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 Hi, good morning.

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 Good morning.

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 My name's Chris.

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 I help oversee community groups here at Watermark.

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 And I have a confession to make to you.

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 I live in fear of other people.

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 I was with colleagues a while back,

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 and all of my colleagues, not the ones I work with at the moment,

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 but my previous comments were bad-mouthing Christians.

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 Everyone was joining in about how believing in Jesus was a complete joke,

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 and I said nothing.

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 I was afraid of being ridiculed.

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 A friend of mine was entering into an unhealthy relationship.

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 I knew that I should say something to them, but I didn't,

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 because I was afraid of losing the relationship.

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 I was asked to help out at a Christian event,

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 and I was already overworked, already had too much to do,

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 but I couldn't say no,

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 because I was afraid that I'd be seen as maybe not a good Christian,

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 not serving as I should do.

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 People.

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 We're surrounded by them.

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 Our lives revolve around their expectations of us.

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 And their likes on Facebook make us feel good if we get them,

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 or bad if we don't.

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 People carry weight in our lives.

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 They shape how we view ourselves, whether we like it or not.

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 In some way, all of us are controlled by other people

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 and what they think of us.

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 We're afraid of them in some way.

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 Some of you may not think you're that particularly terrified of many people,

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 but some people may say,

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 well, I'm a rebel.

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 I do what I do.

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 I don't care what other people think.

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 Well, the only way you can show a rebel

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 that actually they are controlled by people

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 is just tell a rebel,

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 you know, you're so conservative.

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 You know, you're so boring.

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 You're so conventional.

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 And see how they respond when you tell them that,

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 because they will not be unaffected by what people think.

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 Now, sometimes fear of other people is a healthy fear.

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 The reason I came to church this morning wearing clothes

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 was because I was afraid of what other people would think.

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 That is a healthy fear,

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 and I'm sure you're relieved by that.

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 But it's true that people, wherever you look at it,

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 people carry weight in our lives.

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 And the question is,

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 do we give them too much weight?

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 In the Old Testament,

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 the word, the most common word for glory,

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 is a word kavod,

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 which literally means heaviness, weightiness.

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 And it's someone's glory in the Old Testament

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 is their possessing weight and influence over you.

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 We say a weighty person, a weighty argument.

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 And a weighty person inspires from other people

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 different reactions, terror, fear, or respect, honor, worship.

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 That is what glory does.

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 And the question that we want to look at today

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 is who causes you to have those responses in your life?

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 Who is glorious in your eyes?

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 And we've been looking at this series

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 just over the last couple of weeks

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 of the things which enslave us as Christians

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 and stop us living out the identity

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 that Christ has bought for us on the cross

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 and the freedom he wants us to live in.

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 Galatians 5 says this.

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 It says,

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 It was for freedom that Christ has set you free.

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 So don't submit yourself again to a yoke of slavery.

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 Don't live as slaves when you're actually free,

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 is what he's saying.

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 And the Exodus story, which we're going through,

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 is a story of redemption.

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 Redemption meaning release from slavery,

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 release from bondage, release from captivity.

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 And that's what God is doing in this story in Exodus.

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 But it's the story of how the Israelites,

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 though they were set free,

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 still wanted to keep being back as slaves.

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 We looked last week, two weeks ago,

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 at how idols, things we worship and love more than God,

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 the idol of control,

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 can be one of those things which enslaves us.

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 Last week, we looked at how the idol of self-reliance,

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 relying on our own ability or inability,

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 can hold us and handcuff our hearts.

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 And today, we want to look at how the fear of other people

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 is like a ball and chain,

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 which you carry around with you

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 when we were made to run free.

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 So we're going to look.

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 And if you've got your bulletin,

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 you'll see on the back,

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 there are just the key three points,

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 God's glory,

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 our fear,

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 and God's deliverance.

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 So just kind of track with me through this.

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 The backstory.

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 Imagine you're an Israelite.

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 Your whole world has been dominated

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 by the rule of one control freak

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 called Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

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 You've lived your whole life

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 in hard labor,

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 under the hot sun,

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 obeying the wishes of your masters,

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 your slave masters,

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 who do whatever Pharaoh tells them to do.

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 Like working in your offices in Hong Kong

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 under your slave driver boss.

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 And everyone hates the boss,

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 but no one is willing or able to stand up to him.

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 So we serve them slavishly.

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 And God raises up this guy called Moses

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 to go to Pharaoh

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 and to say to Pharaoh,

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 let...

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 Good.

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 Someone's watched Prince of Egypt.

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 Let my people go.

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 But in Prince of Egypt,

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 they missed out the next part.

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 Do you know what the next bit says?

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 Let my people go

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 that they may serve me.

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 That's what it says.

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 And it keeps repeating

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 because the whole Exodus story

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 is not just about release

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 from a cruel dictator.

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 It's a release to serving

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 a loving, glorious, faithful God.

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 And Exodus is a power contest

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 between Pharaoh in the blue corner

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 and God in the red corner.

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 And in Exodus 2,

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 God right at the outset

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 tells Moses,

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 I know the king of Egypt

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 will not let you go.

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 His heart is so opposed to me,

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 he is not going to let you go

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 unless compelled

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 by a mighty,

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 a mightier hand.

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 And what he's got to see

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 and what the Israelites

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 have got to see

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 and what the Egyptians

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 have got to see

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 is that I,

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 the God of Israel,

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 am mightier than him.

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 I am more glorious

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 than the weight of Pharaoh

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 in your lives.

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 That is what God

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 is always up to.

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 He's up to in our lives.

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 He's always about

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 wanting to show us

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 that he is more glorious

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 than the things

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 that we are serving.

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 And so what you have,

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 you have 10 plagues

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 and in these 10 plagues,

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 God basically gets Pharaoh

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 in a headlock

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 and says,

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 okay,

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 you're going to let my people go.

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 Pharaoh says,

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 okay, I will.

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 And then he lets him go

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 and he releases Pharaoh

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 and then Pharaoh says,

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 only joking.

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 So God gets him back

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 in a headlock again

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 and says,

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 who's stronger?

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 Pharaoh says,

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 okay, okay,

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 you are,

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 lets him go.

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 He says,

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 only joking.

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 10 times he does that

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 until finally,

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 Pharaoh for the first time

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 in his life

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 has to admit defeat.

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 God is stronger.

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 He says,

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 get out to the Israelites,

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 worship your God.

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 That's where the story

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 picks up today.

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 Look in your bulletin,

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 verse 17 of chapter 13.

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 When Pharaoh let the people go,

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 God did not lead them

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 on the road

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 through the Philistine country,

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 though that was shorter.

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 For God said,

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 if they faced war,

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 they might change their minds

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 and return to Egypt.

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 What does this say?

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 There's an easy way

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 out of Egypt.

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 You kind of just walk out

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 along the main highway.

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 It's easy, okay?

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 It's short.

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 It's quick.

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 But God doesn't take them

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 that way.

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 Does God not have

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 a good GPS?

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 No.

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 It's just because

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 he knows that this is

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 a people who are fickle.

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 They haven't learned

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 to trust him.

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 As soon as they come

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 into danger,

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 they're going to be right

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 back to Egypt,

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 right back into slavery.

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 God supernaturally,

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 through a pillar of cloud

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 and fire,

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 leads them to this path,

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 another path out of Egypt.

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 And then he just,

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 without reason,

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 tells them,

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 okay, now turn back

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 into a complete dead end.

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 This is verses 1 to 9

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 in chapter 14.

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 On the left side

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 is the desert,

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 okay, behind you.

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 Here is the sea,

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 behind you.

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 And then what God does,

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 he says,

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 okay, I'm going to make sure

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 Pharaoh comes after you

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 so that you have

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 no way out, okay?

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 Desert, sea,

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 big Pharaoh

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 in front of you.

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 No way out.

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 And God's playing

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 this little game of chess,

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 it seems.

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 He's going to lure Pharaoh in.

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 He says,

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 I'm going to harden

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 this stubborn man's heart.

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 So he's not just going to give up

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 on the Israelites,

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 but he's going to block you in,

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 no escape route

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 at all.

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 What's God up to?

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 It's strange.

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 And Pharaoh,

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 you see in the story,

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 realizes half of his employees

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 have just left.

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 And you know,

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 how is his company

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 ever going to make a profit?

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 So he,

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 as the man of the hour,

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 gets his forces,

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 goes down,

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 and then the Israelites,

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 who I can imagine

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 they've been kind of

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 merrily contemplating

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 what they're going to do

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 with their free time.

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 I mean,

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 they're not slaves any longer.

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 They're thinking,

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 okay,

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 where are we going to go

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 to holiday?

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 Okay,

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 how are we going to spend

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 time with the kids?

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 Maybe they're surfing

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 in the sea.

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 And then suddenly,

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 they look up

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 and they see the Egyptians

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 in front of them.

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 Their masters

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 are coming back

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 to haunt them

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 and they're terrified.

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 Ever felt like

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 there's no way out

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 in life?

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 Well,

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 God's doing

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 the moving in this

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 and yet,

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 he's checkmate,

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 checkmated

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 his own team.

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 whichever way you look,

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 it's bad news.

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 And the worst thing is,

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 God,

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 the one who's supposed

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 to rescue you,

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 is the one who's doing this.

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 What?

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 Is it crazy?

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 Because think about it,

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 what kind of a God

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 would do that?

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 If you were a parent,

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 what kind of parent

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 would you be

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 if you led your kid

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 into a dead-end alley

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 and then pushed

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 the school bully

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 up into the other end

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 to go after them?

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 I mean,

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 that doesn't seem

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 very loving.

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 I don't know if you're parents,

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 but I hope you don't

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 do that regularly.

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 Okay?

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 That doesn't sound like

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 the kind of God

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 you want to serve.

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 And it's even worse.

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 If you look in verse 4,

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 verse 17,

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 verse 18,

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 God says,

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 the reason I'm doing this

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 is to get glory

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 for myself.

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 Not only is I loving,

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 he sounds like

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 an arrogant egomaniac.

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 Right?

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 C.S. Lewis,

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 the author of Chronicles of Narnia,

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 he said,

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 one of his greatest struggles

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 in coming to believe in God,

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 the God of the Bible,

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 was that when he read it,

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 God seemed to constantly demand

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 praise and glory.

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 And he said,

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 it sounded to him

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 like a vain woman

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 who wants compliments.

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 It sounds like God

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 is just a little,

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 we're just little pawns

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 in God's kind of chess game.

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 And it doesn't matter

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 if people suffer

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 a little bit or not.

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 And as long as God

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 wins the game,

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 gets credit at the end of it.

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 Hallelujah.

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 Isn't he good?

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 Seems crazy.

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 But here's what I think

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 is going on.

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 Because the Bible says

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 that's not the God

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 of the Bible.

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 When I was at school,

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 we had a school bully.

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 In fact,

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 we had quite a lot

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 of school bullies.

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 I went to a pretty rough school.

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 Most of my classmates

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 are now in prison

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 and all kinds of stuff.

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 But it's true.

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 My best friend at school,

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 he was a drug dealer.

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 And this guy,

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 he thought he was tough.

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 He would threaten

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 and menace the people

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 around him

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 to get what he wanted.

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 Everyone lived in fear

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 of this one guy.

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 His name was Grant.

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 And I don't know why.

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 There are certain names

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 which are connected

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 with bullies.

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 In my mind,

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 Grant is a bully.

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 But never mind.

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 If there's anyone

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 called Grant,

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 forgive me.

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 But if you saw this bully,

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 even if I was outside

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 of school,

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 I would be in fear.

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 Fear would kind of

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 well up inside of me.

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 But imagine one day

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 my father hears

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 about this situation,

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 what's been going on.

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 And just as the bully

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 starts coming towards me

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 in the playground,

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 my dad shows up.

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 The bully backs off.

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 Dad takes me

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 out of the situation.

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 But I'm still fearful.

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 I still live in fear

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 of this bully.

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 The next day,

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 my dad arranges

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 without me knowing

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 for this bully

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 to meet me.

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 But this time,

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 I'm with my dad.

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 And I'm there

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 in the corner

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 of the playground.

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 The bully shows up.

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 He's towering.

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 He's menacing.

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 He's threatening me

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 for candy,

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 sweets, you know,

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 money, anything.

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 There's nowhere to run.

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 And I panic.

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 And I begin to reach

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 into my pocket

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 to give him

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 the little money

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 that I have.

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 And just then,

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 my dad steps out

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 from beside me

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 and says,

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 don't give him anything.

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 I'll take care of this.

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 This guy has been ruling

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 this joint

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 for far too long.

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 He gets down

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 in front of him

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 and just hammers him

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 with a right hook,

00:14:18.179 --> 00:14:18.779
 knocks him out

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 cold on the floor.

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 Imagine the reaction

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 of all the students

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 in the playground.

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 Imagine the reaction

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 of me.

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 Everyone is in awe

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 awe of my father.

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 Because who is more

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 glorious now?

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 Who is worthy

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 of honor and respect

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 in that playground?

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 My dad is not

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 some tyrant

00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:56.000
 who is trying to control

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 and keep people

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 living in fear.

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 He's truly the one

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 who rules.

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 So the next time

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 I'm out

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 and the bully

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 comes to me

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 or another bully

00:15:06.719 --> 00:15:07.879
 comes threatening me

00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:08.699
 in that playground,

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 if I know that my father

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 is with me,

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 even if intimidation

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 comes,

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 I know

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 my dad rules.

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 And fear

00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:19.439
 is not going to

00:15:19.439 --> 00:15:20.539
 enslave me

00:15:20.539 --> 00:15:21.319
 before.

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 I can say,

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 I trust you

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 to take care of this one

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 because I know

00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:25.679
 you've already

00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:26.319
 dealt with it.

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 God wants us

00:15:28.800 --> 00:15:29.340
 to give him

00:15:29.340 --> 00:15:30.000
 the glory

00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:31.320
 so that we will

00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:32.580
 be truly free

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 from every

00:15:33.900 --> 00:15:35.260
 lesser power

00:15:35.260 --> 00:15:36.240
 that may

00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:37.280
 enslave us.

00:15:38.060 --> 00:15:38.340
 Now,

00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:39.400
 I'm not saying

00:15:39.400 --> 00:15:40.120
 that God

00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:40.879
 is some violent

00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:41.400
 thug,

00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.260
 okay,

00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:43.060
 and we should all

00:15:43.060 --> 00:15:43.540
 go around

00:15:43.540 --> 00:15:44.379
 punching people.

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 That's,

00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:46.360
 the Bible says

00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:47.700
 vengeance belongs

00:15:47.700 --> 00:15:48.200
 to God,

00:15:48.280 --> 00:15:49.000
 not us,

00:15:49.640 --> 00:15:50.340
 because he is

00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:51.020
 the judge.

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 He is the judge.

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 And Pharaoh

00:15:54.060 --> 00:15:55.620
 in this story

00:15:55.620 --> 00:15:56.179
 had stood

00:15:56.179 --> 00:15:57.399
 opposed to God

00:15:57.399 --> 00:15:58.460
 for so long

00:15:58.460 --> 00:16:01.159
 that God

00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:01.460
 said,

00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:02.460
 now is the time

00:16:02.460 --> 00:16:03.039
 I'm going to

00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:03.820
 bring freedom

00:16:03.820 --> 00:16:05.539
 from his rule.

00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:06.740
 In the Bible,

00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:08.000
 God's judgment

00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:09.200
 is actually

00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:10.039
 celebrated

00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:11.080
 as a good thing.

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 We think,

00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:11.980
 ooh,

00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:12.799
 it's terrible

00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:13.899
 hurting people

00:16:13.899 --> 00:16:14.399
 like that.

00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:15.279
 But actually,

00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:16.679
 the Bible says

00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:17.500
 God's judgment

00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:18.200
 is the way

00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:18.879
 freedom

00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:19.820
 is brought

00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:20.799
 to the oppressed.

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 Freedom is brought

00:16:22.220 --> 00:16:23.000
 to the victims

00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.799
 of injustice.

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 Freedom is brought

00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:25.920
 to those

00:16:25.920 --> 00:16:26.360
 who have been

00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:27.320
 terrorized.

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 And in the New Testament,

00:16:29.420 --> 00:16:30.460
 that same language

00:16:30.460 --> 00:16:31.320
 of freedom,

00:16:32.700 --> 00:16:33.320
 the language

00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:34.540
 of redemption,

00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:35.660
 is used

00:16:35.660 --> 00:16:36.400
 not as a release

00:16:36.400 --> 00:16:37.300
 from Pharaoh,

00:16:38.160 --> 00:16:39.160
 but as a release

00:16:39.160 --> 00:16:40.340
 from our sin,

00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:41.400
 which is that bully,

00:16:44.040 --> 00:16:44.720
 which,

00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:46.480
 our self-centered

00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.400
 pride,

00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:48.800
 captures us

00:16:48.800 --> 00:16:49.840
 and holds us

00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:50.620
 and keeps us

00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.260
 enslaved.

00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:53.420
 Colossians 1

00:16:53.419 --> 00:16:53.919
 says this,

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 for he has

00:16:54.539 --> 00:16:55.659
 rescued us

00:16:55.659 --> 00:16:56.879
 from the domain

00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:57.740
 of darkness

00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:59.199
 and transferred

00:16:59.199 --> 00:17:00.699
 us to the kingdom

00:17:00.699 --> 00:17:02.399
 of his beloved son

00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:03.839
 in whom we have

00:17:03.839 --> 00:17:04.460
 redemption,

00:17:04.659 --> 00:17:05.059
 the forgiveness

00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:05.940
 of sins.

00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:07.899
 Jesus did the

00:17:07.899 --> 00:17:09.319
 ultimate prison break

00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:10.700
 from the master

00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:11.299
 of sin,

00:17:11.379 --> 00:17:11.819
 the domain

00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:12.399
 of darkness.

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 He smashed

00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:14.639
 its power

00:17:14.639 --> 00:17:15.819
 through the cross.

00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:17.039
 He knocked

00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:17.940
 sin out

00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:19.019
 on the ground

00:17:19.019 --> 00:17:20.740
 so that for

00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:21.980
 whoever trusts

00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:22.799
 in him,

00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:25.000
 when sin comes

00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:25.519
 and starts

00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:26.579
 getting up again

00:17:26.579 --> 00:17:27.099
 and tries to

00:17:27.099 --> 00:17:27.960
 intimidate you,

00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:28.900
 tries to make you

00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:29.740
 a slave

00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:31.059
 to itself,

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 to the fear

00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:32.440
 of other people,

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 the Bible says

00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:34.500
 God has already

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.139
 dealt with it.

00:17:35.639 --> 00:17:36.440
 You're free.

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.619
 You're secure.

00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:39.579
 He is the one

00:17:39.579 --> 00:17:40.599
 who has victorious.

00:17:40.879 --> 00:17:41.599
 He rules.

00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.720
 He reigns.

00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.980
 You can trust him.

00:17:45.420 --> 00:17:46.079
 And anybody

00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:47.259
 else around

00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:48.200
 as they see

00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:49.519
 the tyranny

00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.519
 that we live in

00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:51.480
 under fear

00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:53.359
 only needs to see

00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:54.539
 that God is stronger

00:17:54.539 --> 00:17:55.420
 and greater

00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:56.819
 and we can trust him.

00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:03.940
 If God,

00:18:04.180 --> 00:18:05.160
 who created

00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:05.879
 the whole universe,

00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:07.140
 your breath

00:18:07.140 --> 00:18:07.900
 right now

00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:10.079
 is given by him.

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 He can pull

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 the plug

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 at any time.

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 He's the judge

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 of all

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 and yet

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 he loves us

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 enough

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 to die

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 on a cross

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 for us.

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 Isn't he worthy

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 of the greatest

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 weight and glory

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 in our lives?

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 Because his rule

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 is good.

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 It's not tyrannical.

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 Even if you're

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 not a Christian,

00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:33.859
 author

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 William Foster Wallace,

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 who's not a Christian,

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 says this,

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 we all

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 worship

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 someone

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 or something.

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 And remember,

00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:44.779
 worship is giving

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 glory,

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 giving great weight

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 to something,

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 the ultimate weight.

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 He says,

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 in the day-to-day

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 trenches of adult life,

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 there is actually

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 no such thing

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 as atheism.

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 There is no such thing

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 as not worshipping.

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 Everybody

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 worships.

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 The only choice

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 we get

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 is what to worship.

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 And the compelling

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 reason

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 for maybe choosing

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 some sort of God

00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:10.219
 or spiritual

00:19:10.219 --> 00:19:11.240
 type of thing

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 to worship

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 is that pretty much

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 anything else

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 we worship

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 will eat you alive.

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 If you worship

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 money and things,

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 if that is where

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 you tap real meaning

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 in life,

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 then you'll never

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 have enough.

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 Worship your body

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 and beauty

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 and sexual allure

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 and you'll always

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 feel ugly.

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 And when time

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 and age

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 start showing,

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 you'll die

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 a million deaths

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 before they

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 finally grieve you.

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 He's saying

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 what the Bible

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 is saying.

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 We are all

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 worshippers,

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 so God

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 wants you

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 to worship

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 him

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 because he's

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 the only one

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 in worshipping

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 him that you

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 will gain

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 true freedom

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 to live

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 free

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 in the playground

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 of life.

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 God's not interested

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 in just getting you

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 like the Israelites

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 out of your

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 kind of spiritual mess

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 and then the quickest

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 way possible.

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 He doesn't save us

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 so we can have

00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:00.779
 a spiritual spa

00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:02.920
 where Jesus is like

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.359
 your kind of

00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:04.319
 personal love

00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:05.359
 dispensing machine

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 so when you feel

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 a little bit empty

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 you just kind of

00:20:07.299 --> 00:20:07.740
 put in your

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.700
 church going coins

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 and out pops

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.700
 some of Jesus'

00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:11.460
 love and blessing

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 and it's fine

00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:13.200
 we can just go on

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 and live our own way.

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 He says

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 the reason God

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 wants you to

00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:18.180
 center your life

00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:19.420
 around his glory

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 is because

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 he alone

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 is worthy

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 of worship.

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 And when you

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 make glorifying

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 him your

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 greatest desire

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 you'll be free

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 from everything

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 else that tries

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 to enslave you.

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 including the fear

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 of the people

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 around you.

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 So I want to ask you

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 as you look

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:45.340
 at your circumstances

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 what looms

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 who looms

00:20:48.360 --> 00:20:49.740
 large in your life

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.360
 right now?

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:53.340
 How much of your

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 concern

00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:55.200
 is that God

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:56.240
 would gain glory

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:58.080
 in your life?

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 Or how much

00:20:59.140 --> 00:20:59.500
 of your

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 prayers

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:02.360
 your church

00:21:02.360 --> 00:21:02.720
 going

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.220
 is simply

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:03.800
 about just

00:21:03.800 --> 00:21:04.519
 making a better

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.640
 life for yourself.

00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:07.340
 God says

00:21:07.340 --> 00:21:08.140
 I love you

00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:08.759
 that much

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.279
 I want you

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.980
 to be free

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:11.540
 serve me

00:21:11.540 --> 00:21:12.220
 and you will

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:13.300
 find liberation

00:21:13.300 --> 00:21:14.100
 in your lives.

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 That's God's glory

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.900
 the way

00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:17.820
 to freedom.

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:18.820
 Secondly

00:21:18.820 --> 00:21:19.740
 our fear.

00:21:22.060 --> 00:21:23.000
 Verse 10

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 when Pharaoh

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 drew near

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 the people

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 of Israel

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 lifted up

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 their eyes

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 and behold

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 the Egyptians

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 were marching

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 after them

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 and they greatly

00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:37.160
 feared.

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 See the Israelites

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.519
 look up

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.880
 and they see

00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:41.680
 the most powerful

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.640
 army in the world

00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.700
 bearing down on them

00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:44.539
 and they panic.

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:46.660
 They cry out to God

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:47.200
 but he doesn't see

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:47.700
 much use

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.720
 so they shout at Moses

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.799
 is it because

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:50.640
 there are no graves

00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:51.140
 in Egypt

00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:52.040
 that you've taken us

00:21:52.040 --> 00:21:52.640
 away to die

00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:53.180
 in the wilderness.

00:21:53.820 --> 00:21:54.320
 They've forgotten

00:21:54.320 --> 00:21:55.120
 there's the pyramids

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.600
 there which are

00:21:55.600 --> 00:21:56.560
 actually the biggest

00:21:56.560 --> 00:21:57.320
 graves around

00:21:57.320 --> 00:21:59.920
 but they say

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.759
 this incredible thing

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.040
 they said

00:22:01.040 --> 00:22:02.780
 what have you done

00:22:02.780 --> 00:22:03.560
 in bringing us

00:22:03.560 --> 00:22:04.780
 out of Egypt?

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.960
 Is not this

00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:06.520
 what we said

00:22:06.520 --> 00:22:07.100
 to you in Egypt?

00:22:07.340 --> 00:22:08.300
 Leave us alone

00:22:08.300 --> 00:22:09.780
 that we may serve

00:22:09.780 --> 00:22:10.460
 the Egyptians.

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:12.640
 We may serve

00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:14.100
 the Egyptians.

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.600
 They seem to have

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:16.440
 forgotten what it was

00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:17.220
 like to serve

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.740
 the Egyptians.

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:20.300
 God has already

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:21.740
 shown the Israelites

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.599
 that he's bigger

00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.200
 than Pharaoh

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:24.899
 but for the Israelites

00:22:24.899 --> 00:22:26.740
 Pharaoh and the Egyptians

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.539
 are bigger

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.779
 in their eyes.

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.599
 That's why they're

00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.180
 willing to become

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:32.159
 his slaves again

00:22:32.159 --> 00:22:33.539
 because when people

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.379
 are big

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:35.759
 God is small.

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.899
 When people are big

00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:39.519
 God is small.

00:22:40.419 --> 00:22:41.379
 And our fear

00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:42.779
 that creates

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:44.599
 we give other people

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:46.460
 the keys to our heart

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.339
 and the right

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.859
 to tell us

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:48.519
 what to think

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.480
 what to feel

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.440
 and what to do.

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.460
 When people are big

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.460
 God becomes

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:55.180
 like

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.480
 you know you have

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.579
 the iPad Mini

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:59.599
 or we begin to have

00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.599
 my God Mini

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:02.119
 who is just kind of

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.839
 pocket size

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.819
 he can fit in there

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.779
 you can carry him

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.420
 around with him

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:06.779
 but you have no awe

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.519
 of him.

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.579
 And there is this theme

00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.099
 in the Bible

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:11.339
 that there is awe

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:12.900
 when you see God

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:14.160
 and the awe

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:15.379
 the level of awe

00:23:15.379 --> 00:23:16.359
 that you experience

00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.240
 of how amazing

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:18.279
 God is

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:19.699
 will correlate

00:23:19.699 --> 00:23:20.559
 to how much

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.919
 freedom and satisfaction

00:23:21.919 --> 00:23:23.219
 you find in him.

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.759
 Do you ever

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:28.059
 easily get embarrassed?

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:30.399
 Do you feel the need

00:23:30.399 --> 00:23:31.539
 to impress clients

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.199
 all the time

00:23:32.199 --> 00:23:33.059
 so that you act

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:33.839
 out of character

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:35.299
 and say things

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.039
 you wouldn't normally?

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:37.379
 you know

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:40.220
 this

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:41.639
 this sermon

00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.220
 is for me

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:43.019
 because I

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.720
 I have some

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.700
 very silly things

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.960
 that just show

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:47.000
 my fear of people

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.440
 I

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.899
 I think it can be

00:23:48.899 --> 00:23:49.500
 going out to meet

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:49.859
 somebody

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.639
 and I'm

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:52.039
 I have some food

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.559
 before I

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.619
 grab a curry

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.799
 before I go out

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.519
 I'm going out

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.000
 I'm going off

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.680
 to meet somebody

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.440
 and then as

00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:58.299
 halfway to get there

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.259
 I suddenly look down

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.879
 and I realize

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.659
 on my shirt

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.759
 half of the curry

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.619
 is on my shirt

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:05.859
 and at that moment

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:07.759
 depending on who it is

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.799
 that I want to go and see

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.819
 if it's just

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.479
 I'm going to meet

00:24:10.479 --> 00:24:11.259
 a friend

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.679
 you know

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.219
 somebody who's

00:24:12.219 --> 00:24:13.019
 kind of fairly relaxed

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.539
 chilled out

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:13.919
 you know

00:24:13.919 --> 00:24:14.419
 I'll think

00:24:14.419 --> 00:24:14.859
 oh

00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:15.739
 and maybe I'll go

00:24:15.739 --> 00:24:16.519
 and try and wash it off

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.239
 but it's still there

00:24:17.239 --> 00:24:17.559
 stained

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:17.979
 and I'll think

00:24:17.979 --> 00:24:18.319
 okay

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:18.979
 and then I'll make

00:24:18.979 --> 00:24:19.699
 a joke of it

00:24:19.699 --> 00:24:20.219
 okay

00:24:20.219 --> 00:24:20.979
 to my friend

00:24:20.979 --> 00:24:21.759
 and it'll be fine

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:23.919
 but if I go out

00:24:23.919 --> 00:24:25.199
 the same thing happens

00:24:25.199 --> 00:24:26.159
 and there's somebody

00:24:26.159 --> 00:24:27.219
 that I want to really

00:24:27.219 --> 00:24:29.079
 I want to respect me

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:30.159
 I want to gain respect

00:24:30.159 --> 00:24:30.459
 from them

00:24:30.459 --> 00:24:31.599
 I want to impress them

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:33.399
 and I go out

00:24:33.399 --> 00:24:34.799
 and that happens to me

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:36.500
 and I'm going there

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.519
 I run to the bathroom

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.419
 I'm panicking

00:24:38.419 --> 00:24:39.699
 and I'm trying to get it out

00:24:39.699 --> 00:24:40.899
 I'm trying every possible

00:24:40.899 --> 00:24:41.599
 known method

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.159
 known to man

00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:43.039
 to clean my shirt

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:44.259
 because

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:45.779
 and if I can't

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.719
 then what I'm going to do

00:24:46.719 --> 00:24:47.319
 is I'm kind of

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:48.240
 going to go along

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.799
 and find them

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.480
 and I'm going to try

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.240
 and hide and cover

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.199
 as much as I can

00:24:51.199 --> 00:24:52.439
 so they don't see

00:24:52.439 --> 00:24:54.000
 that actually

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:55.299
 I'm a complete mess

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:57.439
 and I'm clumsy

00:24:57.439 --> 00:24:58.939
 and all those other things

00:24:58.940 --> 00:25:01.360
 and if my wife

00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:02.400
 had told me earlier

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:03.700
 that

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:06.480
 not to wear that shirt

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.640
 because I might

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:09.420
 mess it up

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:11.000
 and I didn't listen to her

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.799
 do you think

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.640
 I would go and tell her

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.680
 about the incident later?

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.840
 I've got to hide

00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:18.480
 I've got to hide

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.279
 why?

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.779
 because these people

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:22.779
 even my wife

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.940
 the people I want

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:25.160
 respect from

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:26.380
 the people that I have

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:28.460
 locked my identity in

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.480
 that if I can get

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.340
 respect from them

00:25:30.340 --> 00:25:31.100
 then I will feel

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:32.080
 better about me

00:25:32.080 --> 00:25:35.580
 and that good desire

00:25:35.580 --> 00:25:36.440
 for respect

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.960
 can morph very quickly

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:39.740
 into needing respect

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.760
 from them

00:25:40.760 --> 00:25:42.700
 and I become dependent

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.700
 on them

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:45.040
 for my sense of worth

00:25:45.040 --> 00:25:45.600
 and identity

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.940
 and when that is threatened

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:48.900
 then I begin

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:50.060
 to panic

00:25:50.060 --> 00:25:51.420
 and fear

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:53.800
 and I will cover up

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:55.859
 because I'm controlled

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:57.819
 by their expectations

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.460
 of me

00:25:58.460 --> 00:26:00.919
 Dr. Ed Welch

00:26:00.919 --> 00:26:01.680
 who's a counselor

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:03.460
 says there are three things

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:03.960
 that cause us

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.659
 to fear people

00:26:04.659 --> 00:26:06.379
 we fear people

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.000
 number one

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.819
 because they can attack

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.299
 oppress

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:10.839
 or threaten us

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:11.519
 attack

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:11.980
 oppress

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.440
 threaten

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:14.200
 do you fear

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:14.960
 criticism

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:16.240
 or the words

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:17.039
 of other people?

00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:19.599
 number one

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.099
 number two

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.940
 we fear people

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.980
 because they can expose

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:23.399
 and humiliate us

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:25.019
 do you fear

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.860
 being exposed

00:26:25.860 --> 00:26:26.960
 as a fraud

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.700
 and a failure?

00:26:29.080 --> 00:26:30.120
 we fear people

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:31.480
 because they can reject

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.880
 ridicule

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:34.480
 or despise us

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:36.100
 do you fear

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:38.019
 sharing your faith

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.900
 because you might

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.900
 get rejected

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:41.720
 from the group

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:43.019
 you want to impress?

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:45.680
 for the Israelites

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:47.400
 it seemed totally

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:48.000
 legitimate

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.880
 to panic

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:51.060
 except that the Egyptians

00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:52.380
 don't want to kill them

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:52.860
 they just want to

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.880
 enslave them again

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:55.080
 but we say

00:26:55.080 --> 00:26:56.420
 if I don't get

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.480
 that person's respect

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.100
 then I'm going to

00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.680
 lose out

00:26:58.680 --> 00:27:00.960
 and it seems legitimate

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.960
 and it may be true

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.360
 except

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:03.520
 if you remember

00:27:03.520 --> 00:27:04.200
 that your massive

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:06.060
 glorious heavenly father

00:27:06.060 --> 00:27:06.980
 who's already

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:08.620
 demonstrated on the cross

00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:09.600
 that your identity

00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:11.140
 is utterly secure

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.840
 your worth

00:27:11.840 --> 00:27:12.480
 your value

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.240
 your approval

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.640
 is already found

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:15.340
 in him

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:16.520
 and it's not going

00:27:16.520 --> 00:27:17.000
 anywhere

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:18.180
 this other person

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:22.859
 they are not the key

00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:24.099
 to your identity

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:26.180
 because Christ is

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:27.880
 and he will provide

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.759
 for your needs

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:30.799
 we fear

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:32.160
 because we're needy people

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:33.099
 with desires

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:34.339
 people who are looking

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.960
 for love

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.799
 looking for comfort

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.700
 looking for belonging

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:38.000
 looking for acceptance

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.660
 stability

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.259
 security

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.920
 and we all want to

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.819
 worship something

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.880
 bigger than ourselves

00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:43.780
 and sometimes

00:27:43.780 --> 00:27:45.860
 if we look to anybody

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:47.080
 other than God

00:27:47.080 --> 00:27:48.420
 to ultimately fulfill

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:49.180
 those needs

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:50.180
 we become enslaved

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.640
 to them

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:53.520
 that's why God says

00:27:53.520 --> 00:27:54.960
 make me

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.820
 big

00:27:55.820 --> 00:27:56.960
 in your life

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:59.140
 because when you will be

00:27:59.140 --> 00:28:00.400
 then you won't have to live

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.260
 in the fear

00:28:01.260 --> 00:28:02.200
 of all these other people

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:04.740
 so who's boogieing

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.260
 in your life

00:28:05.260 --> 00:28:07.480
 what expectations

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:09.220
 from people

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:11.020
 are you slaving

00:28:11.020 --> 00:28:11.540
 under

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:14.379
 God's glory

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:15.059
 our fear

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.799
 third thing

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:18.220
 God's deliverance

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.619
 how do you get out

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:20.079
 of slavery

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.579
 to fear

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:22.819
 of other people

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:24.460
 chapter 14

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.019
 verse 13

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.720
 says this

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:27.379
 don't be afraid

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.519
 stand firm

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.480
 and you will see

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.279
 the deliverance

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:31.720
 the Lord will bring you today

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.700
 the Egyptians

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.659
 you see today

00:28:33.659 --> 00:28:34.859
 you will never see again

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.740
 the Lord

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.839
 will fight for you

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.759
 you need only

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.879
 to be silent

00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:41.000
 the way to get out

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.460
 of slavery

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.000
 the way to fear

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.640
 of others

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:43.079
 is to have

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:44.100
 a bigger fear

00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:44.759
 of God

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:47.200
 when God is big

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:48.700
 people are small

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:51.100
 and to get

00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:52.400
 a vision of God

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:53.600
 you need to be thinking

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:54.660
 and meditating

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:56.120
 about God

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:57.019
 regularly

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:59.319
 you need to talk

00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:00.120
 about God

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:02.779
 and we need to stop

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.720
 meditating on the

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.779
 bigness of the people

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.799
 around us

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:07.140
 and to walk in obedience

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.779
 to what God

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.720
 calls us to do

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:10.100
 if you look in this

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:11.139
 Moses says

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:11.980
 the Lord will fight

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.399
 for you

00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:13.279
 you need only

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:14.159
 to be silent

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:15.899
 that's not saying

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.599
 there there there

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:17.019
 it's okay

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.819
 it's gonna be fine

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.839
 that in Hebrew

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.980
 is a rebuke

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.619
 to them

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.699
 he's saying literally

00:29:21.699 --> 00:29:23.019
 God's gonna fight

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.519
 for you

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.919
 so be quiet

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:27.099
 to be more rude

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.980
 shut up

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:30.339
 that's what he's saying

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:32.079
 shut up

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:33.000
 stop

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.700
 thinking

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:33.720
 thinking

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.539
 and meditating

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.200
 all the time

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.980
 on how big

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:37.119
 the Egyptians are

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:37.680
 because they've

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:39.039
 they've filled your eyes

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:40.140
 so all you can see

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:41.740
 is them in your screen

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:43.000
 but you've taken

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.640
 your eyes off

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:44.420
 you can't see

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:45.319
 that they are not

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.440
 gonna bring you security

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.759
 if you wanna rush back

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.579
 to slavery

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:49.039
 to them

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:50.640
 that's not gonna be security

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:51.539
 I'm the one

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.539
 I've showed you already

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:54.299
 will you trust me

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:56.920
 because I

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.880
 am the one

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:59.019
 in this situation

00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:00.420
 who has already

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:01.680
 gone before you

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:03.039
 I have this sorted

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:04.340
 will you trust me

00:30:04.340 --> 00:30:05.580
 I'm the judge

00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:06.700
 of these people

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:09.580
 Jesus in Matthew 10

00:30:09.580 --> 00:30:10.000
 he says

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.240
 don't fear those

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:12.900
 who can kill the body

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:15.360
 but cannot kill the soul

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:17.060
 rather fear him

00:30:17.060 --> 00:30:17.880
 who can destroy

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:19.200
 both body and soul

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:19.860
 in hell

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:23.160
 quite strong words

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:25.500
 whoever

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:28.420
 is big in your eyes now

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:29.180
 one day

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:30.259
 will be seen

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.660
 in true perspective

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:34.500
 they will look

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.400
 as small

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:36.940
 as you sometimes

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.560
 feel

00:30:37.560 --> 00:30:41.360
 when God shows up

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:42.000
 in this story

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.840
 in verse 24

00:30:42.840 --> 00:30:44.840
 he looks down

00:30:44.840 --> 00:30:45.720
 on the Egyptians

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:47.779
 he looks down

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.460
 you know if Eric

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.360
 is standing here

00:30:49.360 --> 00:30:51.299
 he looks down

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.180
 on everyone else

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:54.380
 when God is standing

00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:55.380
 next to whoever

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:56.960
 is controlling us

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.680
 in our lives

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.680
 he looks down

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.380
 he doesn't have

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.000
 to look up

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:03.019
 and you know

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:04.619
 the very ones

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.140
 who have caused

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:05.680
 the Israelites

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.380
 to panic

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:07.440
 are themselves

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.039
 panicking

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:09.039
 because they're facing

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:10.740
 a glorious God

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:12.440
 and they've been

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.359
 opposing him

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:14.460
 all this time

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.819
 and the chariots

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:17.259
 that were their strength

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.680
 that struck fear

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.559
 into the Israelites

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.259
 are now stuck

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.759
 in the mud

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.460
 like a car

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.420
 trying to rev

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:23.299
 its wheels

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.900
 but it's stuck

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.579
 in a pothole

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.440
 it's getting nowhere

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:27.700
 everyone

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:29.960
 that we crave

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.620
 that is big

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.180
 in our eyes

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:32.259
 we crave approval

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.680
 from

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.799
 we crave respect

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:35.240
 we crave identity

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.820
 from

00:31:35.820 --> 00:31:37.360
 will one day

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:38.620
 stand before God

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:39.460
 in judgment

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:41.519
 and it's the great

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.279
 equalizer

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.380
 of everyone

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:44.380
 who seems powerful

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:44.860
 now

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:47.240
 and I will stand

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.539
 there

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.440
 and you will stand

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:48.799
 there

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.840
 with Jesus

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:51.580
 who has already

00:31:51.580 --> 00:31:52.480
 done the greatest

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.059
 exodus

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:54.220
 in our lives

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:55.679
 he's already

00:31:55.679 --> 00:31:56.759
 taken the judgment

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.839
 for us

00:31:57.839 --> 00:32:00.819
 and he's beside us

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:02.079
 so we have

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.659
 nothing

00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:03.519
 to fear

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:07.399
 so the call

00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:08.019
 to get out of

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.299
 freedom

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:09.299
 out of slavery

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.759
 to fear

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.419
 is actually a call

00:32:10.419 --> 00:32:10.980
 to repent

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:12.319
 of making

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.200
 other people

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:14.359
 bigger than God

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:15.139
 in our lives

00:32:15.139 --> 00:32:17.139
 it's to take

00:32:17.139 --> 00:32:18.039
 the cross

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:19.200
 and replay

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.460
 what he has done

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.039
 for you

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.619
 so know that

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.419
 you are secure

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:23.920
 again and again

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.980
 so your boss

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.700
 your spouse

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.420
 your parents

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:27.000
 will see

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:28.500
 so much smaller

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.080
 in the light

00:32:29.080 --> 00:32:29.920
 of who he is

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:31.140
 and what he's done

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:32.759
 I want to just

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.259
 play you

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:34.960
 a little video

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.640
 to show some of this

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:49.560
 my name is

00:32:49.560 --> 00:32:49.840
 my name is May

00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:51.080
 and this is my story

00:32:51.080 --> 00:32:52.200
 I'm a pastor

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.660
 kid

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.480
 I feel so

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.120
 in a church

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:55.020
 I know one

00:32:55.020 --> 00:32:56.180
 I'm a long

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.580
 teacher

00:32:56.580 --> 00:32:57.900
 I'm on here

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.820
 as much as possible

00:32:58.820 --> 00:33:00.800
 when I got a little

00:33:00.800 --> 00:33:01.060
 older

00:33:01.060 --> 00:33:01.560
 I was a little

00:33:01.560 --> 00:33:01.960
 cancer

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.960
 I'm a little

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.519
 older

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.720
 people found me

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.460
 as a giver

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.700
 and I kind of

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.440
 had it all together

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:09.000
 and I started

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.400
 to get out

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:10.539
 and I started

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:11.400
 to get out

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:11.660
 and the girl

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.160
 grabbed it all

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.460
 together

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:18.400
 and I thought

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:18.920
 I had this

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.559
 family history

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.019
 of people

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.720
 who would love

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.200
 to be with

00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:21.600
 and who were

00:33:21.600 --> 00:33:22.340
 willing to sacrifice

00:33:22.340 --> 00:33:23.039
 for others

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:24.140
 and I wanted to be

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.640
 like that

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:26.240
 and unfortunately

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.400
 I discovered

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.960
 that I also

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.960
 have a long

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.660
 family history

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.520
 of anxiety

00:33:30.520 --> 00:33:31.100
 and depression

00:33:31.100 --> 00:33:32.000
 but I never

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.500
 thought that

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.140
 that was going

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.740
 to affect me

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.500
 because I

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.520
 I was a pretty

00:33:35.520 --> 00:33:36.020
 kid I had

00:33:36.020 --> 00:33:36.560
 all together

00:33:36.560 --> 00:33:37.800
 and I was

00:33:37.800 --> 00:33:38.320
 a good church

00:33:38.320 --> 00:33:38.820
 girl and girl

00:33:38.820 --> 00:33:40.900
 last year

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:42.480
 I moved out

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.940
 of my parents

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.160
 house

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:43.600
 I was working

00:33:43.600 --> 00:33:44.180
 the whole time

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.660
 I was still

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.300
 trying to maintain

00:33:45.300 --> 00:33:45.900
 this image

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:47.400
 of being really

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:47.920
 involved

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:49.220
 my body and

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.420
 mind

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.880
 started because

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.200
 I didn't

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:51.720
 work anymore

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.860
 but I ignored

00:33:52.860 --> 00:33:53.220
 that

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.980
 and I just

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.440
 kept going

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:55.180
 and I was

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.220
 thinking that I

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.440
 hadn't used

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:55.759
 up

00:33:55.759 --> 00:34:00.299
 all of a sudden

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:01.000
 I found myself

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.900
 having panic

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:02.240
 attacks

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.720
 on the way

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.100
 to work

00:34:03.100 --> 00:34:04.320
 or in meetings

00:34:04.320 --> 00:34:04.840
 at work

00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:05.640
 on the way

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.100
 home

00:34:06.100 --> 00:34:06.920
 or during

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.320
 days

00:34:07.320 --> 00:34:08.480
 and I

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.480
 didn't know

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:09.800
 what to do

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.059
 with that

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.679
 because it

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.340
 didn't fit

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:12.000
 with my image

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.720
 and I didn't

00:34:12.720 --> 00:34:13.039
 want people

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.400
 to think

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.780
 that I was

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.220
 crazy

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:14.800
 because I was

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.119
 afraid that

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.659
 my community

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.139
 was going

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:17.139
 to label me

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.539
 as crazy

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.360
 asking to not

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.840
 keep all

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.280
 the community

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:19.800
 until I got

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.380
 myself figured

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.720
 out

00:34:20.720 --> 00:34:22.599
 so I would

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.240
 have a panic

00:34:23.240 --> 00:34:23.539
 attack

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:23.780
 on the

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.040
 time

00:34:24.040 --> 00:34:24.420
 that works

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:24.640
 and I

00:34:24.640 --> 00:34:25.060
 come home

00:34:25.060 --> 00:34:25.380
 and I

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.060
 tell my room

00:34:26.060 --> 00:34:26.480
 in bed

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.480
 she was kind

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.740
 of anxious

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.140
 I'm not an

00:34:28.140 --> 00:34:28.920
 equity counselor

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.760
 and she

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:29.940
 was like

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.440
 okay

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.040
 but I didn't

00:34:31.040 --> 00:34:31.300
 want her

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:31.620
 to see the

00:34:31.620 --> 00:34:31.880
 depth

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.460
 of my head

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:35.900
 it didn't

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.480
 work very

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:36.840
 long

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:38.360
 I found

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:38.860
 myself out

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.440
 with co-workers

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.060
 wishing that I

00:34:40.060 --> 00:34:40.500
 were out of the

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.700
 day

00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:41.720
 and through that

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:42.120
 the voice

00:34:42.120 --> 00:34:42.660
 really

00:34:42.660 --> 00:34:43.460
 was able

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.920
 to say

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.700
 I have

00:34:44.700 --> 00:34:45.260
 more for you

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:45.660
 for it

00:34:45.660 --> 00:34:46.200
 something

00:34:46.200 --> 00:34:46.580
 that this

00:34:46.580 --> 00:34:46.780
 way

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:47.160
 was going

00:34:47.160 --> 00:34:47.460
 to happen

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.760
 to me

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:49.760
 I

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.920
 was able

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.280
 to make it

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:51.640
 outside

00:34:51.640 --> 00:34:52.340
 and call

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.780
 my boyfriend

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.300
 and say

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.680
 listen

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:53.980
 listen

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.060
 listen

00:34:54.060 --> 00:34:54.180
 this

00:34:54.180 --> 00:34:54.500
 I'm an

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.220
 absolute mess

00:34:55.220 --> 00:34:55.940
 but this

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.480
 is where I'm at

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:56.840
 right now

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.380
 and I need

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:58.160
 I just need help

00:34:58.160 --> 00:34:59.100
 I just can't do

00:34:59.100 --> 00:34:59.600
 this anymore

00:34:59.600 --> 00:35:01.740
 and within 10 minutes

00:35:01.740 --> 00:35:03.640
 I had my family

00:35:03.640 --> 00:35:04.240
 around me

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:05.540
 taking me home

00:35:05.540 --> 00:35:06.780
 to my parents

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:06.980
 house

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.380
 and I was

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:08.120
 in the middle

00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:08.600
 of the night

00:35:08.600 --> 00:35:09.640
 after packing me

00:35:09.640 --> 00:35:10.400
 up and taking

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:11.120
 care of all my

00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:11.520
 tasks

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:13.980
 and loving

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.300
 me

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:14.699
 even though

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.300
 I was so

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:15.759
 messy

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:20.219
 that kind

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:20.500
 of

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:21.840
 was what

00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:22.639
 allowed me

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:23.259
 to see

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.780
 that it

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.199
 found out

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:25.679
 that

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:26.780
 God is

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:27.099
 concerned

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.960
 with him

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.519
 glory

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.380
 and that

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:29.980
 Jesus is

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.460
 an important

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:30.960
 to make

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.559
 God glory

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:34.800
 if I'm so

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.119
 concerned

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.500
 to my

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.920
 own

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:37.000
 image

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.480
 in front

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:37.759
 of other

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.099
 people

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.639
 so I'm

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.039
 never going

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.460
 to experience

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.000
 a freaking

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.780
 three dimension

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:41.260
 of the perfect

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:41.640
 for me

00:35:41.640 --> 00:35:42.160
 on the cross

00:35:42.160 --> 00:35:43.060
 by a great

00:35:43.060 --> 00:35:43.640
 end of my life

00:35:43.640 --> 00:35:49.480
 I'm not saying

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:49.860
 I have it

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.340
 altogether

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:51.320
 by a meaning

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:53.120
 but I'm

00:35:53.120 --> 00:35:53.780
 concerned more

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.060
 and more

00:35:54.060 --> 00:35:54.360
 than I'm

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:54.780
 ever saying

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.240
 if I

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:56.780
 accept that

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.120
 I'm not

00:35:57.120 --> 00:35:57.320
 being

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:57.940
 and that

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.519
 I'm

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.620
 never going

00:35:59.620 --> 00:35:59.920
 to be

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.440
 perfect

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:02.120
 and that

00:36:02.120 --> 00:36:03.280
 when I'm

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:03.720
 able to be

00:36:03.720 --> 00:36:04.080
 make that

00:36:04.080 --> 00:36:04.300
 face

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:04.660
 make

00:36:04.660 --> 00:36:05.220
 look

00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:05.540
 so

00:36:05.540 --> 00:36:05.900
 good

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:13.720
 if you're

00:36:13.720 --> 00:36:14.220
 a Christian

00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:14.800
 if you're

00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:15.039
 not a

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.360
 Christian

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:18.539
 some of

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:18.880
 us

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:21.139
 have been

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:22.720
 hiding

00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:23.559
 things

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.119
 because we

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.680
 fear other

00:36:24.680 --> 00:36:25.139
 people

00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:26.300
 I know

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.559
 what that's

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:26.920
 like

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.920
 there are

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.300
 things that

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:28.539
 we don't

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:28.780
 want to

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.160
 share

00:36:29.160 --> 00:36:30.360
 because there

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:31.360
 are things

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:31.900
 we're worried

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.280
 what other

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:32.920
 people say

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:35.900
 there are

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.559
 things that

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.220
 are going

00:36:37.220 --> 00:36:37.800
 on in our

00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:38.220
 lives

00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:38.800
 where we

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.559
 have been

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:41.740
 fearful

00:36:41.740 --> 00:36:43.659
 that

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:45.099
 other people

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:47.019
 may

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.800
 ridicule

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:48.240
 us

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:49.760
 if only

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.260
 they knew

00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:50.639
 what was

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.159
 really going

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.559
 on

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.340
 and yet

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.780
 God

00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:53.500
 says

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:54.200
 I want

00:36:54.200 --> 00:36:54.680
 you to

00:36:54.680 --> 00:36:55.059
 live for

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.720
 my glory

00:36:55.720 --> 00:36:56.139
 because I

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.380
 want to

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:56.720
 set you

00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:56.980
 free

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.480
 from those

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:57.860
 things

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:59.780
 I want

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.039
 to set

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.700
 you free

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:02.739
 because I

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:03.099
 want you

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.439
 to see

00:37:03.439 --> 00:37:03.859
 how much

00:37:03.859 --> 00:37:04.299
 I love

00:37:04.299 --> 00:37:04.739
 you

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:07.960
 our

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:08.639
 CGs

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.480
 our

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.139
 groups

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:11.039
 the way

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.359
 we do

00:37:11.359 --> 00:37:11.919
 community

00:37:11.919 --> 00:37:12.379
 we can

00:37:12.379 --> 00:37:12.919
 just do

00:37:12.919 --> 00:37:13.500
 community

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:13.899
 on a

00:37:13.899 --> 00:37:14.279
 superficial

00:37:14.279 --> 00:37:14.899
 level

00:37:14.899 --> 00:37:16.119
 where we

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.500
 put up

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:17.059
 masks

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.439
 and where

00:37:17.439 --> 00:37:17.960
 we hide

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.539
 because we're

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:19.239
 actually afraid

00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:19.599
 of each

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:19.960
 other

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:22.199
 and yet

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.799
 God

00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:23.399
 wants to

00:37:23.399 --> 00:37:23.799
 bring us

00:37:23.799 --> 00:37:24.519
 a reality

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:25.039
 where we

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.619
 are messy

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.199
 people

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:27.319
 and we

00:37:27.319 --> 00:37:27.639
 can be

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:28.219
 a community

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:28.980
 where God's

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.500
 grace

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:30.239
 is evident

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:30.679
 where we

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:31.500
 see him

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.139
 as the

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:32.400
 one

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:32.800
 who's

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.260
 given us

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:33.460
 our

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:34.000
 identity

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.500
 then it

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:35.340
 frees us

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:36.260
 to take

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:37.159
 that step

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:37.840
 to say

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:39.300
 here's what's

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:39.860
 really going

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:40.260
 on in my

00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:40.739
 life

00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:46.300
 living for

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:46.659
 God's

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.039
 glory

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.519
 doesn't

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:47.940
 mean that

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.280
 you won't

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:48.900
 feel

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.340
 any

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:49.880
 fear

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:52.820
 it doesn't

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.380
 mean trying

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:54.119
 not to

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:54.420
 fear

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:54.920
 people

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:57.219
 but it

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:57.840
 does mean

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.179
 that if

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:58.679
 you walk

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.320
 in obedience

00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.860
 to what

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:00.220
 God is

00:38:00.220 --> 00:38:00.580
 calling

00:38:00.580 --> 00:38:01.000
 to you

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.360
 to do

00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:01.800
 today

00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:02.460
 and for

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:02.940
 some of

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.180
 you

00:38:03.180 --> 00:38:03.880
 you need

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.160
 to go

00:38:04.160 --> 00:38:04.519
 and share

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:04.860
 you've been

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:05.320
 hiding

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:05.860
 things for

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:06.480
 so long

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:06.960
 and today

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.580
 is a day

00:38:07.580 --> 00:38:08.320
 where you

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:08.960
 actually have

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.519
 to go

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:10.280
 to a

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:10.720
 Christian

00:38:10.720 --> 00:38:11.320
 brother or

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:11.559
 sister

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:11.900
 and say

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.260
 hey this

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:12.539
 is what

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:12.920
 is really

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.320
 going on

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.559
 in my

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:13.920
 life

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:15.019
 I need

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.340
 you to

00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:15.580
 walk

00:38:15.580 --> 00:38:16.100
 with me

00:38:16.100 --> 00:38:20.760
 God is

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:21.240
 calling us

00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:21.660
 to walk

00:38:21.660 --> 00:38:22.280
 in obedience

00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:22.700
 to him

00:38:22.700 --> 00:38:23.140
 in spite

00:38:23.140 --> 00:38:23.539
 of our

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:23.980
 fear

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.640
 how do I

00:38:24.640 --> 00:38:25.100
 know this

00:38:25.100 --> 00:38:25.480
 because if

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:26.019
 you look

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:27.200
 in the end

00:38:27.200 --> 00:38:27.480
 of this

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.000
 story

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:30.400
 you see

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:30.699
 as God

00:38:30.699 --> 00:38:31.400
 parts the

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:32.039
 waves

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.599
 and the

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.199
 walls

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:34.179
 of water

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.980
 on both

00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:35.679
 sides

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.619
 and the

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:37.079
 Egyptians

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:38.019
 are behind

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.360
 them

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:39.300
 God says

00:38:39.300 --> 00:38:40.179
 move forward

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:40.980
 I want you

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:41.500
 to take a

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:42.019
 step

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:44.280
 but it's not

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:45.159
 how strong

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.719
 the faith

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:46.260
 of the people

00:38:46.260 --> 00:38:46.500
 were

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.000
 because I can

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.460
 see there

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:47.739
 will be

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:48.480
 some people

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:48.719
 who are

00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.000
 walking

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.340
 through

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:49.719
 thinking

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:50.320
 hey this

00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:50.699
 is good

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:51.219
 my God's

00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:51.480
 good

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:52.000
 you know

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.519
 Egyptians

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.000
 fine

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.460
 nailed

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:54.760
 and there

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:54.980
 will be

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.599
 other people

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.099
 who are

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.400
 walking

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:56.820
 through

00:38:56.820 --> 00:38:57.360
 and they're

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:57.720
 looking at

00:38:57.720 --> 00:38:57.880
 the way

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.099
 it's gonna

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.500
 fall

00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:58.980
 it's gonna

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.260
 fall

00:38:59.260 --> 00:38:59.820
 the Egyptians

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:00.119
 are gonna

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:00.440
 get us

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:00.800
 they're gonna

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:01.179
 get us

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:02.260
 and yet

00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:03.280
 all of them

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:04.300
 got through

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:04.720
 to the other

00:39:04.720 --> 00:39:05.340
 side

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:07.119
 because it's

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.599
 not

00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:09.360
 the strength

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:09.720
 of your

00:39:09.720 --> 00:39:10.320
 faith

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:10.740
 that will

00:39:10.740 --> 00:39:11.679
 save you

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:12.360
 from fear

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:13.280
 it's the

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:14.099
 gloriousness

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:14.699
 of his

00:39:14.699 --> 00:39:15.360
 power

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:16.159
 and his

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:16.619
 goodness

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.500
 and his

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:18.079
 love

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:18.720
 and what

00:39:18.720 --> 00:39:19.199
 he's done

00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:19.480
 that will

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:19.840
 get you

00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:20.099
 through

00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:23.420
 God

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:23.599
 is

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:24.059
 glorious

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:25.679
 so I

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:26.219
 do not

00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:26.799
 have to

00:39:26.799 --> 00:39:27.179
 fear

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:27.799
 others

00:39:27.799 --> 00:39:30.679
 I want

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:30.880
 you to

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.159
 look on

00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:31.299
 your

00:39:31.299 --> 00:39:31.819
 bulletin

00:39:31.819 --> 00:39:33.199
 maybe if

00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:33.699
 the musicians

00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:34.139
 would like

00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:34.500
 to come

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:34.759
 up

00:39:34.759 --> 00:39:40.880
 I want

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:41.079
 to do

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:41.319
 something

00:39:41.319 --> 00:39:41.639
 slightly

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:41.940
 different

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.219
 I want

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:42.460
 to give

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:42.679
 you a

00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:43.079
 few minutes

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.480
 to actually

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:44.079
 reflect

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.699
 on

00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:45.960
 who

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.659
 is big

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:46.940
 in your

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.239
 life

00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:47.559
 you look

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:47.799
 in your

00:39:47.799 --> 00:39:48.599
 the insert

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:48.880
 on your

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:49.279
 bulletin

00:39:49.279 --> 00:39:49.480
 on the

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.739
 back

00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:50.039
 there's

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.179
 some

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:50.879
 questions

00:39:50.879 --> 00:39:56.299
 when

00:39:56.299 --> 00:39:56.659
 people

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.199
 are big

00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:57.539
 God

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:57.739
 is

00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:58.179
 small

00:39:58.179 --> 00:39:59.879
 who

00:39:59.879 --> 00:40:00.059
 is

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.279
 big

00:40:00.279 --> 00:40:00.419
 in

00:40:00.419 --> 00:40:00.559
 your

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:00.859
 life

00:40:00.859 --> 00:40:01.000
 at

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.099
 the

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:01.399
 moment

00:40:01.399 --> 00:40:03.439
 what

00:40:03.439 --> 00:40:03.579
 does

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:03.719
 this

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:03.959
 show

00:40:03.959 --> 00:40:04.119
 you

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:04.339
 about

00:40:04.339 --> 00:40:04.519
 your

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:04.719
 view

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:04.859
 of

00:40:04.859 --> 00:40:05.199
 God

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:07.959
 how

00:40:07.959 --> 00:40:08.079
 do

00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:08.159
 you

00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:08.279
 need

00:40:08.279 --> 00:40:08.439
 to

00:40:08.439 --> 00:40:08.859
 repent

00:40:08.859 --> 00:40:11.979
 God

00:40:11.979 --> 00:40:12.159
 is

00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:12.619
 glorious

00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:13.599
 so I

00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:13.759
 don't

00:40:13.759 --> 00:40:13.939
 have

00:40:13.939 --> 00:40:14.079
 to

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.339
 fear

00:40:14.339 --> 00:40:14.819
 others

00:40:14.819 --> 00:40:15.259
 how

00:40:15.259 --> 00:40:15.359
 do

00:40:15.359 --> 00:40:15.419
 you

00:40:15.419 --> 00:40:15.539
 need

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:15.679
 to

00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:16.199
 respond

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:16.639
 now

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.079
 what

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.179
 is

00:40:17.179 --> 00:40:17.379
 God

00:40:17.379 --> 00:40:17.739
 calling

00:40:17.739 --> 00:40:17.899
 you

00:40:17.899 --> 00:40:18.199
 to do

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:18.539
 now

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:19.259
 to have

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:19.500
 a bigger

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:19.760
 view

00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:19.920
 of

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.200
 him

00:40:20.200 --> 00:40:21.680
 just

00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:22.000
 spend

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:22.320
 a couple

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:22.440
 of

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:22.820
 minutes

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:23.380
 just

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:23.540
 want

00:40:23.540 --> 00:40:23.620
 you

00:40:23.620 --> 00:40:23.780
 to

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.040
 think

00:40:24.040 --> 00:40:24.300
 about

00:40:24.300 --> 00:40:24.520
 those

00:40:24.520 --> 00:40:25.100
 questions

00:40:25.100 --> 00:40:26.140
 if you're

00:40:26.140 --> 00:40:26.400
 not a

00:40:26.400 --> 00:40:26.860
 Christian

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:28.040
 I also

00:40:28.040 --> 00:40:28.320
 want you

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:28.720
 to think

00:40:28.720 --> 00:40:29.340
 what is

00:40:29.340 --> 00:40:29.620
 it that

00:40:29.620 --> 00:40:29.940
 actually

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.340
 I

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:30.820
 worship

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:32.720
 what do

00:40:32.720 --> 00:40:33.400
 I serve

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:33.780
 in my

00:40:33.780 --> 00:40:34.280
 life

00:40:34.280 --> 00:40:36.380
 is that

00:40:36.380 --> 00:40:36.860
 reliable

00:40:37.820 --> 00:40:50.480
 way

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:50.539
 hand

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:50.599
 you

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:51.099
 comments

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:51.840
 about

00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:53.000
 making

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.500
 pleasing

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:53.620
 and

00:40:53.620 --> 00:40:56.519
 love

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:56.940
 rain

00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:57.460
 away

00:40:59.579 --> 00:41:00.240
üllt

00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:30.219
 Thank you.

00:41:30.239 --> 00:42:00.219
 Thank you.

00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:30.219
 Thank you.

00:42:30.239 --> 00:43:00.219
 Thank you.

00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:11.239
 Thank you.

00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:27.939
 Father, we, I admit, are people often so much bigger in my life than you are.

00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:39.879
 Yet you are not like the other things that I crave after.

00:43:41.239 --> 00:43:44.699
 You are good.

00:43:45.579 --> 00:43:49.119
 And your rule is not a tyrannical rule.

00:43:49.719 --> 00:43:52.839
 It's not one which is going to crush me.

00:43:53.359 --> 00:44:04.399
 But it's one where you want me to find joy and freedom to be who I, we truly are.

00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:07.280
 Forgive me where I live.

00:44:07.680 --> 00:44:16.559
 I'm so focused on myself and on other people that my eyes are taken off of you.

00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:24.460
 I pray for us here this morning that we would see what it means to actually have awe of you.

00:44:24.460 --> 00:44:32.800
 To see that we stand before you as the one we will have to give an account to you and no one else.

00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:38.140
 And yet you're a God who is for us and not against us.

00:44:38.139 --> 00:44:48.279
 Help us to see that what Jesus has done on the cross means our identity is not in the hands of other people.

00:44:48.420 --> 00:44:51.480
 It's not in the hands of that client that I've got.

00:44:51.980 --> 00:44:53.500
 That boss that I have.

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:55.099
 My spouse.

00:44:56.099 --> 00:44:57.259
 The people around me.

00:44:57.319 --> 00:44:58.239
 My peer group.

00:44:59.179 --> 00:45:02.719
 The expectations that I think I've got to meet.

00:45:02.719 --> 00:45:06.779
 That's not where my value is found.

00:45:08.699 --> 00:45:14.059
 Help us to know our value and worth is utterly secure in you.

00:45:16.959 --> 00:45:18.319
 You are glorious.

00:45:19.759 --> 00:45:21.179
 Show us that you're glorious.

00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:24.559
 So we do not have to fear others.

00:45:25.839 --> 00:45:26.759
 In Jesus' name.

00:45:27.759 --> 00:45:27.980
 Amen.