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 All right, can you hear me okay?

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 All right, I'll take a thumbs up, that's good.

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 I hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas.

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 I was glancing over some old communications from earlier this year,

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 and I was reminded of how things have changed.

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 Back in March, we had a conversation about how we were going to leave the doors open at the school

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 so the people didn't have to touch the handles,

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 and we were going to hand out communion with gloves on.

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 And in my mind, I remember thinking, this is pretty good.

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 We're putting some good, safe things in place for whatever is going to happen.

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 Little did we know how much things were going to change.

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 And so I was just thinking through how we were at Kennedy Longfellow,

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 and then they closed, and we went to Rent24 and the police station,

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 kind of a combo deal for a little bit.

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 And then we broke into small groups, and we met in houses,

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 and then we came here to Hope and then Starlight,

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 and then we find ourselves back here at Hope.

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 And it's been a wild year.

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 I say that because this is the end of 2020,

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 and so I think it's helpful to look back over it.

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 And I want to commend you, our church,

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 for your flexibility through this difficult year

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 and your determination to want to gather together as a church.

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 And I don't mean physically gather together, so don't hear that.

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 Whether it's a couple dozen here or a group over there

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 or an individual in their house,

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 meeting together like this is difficult.

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 And so I appreciate the lack of fighting and divisiveness,

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 and I appreciate the patience and understanding you guys have

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 in fighting to meet together, whatever that looks like.

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 And I'm thankful for Sean because I know how much time he's put into

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 looking to how policies have changed.

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 And there was a time where it seemed to change daily,

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 and it took up a lot of his time.

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 And he sought to make it as comfortable as possible

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 for as many people to be accommodating,

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 to do what was right by both what was happening with the government

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 and also us as people in the church and to do it biblically.

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 And so I thank Sean for that.

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 You guys and Sean, us together,

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 I'm grateful for what God has brought together,

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 and we need each other.

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 And I say this because it's true,

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 but I say it also because it goes so well with Philippians

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 and what Paul is doing with a church that he started back in Philippi.

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 Last week, Sean brought us the word

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 and reminded us of our great example of Jesus Christ,

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 his example of humility that he showed when he died on the cross for us,

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 and how we should live as lights in the world because of that.

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 And three characteristics, if you remember, that Sean brought out

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 were unity, humility, and perseverance.

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 Before we move in our passage tonight,

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 I wanted us to be reminded that those three characteristics,

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 they can't happen by themselves.

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 I mean, they're not individualistic in nature.

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 Unity can't be unity unless there's people involved, right?

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 Humility and perseverance can't happen unless there's people around us.

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 And so I want all of us to remember that those characteristics

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 are characteristics that happen in our partnership in the gospel.

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 And that's what we're going to be looking at tonight.

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 Partnership in the gospel, or as the title says,

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 fellowship in the gospel.

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 What does that look like?

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 And how do we do it?

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 In our passage this evening, we'll read it in just a minute,

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 but we'll be looking at Paul's travel plans.

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 We'll see two examples that Paul is going to give us

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 so that we can observe and we can examine

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 and ultimately follow these examples that he gives us.

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 Two examples of gospel partnership.

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 That is, Christ-centered service for one another.

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 That's the partnership we're talking about.

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 When it's done for Christ and not an inward focus,

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 then it'll have those characteristics that Sean preached about last week.

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 The unity, the humility, the perseverance.

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 So let's pray, and then we'll read our passage together.

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 Amen.

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 Lord, we pray that you would meet us this last Sunday of the year.

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 We pray that you would speak to us through these few verses.

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 Help us to see the example that Paul has for us to see here in Philippians.

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 Encourage us, Lord, through your word,

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 and we pray that you would correct us where we need to be corrected.

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 May we not waste this service.

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 May we not waste the last few days of this year.

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 May we plan not to waste next year

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 in our service to one another, in our glory to you.

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 And we ask these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Philippians chapter 2.

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 If you would turn with me or flip in your device,

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 Philippians chapter 2, we're going to read verses 19 through 30.

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 Verse 19.

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 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon,

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 so that I too may be cheered by news of you.

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 For I have no one like him

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 who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.

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 For they all seek their own interests,

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 not those of Jesus Christ.

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 But you know Timothy's proven worth,

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 how as a son with a father,

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 he has served with me in the gospel.

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 I hope, therefore, to send him

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 just as soon as I see how it will go with me.

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 And I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.

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 I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus,

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 my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier,

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 and your messenger and minister to my need.

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 For he has been longing for you all

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 and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.

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 Indeed, he was ill, near to death.

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 But God had mercy on him,

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 and not only on him, but on me also,

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 lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

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 I am the more eager to send him, therefore,

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 that you may rejoice at seeing him again

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 and that I may be less anxious.

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 So receive him in the Lord with all joy

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 and honor such men,

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 for he nearly died for the work of Christ,

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 risking his life to complete

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 what was lacking in your service to me.

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 So we see travel plans for Timothy,

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 possible travel plans for Paul

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 and some other guy named Epaphroditus.

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 Why is he telling the church at Philippi this,

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 and what is its importance to us?

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 I'm sure as we read through this passage,

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 you see that there's more there than just travel plans.

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 See, for these guys,

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 as it should be for all Christians,

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 traveling is living.

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 Paul isn't just talking about their travel itinerary,

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 he's talking about their life.

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 And we get to get a glimpse into how they live life.

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 Their traveling is an aspect of their life

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 for Christ in service to others.

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 So here's the breakdown of,

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 you see it up on your screen,

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 of what we're going to be looking at tonight.

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 So the example of Timothy, the first half.

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 The second half is the example of Epaphroditus.

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 And then we'll spend a few minutes

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 on you and me, our church,

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 and thinking of 2021.

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 One question that came to my mind,

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 and maybe yours,

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 is why does Paul give us two more examples to read about?

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 I mean, we've been given the example of Jesus Christ,

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 the prime perfect example.

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 And next we have Paul.

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 He wasn't Jesus,

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 but Jesus came to Paul, right?

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 Like physically came to Paul.

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 Like Jesus came and busted into Paul's life

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 and gave him a godly smack

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 as he's going in the wrong direction.

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 And Paul turns around

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 and with that same fire in his soul,

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 he spends the rest of his life for Christ.

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 Obviously we need Jesus.

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 We live for him.

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 He died for us.

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 There's no gospel without Jesus.

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 And we need examples like Paul, right?

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 But if you're like me,

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 sometimes there's a disconnect.

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 I'm sure Paul knew this

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 and probably it's one of the reasons

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 why he gives us this passage.

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 He gives us two examples.

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 Two examples of people who,

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 in my mind,

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 are a little bit more average,

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 normal, day-to-day people

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 that I feel like I can connect with a little bit.

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 That's where most of us are.

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 But I think we all can be a Timothy.

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 We can all be an Epaphroditus.

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 And I'm not putting them down

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 saying that they didn't serve wholeheartedly

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 like Paul.

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 But I think you know what I'm talking about.

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 Sometimes Paul can feel like someone

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 that is kind of untouchable

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 after Christ,

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 but a good example to follow.

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 Paul says this to the church at Corinth

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 in 1 Corinthians 4.

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 He says,

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 So Paul knows this,

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 and he's helping us,

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 these churches that he is creating,

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 that we're all to follow Christ.

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 And we're to follow and imitate Paul

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 because Paul is doing the same thing.

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 And we're to follow Timothy

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 and Epaphroditus.

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 As long as we're all imitating

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 what Christ wants us to be doing,

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 we're going in the right direction.

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 So Paul has given us

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 just grab points

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 to hold on to

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 as we go through life.

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 Paul's planting churches for Christ.

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 He's teaching Timothy.

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 There's other brothers and sisters

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 who are learning,

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 hearing about Christ.

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 They're becoming followers of Christ.

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 They're living for Christ.

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 Day-to-day,

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 walking out the Christian life.

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 All of this.

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 It's all about one big mission

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 for the glory of God

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 and the building of His church.

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 Let's look at verse 19.

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 Paul knows that God is sovereign

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 and is in control.

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 He's not sure how things are going to work out.

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 He hopes he gets out of prison.

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 He hopes that he's not going to die there.

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 But he's hoping to send Timothy back to Philippi

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 so that you are encouraged by him

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 and I will be encouraged

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 by hearing news from you.

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 He knows that Timothy

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 is that communication line

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 between him and this church

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 that he loves back in Philippi.

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 So before we go any further,

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 who's Timothy?

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 Some of us may not know

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 the background or who Timothy is,

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 so just briefly.

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 We'll read more about this

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 as we get into Acts,

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 hopefully next year.

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 But Acts chapter 16,

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 the first three verses say this.

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 Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra.

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 This is before the church of Philippi

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 has even started.

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 So just a little bit of perspective.

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 Paul came to Derbe and to Lystra.

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 There was a disciple there.

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 His name was Timothy,

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 the son of a Jewish woman

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 who was a believer,

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 but his father was Greek.

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 He was well spoken of

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 by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.

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 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him.

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 And so he took him.

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 He circumcised him

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 because of the Jews

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 that were in those places,

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 for they knew his father was a Greek.

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 I won't get into

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 all of what is entailed there.

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 We'll get into that

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 when we get into Acts.

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 But Paul wanted young Timothy.

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 We don't know exactly,

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 but most likely Timothy

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 was around 18,

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 22 years of age at this point.

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 Paul and Silas

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 are going on a missions trip.

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 They want to spread the gospel.

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 They're looking to start a church

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 somewhere.

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 They're not sure where.

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 And Paul wants to take Timothy with him.

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 So we know Timothy was young.

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 He was a Christian

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 and he had a good reputation.

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 It says here that brothers,

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 that is Christian believers

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 from these neighboring cities

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 of Lystra and Iconium,

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 they spoke well of him.

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 To me, that means

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 not only was he likable,

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 but he was involved with things

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 outside of his immediate circle.

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 When people in other cities,

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 other churches know of him,

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 he was involved.

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 He served.

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 He did things.

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 That was before he traveled with Paul.

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 What does Paul say about him now?

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 We can read that in verse 20

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 through 22.

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 For I know no one like him

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 who will be genuinely concerned

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 for your welfare,

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 for they all seek their own interests,

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 not those of Jesus Christ.

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 But you know Timothy's proven worth,

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 how as a son with a father,

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 he has served with me

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 in the gospel.

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 Timothy was there in Philippi

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 when the church was started,

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 so they knew him

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 and he knew them.

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 Paul says,

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 I don't have anyone like him.

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 Timothy was like Paul's son,

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 his protege in the Lord,

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 in the ministry.

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 And it's important to remember here also

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 that humility is not lost on these guys.

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 As we look at the beginning of this letter,

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 notice it says in verse 1,

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 Paul and Timothy,

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 servants of Christ Jesus.

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 Paul didn't say,

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 Paul and my helper,

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 or Paul and my student,

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 servants of Jesus Christ.

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 They're peers.

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 They're on the same level

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 working the mission for Christ.

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 Paul says that Timothy

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 was genuinely concerned

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 about others.

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 Many people that Paul worked with

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 were not like this,

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 at least that's what he says here.

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 There was an aspect to their service

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 that was self-serving in nature.

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 They helped in the ministry,

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 they served,

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 but there's an interest in self

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 that seems to be greater

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 than their interest in Christ.

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 They served with an agenda.

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 And I wonder,

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 as we look at this,

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 if there are times

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 where we struggle with that as well.

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 If we come into the church

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 and we serve,

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 or we get involved

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 with different things,

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 and there's more of an agenda

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 on self than there is on Christ,

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 and we don't just genuinely serve

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 caring for one another

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 in any way that we feel

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 God wants us to serve

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 instead of finding somewhere

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 that suits our needs.

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 Serving with an interest for Christ.

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 Because notice in these verses

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 how Paul ties the concern of others

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 to what Christ is interested in.

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 It says in verse 20,

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 For I have no one like him

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 who will be genuinely concerned

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 for your welfare,

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 for they all seek their own interests,

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 not those of Jesus Christ.

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 So we see this connection

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 of others seeking their interest

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 where Timothy is seeking other people,

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 and that lines up

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 with what Jesus Christ's interests are.

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 And so we need to be careful

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 that what we are in line with

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 is Jesus Christ and not ourselves.

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 Let's move on.

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 Verse 23 and 24.

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 I hope therefore to send him

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 just as soon as I see

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 how it will go for me,

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 and I trust in the Lord

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 that shortly I myself will come also.

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 Most likely when Paul says

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 as soon as I see

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 how it will go for me,

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 he's referring to

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 getting out of prison.

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 Now I don't know for sure

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 what the reason is

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 why he wants Timothy there.

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 Maybe it's for physical support.

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 Maybe for court reasons

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 it's helpful to have Timothy there.

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 Maybe it's just to encourage him

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 while he's in prison.

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 I'm not sure.

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 But we know that Timothy

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 is loved and very special to Paul.

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 And so at the same time,

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 we know how much Paul

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 wants to send him back to the church

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 and encourage them.

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 So you can easily see this tension

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 between what would help Paul

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 and what would help the church.

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 Timothy, a young man living for Christ

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 and genuinely concerned for others.

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 So as we move into the next section,

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 we see in Timothy

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 these characteristics of humility,

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 of unity and perseverance.

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 Paul can't send Timothy yet.

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 He still wants to encourage the church.

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 So his other option that he sees

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 is Epaphroditus,

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 who is with him

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 and his goal is still the same.

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 I want to encourage the church

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 and I can encourage Epaphroditus

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 if I can send him back.

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 So we pick it up in verse 25.

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 I have thought it necessary

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 to send to you Epaphroditus,

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 my brother and fellow worker

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 and fellow soldier

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 and your messenger and minister

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 to my need.

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 For he has been longing for you all

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 and has been distressed

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 because you heard that he was ill.

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 Epaphroditus was one

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 of Paul's brothers.

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 Now not brother from the same mother,

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 brother in the Lord, right?

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 Brother with the same heavenly father.

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 Some people say,

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 well, yes,

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 but aren't we all children of God

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 and we're made in his image?

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 Yes, that's true.

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 We are.

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 And we share in that same common grace

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 that God provides each one of us.

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 But there's something more

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 with those who believe in Jesus Christ.

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 And so when we see in the New Testament,

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 they say brother or sister.

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 Besides those times when it's obvious

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 that we know that they're talking about

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 their physical family,

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 it's more than a friendly greeting.

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 It is a reminder of our connection

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 to one another in Jesus Christ.

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 When we talk about this partnership

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 in the gospel,

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 it's more than just a common goal.

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 Church is more than just a club,

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 something that we go to on the weekends

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 so that we feel like we have friends.

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 We're talking about a much bigger family thing.

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 Being loved by

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 and living for a heavenly father

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 because he sent Christ to die for us.

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 Being adopted into a family

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 we don't deserve.

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 Being able to be ruled

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 by a king who created the universe.

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 That's the family that we're talking about.

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 We all have an earthly family

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 that God did create

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 and we love them.

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 At least we should.

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 Most of them.

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 That's good and natural.

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 But there is a bigger,

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 a deeper,

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 a far-reaching,

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 more important family of God

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 that is being referred to here.

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 God is making for himself a people,

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 a family,

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 a church

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 for himself

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 so that when he returns

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 we can be like him

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 and we can live with him

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 for eternity

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 in the presence of our God the Father.

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 So Paul says,

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 Epaphroditus is my brother.

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 That's big.

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 That means something

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 when he says that.

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 He also calls him

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 his fellow worker.

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 Why?

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 Because life as a Christian

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 is work.

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 Not working only for yourself,

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 which we do.

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 We have jobs.

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 We have to work.

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 But working for Christ,

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 for others.

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 Serving them.

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 Jesus says in Mark 10, 45,

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 for even the Son of Man

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 did not come to be served

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 but to serve.

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 First Peter 4, 10,

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 each one

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 should use whatever gift

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 he has received

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 to serve others.

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 Serving others is work.

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 Serving in the church is work.

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 Caring for other Christians

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 is work.

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 Being a Christ follower

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 involves some level of work.

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 It's what we are called to do.

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 Epaphroditus was from Philippi.

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 He was a worker in the church

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 at Philippi.

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 We don't know exactly

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.440
 what he did

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 but he was a partner

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 in that work

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 of the gospel.

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 So Paul calls Epaphroditus

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 a fellow soldier.

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 He's not talking about

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 serving in the military together.

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 He's referring to

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 being fellow soldiers

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 in God's army.

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 Paul likes to use

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 this language

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 of fighting

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 and army

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 and

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 some of them might say

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 well that sounds violent.

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 I thought God was

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 about love

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 and peace

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 and Christians

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 should be as well.

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 But God's army

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 is not a physical

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 fighting thing.

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 It's about spreading

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 the good news

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 of the gospel

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 and fighting

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 against the lies

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 that Satan has out there.

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 It is a war

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 but it's a spiritual war.

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 It's a fight

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 against Satan

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 and the lies

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 of sin and darkness

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 because Satan

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 doesn't want us

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 to know anything

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 about a God

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 a heaven

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 or in hell.

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 He wants us

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 to be content

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 right exactly

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 where we are

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 so that we will

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 live for ourselves

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 and in the end

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 we'll die

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 and we'll be in hell

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.379
 with him

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 which he has no choice

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.859
 of being pulled into

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 because of what he did

00:24:52.179 --> 00:24:53.200
 back in the beginning.

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 So Satan

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 doesn't want anyone

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:56.339
 to know about this.

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 That's the war

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 that is going on.

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 Epaphroditus

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 was one of those people

00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:04.039
 who worked

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 and fought

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:06.619
 alongside Paul

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 for the advancement

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.379
 of the gospel.

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 Paul also calls him

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.819
 your messenger

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:14.679
 speaking of the church

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 of Philippi

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 and minister

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.659
 to my need.

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 The Philippian church

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.679
 collected

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 a gift of money.

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 Growing up

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 in the church

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 that I went to

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 or that I grew up in

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 that was called

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 a love offering.

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 Missionaries

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 would come

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.119
 on occasion

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 to our church

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 and they would tell us

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.759
 about their mission

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 and what they were doing

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:40.519
 for spreading the gospel

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 and we would take up

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:42.879
 an offering

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 like all good Baptists

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 right?

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 We'd take up offerings

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 and that money

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 that we collected

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 would be given to them

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:51.299
 as a love offering

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 as an encouragement

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:54.659
 as a way to help them

00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:55.960
 in their mission

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:57.259
 and that's what

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.619
 the Philippian church did.

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.599
 They collected money

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:01.359
 and they needed

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.059
 a way to get it

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.819
 to Paul

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.919
 whom they wanted

00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:04.619
 to support.

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:07.079
 Not having a

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:08.879
 Western Union nearby

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:10.759
 Venmo wasn't quite

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.439
 on the scene.

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:13.159
 They had the money

00:26:13.159 --> 00:26:13.819
 but not a way

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.559
 to get it

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:16.099
 to Paul

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:17.039
 who was in Rome.

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:19.299
 And so someone

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:20.039
 needed to take

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.639
 that money

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:21.439
 and travel

00:26:21.439 --> 00:26:22.480
 800 miles

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.219
 from Philippi

00:26:23.219 --> 00:26:23.819
 to Rome

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:25.319
 and give it to Paul

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:25.939
 and that's where

00:26:25.939 --> 00:26:26.740
 Epaphroditus

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:28.099
 raises his hand

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.440
 and says

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.059
 I'll do it.

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.779
 Now

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:33.380
 probably not

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:34.900
 traveling alone

00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:36.059
 because

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:37.019
 they just

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.900
 didn't do that.

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.740
 He may have been

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.779
 traveling with his son

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:41.200
 or with a servant.

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.359
 Either way

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.839
 I get the idea

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.579
 that Epaphroditus

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.259
 was probably

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.220
 not someone

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.759
 who

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:49.160
 couldn't handle

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.640
 himself

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.500
 if need be.

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:51.960
 I wouldn't sign up

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:53.680
 for this mission

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:56.240
 if I was

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.900
 well

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.240
 me

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.940
 small

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.960
 and looked like

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.680
 I could be

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.200
 beat up

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.819
 easily.

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.819
 I don't imagine

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.460
 Epaphroditus

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.259
 was like that.

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.160
 I don't know

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.980
 what he was like

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:07.220
 but he had

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:08.119
 it was common

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:09.000
 to be robbed

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.880
 while traveling

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:12.539
 and at this distance

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.059
 we're talking

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:14.259
 six to eight weeks

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.579
 of day to day

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.180
 traveling

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:18.220
 from Philippi

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:19.079
 to get to Rome

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:20.299
 carrying money.

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:20.859
 I don't know

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.339
 how much

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.940
 but it was

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.519
 a substantial

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.539
 amount of money.

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.099
 Doable

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:26.480
 but tough

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.940
 and dangerous

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.420
 nonetheless.

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:30.200
 He was the church's

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.640
 messenger

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.819
 for their gift

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.380
 to Paul.

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:36.420
 During his trip

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.140
 most likely

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:37.900
 as he is getting

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.940
 near Rome

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:40.119
 he gets sick

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:40.960
 so sick

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:42.900
 that he almost dies.

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:45.599
 Verse 27

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.279
 says

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:47.880
 indeed he was

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.299
 ill

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:50.000
 near to death

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.460
 but God

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.059
 had mercy

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.619
 on him

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.359
 and not

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:53.180
 only on him

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.839
 but on me

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.420
 also

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.440
 lest I

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:55.839
 should have

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.279
 sorrow

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.339
 upon sorrow.

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.099
 Can you

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.539
 imagine

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.700
 the sorrow

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.920
 the sadness

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.700
 and guilt

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.720
 Paul would

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.319
 have

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.720
 if Epaphroditus

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.460
 dies

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:07.660
 as a result

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.359
 of wanting

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:09.000
 to minister

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.559
 to him?

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.160
 Can you

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.460
 imagine

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:11.140
 what the church

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.680
 of Philippi

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.380
 would feel like

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:13.279
 if they sent him

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:14.599
 and he dies

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.480
 somewhere in that

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:15.799
 mission?

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.440
 Paul's in prison

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:17.820
 and he can't

00:28:17.820 --> 00:28:18.200
 do anything

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.720
 about it

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.259
 and the church

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.740
 is sending

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.400
 someone with

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:20.759
 money

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:23.279
 and that person

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.900
 just wants

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.799
 to help Paul

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.460
 and they die

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:26.980
 on their way.

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.759
 That would be

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.200
 horrible.

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:30.360
 And yet

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:31.120
 at the same

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.779
 time

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:33.779
 Paul knows

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:35.580
 because he said

00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:36.100
 it back in

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.799
 verse 21

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:38.519
 that dying

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.360
 is better.

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.360
 To die

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:41.740
 would be

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.000
 gain

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.440
 because it

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:42.799
 would mean

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.340
 we would be

00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:44.660
 in the presence

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:46.140
 of God

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:46.820
 and the presence

00:28:46.820 --> 00:28:47.980
 of Jesus Christ

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.660
 our Savior.

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.600
 That's helpful

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.080
 I think

00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:53.259
 to think about

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:53.980
 because there

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.980
 are times

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.500
 there are

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.200
 situations

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:57.880
 when someone

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.640
 doing the

00:28:58.640 --> 00:28:59.480
 ministering

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.620
 like Epaphroditus

00:29:00.620 --> 00:29:02.380
 doesn't make it.

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:05.120
 Like Hallmark

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:05.480
 movies

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.960
 they don't

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.720
 always end

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.240
 happy.

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.540
 Some people

00:29:08.540 --> 00:29:09.460
 that you think

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:10.440
 were doing

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:11.019
 all the right

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.779
 things

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:13.500
 should

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.660
 not die

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.619
 and they die

00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:16.420
 and we don't

00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:17.039
 get it.

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.579
 Take comfort

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.139
 in the fact

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:21.700
 that Paul

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.500
 says

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:24.000
 dying

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:25.279
 is gain

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.000
 because of

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.759
 what we get

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.819
 after this

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.480
 life.

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:29.980
 Sure living

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.720
 now is good

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.700
 and we can

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.599
 tell people

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:33.559
 about Christ

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.480
 but dying

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.799
 is better

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.599
 in the end.

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.660
 But

00:29:42.660 --> 00:29:43.680
 God spared

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.299
 his life

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:46.460
 and Paul

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.980
 is thankful

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.700
 for that.

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.399
 Paul is eager

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:49.799
 to send

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.460
 Epaphroditus

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.059
 back to

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.559
 Philippi

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.160
 because of

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:52.420
 that

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.319
 and I'm

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.500
 sure

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.079
 Epaphroditus

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.859
 is eager

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.339
 to go

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:55.639
 back

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.079
 and share

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.539
 with the

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:56.960
 church

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.639
 how he

00:29:57.639 --> 00:29:58.339
 was saved

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:58.940
 and the

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.339
 time he

00:29:59.339 --> 00:29:59.639
 got to

00:29:59.639 --> 00:29:59.859
 spend

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.440
 with Paul

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.000
 and how

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.500
 he encouraged

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.779
 Paul

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.119
 and Paul

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.599
 encouraged

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:02.960
 him.

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.359
 Also

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:05.960
 he gets

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.220
 to go

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.500
 back

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:06.839
 with a

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.139
 letter

00:30:07.139 --> 00:30:07.619
 from the

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:07.940
 apostle

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.359
 Paul.

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.039
 Now

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.220
 I'm sure

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.819
 that probably

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:11.000
 is a

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.220
 bigger

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.600
 thing to

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:11.759
 us

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.120
 now

00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.319
 than

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:12.460
 it

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:12.700
 was

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:12.980
 back

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.339
 then

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:13.759
 but

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.019
 that's

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.200
 still

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.339
 a

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.500
 big

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.759
 thing

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.559
 and

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:15.660
 it

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:15.779
 was

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:15.980
 also

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.779
 customary

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.620
 that

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.180
 the

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.620
 messenger

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.059
 get to

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.400
 read

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.700
 that

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.019
 letter

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.339
 to

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:20.559
 the

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:20.819
 church

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.039
 so

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.519
 imagine

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.160
 Epaphroditus

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.440
 when he

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:22.579
 gets

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:22.900
 back

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.519
 he gets

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:23.980
 to read

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.259
 this

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.680
 letter

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.420
 Philippians

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:25.700
 to

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:25.920
 the

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.220
 church

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.420
 in

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:26.759
 Corinth

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.759
 and

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:27.980
 then

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.579
 answer

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.299
 questions

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.519
 from

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:29.680
 the

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.019
 people

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.380
 talking

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:30.660
 about

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:30.900
 that

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.160
 trip

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.339
 he

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:31.539
 was

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:31.880
 on

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.720
 so

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:32.880
 you

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:33.019
 can

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.420
 imagine

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:34.160
 Epaphroditus

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.460
 is

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:34.740
 quite

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.259
 excited

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.559
 about

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:35.779
 his

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.200
 return

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.759
 back

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:39.139
 and

00:30:39.139 --> 00:30:39.319
 in

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.559
 his

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.099
 reading

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:40.920
 he'll

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.079
 get

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.259
 to

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.599
 read

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:41.940
 verses

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.539
 29

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:42.819
 and

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.139
 30

00:30:43.139 --> 00:30:43.460
 let's

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:43.639
 look

00:30:43.639 --> 00:30:43.779
 at

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.160
 those

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:46.180
 Paul

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.480
 says

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.879
 this

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.359
 so

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:47.819
 receive

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.279
 him

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.639
 talking

00:30:48.639 --> 00:30:48.859
 about

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.559
 Epaphroditus

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.200
 in

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.339
 the

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:50.539
 Lord

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:50.740
 with

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:50.920
 all

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.279
 joy

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.500
 and

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:51.940
 honor

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.319
 such

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:52.680
 men

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.119
 for

00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:53.359
 he

00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:53.740
 nearly

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.160
 died

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.339
 for

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.500
 the

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:54.720
 work

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:54.920
 of

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.359
 Christ

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:56.119
 risking

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.399
 his

00:30:56.399 --> 00:30:56.720
 life

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:56.940
 to

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.500
 complete

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.819
 what

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.019
 was

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.440
 lacking

00:30:58.440 --> 00:30:59.099
 in

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.339
 your

00:30:59.339 --> 00:30:59.879
 service

00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:00.319
 to

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:00.619
 me

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:02.879
 now

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.079
 maybe

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.339
 some

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.579
 people

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:03.940
 thought

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.339
 that

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:05.279
 Epaphroditus

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.859
 had stayed

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.059
 with

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:06.240
 Paul

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.460
 too

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:06.819
 long

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.819
 maybe

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.059
 they

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.299
 thought

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:08.480
 he

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:08.759
 was

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.000
 too

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.420
 weak

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.099
 maybe

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.639
 he

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.059
 traveled

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.240
 at

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.379
 the

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:11.599
 wrong

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:11.899
 time

00:31:11.899 --> 00:31:12.039
 he

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.279
 took

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.480
 the

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:12.720
 wrong

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.200
 path

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.680
 you

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:13.980
 know

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.500
 how

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.920
 people

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.279
 get

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.539
 when

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:15.700
 you

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:15.899
 do

00:31:15.899 --> 00:31:16.200
 things

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.359
 a

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:16.519
 little

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:16.980
 different

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.220
 than

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.519
 what's

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:17.619
 in

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:17.799
 their

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.240
 mind

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:19.220
 I'm

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.379
 sure

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:19.500
 there

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:19.619
 were

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:19.819
 people

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.000
 that

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.220
 weren't

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:20.619
 exactly

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.379
 happy

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:22.119
 with

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.680
 the

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.119
 time

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.519
 frame

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:23.899
 or

00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:24.319
 anything

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.660
 about

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:24.879
 the

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.259
 mission

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.059
 regardless

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.399
 Paul

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:26.759
 tells

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.019
 them

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.639
 receive

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.819
 Epaphroditus

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.680
 receive

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:29.879
 him

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.299
 back

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.759
 in

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:30.920
 the

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.220
 Lord

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.740
 with

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.299
 joy

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.700
 and

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.079
 honor

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:33.400
 him

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.720
 honor

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.059
 people

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.500
 like

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.860
 him

00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:37.059
 why

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.680
 because

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.620
 he

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:39.860
 came

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.440
 he did

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.539
 a service

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.299
 to me

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.940
 that you

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.339
 couldn't

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:43.779
 complete

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:45.480
 Paul

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.220
 also points

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.660
 out how

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.240
 Epaphroditus

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.700
 is

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.559
 Christ

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.019
 like

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:50.339
 and how

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.900
 he served

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.360
 others

00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:54.299
 back in

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.880
 verse 8

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.299
 of this

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.700
 chapter

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.240
 Paul's

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.860
 talking about

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.200
 Jesus

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:57.799
 and he

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.480
 says

00:31:58.480 --> 00:32:02.700
 he

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.039
 humbled

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.599
 himself

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.180
 by

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.660
 becoming

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.319
 obedient

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:05.900
 to the

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.480
 point

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:06.819
 of

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.200
 death

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.539
 speaking

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:07.740
 of

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:07.960
 when

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.279
 Jesus

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.539
 was

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:08.799
 going

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:08.980
 to

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.299
 die

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.440
 on

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.579
 the

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:09.940
 cross

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.620
 for

00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:10.839
 our

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.259
 sins

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:12.059
 and

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.220
 then

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.579
 here

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:12.740
 when

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.000
 talking

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.299
 about

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:14.160
 Epaphroditus

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:14.440
 Paul

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:14.700
 says

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.140
 he

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:15.480
 nearly

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.180
 died

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.660
 for

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:16.839
 the

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.039
 work

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.220
 of

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.759
 Christ

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.539
 Jesus

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:18.839
 was

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.200
 obedient

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.799
 to

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.220
 death

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:21.180
 Epaphroditus

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.400
 was

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:21.900
 obedient

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.319
 and

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:22.660
 almost

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:23.099
 died

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.279
 so

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.480
 there's

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:23.680
 some

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.200
 connections

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.579
 here

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:24.740
 and

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.059
 how

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.579
 he

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.259
 served

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.620
 and

00:32:26.620 --> 00:32:26.880
 wanted

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.160
 to

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.579
 serve

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.180
 whatever

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.500
 that

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:28.960
 cost

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.740
 was

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:32.039
 there's

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.220
 also

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.600
 one more

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:32.940
 aspect

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.420
 that

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:34.200
 Paul

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.880
 wants

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.100
 them

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.320
 to

00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:35.700
 know

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.720
 the

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.279
 church

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.500
 of

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:37.900
 Philippi

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:38.180
 wanted

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.380
 to

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:38.720
 support

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.060
 Paul

00:32:39.060 --> 00:32:39.460
 they

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:39.700
 wanted

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:39.940
 to

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.160
 send

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.380
 him

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:40.740
 money

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.920
 but

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.100
 they

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.420
 couldn't

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:42.560
 have

00:32:42.560 --> 00:32:42.860
 done

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.080
 it

00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.580
 until

00:32:43.580 --> 00:32:44.920
 Epaphroditus

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:45.279
 made

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.519
 that

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.039
 possible

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:48.460
 so

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.640
 the

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:48.860
 church

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.000
 of

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.299
 service

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:49.539
 to

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:49.820
 Paul

00:32:49.820 --> 00:32:50.160
 couldn't

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:50.360
 be

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:50.900
 completed

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:52.000
 without

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:53.000
 Epaphroditus

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.940
 help

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.880
 he

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.200
 needed

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.440
 the

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:55.920
 gift

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.420
 the

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:56.779
 church

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.200
 needed

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:57.720
 him

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.160
 to

00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:58.440
 send

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:58.600
 it

00:32:58.600 --> 00:32:58.900
 there

00:32:58.900 --> 00:33:00.360
 that's

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.640
 how

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:01.039
 God

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.480
 intends

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:01.620
 it

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:01.799
 to

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.140
 work

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:04.039
 we

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.380
 need

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.640
 each

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:04.920
 other

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.759
 in a

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.319
 partnership

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.579
 in order

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.259
 for the

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.500
 church

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:08.720
 to

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.059
 grow

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.279
 to

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:09.539
 be

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.319
 encouraged

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.960
 to

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.279
 spread

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.480
 the

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:11.920
 gospel

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:14.120
 and that

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:14.579
 brings us

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:15.000
 to our

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.339
 last

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:15.660
 point

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:17.180
 and that

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.559
 is

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.240
 that's

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.519
 you

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.140
 that's

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:19.579
 that's

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:19.880
 me

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.440
 that's

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:21.000
 Trinity

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.579
 Cambridge

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.299
 Church

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:23.759
 as

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:23.940
 we

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.339
 move

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:24.740
 into

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.659
 2021

00:33:25.659 --> 00:33:29.619
 and

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:29.839
 before

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.039
 we

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.200
 get

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.440
 into

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.879
 that

00:33:30.879 --> 00:33:32.079
 but

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.339
 as

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:32.700
 part

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:32.859
 of

00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:33.259
 that

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:35.059
 are

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.379
 you

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:36.180
 a

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.559
 Christian

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.099
 this

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:37.500
 evening

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:40.079
 before

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.579
 we

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:41.460
 ask

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.059
 Christians

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.720
 questions

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.259
 to help

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.639
 them

00:33:43.639 --> 00:33:44.159
 navigate

00:33:44.159 --> 00:33:44.559
 this

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:44.879
 next

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.099
 year

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:45.240
 I

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.379
 want

00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:45.460
 to

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.680
 ask

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:45.899
 those

00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:46.099
 who

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.519
 aren't

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.000
 Christians

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:48.279
 do

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.500
 you

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.099
 know

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:50.059
 God's

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.599
 love

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.460
 for

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:51.859
 you

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:56.559
 his

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:56.980
 greatest

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.720
 expression

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.839
 of

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.579
 love

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.599
 was

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.019
 sending

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.440
 Jesus

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.200
 Christ

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:03.460
 we

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:03.700
 just

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.319
 celebrated

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.559
 it

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:04.720
 in

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.099
 Christmas

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:07.200
 sending

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.599
 Jesus

00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:08.239
 Christ

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:08.559
 who

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:08.780
 would

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:08.980
 then

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.139
 go

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.280
 to

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.440
 the

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.719
 cross

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:09.960
 and

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.320
 die

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.900
 for

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.119
 our

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.340
 sins

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.599
 that

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:11.880
 was

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.079
 his

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.400
 greatest

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.980
 expression

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.219
 of

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:13.519
 love

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.179
 for

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:14.619
 us

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.400
 and

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.539
 if

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:15.659
 you

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:15.940
 don't

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.420
 believe

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.800
 that

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.039
 if

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.160
 you

00:34:17.160 --> 00:34:17.420
 don't

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.980
 share

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.560
 in

00:34:18.560 --> 00:34:18.840
 that

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.500
 love

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:22.100
 then

00:34:22.100 --> 00:34:22.820
 you

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.340
 don't

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.560
 get

00:34:23.560 --> 00:34:23.780
 to

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.380
 participate

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:25.019
 in

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.320
 that

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.640
 love

00:34:25.640 --> 00:34:25.860
 of

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.360
 God

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:27.120
 completely

00:34:27.120 --> 00:34:28.940
 that

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.120
 may

00:34:29.120 --> 00:34:29.320
 not

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:29.660
 sound

00:34:29.660 --> 00:34:29.900
 too

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.200
 bad

00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:30.500
 right

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.840
 now

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.019
 as

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.140
 you

00:34:31.140 --> 00:34:31.480
 feel

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:32.039
 comfortable

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.720
 but

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:32.900
 that

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.200
 also

00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:33.640
 means

00:34:33.640 --> 00:34:33.940
 that

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.640
 as

00:34:34.640 --> 00:34:34.840
 your

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.160
 life

00:34:35.160 --> 00:34:35.760
 ends

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.220
 you

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.620
 don't

00:34:36.620 --> 00:34:37.200
 share

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:37.539
 in

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:37.720
 that

00:34:37.720 --> 00:34:38.019
 love

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.240
 of

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:38.820
 God

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.440
 that

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:39.560
 you

00:34:39.560 --> 00:34:39.840
 never

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.380
 believed

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.640
 in

00:34:40.640 --> 00:34:40.840
 to

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.180
 start

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.660
 with

00:34:41.660 --> 00:34:43.800
 if

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.140
 that's

00:34:44.140 --> 00:34:44.400
 you

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:45.320
 then

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:45.460
 I

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:45.620
 would

00:34:45.620 --> 00:34:46.000
 encourage

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.140
 you

00:34:46.140 --> 00:34:46.280
 to

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:46.500
 reach

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:46.699
 out

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:46.880
 to

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.440
 someone

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.280
 here

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:48.820
 tonight

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:50.260
 if

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.420
 you're

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:50.679
 sitting

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.119
 at home

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.400
 in a

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:51.559
 group

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:51.820
 ask

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.099
 somebody

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.360
 in your

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.639
 group

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:52.920
 in your

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.320
 community

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.699
 group

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.260
 ask

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:54.579
 someone

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:54.840
 to

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.099
 share

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.340
 with

00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:55.719
 you

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.320
 what

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:56.539
 the

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:56.840
 love

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.099
 of

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.639
 God

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.320
 is

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:59.539
 and

00:34:59.539 --> 00:34:59.699
 they

00:34:59.699 --> 00:34:59.880
 would

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.079
 love

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.280
 to

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:00.519
 share

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:00.739
 that

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:00.980
 with

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.239
 you

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:04.300
 if

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.440
 you're

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:04.699
 already

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:04.940
 a

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.320
 Christian

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:06.260
 then

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:06.519
 let's

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:06.719
 think

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:06.920
 about

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.159
 these

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:07.679
 examples

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.079
 that

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.460
 Paul

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:08.739
 has

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:08.980
 given

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.360
 us

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:10.239
 we

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.500
 already

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:10.699
 know

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:10.820
 that

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:10.960
 God

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.099
 is

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:11.420
 building

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:11.619
 a

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.079
 family

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:13.679
 a

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.019
 people

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.340
 for

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:14.880
 himself

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:16.160
 and this

00:35:16.160 --> 00:35:16.460
 is not

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:16.880
 done in

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.700
 isolation

00:35:17.700 --> 00:35:18.660
 we

00:35:18.660 --> 00:35:19.340
 grow

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:19.880
 and we

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.360
 encourage

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:21.260
 and we

00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:21.800
 serve one

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.180
 another

00:35:22.180 --> 00:35:24.200
 but it's

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:25.140
 not by

00:35:25.140 --> 00:35:25.700
 ourself

00:35:25.700 --> 00:35:26.119
 for

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.780
 ourself

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:28.480
 we don't

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.039
 see a

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.920
 model of that

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:31.099
 anywhere in

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.619
 the scripture

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:33.320
 and yet we

00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:33.960
 have so many

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.700
 people trying

00:35:34.700 --> 00:35:35.099
 to do

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.740
 life that

00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:36.079
 way

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:39.420
 so

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:40.299
 ask

00:35:40.299 --> 00:35:40.679
 yourself

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:40.940
 this

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:41.299
 question

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:41.579
 are you

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:41.719
 a

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:41.880
 friend

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.139
 like

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.599
 Timothy

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:42.900
 or

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.679
 Epaphroditus

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:45.920
 maybe

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.139
 you're

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.420
 not

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:46.759
 and you

00:35:46.759 --> 00:35:47.119
 need

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:47.319
 a

00:35:47.319 --> 00:35:47.559
 friend

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:47.840
 like

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.219
 Timothy

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:48.460
 or

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:49.179
 Epaphroditus

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.779
 there

00:35:49.779 --> 00:35:50.099
 are

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.420
 some

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:50.619
 of

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:50.900
 those

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:51.279
 in

00:35:51.279 --> 00:35:51.559
 this

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.000
 church

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:56.420
 are

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.679
 you

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:57.259
 working

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:57.900
 towards

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.319
 being

00:35:58.319 --> 00:35:58.619
 that

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:58.940
 type

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.119
 of

00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.539
 friend

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:01.299
 encouraging

00:36:01.299 --> 00:36:01.920
 caring

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.440
 praying

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:02.960
 loving

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.559
 serving

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:03.920
 one

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:04.299
 another

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:06.000
 as we

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.300
 move

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:06.539
 into

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:07.480
 2021

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:09.539
 will

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:09.780
 your

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.240
 mindset

00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:11.039
 be

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.620
 like

00:36:11.620 --> 00:36:13.240
 chapter

00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:13.780
 1

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.200
 verse

00:36:14.200 --> 00:36:14.660
 21

00:36:14.660 --> 00:36:14.980
 that

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.240
 says

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:15.600
 for

00:36:15.600 --> 00:36:15.760
 me

00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:15.920
 to

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.100
 live

00:36:16.100 --> 00:36:16.260
 as

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.660
 Christ

00:36:16.660 --> 00:36:16.880
 and

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.000
 to

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.180
 die

00:36:17.180 --> 00:36:17.340
 as

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:17.620
 gain

00:36:17.620 --> 00:36:19.180
 or

00:36:19.180 --> 00:36:19.380
 will

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.580
 your

00:36:19.580 --> 00:36:20.000
 mindset

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.300
 be

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:20.580
 more

00:36:20.580 --> 00:36:20.900
 like

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.220
 chapter

00:36:21.220 --> 00:36:21.680
 2

00:36:21.680 --> 00:36:21.960
 verse

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.440
 21

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:22.840
 that

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.080
 says

00:36:23.080 --> 00:36:23.280
 for

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:23.480
 they

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:23.740
 all

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:24.080
 seek

00:36:24.080 --> 00:36:24.260
 their

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:24.440
 own

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:24.820
 interest

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.100
 not

00:36:25.100 --> 00:36:25.360
 those

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:25.500
 of

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:25.740
 Jesus

00:36:25.740 --> 00:36:26.340
 Christ

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:29.740
 Timothy

00:36:29.740 --> 00:36:30.000
 and

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.260
 Paul

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:31.120
 they

00:36:31.120 --> 00:36:31.500
 weren't

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.720
 or

00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:32.240
 Timothy

00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:32.420
 and

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:33.000
 Epaphroditus

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.340
 they

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:33.720
 weren't

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.100
 Paul

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:35.440
 but

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:35.619
 they

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:35.880
 were

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.380
 godly

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.960
 examples

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.339
 that

00:36:37.339 --> 00:36:37.619
 were

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:38.119
 given

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.380
 and

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:38.699
 called

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:38.960
 to

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.279
 emulate

00:36:39.279 --> 00:36:45.219
 they

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:45.599
 aren't

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:46.380
 blazing

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:46.779
 in the

00:36:46.779 --> 00:36:47.319
 spotlight

00:36:47.319 --> 00:36:48.179
 examples

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:49.299
 like

00:36:49.299 --> 00:36:49.699
 Paul

00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:50.000
 but

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.739
 dedicated

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:52.139
 consistent

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:53.219
 servants

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:53.480
 for

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:54.079
 Christ

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:56.500
 Paul

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:56.719
 and

00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:57.099
 Silas

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:57.259
 they

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:57.380
 were

00:36:57.380 --> 00:36:58.519
 out

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:58.980
 there

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.219
 they

00:36:59.219 --> 00:36:59.400
 were

00:36:59.400 --> 00:36:59.880
 preaching

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:01.019
 they

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.179
 were

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:01.420
 in

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.639
 their

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:02.259
 face

00:37:02.259 --> 00:37:03.079
 it

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.599
 was

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:03.779
 like

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:03.920
 they

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.040
 were

00:37:04.040 --> 00:37:04.160
 on

00:37:04.160 --> 00:37:04.300
 the

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:04.580
 front

00:37:04.580 --> 00:37:05.560
 lines

00:37:05.560 --> 00:37:06.200
 of

00:37:06.200 --> 00:37:06.660
 missions

00:37:06.660 --> 00:37:06.960
 going

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.500
 forward

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.120
 and

00:37:08.120 --> 00:37:08.240
 then

00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:08.360
 all

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:08.440
 of

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.480
 a

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:08.580
 sudden

00:37:08.580 --> 00:37:08.740
 they

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:08.960
 get

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.480
 arrested

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.320
 they

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.480
 get

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:10.720
 thrown

00:37:10.720 --> 00:37:10.940
 in

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.240
 jail

00:37:11.240 --> 00:37:11.760
 so

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.080
 imagine

00:37:12.080 --> 00:37:12.280
 what

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:12.440
 this

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.740
 looks

00:37:12.740 --> 00:37:13.000
 like

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.260
 they're

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.420
 in

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:13.800
 jail

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:14.720
 things

00:37:14.720 --> 00:37:15.220
 felt

00:37:15.220 --> 00:37:15.420
 like

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:15.580
 they

00:37:15.580 --> 00:37:15.760
 were

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:15.960
 on

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.300
 fire

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:16.660
 moving

00:37:16.660 --> 00:37:17.019
 forward

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:17.180
 and

00:37:17.180 --> 00:37:17.380
 then

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:18.120
 Timothy

00:37:18.120 --> 00:37:18.380
 is

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:18.660
 standing

00:37:18.660 --> 00:37:18.960
 there

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.160
 if

00:37:19.160 --> 00:37:19.560
 there's

00:37:19.560 --> 00:37:19.740
 other

00:37:19.740 --> 00:37:19.980
 people

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.180
 with

00:37:20.180 --> 00:37:20.300
 him

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:21.000
 they're

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.160
 like

00:37:21.160 --> 00:37:21.320
 what

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:21.500
 just

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.920
 happened

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:24.820
 so

00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:24.980
 what

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.080
 do

00:37:25.080 --> 00:37:25.220
 they

00:37:25.220 --> 00:37:25.540
 do

00:37:25.540 --> 00:37:26.320
 they

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.480
 say

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.620
 we

00:37:26.620 --> 00:37:26.800
 need

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:26.940
 to

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.180
 pray

00:37:27.180 --> 00:37:27.400
 for

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:27.680
 them

00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:28.360
 so

00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:34.100
 praying

00:37:34.100 --> 00:37:34.240
 and

00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:34.380
 they're

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:34.740
 singing

00:37:34.740 --> 00:37:34.920
 and

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.060
 what

00:37:35.060 --> 00:37:35.500
 happens

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:36.400
 supernatural

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:37.140
 stuff

00:37:37.140 --> 00:37:37.740
 happens

00:37:37.740 --> 00:37:39.340
 now

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:39.600
 I don't

00:37:39.600 --> 00:37:39.900
 want to

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.220
 give away

00:37:40.220 --> 00:37:40.540
 all the

00:37:40.540 --> 00:37:40.780
 things

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:41.080
 that we're

00:37:41.080 --> 00:37:41.300
 going to

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.760
 dig into

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.120
 when we

00:37:42.120 --> 00:37:42.480
 get into

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:42.760
 acts

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:42.980
 but

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.700
 mighty

00:37:43.700 --> 00:37:44.000
 things

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.300
 happen

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.460
 to

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:44.660
 the

00:37:44.660 --> 00:37:45.000
 church

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.640
 when

00:37:45.640 --> 00:37:45.780
 they

00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:46.019
 care

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:46.200
 for

00:37:46.200 --> 00:37:46.400
 one

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:46.760
 another

00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:48.160
 putting

00:37:48.160 --> 00:37:48.560
 other

00:37:48.560 --> 00:37:48.960
 needs

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.420
 first

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:50.120
 praying

00:37:50.120 --> 00:37:50.380
 for

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:50.660
 God

00:37:50.660 --> 00:37:50.840
 to

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.019
 do

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.440
 things

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:51.680
 they

00:37:51.680 --> 00:37:51.980
 can't

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.340
 control

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:53.740
 that

00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:54.160
 sounds

00:37:54.160 --> 00:37:54.500
 like

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:55.140
 where

00:37:55.140 --> 00:37:55.440
 we're

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:55.720
 at

00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:56.000
 right

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.400
 now

00:37:56.400 --> 00:38:01.280
 you

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:01.640
 might be

00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:01.820
 thinking

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:02.320
 that sounds

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:02.620
 really

00:38:02.620 --> 00:38:02.940
 good

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.639
 I'd

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:03.800
 like

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:03.960
 to

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.200
 live

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:04.380
 and

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:04.659
 serve

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:04.980
 like

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:05.460
 Timothy

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:05.639
 and

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:06.340
 Epaphroditus

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:06.659
 but

00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:08.039
 how do

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:08.240
 we

00:38:08.240 --> 00:38:08.599
 do

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:09.139
 that

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:09.940
 in

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.099
 the

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:10.360
 church

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:10.639
 how

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:10.960
 do

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:11.119
 we

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.400
 serve

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.960
 others

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.539
 when

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:12.740
 we're

00:38:12.740 --> 00:38:13.079
 dealing

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.380
 with

00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:13.920
 coronavirus

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:15.800
 that's

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:16.000
 a good

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.440
 question

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:19.019
 so

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.179
 I'd

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:19.320
 like

00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:19.460
 to

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.800
 ask

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:21.320
 or

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:21.480
 I'd

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:21.619
 like

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:21.780
 to

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:22.000
 give

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.200
 you

00:38:22.200 --> 00:38:22.380
 a

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:22.539
 couple

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:22.840
 things

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.000
 to

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.200
 think

00:38:23.200 --> 00:38:23.500
 about

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.760
 as

00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:23.940
 we

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.139
 end

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.400
 this

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:24.740
 year

00:38:24.740 --> 00:38:25.659
 and

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.119
 realize

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:26.420
 that

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:26.700
 next

00:38:26.700 --> 00:38:27.099
 Sunday

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:28.980
 when

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.280
 we

00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:30.099
 meet

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:30.440
 back

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:30.840
 together

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:31.300
 again

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:31.579
 even

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:31.820
 though

00:38:31.820 --> 00:38:31.980
 it

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.139
 will

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:32.360
 be

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:33.000
 2021

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:34.380
 life

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:34.539
 will

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:34.740
 still

00:38:34.740 --> 00:38:34.920
 be

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:35.340
 weird

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:36.059
 and

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.360
 church

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.519
 is

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:36.760
 still

00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:36.940
 going

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.019
 to

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.240
 be

00:38:37.240 --> 00:38:37.920
 uncomfortable

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.300
 and

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:38.860
 separated

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:41.120
 at least

00:38:41.120 --> 00:38:41.700
 compared to

00:38:41.700 --> 00:38:42.000
 what we

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.440
 knew it

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:42.740
 to be

00:38:42.740 --> 00:38:43.120
 a year

00:38:43.120 --> 00:38:43.440
 ago

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:47.139
 now

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:47.260
 it

00:38:47.260 --> 00:38:47.440
 seems

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:47.720
 right

00:38:47.720 --> 00:38:47.920
 for

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.139
 our

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:48.519
 church

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:48.740
 in

00:38:48.740 --> 00:38:48.940
 this

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.440
 moment

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:50.619
 to

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:51.019
 be

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:52.099
 partly

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.320
 in

00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:52.720
 person

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.800
 and

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:54.200
 partly

00:38:54.200 --> 00:38:55.179
 virtual

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:56.539
 I

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:56.980
 understand

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.380
 both

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:57.920
 sides

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:59.079
 and it's

00:38:59.079 --> 00:38:59.400
 right

00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:00.300
 and good

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:03.320
 add to

00:39:03.320 --> 00:39:03.639
 that

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:05.700
 the fact

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.460
 that

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:08.119
 COVID-19

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:10.139
 didn't

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:10.400
 catch

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:10.880
 God

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.139
 didn't

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:12.179
 catch

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:12.739
 God

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:13.819
 off guard

00:39:13.819 --> 00:39:14.219
 God

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.460
 is

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:14.839
 sovereign

00:39:14.839 --> 00:39:15.359
 God

00:39:15.359 --> 00:39:15.960
 knows

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.279
 these

00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:16.579
 things

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:16.980
 before

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.199
 they

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:17.639
 happen

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:18.239
 he

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.799
 controls

00:39:18.799 --> 00:39:19.239
 them

00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:22.920
 he

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:23.179
 knows

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.559
 what we

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.000
 need

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.519
 he

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:24.799
 also

00:39:24.799 --> 00:39:25.059
 knows

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.219
 what

00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:25.359
 is

00:39:25.359 --> 00:39:25.559
 good

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:25.839
 for

00:39:25.839 --> 00:39:26.039
 us

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.440
 he

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:26.779
 knew

00:39:26.779 --> 00:39:26.960
 it

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.099
 was

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.279
 going

00:39:27.279 --> 00:39:27.440
 to

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:27.980
 happen

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.839
 allowed

00:39:28.839 --> 00:39:29.139
 it

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.539
 and

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:29.759
 has

00:39:29.759 --> 00:39:29.940
 a

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:30.299
 purpose

00:39:30.299 --> 00:39:30.819
 behind

00:39:30.819 --> 00:39:31.139
 it

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:32.119
 so

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.339
 as

00:39:32.339 --> 00:39:32.480
 we

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:32.699
 think

00:39:32.699 --> 00:39:32.960
 about

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.519
 Paul

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:34.159
 going

00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:34.379
 to

00:39:34.379 --> 00:39:34.799
 prison

00:39:34.799 --> 00:39:35.379
 think

00:39:35.379 --> 00:39:35.659
 about

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:35.980
 how

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:37.199
 God

00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:38.759
 ordained

00:39:38.759 --> 00:39:39.339
 Paul

00:39:39.339 --> 00:39:39.719
 to go

00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:39.940
 to

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.400
 prison

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:41.420
 so

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:41.599
 that

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:41.739
 he

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:41.879
 would

00:39:41.879 --> 00:39:42.019
 have

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.299
 time

00:39:42.299 --> 00:39:42.440
 to

00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:42.619
 write

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:43.119
 letters

00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:43.379
 that

00:39:43.379 --> 00:39:43.519
 would

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:44.000
 encourage

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.460
 millions

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:44.759
 of

00:39:44.759 --> 00:39:45.179
 people

00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:46.619
 and

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:46.879
 help

00:39:46.879 --> 00:39:47.379
 strengthen

00:39:47.379 --> 00:39:47.699
 his

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:48.039
 church

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.339
 going

00:39:48.339 --> 00:39:48.779
 forward

00:39:48.779 --> 00:39:51.239
 think

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:51.480
 about

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:51.719
 how

00:39:51.719 --> 00:39:51.960
 that

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.259
 lands

00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:52.460
 for

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:52.779
 us

00:39:52.779 --> 00:39:52.940
 as

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.199
 we

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:53.519
 look

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:53.759
 at

00:39:53.759 --> 00:39:54.619
 COVID-19

00:39:54.619 --> 00:39:55.039
 and

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.639
 how

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:55.879
 we

00:39:55.879 --> 00:39:56.179
 think

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:56.379
 that

00:39:56.379 --> 00:39:56.539
 we

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:56.679
 are

00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:57.079
 being

00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:57.779
 held

00:39:57.779 --> 00:39:58.299
 back

00:39:58.300 --> 00:40:01.840
 so

00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:02.100
 instead

00:40:02.100 --> 00:40:02.260
 of

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:02.560
 thinking

00:40:02.560 --> 00:40:02.960
 how

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.240
 long

00:40:03.240 --> 00:40:03.360
 are

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:03.480
 we

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:03.660
 going

00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:03.800
 to

00:40:03.800 --> 00:40:03.980
 be

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:04.500
 separated

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:05.100
 like

00:40:05.100 --> 00:40:05.500
 this

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:06.300
 how

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:07.140
 long

00:40:07.140 --> 00:40:07.780
 do

00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:07.880
 I

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.060
 have

00:40:08.060 --> 00:40:08.180
 to

00:40:08.180 --> 00:40:08.340
 go

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:08.539
 to

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.100
 church

00:40:09.100 --> 00:40:10.539
 where

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:10.880
 nothing

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:11.120
 is

00:40:11.120 --> 00:40:11.340
 like

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:11.480
 it

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:11.720
 used

00:40:11.720 --> 00:40:11.880
 to

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:12.180
 be

00:40:12.180 --> 00:40:13.740
 or

00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:14.039
 maybe

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.260
 you're

00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:14.580
 thinking

00:40:14.580 --> 00:40:15.640
 everything

00:40:15.640 --> 00:40:15.940
 I

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:16.400
 enjoyed

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:16.740
 about

00:40:16.740 --> 00:40:17.360
 church

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:18.019
 is

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.420
 gone

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:20.840
 God's

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:21.039
 not

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.539
 gone

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.120
 his

00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:22.600
 word

00:40:22.600 --> 00:40:23.180
 is

00:40:23.180 --> 00:40:23.420
 not

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:23.980
 gone

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.460
 your

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:25.220
 salvation

00:40:25.220 --> 00:40:25.640
 is

00:40:25.640 --> 00:40:25.920
 not

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.460
 gone

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:28.480
 our

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:28.900
 identity

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:29.240
 in

00:40:29.240 --> 00:40:29.639
 Christ

00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:29.900
 is

00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:30.139
 not

00:40:30.139 --> 00:40:30.659
 gone

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:33.599
 our

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.039
 partnership

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:34.260
 in

00:40:34.260 --> 00:40:34.420
 the

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:34.800
 gospel

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:35.199
 is

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:35.440
 not

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:35.840
 gone

00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:36.740
 our

00:40:36.740 --> 00:40:37.139
 call

00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:37.400
 to

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:37.780
 serve

00:40:37.780 --> 00:40:38.599
 others

00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:39.840
 and

00:40:39.840 --> 00:40:40.400
 share

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:40.679
 the

00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:41.199
 gospel

00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:41.880
 is

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:42.119
 not

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:42.559
 gone

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:45.199
 it's

00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:45.699
 different

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:46.639
 but

00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:46.820
 it's

00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:47.039
 not

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.460
 gone

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:49.000
 it

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.139
 would

00:40:49.139 --> 00:40:49.280
 be

00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:49.519
 more

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:49.860
 helpful

00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:50.099
 if

00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:50.260
 we

00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:50.599
 started

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:51.099
 asking

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:51.760
 questions

00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:52.260
 like

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:52.900
 what

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:53.139
 does

00:40:53.139 --> 00:40:53.400
 God

00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:53.659
 want

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:53.840
 me

00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:54.079
 to

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.639
 do

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:55.579
 during

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:55.900
 this

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.559
 time

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.699
 when

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:58.059
 things

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.219
 have

00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:58.440
 been

00:40:58.440 --> 00:40:58.819
 stripped

00:40:58.819 --> 00:40:59.299
 away

00:40:59.299 --> 00:41:02.659
 as

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:02.759
 I

00:41:02.759 --> 00:41:02.980
 mentioned

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.219
 Paul

00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:03.420
 was

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:03.579
 in

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:03.860
 prison

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:04.079
 and

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:04.279
 wrote

00:41:04.279 --> 00:41:04.659
 letters

00:41:04.659 --> 00:41:04.880
 that

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:05.360
 encouraged

00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:05.799
 millions

00:41:05.799 --> 00:41:06.460
 he

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:06.659
 was

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:06.960
 locked

00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:07.219
 up

00:41:07.219 --> 00:41:07.340
 and

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:07.460
 he

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:07.659
 still

00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:07.920
 found

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.059
 a

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.179
 way

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:08.340
 to

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:08.519
 share

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:08.679
 the

00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:09.079
 gospel

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:10.420
 I

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:10.599
 know

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:10.719
 we're

00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:10.880
 not

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:12.039
 in

00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:12.380
 prison

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:12.699
 but

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:13.159
 that

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:13.360
 just

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:13.639
 means

00:41:13.639 --> 00:41:14.319
 life's

00:41:14.319 --> 00:41:14.480
 not

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:14.639
 as

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:14.920
 bad

00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:15.059
 as

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:15.259
 what

00:41:15.259 --> 00:41:15.559
 Paul

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:15.860
 had

00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:16.059
 it

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:18.079
 we

00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:18.420
 still

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:18.819
 have

00:41:18.819 --> 00:41:19.319
 ways

00:41:19.319 --> 00:41:19.539
 to

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:19.860
 connect

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.039
 with

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.219
 one

00:41:20.219 --> 00:41:20.539
 another

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:20.759
 we

00:41:20.759 --> 00:41:20.940
 can

00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:21.299
 still

00:41:21.299 --> 00:41:22.000
 call

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.440
 and

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:22.819
 text

00:41:22.819 --> 00:41:23.279
 and

00:41:23.279 --> 00:41:23.639
 send

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:24.119
 letters

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:24.599
 we

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:24.779
 can

00:41:24.779 --> 00:41:25.039
 go

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:25.739
 online

00:41:25.739 --> 00:41:26.159
 they

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:26.420
 had

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:26.739
 none

00:41:26.739 --> 00:41:26.960
 of

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:27.239
 that

00:41:27.239 --> 00:41:27.539
 back

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:27.980
 then

00:41:27.980 --> 00:41:29.839
 I

00:41:29.839 --> 00:41:30.119
 know

00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:30.339
 it's

00:41:30.339 --> 00:41:30.739
 different

00:41:30.739 --> 00:41:34.199
 there

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:34.339
 are

00:41:34.339 --> 00:41:34.699
 people

00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:35.860
 in

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:36.059
 our

00:41:36.059 --> 00:41:36.519
 church

00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:36.799
 that

00:41:36.799 --> 00:41:37.079
 need

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.619
 encouraging

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:40.019
 and

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:40.199
 if

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:40.460
 you're

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:40.639
 one

00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:40.739
 of

00:41:40.739 --> 00:41:40.920
 those

00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:41.179
 people

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.360
 who

00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:41.619
 don't

00:41:41.619 --> 00:41:41.799
 need

00:41:41.799 --> 00:41:42.339
 encouraging

00:41:42.339 --> 00:41:43.119
 praise

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:43.619
 God

00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:44.139
 because

00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:44.440
 there's

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:44.920
 probably

00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:45.299
 two

00:41:45.299 --> 00:41:45.519
 other

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:45.900
 people

00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:46.279
 who

00:41:46.279 --> 00:41:46.519
 do

00:41:46.519 --> 00:41:46.779
 need

00:41:46.779 --> 00:41:47.279
 encouraging

00:41:47.279 --> 00:41:48.319
 so

00:41:48.319 --> 00:41:48.599
 what

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:49.139
 what

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:49.279
 are

00:41:49.279 --> 00:41:49.500
 you

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:49.699
 as

00:41:49.699 --> 00:41:49.880
 a

00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:50.319
 Christian

00:41:50.319 --> 00:41:50.679
 called

00:41:50.679 --> 00:41:50.900
 to

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:51.199
 serve

00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:51.519
 them

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:51.880
 supposed

00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:52.139
 to

00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:52.460
 do

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:54.840
 there

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:54.940
 are

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:55.119
 still

00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:55.420
 people

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:55.559
 in

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:55.720
 our

00:41:55.720 --> 00:41:56.059
 church

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:56.300
 that

00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:56.420
 are

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:56.699
 trying

00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:56.880
 to

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:57.079
 do

00:41:57.079 --> 00:41:57.579
 life

00:41:57.579 --> 00:41:57.960
 in

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.599
 isolation

00:41:58.599 --> 00:41:59.539
 reach

00:41:59.539 --> 00:41:59.800
 out

00:41:59.800 --> 00:41:59.980
 to

00:41:59.980 --> 00:42:00.240
 those

00:42:00.240 --> 00:42:00.619
 people

00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:01.720
 pray

00:42:01.720 --> 00:42:01.920
 to

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:02.159
 know

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:02.420
 who

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:02.760
 those

00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:03.139
 people

00:42:03.139 --> 00:42:03.699
 are

00:42:03.699 --> 00:42:04.920
 start

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:05.139
 by

00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:05.400
 letting

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:05.639
 them

00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:05.960
 know

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:06.159
 that

00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:06.360
 you're

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.619
 thinking

00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:06.980
 about

00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:07.099
 them

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:07.519
 you care

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:07.820
 about

00:42:07.820 --> 00:42:08.019
 them

00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:08.599
 you'd

00:42:08.599 --> 00:42:08.760
 like

00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:08.940
 to

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.119
 pray

00:42:09.119 --> 00:42:09.440
 for

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:09.699
 them

00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:11.780
 see

00:42:11.780 --> 00:42:12.079
 how

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:12.440
 you

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:12.659
 in

00:42:12.659 --> 00:42:12.820
 your

00:42:12.820 --> 00:42:13.139
 current

00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:13.780
 situation

00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:14.099
 whatever

00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:14.400
 that

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:14.740
 looks

00:42:14.740 --> 00:42:15.099
 like

00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:16.280
 could

00:42:16.280 --> 00:42:16.599
 serve

00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:16.740
 and

00:42:16.740 --> 00:42:17.360
 encourage

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:17.679
 other

00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:18.019
 people

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.199
 in

00:42:18.199 --> 00:42:18.340
 our

00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:18.760
 church

00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:19.880
 like

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:20.039
 I

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:20.240
 said

00:42:20.240 --> 00:42:20.679
 it

00:42:20.679 --> 00:42:20.880
 will

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:21.139
 look

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:21.500
 different

00:42:22.460 --> 00:42:22.699
 I

00:42:22.699 --> 00:42:23.000
 know

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:24.240
 but

00:42:24.240 --> 00:42:24.519
 God

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:24.860
 doesn't

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:25.079
 tell

00:42:25.079 --> 00:42:25.240
 us

00:42:25.240 --> 00:42:25.420
 to

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:25.699
 stop

00:42:25.699 --> 00:42:26.159
 serving

00:42:26.159 --> 00:42:26.960
 serving

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.960
 isn't

00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:28.220
 only

00:42:28.220 --> 00:42:28.480
 for

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:28.679
 a

00:42:28.679 --> 00:42:29.119
 season

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:29.820
 prayer

00:42:29.820 --> 00:42:30.260
 isn't

00:42:30.260 --> 00:42:30.720
 only

00:42:30.720 --> 00:42:31.240
 in

00:42:31.240 --> 00:42:31.380
 the

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:31.659
 easy

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:32.199
 times

00:42:32.199 --> 00:42:32.599
 prayer

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:33.059
 is

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.380
 all

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:33.880
 time

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:36.539
 encouraging

00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:37.079
 and

00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:37.679
 meeting

00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:38.260
 together

00:42:38.260 --> 00:42:39.019
 regardless

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.559
 of what

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:39.720
 it

00:42:39.720 --> 00:42:39.980
 looks

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:40.280
 like

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:40.480
 is

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:40.760
 something

00:42:40.760 --> 00:42:41.039
 that

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:41.260
 the

00:42:41.260 --> 00:42:41.860
 church

00:42:41.860 --> 00:42:42.740
 that

00:42:42.740 --> 00:42:43.019
 is

00:42:43.019 --> 00:42:43.880
 you

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:44.320
 and

00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:44.860
 me

00:42:44.860 --> 00:42:46.460
 are

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:46.780
 called

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:47.019
 to

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:47.320
 do

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:47.920
 together

00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:48.820
 regardless

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:49.340
 of what

00:42:49.340 --> 00:42:49.480
 it

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:49.740
 looks

00:42:49.740 --> 00:42:50.119
 like

00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:52.920
 for

00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:53.139
 the

00:42:53.139 --> 00:42:53.500
 glory

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:53.739
 of

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:54.219
 Christ

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:54.500
 and

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:54.699
 for

00:42:54.699 --> 00:42:54.880
 the

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:55.500
 encouragement

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:55.880
 of

00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:56.059
 one

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:56.440
 another

00:42:56.440 --> 00:42:58.819
 and

00:42:58.819 --> 00:42:58.980
 if

00:42:58.980 --> 00:42:59.179
 you're

00:42:59.179 --> 00:42:59.319
 one

00:42:59.319 --> 00:42:59.420
 of

00:42:59.420 --> 00:42:59.619
 those

00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:00.059
 people

00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:00.980
 out

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:01.299
 there

00:43:01.299 --> 00:43:01.519
 who

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:01.699
 are

00:43:01.699 --> 00:43:02.319
 struggling

00:43:02.319 --> 00:43:03.839
 I

00:43:03.839 --> 00:43:04.019
 want

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:04.159
 to

00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:04.539
 encourage

00:43:04.539 --> 00:43:04.880
 you

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:05.500
 to

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:05.819
 reach

00:43:05.819 --> 00:43:06.099
 out

00:43:06.099 --> 00:43:06.319
 to

00:43:06.319 --> 00:43:06.639
 another

00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:06.940
 brother

00:43:06.940 --> 00:43:07.199
 and

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:07.559
 sister

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:09.339
 stop

00:43:09.339 --> 00:43:09.719
 trying

00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:10.000
 to

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:10.480
 do

00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:11.460
 life

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:11.699
 on

00:43:11.699 --> 00:43:11.900
 your

00:43:11.900 --> 00:43:12.279
 own

00:43:12.279 --> 00:43:12.619
 stop

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:13.239
 trying

00:43:13.239 --> 00:43:13.359
 to

00:43:13.359 --> 00:43:13.500
 do

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:13.759
 your

00:43:13.759 --> 00:43:14.179
 version

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:14.539
 of

00:43:14.539 --> 00:43:15.279
 church

00:43:15.279 --> 00:43:15.519
 and

00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:15.960
 COVID

00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:16.500
 by

00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:17.219
 yourself

00:43:17.219 --> 00:43:19.019
 it's

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.199
 why

00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:19.500
 God

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:19.859
 gave

00:43:19.859 --> 00:43:20.019
 us

00:43:20.019 --> 00:43:20.219
 the

00:43:20.219 --> 00:43:20.519
 church

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:20.679
 so

00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:20.819
 we

00:43:20.819 --> 00:43:20.959
 could

00:43:20.959 --> 00:43:21.419
 struggle

00:43:21.419 --> 00:43:21.799
 with

00:43:21.799 --> 00:43:22.019
 one

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:22.399
 another

00:43:22.399 --> 00:43:24.859
 struggle

00:43:24.859 --> 00:43:26.099
 and

00:43:26.099 --> 00:43:26.239
 then

00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:26.639
 encourage

00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:26.899
 and

00:43:26.899 --> 00:43:27.279
 strengthen

00:43:27.279 --> 00:43:27.539
 and

00:43:27.539 --> 00:43:27.899
 grow

00:43:27.899 --> 00:43:30.899
 if

00:43:30.899 --> 00:43:31.139
 you

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:31.339
 are

00:43:31.339 --> 00:43:31.759
 struggling

00:43:31.759 --> 00:43:32.159
 tonight

00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:32.559
 please

00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:32.839
 don't

00:43:32.839 --> 00:43:33.259
 continue

00:43:33.259 --> 00:43:33.679
 in your

00:43:33.679 --> 00:43:34.079
 struggle

00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:34.719
 don't

00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:34.919
 go

00:43:34.919 --> 00:43:35.339
 into

00:43:35.339 --> 00:43:35.599
 the

00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:35.879
 next

00:43:35.879 --> 00:43:36.319
 year

00:43:36.319 --> 00:43:37.559
 continuing

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:38.259
 to

00:43:38.259 --> 00:43:38.659
 struggle

00:43:38.659 --> 00:43:39.359
 reach

00:43:39.359 --> 00:43:39.579
 out

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:39.779
 to

00:43:39.779 --> 00:43:40.199
 someone

00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:40.579
 reach

00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:40.759
 out

00:43:40.759 --> 00:43:40.899
 to

00:43:40.899 --> 00:43:41.099
 someone

00:43:41.099 --> 00:43:41.259
 in

00:43:41.259 --> 00:43:41.739
 your

00:43:41.739 --> 00:43:42.179
 community

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:42.599
 group

00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:43.099
 reach

00:43:43.099 --> 00:43:43.279
 out

00:43:43.279 --> 00:43:43.439
 to

00:43:43.439 --> 00:43:43.839
 someone

00:43:43.839 --> 00:43:44.480
 that

00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:44.679
 you

00:43:44.679 --> 00:43:44.980
 know

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:45.279
 just

00:43:45.279 --> 00:43:45.519
 send

00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:45.980
 a text

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:46.279
 do

00:43:46.279 --> 00:43:46.839
 anything

00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:49.880
 if

00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:50.039
 you're

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:50.240
 like

00:43:50.240 --> 00:43:50.539
 me

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:50.940
 sometimes

00:43:50.940 --> 00:43:51.300
 I

00:43:51.300 --> 00:43:51.539
 miss

00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:51.760
 the

00:43:51.760 --> 00:43:52.340
 obvious

00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:54.000
 don't

00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:54.240
 sit

00:43:54.240 --> 00:43:54.500
 back

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:54.640
 and

00:43:54.640 --> 00:43:54.780
 say

00:43:54.780 --> 00:43:54.960
 well

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:55.160
 you

00:43:55.160 --> 00:43:55.420
 should

00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:55.579
 have

00:43:55.579 --> 00:43:56.039
 noticed

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:56.300
 yeah

00:43:56.300 --> 00:43:56.440
 we

00:43:56.440 --> 00:43:56.760
 should

00:43:56.760 --> 00:43:56.980
 have

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.340
 but

00:43:57.340 --> 00:43:57.600
 raise

00:43:57.600 --> 00:43:57.760
 your

00:43:57.760 --> 00:43:58.000
 hand

00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:58.340
 anyway

00:43:58.340 --> 00:43:58.720
 because

00:43:58.720 --> 00:43:58.960
 we

00:43:58.960 --> 00:43:59.160
 don't

00:43:59.160 --> 00:43:59.440
 want

00:43:59.440 --> 00:43:59.600
 you

00:43:59.600 --> 00:43:59.780
 to

00:43:59.780 --> 00:44:00.120
 fall

00:44:00.120 --> 00:44:00.840
 back

00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:02.420
 we

00:44:02.420 --> 00:44:02.620
 don't

00:44:02.620 --> 00:44:02.860
 want

00:44:02.860 --> 00:44:03.059
 to

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:03.360
 miss

00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:03.600
 you

00:44:03.600 --> 00:44:03.780
 we

00:44:03.780 --> 00:44:04.340
 don't

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:04.539
 want

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:05.039
 not

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.200
 to

00:44:05.200 --> 00:44:05.360
 be

00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:05.519
 able

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:05.760
 to

00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:06.100
 serve

00:44:06.100 --> 00:44:06.280
 and

00:44:06.280 --> 00:44:06.740
 encourage

00:44:06.740 --> 00:44:07.240
 you

00:44:07.240 --> 00:44:12.380
 I

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:12.800
 guarantee

00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:13.079
 that

00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:13.220
 if

00:44:13.220 --> 00:44:13.360
 you

00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:13.740
 ask

00:44:13.740 --> 00:44:14.280
 someone

00:44:14.280 --> 00:44:15.019
 to

00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:15.240
 pray

00:44:15.240 --> 00:44:15.460
 for

00:44:15.460 --> 00:44:15.760
 you

00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:17.640
 to

00:44:17.640 --> 00:44:18.500
 meet

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:18.820
 once

00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:19.320
 a week

00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:19.720
 just

00:44:19.720 --> 00:44:19.920
 to

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:20.260
 talk

00:44:20.260 --> 00:44:20.580
 about

00:44:20.580 --> 00:44:21.060
 life

00:44:21.060 --> 00:44:21.560
 maybe

00:44:21.560 --> 00:44:21.780
 to

00:44:21.780 --> 00:44:22.040
 study

00:44:22.040 --> 00:44:22.280
 a

00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:22.440
 book

00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:22.840
 together

00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:23.380
 I

00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:23.900
 guarantee

00:44:23.900 --> 00:44:24.380
 that

00:44:24.380 --> 00:44:24.680
 they'll

00:44:24.680 --> 00:44:24.880
 be

00:44:24.880 --> 00:44:25.360
 helped

00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:25.920
 by

00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:26.920
 them

00:44:26.920 --> 00:44:27.320
 helping

00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:27.700
 you

00:44:27.700 --> 00:44:28.180
 it's

00:44:28.180 --> 00:44:28.360
 just

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:28.620
 how

00:44:28.620 --> 00:44:28.940
 God

00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:29.420
 ordains

00:44:29.420 --> 00:44:29.560
 it

00:44:29.560 --> 00:44:29.700
 to

00:44:29.700 --> 00:44:30.080
 happen

00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:33.159
 don't

00:44:33.159 --> 00:44:33.599
 waste

00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:34.059
 this

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:35.000
 growth

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:35.980
 opportunity

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:38.400
 and

00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:38.599
 let's

00:44:38.599 --> 00:44:38.799
 not

00:44:38.799 --> 00:44:39.039
 sit

00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:39.360
 around

00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:39.860
 idle

00:44:39.860 --> 00:44:40.239
 for

00:44:40.239 --> 00:44:40.460
 the

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:40.880
 next

00:44:40.880 --> 00:44:42.199
 three

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:42.639
 months

00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:43.940
 six

00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:44.319
 months

00:44:44.319 --> 00:44:44.619
 nine

00:44:44.619 --> 00:44:45.039
 months

00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:45.840
 it's

00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:46.039
 already

00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:46.579
 way

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:47.059
 faster

00:44:47.059 --> 00:44:47.319
 than

00:44:47.319 --> 00:44:49.159
 a lot

00:44:49.159 --> 00:44:49.440
 of us

00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:49.679
 thought

00:44:49.679 --> 00:44:49.840
 it

00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:49.980
 would

00:44:49.980 --> 00:44:50.340
 happen

00:44:50.340 --> 00:44:51.340
 let's

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:51.559
 not

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:51.900
 waste

00:44:51.900 --> 00:44:52.139
 that

00:44:52.139 --> 00:44:52.619
 time

00:44:52.619 --> 00:44:53.039
 sitting

00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:53.559
 around

00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:54.279
 waiting

00:44:54.279 --> 00:44:54.539
 for

00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:54.819
 things

00:44:54.819 --> 00:44:55.019
 to

00:44:55.019 --> 00:44:55.400
 change

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:55.819
 hoping

00:44:55.819 --> 00:44:56.019
 the

00:44:56.019 --> 00:44:56.239
 church

00:44:56.239 --> 00:44:56.500
 goes

00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:56.840
 back

00:44:56.840 --> 00:44:57.039
 to

00:44:57.039 --> 00:44:57.199
 what

00:44:57.199 --> 00:44:57.340
 it

00:44:57.340 --> 00:44:57.880
 was

00:44:57.880 --> 00:45:01.699
 thinking

00:45:01.699 --> 00:45:01.960
 that

00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:02.139
 we

00:45:02.139 --> 00:45:02.500
 can't

00:45:02.500 --> 00:45:02.860
 grow

00:45:02.860 --> 00:45:04.079
 thinking

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:04.320
 we

00:45:04.320 --> 00:45:04.619
 can't

00:45:04.619 --> 00:45:04.820
 do

00:45:04.820 --> 00:45:05.179
 anything

00:45:05.179 --> 00:45:05.460
 for

00:45:05.460 --> 00:45:05.699
 God

00:45:05.699 --> 00:45:05.920
 because

00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:06.119
 we

00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:06.559
 can

00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:08.119
 so

00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:08.440
 let's

00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:08.739
 partner

00:45:08.739 --> 00:45:09.219
 together

00:45:09.219 --> 00:45:09.420
 and

00:45:09.420 --> 00:45:09.639
 let's

00:45:09.639 --> 00:45:09.920
 grow

00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:10.159
 in

00:45:10.159 --> 00:45:10.639
 Christ

00:45:10.639 --> 00:45:11.659
 for

00:45:11.659 --> 00:45:11.860
 his

00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:12.340
 glory

00:45:12.340 --> 00:45:12.800
 and

00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:13.099
 for

00:45:13.099 --> 00:45:13.800
 our

00:45:13.800 --> 00:45:14.619
 edification

00:45:14.619 --> 00:45:15.519
 and

00:45:15.519 --> 00:45:16.139
 encouragement

00:45:16.139 --> 00:45:16.659
 tonight

00:45:16.659 --> 00:45:18.579
 let's

00:45:18.579 --> 00:45:19.119
 let's

00:45:19.119 --> 00:45:19.320
 pray

00:45:19.320 --> 00:45:19.860
 together

00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:30.059
 Lord

00:45:30.059 --> 00:45:30.240
 we

00:45:30.240 --> 00:45:30.640
 pray

00:45:30.640 --> 00:45:30.940
 that

00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:31.160
 you

00:45:31.160 --> 00:45:31.599
 would

00:45:31.599 --> 00:45:32.840
 give

00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:33.059
 us

00:45:33.059 --> 00:45:33.700
 time

00:45:33.700 --> 00:45:34.780
 this

00:45:34.780 --> 00:45:35.220
 week

00:45:35.220 --> 00:45:38.880
 that

00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:39.140
 we

00:45:39.140 --> 00:45:39.620
 can

00:45:39.620 --> 00:45:40.280
 reflect

00:45:40.280 --> 00:45:41.019
 on

00:45:41.019 --> 00:45:41.360
 your

00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:41.780
 word

00:45:41.780 --> 00:45:42.200
 reflect

00:45:42.200 --> 00:45:42.500
 on

00:45:42.500 --> 00:45:42.760
 this

00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:43.400
 passage

00:45:43.400 --> 00:45:44.160
 reflect

00:45:44.160 --> 00:45:44.420
 on

00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:44.599
 our

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:45.039
 life

00:45:45.039 --> 00:45:45.900
 reflect

00:45:45.900 --> 00:45:46.280
 on

00:45:46.280 --> 00:45:46.660
 where

00:45:46.660 --> 00:45:46.940
 we

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:47.480
 are

00:45:47.480 --> 00:45:50.820
 with

00:45:50.820 --> 00:45:51.260
 you

00:45:51.260 --> 00:45:52.400
 where's

00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:52.559
 our

00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:53.019
 personal

00:45:53.019 --> 00:45:53.539
 life

00:45:53.539 --> 00:45:56.639
 think

00:45:56.639 --> 00:45:57.019
 back

00:45:57.019 --> 00:45:57.260
 to

00:45:57.260 --> 00:45:57.920
 March

00:45:57.920 --> 00:46:00.340
 when

00:46:00.340 --> 00:46:00.679
 things

00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:01.139
 changed

00:46:01.139 --> 00:46:01.380
 so

00:46:01.380 --> 00:46:01.960
 drastically

00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:02.300
 and

00:46:02.300 --> 00:46:02.460
 for

00:46:02.460 --> 00:46:02.659
 some

00:46:02.659 --> 00:46:02.780
 of

00:46:02.780 --> 00:46:02.900
 us

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:03.039
 we

00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:03.240
 had

00:46:03.240 --> 00:46:03.380
 a

00:46:03.380 --> 00:46:03.539
 lot

00:46:03.539 --> 00:46:03.679
 of

00:46:03.679 --> 00:46:04.019
 time

00:46:04.019 --> 00:46:04.199
 and

00:46:04.199 --> 00:46:04.679
 we

00:46:04.679 --> 00:46:04.880
 had

00:46:04.880 --> 00:46:05.139
 things

00:46:05.139 --> 00:46:05.300
 we

00:46:05.300 --> 00:46:05.460
 can

00:46:05.460 --> 00:46:05.719
 do

00:46:05.719 --> 00:46:05.900
 and

00:46:05.900 --> 00:46:06.240
 between

00:46:06.240 --> 00:46:06.539
 then

00:46:06.539 --> 00:46:06.679
 and

00:46:06.679 --> 00:46:06.940
 now

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:07.119
 we

00:46:07.119 --> 00:46:07.400
 filled

00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:07.579
 that

00:46:07.579 --> 00:46:07.880
 time

00:46:07.880 --> 00:46:08.059
 with

00:46:08.059 --> 00:46:08.260
 other

00:46:08.260 --> 00:46:08.760
 things

00:46:08.760 --> 00:46:09.360
 God

00:46:09.360 --> 00:46:09.519
 I

00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:09.679
 pray

00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:09.840
 that

00:46:09.840 --> 00:46:09.960
 you

00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:10.079
 would

00:46:10.079 --> 00:46:10.280
 help

00:46:10.280 --> 00:46:10.679
 point

00:46:10.679 --> 00:46:11.039
 out

00:46:11.039 --> 00:46:11.619
 those

00:46:11.619 --> 00:46:11.980
 things

00:46:11.980 --> 00:46:12.380
 that

00:46:12.380 --> 00:46:12.719
 have

00:46:12.719 --> 00:46:14.280
 come

00:46:14.280 --> 00:46:14.579
 in

00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:15.420
 and

00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:15.940
 choked

00:46:15.940 --> 00:46:16.340
 out

00:46:16.340 --> 00:46:16.639
 our

00:46:16.639 --> 00:46:17.039
 free

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:17.639
 time

00:46:17.639 --> 00:46:18.900
 and

00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:19.159
 instead

00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:19.320
 of

00:46:19.320 --> 00:46:19.539
 using

00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:19.840
 that

00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:20.219
 time

00:46:20.219 --> 00:46:20.599
 to

00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:21.480
 strengthen

00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:21.739
 our

00:46:21.739 --> 00:46:22.119
 Christian

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:22.599
 walk

00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:22.920
 we

00:46:22.920 --> 00:46:23.599
 have

00:46:23.599 --> 00:46:24.079
 become

00:46:24.079 --> 00:46:24.659
 lazy

00:46:24.659 --> 00:46:26.000
 in

00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:26.139
 our

00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:26.480
 Christian

00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:26.820
 walk

00:46:26.820 --> 00:46:26.960
 and

00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:27.099
 we

00:46:27.099 --> 00:46:27.440
 become

00:46:27.440 --> 00:46:27.980
 stronger

00:46:27.980 --> 00:46:28.239
 in

00:46:28.239 --> 00:46:28.420
 other

00:46:28.420 --> 00:46:28.820
 things

00:46:28.820 --> 00:46:29.099
 that

00:46:29.099 --> 00:46:30.659
 probably

00:46:30.659 --> 00:46:31.079
 don't

00:46:31.079 --> 00:46:31.460
 matter

00:46:31.460 --> 00:46:32.420
 Lord

00:46:32.420 --> 00:46:32.599
 we

00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:32.880
 ask

00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:32.980
 that

00:46:32.980 --> 00:46:33.059
 you

00:46:33.059 --> 00:46:33.199
 would

00:46:33.199 --> 00:46:33.420
 help

00:46:33.420 --> 00:46:34.539
 meet

00:46:34.539 --> 00:46:34.739
 with

00:46:34.739 --> 00:46:34.980
 us

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:35.259
 this

00:46:35.259 --> 00:46:35.579
 week

00:46:35.579 --> 00:46:35.800
 and

00:46:35.800 --> 00:46:36.099
 point

00:46:36.099 --> 00:46:36.400
 out

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:36.719
 those

00:46:36.719 --> 00:46:37.000
 things

00:46:37.000 --> 00:46:37.159
 if

00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:37.380
 that's

00:46:37.380 --> 00:46:37.480
 in

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:37.599
 our

00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:37.980
 community

00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:38.460
 group

00:46:38.460 --> 00:46:39.400
 great

00:46:39.400 --> 00:46:39.759
 if

00:46:39.759 --> 00:46:40.000
 that's

00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:40.099
 in

00:46:40.099 --> 00:46:40.219
 our

00:46:40.219 --> 00:46:40.559
 personal

00:46:40.559 --> 00:46:41.000
 time

00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:41.400
 great

00:46:41.400 --> 00:46:42.019
 Lord

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:42.199
 we

00:46:42.199 --> 00:46:42.519
 ask

00:46:42.519 --> 00:46:42.739
 that

00:46:42.739 --> 00:46:42.960
 you

00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:43.300
 would

00:46:43.300 --> 00:46:43.599
 meet

00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:43.940
 us

00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:44.159
 and

00:46:44.159 --> 00:46:44.679
 put

00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:44.860
 your

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:47.579
 life

00:46:47.579 --> 00:46:48.699
 where

00:46:48.699 --> 00:46:48.980
 we

00:46:48.980 --> 00:46:49.259
 are

00:46:49.259 --> 00:46:50.219
 failing

00:46:50.219 --> 00:46:50.539
 and

00:46:50.539 --> 00:46:50.699
 we

00:46:50.699 --> 00:46:50.880
 could

00:46:50.880 --> 00:46:51.079
 be

00:46:51.079 --> 00:46:51.539
 growing

00:46:51.539 --> 00:46:52.420
 where

00:46:52.420 --> 00:46:52.579
 we

00:46:52.579 --> 00:46:52.719
 are

00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:53.099
 focusing

00:46:53.099 --> 00:46:53.519
 on

00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:54.000
 ourselves

00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:54.199
 and

00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:54.300
 we're

00:46:54.300 --> 00:46:54.539
 not

00:46:54.539 --> 00:46:54.980
 focusing

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.279
 on

00:46:55.279 --> 00:46:55.579
 you

00:46:55.579 --> 00:46:56.840
 so

00:46:56.840 --> 00:46:57.159
 that

00:46:57.159 --> 00:46:58.139
 our

00:46:58.139 --> 00:46:58.599
 verse

00:46:58.599 --> 00:46:58.800
 for

00:46:58.800 --> 00:46:59.460
 2021

00:46:59.460 --> 00:47:00.079
 will

00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:00.639
 be

00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:02.779
 Philippians

00:47:02.779 --> 00:47:03.659
 121

00:47:03.659 --> 00:47:03.880
 for

00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:04.360
 to me

00:47:04.360 --> 00:47:04.599
 to

00:47:04.599 --> 00:47:05.039
 live

00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:05.239
 is

00:47:05.239 --> 00:47:05.840
 Christ

00:47:05.840 --> 00:47:06.539
 and

00:47:06.539 --> 00:47:06.659
 to

00:47:06.659 --> 00:47:06.920
 die

00:47:06.920 --> 00:47:07.099
 is

00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:07.460
 gain

00:47:07.460 --> 00:47:09.699
 we're

00:47:09.699 --> 00:47:09.960
 okay

00:47:09.960 --> 00:47:10.179
 to

00:47:10.179 --> 00:47:10.420
 die

00:47:10.420 --> 00:47:10.739
 because

00:47:10.739 --> 00:47:11.019
 we

00:47:11.019 --> 00:47:11.480
 know

00:47:11.480 --> 00:47:12.619
 we

00:47:12.619 --> 00:47:12.800
 will

00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:12.980
 be

00:47:12.980 --> 00:47:13.239
 with

00:47:13.239 --> 00:47:13.500
 you

00:47:13.500 --> 00:47:13.719
 and

00:47:13.719 --> 00:47:13.900
 if

00:47:13.900 --> 00:47:14.059
 we

00:47:14.059 --> 00:47:14.440
 continue

00:47:14.440 --> 00:47:14.679
 to

00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:14.980
 live

00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:15.179
 which

00:47:15.179 --> 00:47:15.360
 is

00:47:15.360 --> 00:47:15.679
 great

00:47:15.679 --> 00:47:16.139
 help

00:47:16.139 --> 00:47:16.340
 us

00:47:16.340 --> 00:47:16.539
 to

00:47:16.539 --> 00:47:17.019
 live

00:47:17.019 --> 00:47:18.079
 in

00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:18.460
 serving

00:47:18.460 --> 00:47:18.840
 others

00:47:18.840 --> 00:47:19.079
 for

00:47:19.079 --> 00:47:19.280
 your

00:47:19.280 --> 00:47:19.679
 glory

00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:20.179
 God

00:47:20.179 --> 00:47:21.400
 be

00:47:21.400 --> 00:47:22.119
 glorified

00:47:22.119 --> 00:47:23.199
 through

00:47:23.199 --> 00:47:23.559
 our

00:47:23.559 --> 00:47:23.960
 life

00:47:23.960 --> 00:47:24.179
 be

00:47:24.179 --> 00:47:24.699
 glorified

00:47:24.699 --> 00:47:24.900
 in

00:47:24.900 --> 00:47:25.099
 our

00:47:25.099 --> 00:47:25.500
 church

00:47:25.500 --> 00:47:25.900
 Lord

00:47:25.900 --> 00:47:27.179
 and

00:47:27.179 --> 00:47:27.300
 we

00:47:27.300 --> 00:47:27.500
 pray

00:47:27.500 --> 00:47:27.719
 these

00:47:27.719 --> 00:47:27.960
 things

00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:28.099
 in

00:47:28.099 --> 00:47:28.219
 your

00:47:28.219 --> 00:47:28.519
 name

00:47:28.519 --> 00:47:29.119
 amen