 --> 00:57:45.360
 in Jesus' name

00:57:45.360 --> 00:57:45.719
 we pray

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 Amen

00:57:46.299 --> 00:57:47.940
 Y'all, thanks for being

00:57:47.940 --> 00:57:48.639
 in church today

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 We will see you

00:57:49.739 --> 00:57:50.719
 next Sunday

00:57:50.719 --> 00:57:51.699
 Don't forget

00:57:51.699 --> 00:57:52.440
 Wednesday night

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 and if you are part

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 of our Discovering

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 First Baptist Lunch

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 we will see you

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 in the back

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 through the전

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