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 I find it's not that uncommon as a minister, if I'm out and about and not got this bit

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 of white plastic around my neck, to find myself getting into a conversation with somebody

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 I've not met before, and sooner or later they ask, so what do you do? And I tell them. And

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 I usually find that the conversation at that point goes in one of two different ways. It

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 either completely closes it down, or completely opens it up. My favourite response to that

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 question was years ago from the evangelist Jay John, who's a minister in the Church of

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 England. He describes how he was sitting down in a plane, about to go on a long-haul flight,

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 got into conversation with a lady sat next to him who he'd never met before, and she

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 spent quite a time describing to him her business that she ran. It was quite a big business, and

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 describing all the different things that they did. And then eventually she turned to him

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 and asked the question, so what are you doing? Rather than just tell her, he decided to have a bit of fun.

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 He said, I bet you can't guess. She looked at him blankly, so he started to say, I work for a global enterprise.

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 She said, do you? He said, yes I do. In fact we've got outlets in almost every country in the world.

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 Have you? She said, yes I have. We've got hospitals, we run hospices, and homeless shelters. We do marriage work, we've got orphanages, we've got feeding programmes, educational programmes.

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 We do all sorts of work with justice, and reconciliation, and mental health. He said, basically we look after people from birth to death.

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 And we specialise in the area of behavioural modification.

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 She went, wow. And by this stage, everybody else sat around, was also listening in.

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 She said, who do you work for?

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 She said, I work for the church.

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 Haven't you heard of us?

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 Today in a series of what would Jesus do,

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 we think about the theme of social justice, social action,

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 the place that that has within being a follower of Jesus today,

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 and asking themselves the question, what would Jesus do in this situation right now?

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 Sadly, there is the danger

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 that when we think about that theme of

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 social justice, social action,

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 that we can fall into one of two extremes.

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 On the one hand, we can fall into the extreme of thinking

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 that social action, and social justice is,

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 that's all there is to being a follower of Jesus.

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 That's a vital part of being a follower of Jesus.

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 But if we think that that's all there is to it,

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 then we lose sight, or are in danger

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 of losing sight,

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 of the fundamental reality

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 that being a Christian is about

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 knowing God.

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 Knowing God

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 who loves us.

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 Knowing God

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 who sent Jesus to die for us.

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 Knowing God as the one

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 who raises

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 his son to death.

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 The one who promises us

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 the gift of eternal life.

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 And so, it's not without reason

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 that over the years,

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 occasionally you'll hear,

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 I've heard people sort of

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 talk of social action

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 as part of the

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 expression of Christian faith,

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 and almost kind of

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 in a derogatory way,

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 sort of

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 write off what they would

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 call rather scathingly

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 the social gospel.

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 But on the other hand,

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 there is the other extreme,

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 and that's where

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 in response

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 to that,

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 we so emphasize

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 the importance

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 of

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 personal spirituality

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 that we exclude

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 the importance

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 of social action,

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 and reduce the gospel

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 to only

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 a matter of

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 personal,

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 individual

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 spirituality,

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 at the cost

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 of paying attention

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 to those around us

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 who need us

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 to take action.

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 It was out of

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 that extreme

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 that

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 the parody

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 that I'm going to

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 read to you now

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 was written years ago.

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 The parody

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 of

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 the story that

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 Jesus told me

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 he was talking about

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 judgment in

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 Matthew's gospel,

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 and how

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 eventually

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 we will all be judged

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 and separated

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 as a shepherd

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 would separate

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 sheep from the goats

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 and say,

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 but I was in prison

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 and you came

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 and visited me,

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 I was hungry

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 and you fed me,

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 and when Lord,

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 when were we

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 in those situations?

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 You know that story.

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 Here's the paraphrase,

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 sorry,

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 the parody

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 that was written.

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 I was hungry,

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 and so you formed

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 a humanities club

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 and discussed

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 my hunger.

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 I was imprisoned,

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 and you crept off

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 quietly to your chapel

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 in the cellar

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 to pray for my release.

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 I was naked,

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 and in your mind

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 you debated

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 the morality

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 of my appearance.

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 I was sick,

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 and you knelt

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 and thanked God

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 for your health.

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 I was homeless,

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 and you preached

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 to me of the

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 spiritual shelter

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 of the love of God.

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 I was lonely,

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 and you left me alone

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 so that you could

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 pray for me.

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 You see,

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 to separate,

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 to separate

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 social justice,

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 the importance

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 of taking action

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 from personal

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 spirituality

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 and faith

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 in Christ,

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 to separate

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 those two things

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 is a false

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 dichotomy.

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 They go together,

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 they're inseparable,

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 they're integral

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 to one another,

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 they're part

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 of that holistic

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 vision of expecting

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 and living in

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 expectation

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 of the kingdom

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 of God

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 that is coming

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 to us.

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 And in these words

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 that we see today

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 from Luke's gospel,

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 we see that

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 there is a particular

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 emphasis to the role

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 here.

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 See,

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 at this point

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 of the story

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 of Jesus,

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 Jesus has just been,

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 we're told,

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 blasted by the Holy Spirit

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 into the wilderness

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 for 40 days

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 and 40 nights.

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 And then we're told

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 that led by the Spirit,

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 in the power

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 of the Spirit,

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 he returns

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 to Galilee.

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 And it's then

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 when he walks

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 into the synagogue

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 and he takes

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 the book of Isaiah

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 and he reads,

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 the Spirit

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 of the Lord

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 is on me

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 because he has

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 anointed me.

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 And then he goes

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 on to say,

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 the Holy Spirit,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 anoints me

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 to proclaim

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 the good news

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 to the poor.

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 He has sent me

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 to proclaim

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 freedom to the prisoners,

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 recovery of sight

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 to the blind,

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 to set the oppressed

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 free and to proclaim

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 the year of the Lord's favour.

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 You see,

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 when the Holy Spirit

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 comes upon you,

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 two things happen

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 broadly.

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 You fall in love

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 with God

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 and you fall in love

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 with those around you.

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 Now,

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 Jesus sort of

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 put it that way

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 when asked

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 what the most

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 important commandment

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 is.

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 But you know,

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 even the word

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 commandment

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 can miss

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 the point

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 if we think

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 it is something

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 that's theoretical.

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 You see,

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 loving God

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 and loving neighbour

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 is not something

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 that we do

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 because,

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 well,

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 you've got to do it.

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 It's what happens

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 when the Holy Spirit

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 comes upon you.

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 And the Holy Spirit

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 turns that

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 which is theoretical

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 into that

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 which is experiential.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 takes what

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 at face value

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 may appear

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 to be a law

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 and makes it

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 a living reality

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 of the way

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 we relate

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 to those around us.

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 And so we read

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 of the key role

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 that the Holy Spirit

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 takes here.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 leads Jesus

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 upon Jesus

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 in Jesus

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 and powers him

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 with those words.

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 The Spirit

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 is upon me

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 to set

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 the people free.

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 And it's the same

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 Spirit

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 that Paul writes

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 is on every

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 single one of us

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 when we follow Jesus.

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 In 2 Corinthians

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 chapter 1

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 Paul says,

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 Now it is God

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 who makes

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 both us

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 and you

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 stand firm

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 in Christ.

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 He anointed us,

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 set his seal

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 of ownership

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 on us

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 and put his Spirit

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 in our hearts

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 as a deposit

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 guaranteeing

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 what is to come.

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 You see,

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 when the Holy Spirit

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 is upon us

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 and within us,

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 we catch this vision

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 that is central

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 to the message

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 of Jesus,

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 the message

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 that the kingdom

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 of God

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 is coming.

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 That ultimately

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 when the kingdom

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 of God

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 comes in all fullness,

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 we will be raised

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 for eternity.

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 There will be no more

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 death or dying

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 or suffering.

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 There will be no more

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 injustice.

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 But right here

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 and right now

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 it begins.

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 As the Holy Spirit

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 takes root

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 in our lives

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 and instills

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 within us

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 that kingdom

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 vision

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 to usher

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 in the kingdom

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 here and now.

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 That same Spirit

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 that anoints Jesus,

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 the same Spirit

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 that raises Jesus,

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 that same Spirit

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 motivated

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 William Wilderforce

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 and that same Spirit

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 motivated

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 Martin Luther King.

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 That same Spirit

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 motivated

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 Mother Teresa.

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 The same Spirit

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 motivated

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 and continues

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 to motivate

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 millions,

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 literally millions,

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 of others,

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 past and present,

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 to both talk

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 and walk

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 the way of Jesus Christ.

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 And that same Spirit

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 longs to dwell

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 in every single

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 one of us.

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 You see,

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 as the Spirit

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 dwells in us,

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 so we draw nearer.

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 And as we draw

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 nearer to God,

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 then we long

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 for his kingdom

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 to come

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 and live like

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 the kingdom

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 is about to come

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 more and more

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 and more.

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 not because we have to,

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 but we just want to.

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 You see,

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 as we draw nearer

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 to God the Father,

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 things change.

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 In our solar system,

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 we have this system

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 of planets

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 and some are closer

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 to the sun

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 than others.

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 Mercury is really,

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 really, really hot.

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 Pluto is really,

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 really, really,

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 really cold.

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 And the reason

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 why Pluto

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 is really, really cold

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 is that it's

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 a great distance

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 from the source

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 of heat,

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 from the sun.

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 Mercury is really,

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 really hot

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 because it's so close

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 to the sun.

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 Our spiritual temperature

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 changes

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 when we draw

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 near to God.

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 And things change.

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 And when we are

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 filled with the Spirit,

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 contrary to what

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 some would have us believe,

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 life doesn't get smaller,

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 it becomes bigger.

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 It becomes fuller,

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 deeper,

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 wider, richer,

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 far more meaningful

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 as we live in expectation

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 of this kingdom

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 that is coming

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 where we will be raised

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 for eternity

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 and there will be

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 no more suffering.

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 And we can now

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 begin to live now

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 and see that change

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 now in our lives.

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 Does anybody

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 like popcorn?

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 Sorry,

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 I haven't got any.

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 I'm not offering you.

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 Have you ever wondered

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 what makes popcorn

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 pop?

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 inside every kernel

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 there's moisture.

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 And when you

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 heat the moisture,

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 the moisture

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 turns to steam.

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 As it turns to steam,

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 so you get pressure

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 and it expands

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 and presses

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 against the shell

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 until the shell

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 can no longer

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 withstand

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 that pressure.

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 at which point

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 there is this

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 explosion of deliverance

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 as that which is inside

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 can no longer

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 be held hostage

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 to that which is outside.

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 Now there's an image

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 of what it is

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 to be filled

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 with the Holy Spirit.

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 whenever you yearn

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 for things to be

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 right in the world,

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 whenever you cry

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 out of that question

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 why is there

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 this suffering,

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 whenever you get

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 angry for a just

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 cause,

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 whenever you feel

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 that something

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 inside that

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 things aren't

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 right here,

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 you shouldn't be

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 surprised.

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 It's the image

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 of God that's been

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 there since you

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 were born.

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 When the Holy Spirit

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 meets with that

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 and begins

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 to set work

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 on that,

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 life gets bigger.

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 It gets bigger

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 and bigger

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 and bigger

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 such that we

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 no longer need

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 to be controlled

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 and defined

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 and determined

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 by our external

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 circumstances

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 but can dare

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 to live differently

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 by a different

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 dream,

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 a different

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 picture

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 and just start

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 to do something

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 about it.

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 So as we think

00:14:17.820 --> 00:14:18.720
 about this series

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 What Would Jesus

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 Do?

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 WWJD

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 it's a good

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 question to ask

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 but I've

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 read a book

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 recently

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 where I think

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 there's an even

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 better question

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 for us to ask.

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 It was a book

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 whilst I was on

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 sabbatical

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 I had the privilege

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 of being able

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 to read loads

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 of books

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 and one of the ones

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 that really stuck

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 with me

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 was a book

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 that was published

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 in January

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 this year

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 by John Mark

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 Comer

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 called Practicing

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 the Way.

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 Some of you

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 may have already

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 read it.

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 I think we might

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 even do a series

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 on it sometime

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 in the next 12

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 months as a church

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 but Practicing

00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:53.220
 the Way

00:14:53.220 --> 00:14:53.899
 is a book

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 John Mark

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 Comer wrote

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 about discipleship.

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 One of the bits

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 that really

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 stuck in my mind

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 is where he talks

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 precisely about

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 this question

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 what would Jesus

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 do

00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:07.159
 or WWJD

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 and he says

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 it's a good

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 thing to

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 put those

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 letters

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 somewhere

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 whether it's

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 on a wristband

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 a t-shirt

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 or a post-it note

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 or whatever

00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:19.339
 to remind yourself

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 of that important

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 question in discipleship

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 what would Jesus

00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:23.240
 do?

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 But he says

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 there's an even

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 better abbreviation

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 and it's not

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 WWJD

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 but

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 WWJD

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 IHWM

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 Now he does say

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 that perhaps

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 that's a bit

00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:39.580
 of a mouthful

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 but the point

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 is

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 he said

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 the problem

00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:45.600
 with WWJD

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 what would Jesus

00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:46.659
 do

00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:47.879
 is that

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 Jesus

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 was a

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 first century

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 Jewish

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 rabbi

00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:55.039
 whereas

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 WWJD

00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:58.160
 IHWM

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 asks the question

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 what would Jesus

00:16:01.920 --> 00:16:02.360
 do

00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:03.379
 if he was me?

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 Now maybe

00:16:06.540 --> 00:16:07.100
 there's just

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:08.000
 a subtle difference

00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:08.460
 but it's an

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 important one

00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:12.080
 because when

00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:12.840
 we talk about

00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:13.240
 Jesus

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 we're not

00:16:13.940 --> 00:16:14.680
 talking about

00:16:14.680 --> 00:16:15.280
 somebody who

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 simply just

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 lived 2,000

00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:17.500
 years ago

00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:18.120
 he did

00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:20.879
 but he also

00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:21.440
 lives now

00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:23.780
 and the question

00:16:23.780 --> 00:16:24.500
 if we really

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 really really

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 want to get

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 close up

00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:26.860
 and personal

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 and meaningful

00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:28.259
 about this

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 is that

00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:29.939
 to ask the

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 question

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 what does

00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:31.439
 it mean

00:16:31.439 --> 00:16:33.980
 to pursue

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 justice

00:16:35.179 --> 00:16:36.639
 to pursue

00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:37.299
 the kingdom

00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:40.339
 where you

00:16:40.339 --> 00:16:40.699
 are

00:16:40.699 --> 00:16:42.379
 in a way

00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:42.819
 that only

00:16:42.819 --> 00:16:43.379
 you can

00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:45.539
 in the

00:16:45.539 --> 00:16:46.860
 life context

00:16:46.860 --> 00:16:48.159
 that you

00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:48.799
 find yourself

00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:49.939
 in right

00:16:49.939 --> 00:16:50.379
 now

00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:52.339
 given the

00:16:52.339 --> 00:16:53.000
 network of

00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:53.539
 relationships

00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:54.379
 that you have

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:54.899
 that will be

00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:55.459
 unique to

00:16:55.459 --> 00:16:55.759
 you

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 given the

00:16:57.399 --> 00:16:57.919
 resources

00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:58.500
 that you

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 have

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 and don't

00:16:59.579 --> 00:16:59.919
 have

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 that again

00:17:00.699 --> 00:17:01.100
 will be

00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:01.639
 unique to

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 you

00:17:01.959 --> 00:17:03.720
 and given

00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:04.619
 the opportunities

00:17:04.619 --> 00:17:05.819
 that will be

00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:07.299
 unique to

00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:07.639
 you

00:17:07.639 --> 00:17:11.279
 so as we

00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:11.940
 come to pray

00:17:11.940 --> 00:17:12.279
 now

00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:14.680
 let's just

00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:15.119
 join

00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:17.039
 in a few

00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:17.680
 moments of

00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:18.220
 silence

00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:20.079
 as we

00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:20.620
 just hold

00:17:20.620 --> 00:17:21.420
 that question

00:17:21.420 --> 00:17:22.440
 before him

00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:25.000
 Jesus

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 what would

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 you do

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 if you

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 were me

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 right now

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 let's pray

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 together

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 Lord we

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 thank you

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 that your

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 kingdom

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 is an

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 invitation

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 to each

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 and every

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 one of

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 us

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 thank you

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 that

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 that is

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 an invitation

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 for us

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 to get

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 involved in

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 the most

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 exciting

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 movement

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 that history

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 has ever

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 known

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 and to

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 make a

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 difference

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 in the

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 lives

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 of others

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 thank you

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 that that

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 is an

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 invitation

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 that in

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 the midst

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 of all

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 of that

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 we get

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 to know

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 you as

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 our

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 friend

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 our

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 saviour

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 as the

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 living

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 Lord

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 in a

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 profoundly

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 personal

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 way

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 Lord as

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 we do

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 so

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 we ask

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 that your

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 Holy Spirit

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 would come

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 upon us

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 would fill

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 us ever

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 more each

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 and every

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 day

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 Lord let

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 us never

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 be satisfied

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 that we

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 have been

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 filled

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 enough

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 but may

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 we continue

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 to pursue

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 your presence

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 in our

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 lives

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 and as

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 we draw

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 nearer

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 to you

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 Lord would

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 you swell

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 up within

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 our hearts

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 that passion

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 to serve

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 you through

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 others

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 so Lord we

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 take a

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 moment of

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 stillness

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 now

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 and we

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 ask that

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 in this

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 stillness

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 you would

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 reveal to

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 each one

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 of us

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 something

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 of what

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 you would

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 have us

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 do in

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 our

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 lives

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 now

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 Lord help

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 us to

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 think of

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 the network

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 of friendships

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 relationships

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 whether that

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 be friends

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 family

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 neighbours

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 or colleagues

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 help us

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 help us to

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 see those

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 situations

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 in which

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 we can

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 do

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 practical

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 things

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 Lord

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 open our

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 hearts and

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 our minds

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 to those

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 causes that

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 you would

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 have us

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 engage

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 whether that

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 involves

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 campaigning

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 writing

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 letters

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 Lord

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 maybe

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 there

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 is a

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 specific

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 way

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 in which

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 you

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 would

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 have

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 us

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 serve

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 you

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 maybe

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 there

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 is a

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 particular

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 cause

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 that you

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 would lay

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 on our

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 hearts

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 to pray

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 for

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 Lord we

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 ask that

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 now and

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 in the

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 time to

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 come

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 you would

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 open us

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 up to

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 those

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 opportunities

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 and that

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 you would

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 embolden

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 us

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 to do

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 everything

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 we can

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 with our

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 time and

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 our energy

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 in service

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 of your

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 kingdom

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 may we

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 not rest

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 until that

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 kingdom comes

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 in all its

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 fullness

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 in Jesus

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 name

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 Amen

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 eth

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 how

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 about

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 in

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 콩