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 At the heart of Jesus' message is this invitation not just to come to him but to grow in

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! And to keep on growing. And as Jesus is in that boat conveying that message to those that have gathered

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! You can picture him wanting to kind of get that message across.

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 Come and come and grow and keep on growing and keep on growing. And sort of scanning around

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 what was going on around him thinking how can I get this message across to the people in front of me?

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 And then spotting a farmer up on a hillside perhaps with a donkey and apparently this is how they sow

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 seed but putting a sack on the back of that donkey and then tearing a hole in the bottom of the sack

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 of seeds. And then walking along with the donkey as the seeds spill out onto the ground.

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 As the donkey walks forward so the seeds fall out onto the ground from the sack.

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 And then pointing to the different types of surface, the paths, the soil, the rocks, the different places

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 where the seed could have sown. And the seed, there's nothing wrong with the seed. The seed's great.

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 The seed has all the potential to grow and represents God's desire for growth.

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 But as Jesus then begins to share this parable and present pictures before his listeners,

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 so he's inviting his listeners to imagine what each image of a seed falling onto a particular

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 type of surface might represent.

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 And as we think about that set of images, because it is a set of images, not just one,

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 because Jesus talks about different types of surfaces that the seeds can land on,

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 perhaps the easiest thing is for us to suppose that Jesus is talking about different types of people.

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 You know, you might be that type of person that is like a stony ground, or you might be that type of person

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 that is represented by the thorns, or you might be that type of person that's represented by the good soil.

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 That would be perhaps the easiest and obvious way to imagine it.

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 But I wonder if it's more helpful to think of it a little bit differently.

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 And to imagine that as Jesus is setting these different images before his listeners,

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 he is actually saying that any one of these images can apply to any one of us at any time in our lives.

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 Do you remember Charlie Brown and the Peanuts?

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 Yeah, the cartoons.

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 There was one in particular where one of the characters, I think it was Sally,

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 and she'd been set a memory verse.

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 It was something from the book of Revelation.

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 But she can't recall, she's in Sunday school,

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 and she can't remember what this memory verse was that she was set from the previous week in Sunday school.

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 And she says, I think it was something from the book of re-evaluation.

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 But in saying that, she actually put her finger on what Scripture is,

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 and what the teaching of Jesus is.

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 That it's not just a one-in-time thing,

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 but it's an ongoing thing, that we have this relationship with God's living Word.

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 That every day of our lives we are re-evaluating,

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 not through a sense of insecurity, but because we know that God wants us to grow,

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 and to keep on growing.

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 That coming to Jesus Christ is not just a one-off thing,

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 an event, that we look back on,

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 and that's the day I came to Jesus,

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 that's when I became a Christian, and then it's all finished.

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 No, it's an ongoing, everyday thing,

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 where God wants us to grow,

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 and knows that we can grow in ways that we can't imagine,

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 when left by ourselves.

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 But when we see the Word of God,

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 when we unpack these parables,

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 we can see that actually all sorts of things are possible.

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 So with that in mind,

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 what I'd like us to do is just think about the images

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 that are loaded into this parable over these next few minutes.

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 And rather than perhaps thinking that the different types of surfaces

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 that these seeds land on refer to different types of people,

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 instead to invite you to think,

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 how might that type of surface apply to you right now?

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 Jesus begins by talking about the path,

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 a solid surface.

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 Fields were kind of created within strips,

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 and there were paths between those strips,

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 that anybody could walk along,

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 like a public right of way.

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 And so if you can imagine this donkey,

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 with the sack of seeds on its back,

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 with a hole put in the bottom of that sack,

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 with the seed spilling out,

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 as it's making its way to the field,

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 where it's going to be sowing,

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 inevitably some seeds are going to grow,

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 are going to fall out of that sack,

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 and hit the solid path before they even get to the soil.

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 The seed just bounces off a solid surface.

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 It doesn't even begin.

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 Rather than imagining this referring to just a type of person

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 that never ever responds to the word of God,

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 although it could be that,

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 ask the question,

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 does that ever happen to you?

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 And what I want to suggest is that

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 the longer you've been a follower of Jesus,

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 there is a certain sense in which it can become

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 a greater area of vulnerability,

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 that God's trying to say something to us.

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 But because we've had previous experiences of God,

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 we kind of think that this new experience of God,

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 what God might be saying to you right now

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 in a new season, a new chapter of your life,

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 well, that couldn't possibly be.

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 And so it just bounces off.

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 We all need to ask the question,

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 what might God be saying right now

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 that is new, that is different,

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 that you haven't heard before,

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 that at face value you could quite quickly dismiss it

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 and think, well, God couldn't possibly be saying that

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 to me right now?

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 Is there a sense in which God's word to you now

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 could just be bouncing off a hard surface?

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 Might there be something that God is saying to you right now

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 about something that he wants to do with you in your life,

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 about a new, perhaps different way of serving him,

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 or perhaps something that he's opening up in your workplace,

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 or opening up in relationships, in your family life,

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 something that represents something new and different

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 that you haven't heard before,

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 that you just might not be open to,

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 that you might, by your own assumptions and presumptions,

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 be closing yourself off to?

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 What new thing might God be trying to say to you now?

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 Before we move on,

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 I'd like us to hold that for a moment in prayer.

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 Pray with me.

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 Lord, as we think about this story,

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 this parable of seeds being planted on different surfaces

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 and the seed bouncing off solid ground,

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 a path not even beginning to take root.

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 Lord, help us to be aware

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 of how we can close our hearts and minds

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 to what you might be trying to say to us.

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 Lord, may your invitation to grow

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 never just bounce off us,

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 but help us to be open every day

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 to what new things you may be saying to us

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 and inviting us into.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Jesus said,

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 then there's the type of,

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 sorry, the seed that can land onto a type of surface

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 that has rocks.

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 It has soil, but it also has rocks.

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 Now, because it has soil,

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 it can begin to grow.

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 But because of the rocks,

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 that growth is fairly limited

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 and it doesn't really properly,

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 thoroughly take root.

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 I suppose a question that we each need to ask ourselves

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 is in what sense

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 might there be that kind of thing going on

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 in our own walk with Jesus?

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 In what sense might there be

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 a sort of like an initial spark

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 of enthusiasm in our discipleship,

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 but it hasn't really taken root?

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 In what sense might we begin to get excited

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 about the claims of Jesus

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 and the truth of the gospel

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 and we get excited about it for a while,

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 but then it kind of withers out a little bit,

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 like that seed that begins to grow

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 but doesn't really go anywhere?

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 In what sense might you ever be saying to yourself,

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 well, you know, I'm a starter, not a finisher?

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 In what sense might we ever be guided

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 by the emotions of the moment?

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 You may have heard of a theologian,

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 Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer,

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 a German pastor,

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 one of the great theological voices

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 of the 20th century,

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 who was,

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 he was imprisoned

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 because of his opposition

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 to the Nazi regime,

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 eventually paid the ultimate price

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 having been held in a concentration camp

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 and was killed by the Nazis

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 just a short while

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 before the liberation

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 of that concentration camp.

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 Bonhoeffer is famous

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 for writing about discipleship,

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 particularly that phrase

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 that grace is,

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 God's grace is free,

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 but it's never cheap.

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 One of the quotations

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 from Bonhoeffer

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 that's not quite so well known

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 was written by him

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 to his niece

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 shortly before she got married.

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 He wrote a letter to her

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 and her fiancé

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 for her to read

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 on their wedding day.

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 He said this,

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 Today you are young

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 and you are very much in love

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 and you think that your love

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 can sustain your marriage.

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 It can't.

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 Let your marriage

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 sustain your love.

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 Let me read that again.

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 Today you are young

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 and very much in love

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 and you think your love

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 can sustain your marriage.

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 It can't.

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 Let your marriage

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 sustain your love.

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 If we think that

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 our human feeling

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 is enough to carry us through,

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 we're on

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 dangerous ground.

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 I think what Bonhoeffer

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 was trying to say

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 is that

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 in marriage

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 that

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 there is this thing

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 that is bigger

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 than our emotions

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 and our feelings

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 and our experiences

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 that are carried

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 by our humanity.

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 There is this thing

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 called the covenant

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 of God

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 that says to two people,

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 you are struggling

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 right now

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 in your lives together,

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 but this covenant,

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 this agreement,

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 which is instituted

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 by God

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 is bigger than that

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 and that is what

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 holds you

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 and sustains you.

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 And so in scripture

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 we find this idea

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 of marriage

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 as a covenant

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 held before

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 as a model

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 of God's covenant

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 with his people.

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 And in the same way

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 there will be times

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 when our feelings,

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 our love,

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 our emotions for God

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 will be really high.

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 There will also be times

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 when those emotions

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 are just flat.

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 In fact,

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 there will be times

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 when we'll be screaming

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 at God

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 because we cannot

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 understand what's going on.

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 And it is in those times

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 when we need to remember

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 that the covenant

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 of God

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 which says

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 I have called you

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 by name

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 and you are mine

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 is far greater

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 than the emotional state

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 that you or I

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 will ever be able

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 to have with God

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 this side of eternity.

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 And that covenant,

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 that promise of God

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 is what holds us.

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 So,

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 when we think

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 of that picture

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 of seeds

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 beginning to grow

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 in the soil

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 but not actually

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 being able

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 to establish themselves

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 and eventually

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 they wither and die,

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 we have there

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 an image

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 of how

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 as human beings

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 we can be so fickle.

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 We can be so shallow

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 when we attach

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 ourselves

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 onto our feelings,

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 onto our emotional states.

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 As we hear these words

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 let's be challenged

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 into thinking

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 in what sense

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 are we guided

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 by our feelings

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 and by our emotions alone

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 and be reminded

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 that what holds us

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 in God

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 is something

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 so much bigger

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 and more powerful

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 than our own

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 emotional perceptions.

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 That way

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 we won't just be starters

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 we'll be finishers.

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 let's just hold

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 that image

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 for a moment

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 and pray about it.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Lord,

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 as we think about

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 how

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 seeds

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 hitting

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 shallow soil

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 starting to grow

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 but

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 not properly

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 growing

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 and eventually

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 just withering away

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 so we are reminded

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 of how

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 as human beings

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 we can be shallow

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 at times

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 when we allow

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 our perceptions

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 of truth

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 to be guided

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 by our emotions

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 alone.

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 Lord,

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 give us the strength

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 to go deeper.

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 Give us the strength

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 to know

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 that you call

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 each and every one

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 of us by name

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 that we belong

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 to you

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 and that promise

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 that covenant

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 is far bigger

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 and greater

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 and stronger

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 than our own

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 emotions.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 The third

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 of these four images

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 that we have

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 is the image

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 of the

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 thorns.

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 Jesus says

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 that as the farmer

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 was sowing the seeds

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 so were the seeds

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 fell among thorns.

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 They began to grow

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 because they would

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 make their way

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 through the thorns.

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 They would begin to

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 you know

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 they would

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 grow in the soil

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 but eventually

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 the thorns

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 grew up

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 and overtook

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 the growth

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 of the good seeds

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 and so

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 they choked

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 and they withered

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 and died.

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 So the worries

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 of life

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 and the deceitfulness

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 of wealth

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 says Jesus

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 choked

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 that growth.

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 You know

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 these things

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 the worries

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 of life

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 the deceitfulness

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 of wealth

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 and it's interesting

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 how Jesus

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 pairs those things

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 together

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 the worries

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 of life

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 and the deceitfulness

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 of wealth

00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:57.820
 will always

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 be there.

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 They won't go away

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 they're here to stay

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 they're part of

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 life

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 this side of eternity

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 at least

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 but

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 they won't go away

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 but the question

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 is how we relate

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 to them.

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 And we have

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 a choice

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 as to whether

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 we allow

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 those things

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 that

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 threaten us

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 those

00:17:25.139 --> 00:17:26.539
 anxieties

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 whether we

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 allow them

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 to dominate

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 our thinking

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 or not.

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 we share

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 with you

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 an illustration

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 that comes

00:17:36.539 --> 00:17:36.939
 from

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 the world

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 of

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 cognitive

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 behavioural

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 therapy.

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 We need to

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 imagine

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 that

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 you're

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 watching

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 a horror

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 film

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 it's a

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 really

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 now

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 if you're

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 one of those

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 people

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 that actually

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 doesn't find

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 horror films

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 scary

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 or actually

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 you enjoy

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 them

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 this perhaps

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 might not

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 apply to you

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 but I think

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 most people

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 actually

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 by definition

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 of a horror

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 film

00:18:00.819 --> 00:18:01.439
 don't actually

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 find horror

00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:02.559
 films

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 particularly

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 enjoyable

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 in the sense

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 that they're

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 meant to be

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 scary.

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 So imagine

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 that you're

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 sat

00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:09.519
 watching a

00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.000
 horror film.

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 The horror

00:18:10.940 --> 00:18:12.500
 film represents

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 anxiety.

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 Now you

00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:16.080
 could be

00:18:16.080 --> 00:18:16.600
 sitting there

00:18:16.600 --> 00:18:17.340
 watching that

00:18:17.340 --> 00:18:17.860
 horror film

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 in the dark

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 on your own

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 late at night

00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:21.200
 and as you

00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:21.700
 watch that

00:18:21.700 --> 00:18:22.140
 horror film

00:18:22.140 --> 00:18:22.820
 you're consumed

00:18:22.820 --> 00:18:23.220
 by it.

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 All you can

00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:25.460
 see is the

00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:25.940
 stuff going

00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:26.480
 on in that

00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:26.880
 film.

00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:28.200
 It's terrifying

00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:30.019
 and it

00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.640
 becomes your

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 entire world.

00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:34.960
 When you're

00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:35.440
 alone with

00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:36.259
 your anxieties

00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:36.880
 it's a bit

00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:37.759
 like being

00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:38.259
 on your own

00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:38.840
 just in front

00:18:38.840 --> 00:18:39.220
 of that

00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:40.160
 horrific set

00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:40.640
 of scenes

00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:41.620
 on a screen

00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:42.200
 and you're

00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:42.700
 on your own

00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:43.140
 and otherwise

00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:43.779
 it's darkness.

00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.660
 Now imagine

00:18:47.660 --> 00:18:49.000
 that that

00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:49.860
 same film

00:18:49.860 --> 00:18:51.160
 which represents

00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:51.940
 your anxieties

00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:52.980
 is being

00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:53.400
 played

00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:54.660
 but in a

00:18:54.660 --> 00:18:54.940
 different

00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:55.700
 situation.

00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:57.160
 imagine

00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:57.720
 that rather

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.240
 than watching

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:58.759
 that film

00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.519
 on your own

00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:00.440
 in the dark

00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:01.160
 at night

00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:02.740
 the film

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.200
 is actually

00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:03.840
 on a screen

00:19:03.840 --> 00:19:04.299
 somewhere

00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:04.700
 but it's

00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:06.220
 in broad

00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:06.620
 daylight

00:19:06.620 --> 00:19:07.259
 it's a sunny

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.640
 day

00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:09.759
 and it's

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:11.220
 on the

00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:11.620
 screen

00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:12.440
 in the

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.319
 corner of

00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:13.640
 the room

00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:14.160
 the sound's

00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:14.580
 being turned

00:19:14.580 --> 00:19:15.160
 right down

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:16.660
 and you're

00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:17.080
 not on your

00:19:17.080 --> 00:19:17.259
 own

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.660
 imagine

00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:18.120
 that you're

00:19:18.120 --> 00:19:18.500
 surrounded

00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:19.519
 by friends

00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.080
 people that

00:19:20.080 --> 00:19:20.519
 you love

00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:21.799
 and imagine

00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:22.160
 that there's

00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:22.519
 a bit of a

00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.180
 party going

00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:23.600
 on and

00:19:23.600 --> 00:19:24.240
 whatever it

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:24.860
 is that makes

00:19:24.860 --> 00:19:25.299
 you feel

00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:25.680
 happy

00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:26.140
 imagine

00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:26.500
 that's

00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:26.740
 what's

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.060
 happening

00:19:27.060 --> 00:19:28.320
 and imagine

00:19:28.320 --> 00:19:28.720
 that there's

00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.160
 actually a

00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:29.880
 really lovely

00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:30.480
 atmosphere

00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:31.140
 in the room

00:19:31.140 --> 00:19:31.759
 of friendship

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.360
 and love

00:19:32.360 --> 00:19:32.779
 and joy

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.400
 and people

00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:34.279
 being together

00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:36.380
 all the while

00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:37.360
 this horror film

00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:37.940
 is playing

00:19:37.940 --> 00:19:38.720
 in the corner

00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.299
 of the room

00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:40.620
 but the

00:19:40.620 --> 00:19:41.360
 sounds turn

00:19:41.360 --> 00:19:41.759
 down

00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:42.680
 the place

00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.220
 is light

00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:43.680
 you're not

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.000
 on your

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.340
 own

00:19:44.340 --> 00:19:46.120
 that film

00:19:46.120 --> 00:19:46.480
 is still

00:19:46.480 --> 00:19:46.900
 rolling

00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:48.480
 but you

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:48.759
 hardly

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.519
 notice it

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.680
 every now

00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:50.900
 and then

00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:51.220
 you might

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.640
 catch a

00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:52.740
 glimpse of it

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.259
 in the corner

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.840
 of your eye

00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:54.180
 oh yeah

00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:54.660
 the film's

00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:54.980
 there

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:56.539
 but that's

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:56.900
 not the

00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:57.400
 focus of

00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:57.880
 attention

00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:59.480
 you're

00:19:59.480 --> 00:19:59.720
 actually

00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.319
 surrounded

00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:01.039
 by good

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.559
 things

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.360
 by good

00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:02.779
 people

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.319
 you're in

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:03.960
 good company

00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:04.880
 there's light

00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:05.519
 in the room

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:06.180
 and there's

00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:06.460
 a good

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:06.880
 positive

00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.440
 atmosphere

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:09.940
 you see

00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.360
 the point

00:20:10.360 --> 00:20:10.700
 is

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.259
 is that

00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:11.680
 whatever's

00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.059
 going on

00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:12.299
 in your

00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:12.500
 life

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.559
 the causes

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:15.000
 of anxiety

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:16.120
 will always

00:20:16.120 --> 00:20:16.599
 be there

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:17.200
 it's part

00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:17.559
 of being

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:17.940
 human

00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.400
 it's part

00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:18.579
 of the

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:19.200
 real world

00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:21.660
 the question

00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.080
 is

00:20:22.080 --> 00:20:22.580
 is how

00:20:22.580 --> 00:20:22.940
 do we

00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:23.519
 live out

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:23.960
 in that

00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:24.559
 environment

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:27.019
 we can

00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:28.019
 either allow

00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:28.799
 those things

00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:29.380
 to be the

00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:30.200
 focus

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:33.259
 or we can

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:34.080
 accept that

00:20:34.080 --> 00:20:34.819
 they are there

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.600
 but not allow

00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:36.279
 them to dominate

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:37.019
 our thoughts

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:39.059
 and how do we

00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:39.580
 do that

00:20:39.580 --> 00:20:40.940
 well not by

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.680
 pretending that

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 they don't

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 exist

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 but rather by

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 immersing

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 ourselves in

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 other things

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:47.600
 by immersing

00:20:47.600 --> 00:20:48.060
 ourselves in

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 the word

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:48.880
 of God

00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.900
 in worshipping

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 God

00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:50.800
 in praying

00:20:50.800 --> 00:20:51.040
 God

00:20:51.040 --> 00:20:51.780
 in grounding

00:20:51.780 --> 00:20:52.340
 ourselves in

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 the presence

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 of God

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 in our daily

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 lives

00:20:54.300 --> 00:20:55.300
 by being part

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 of a church

00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.720
 by being part

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 of a home

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 group

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 by getting

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 to know

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 Christian

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 friends around

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 us and

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 accepting support

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 and prayer

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 from others

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 by not being

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 afraid to ask

00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:04.980
 for prayer

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 to be prayed

00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:05.920
 for

00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:06.840
 by praying

00:21:06.840 --> 00:21:07.660
 by worshipping

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.620
 by immersing

00:21:08.620 --> 00:21:09.180
 ourselves in

00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:09.880
 all the good

00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:10.780
 things that

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 God wants us

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 to have

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 and to grow

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 in

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 so to

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 leave that

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 set of

00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:18.600
 illustrations

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 and come

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:19.759
 back to

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 the

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.880
 illustration

00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:21.340
 that Jesus

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 gave

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.680
 you know

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.160
 the thorns

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:23.539
 may be

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:23.860
 growing

00:21:23.860 --> 00:21:24.759
 the thorns

00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.860
 that represent

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 you know

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 our anxiety

00:21:28.060 --> 00:21:28.700
 may still

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 be there

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:31.039
 but they

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.380
 don't need

00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:31.759
 to choke

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.180
 us

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:36.220
 if the

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:36.740
 light of

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.700
 Christ

00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:39.140
 is dominant

00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:41.940
 again

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:42.400
 let's pray

00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:42.779
 together

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:46.920
 Lord

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.680
 we thank

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.019
 you

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:49.240
 that even

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.700
 though

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:50.720
 the worries

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.339
 of life

00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:52.279
 and the

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:52.879
 deceitfulness

00:21:52.879 --> 00:21:53.460
 of wealth

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:55.319
 is part

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:55.839
 of the

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.119
 world

00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:56.519
 as it

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:56.980
 is right

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.279
 now

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.579
 in all

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:57.759
 its

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.519
 brokenness

00:21:58.519 --> 00:21:59.720
 that that

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 is not

00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:00.639
 the full

00:22:00.639 --> 00:22:01.139
 picture

00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:02.519
 and we

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.200
 thank you

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.899
 that because

00:22:03.899 --> 00:22:04.619
 of Jesus

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.839
 our life

00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:06.220
 does not

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:06.680
 need to be

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.160
 dominated

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.759
 by these

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.240
 things

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.539
 that our

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.039
 focus

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.720
 can be

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.460
 different

00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:13.319
 so help

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:13.559
 us

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.360
 every day

00:22:14.360 --> 00:22:14.720
 of our

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.059
 lives

00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:16.460
 not to be

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.720
 focusing in

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.400
 on those

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.380
 things that

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:20.240
 could choke

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:20.420
 us

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:21.059
 those things

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.400
 that can

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:21.700
 pull us

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.059
 down

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:23.519
 but help

00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:24.200
 us instead

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:25.000
 to be

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.539
 flooded by

00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.220
 your light

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:27.299
 and to know

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.920
 your presence

00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.579
 and your hope

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:28.940
 and to be

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.579
 grounded in

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:29.920
 you

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:31.580
 in Jesus

00:22:31.580 --> 00:22:32.120
 name

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:33.720
 Amen

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:35.720
 The last

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.120
 image

00:22:36.120 --> 00:22:37.759
 is one

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.340
 of growth

00:22:38.340 --> 00:22:40.680
 it's good

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:41.120
 soil

00:22:41.120 --> 00:22:43.140
 Jesus says

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:43.720
 quite simply

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.560
 that the

00:22:44.560 --> 00:22:45.539
 seed

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.039
 when it

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.480
 lands in

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.120
 good soil

00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:50.240
 grows

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:52.600
 because God

00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:53.019
 wants it

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.259
 to

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:55.779
 know this

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:57.820
 God wants

00:22:57.820 --> 00:22:58.160
 you to

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.740
 know him

00:22:58.740 --> 00:23:00.559
 but not

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.059
 just as a

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.460
 one-off

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:01.799
 thing

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.200
 not just

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 as an

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:02.779
 initial

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.220
 decision

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:04.120
 but every

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 day

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.460
 to grow

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:05.980
 and to

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.400
 keep on

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:06.680
 growing

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.079
 and to

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.519
 keep on

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:07.799
 growing

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.120
 and to

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:08.500
 keep on

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.759
 growing

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.420
 and that's

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:09.559
 the

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:09.980
 magnificent

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.480
 thing

00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:11.039
 about being

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.500
 a Christian

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:11.839
 is it

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.180
 doesn't

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:12.599
 stop

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:13.039
 we've

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.319
 got the

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:13.539
 whole

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:13.680
 of

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.180
 eternity

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.539
 that it

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:14.819
 will go

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.059
 on to

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.460
 but this

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:15.880
 side

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.019
 of

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.660
 eternity

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:18.640
 this

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:18.880
 side

00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.000
 of

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.480
 eternity

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.039
 there is

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.440
 more

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:20.799
 growing

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.099
 to be

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.420
 done

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.480
 there are

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:22.720
 those

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.019
 things

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.460
 that can

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.059
 challenge

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.380
 that

00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:24.779
 there are

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.099
 things

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:25.519
 that can

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:25.880
 try to

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.180
 get in

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.460
 the way

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.799
 God wants

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.140
 us

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:31.099
 to grow

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:34.819
 there was

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.039
 a group

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.660
 of tourists

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:37.680
 visiting a

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.000
 village

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.799
 one day

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:40.140
 and

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:41.220
 it was a

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.680
 small but

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.299
 very quaint

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.759
 village

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.839
 and one

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.180
 of the

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.579
 tourists

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.019
 said

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.859
 quite

00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:47.140
 patronisingly

00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:47.500
 to one

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:47.759
 of the

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.240
 locals

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.759
 were any

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.660
 great men

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.220
 or women

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.960
 born in

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.579
 this village

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:55.079
 he said

00:23:55.079 --> 00:23:55.339
 no

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.700
 only

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.319
 babies

00:23:57.319 --> 00:24:02.500
 think

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:02.799
 about

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.059
 it

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:06.079
 there

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.460
 are no

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.119
 instant

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:07.619
 heroes

00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:08.779
 in the

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.059
 kingdom

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.319
 of

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.599
 God

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:11.559
 growth

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:11.899
 takes

00:24:11.899 --> 00:24:12.439
 time

00:24:12.439 --> 00:24:14.879
 growth

00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:15.399
 takes

00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:15.700
 a

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.720
 lifetime

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:19.839
 when

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.079
 however

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.740
 old

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.200
 or young

00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.579
 we may

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:21.819
 be

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.259
 however

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.200
 long

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.619
 we may

00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:23.720
 have

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:23.879
 been

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:24.319
 followers

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:24.639
 of

00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:24.980
 Jesus

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:27.079
 there's

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.319
 still

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:27.559
 more

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:27.940
 growing

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.140
 to

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.599
 happen

00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:30.599
 growth

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:30.920
 takes

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.299
 time

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:33.579
 we're

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:33.819
 never

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.140
 too

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.480
 old

00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:34.799
 to

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.079
 grow

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.400
 up

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:37.700
 let's

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:37.960
 pray

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:41.880
 Lord

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.559
 thank you

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:42.980
 that your

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.460
 desire

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.099
 is for

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.440
 us to

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:44.779
 grow

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.140
 and to

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:45.339
 keep

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:45.539
 on

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:45.900
 growing

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:48.680
 may

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:48.940
 that

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.400
 happen

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:51.380
 Lord

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:51.780
 we pray

00:24:51.780 --> 00:24:52.060
 that as

00:24:52.060 --> 00:24:52.400
 we come

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:52.800
 to share

00:24:52.800 --> 00:24:53.380
 communion

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:55.300
 in a

00:24:55.300 --> 00:24:55.460
 few

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:55.880
 moments

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.280
 as we

00:24:56.280 --> 00:24:57.519
 come to

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.019
 share in

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.420
 the bread

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:58.840
 and wine

00:24:58.840 --> 00:24:59.360
 may we

00:24:59.360 --> 00:25:00.080
 be reminded

00:25:00.080 --> 00:25:00.660
 again

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:02.440
 that you

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:02.960
 come to

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.360
 us in

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:03.660
 Jesus

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:05.780
 because you

00:25:05.780 --> 00:25:06.560
 love us

00:25:06.560 --> 00:25:07.120
 you want us

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:07.560
 to know

00:25:07.560 --> 00:25:08.160
 you and you

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:08.620
 want us to

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.200
 grow in

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.440
 that

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:11.700
 and as we

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.360
 face whatever

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:13.259
 lies ahead

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.880
 this week

00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:14.220
 and in the

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.560
 time to

00:25:14.560 --> 00:25:14.900
 come

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:17.280
 may we

00:25:17.280 --> 00:25:17.840
 keep on

00:25:17.840 --> 00:25:18.200
 growing

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:19.799
 and knowing

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.660
 you in

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.220
 our lives

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.240
 more and

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.920
 more and

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:24.140
 more in

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:25.000
 Jesus name

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.960
 Amen