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 for verses 2 to 9, I think.

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 Yeah, so that's on page 1180 of the Red Bible.

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 So, I plead with you, Odea, and I plead with Sintica

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 to agree with each other in the Lord.

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 Yes, and I asked you, loyal Yoke Fellow,

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 help these women who have contended at my side

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 in the cause of the gospel,

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 along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers,

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 whose names are in the Book of Life.

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 Rejoice in the Lord always.

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 I will say it again, rejoice.

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 Let your gentleness be evident to all.

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 The Lord is near.

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 Do not be anxious about anything,

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 but in everything, by prayer and petition,

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 with thanksgiving, present your request to God.

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 And the peace of God which transcends all understanding

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 will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

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 Finally, brothers, whatever is true,

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 whatever is noble, whatever is right,

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 whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,

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 whatever is admirable,

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 if anything is excellent or praiseworthy,

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 think about such things.

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 Whatever you have learned or received

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 or heard from me or seen in me,

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 put it into practice,

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 and the God of peace will be with you.

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 Thanks, Kate.

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 If you'd like to just keep your Bibles open,

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 we're going to be referring back and forth

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 within the Book of Philippians for the next while.

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 So, yeah, just before I start,

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 I'd just like to thank you for your prayers during the week.

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 Yeah, they do mean a lot,

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 and they have helped me.

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 I've, as always, when I'm preparing,

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 I do enjoy the preparation.

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 Christine might in degree

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 with all the stress that's in the house,

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 but I do enjoy the time that I get to spend

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 really delving into God's Word

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 and thinking through it

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 and thinking how to apply it into my own life.

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 But as we start,

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 just to refer back to last week with Ralph,

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 we left it with Ralph encouraging us

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 to stand firm in the Lord,

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 and that's where today's passage starts from.

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 A quick glance back to chapter 1.

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 Verse 1 will remind us

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 who Paul is writing to.

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 So let's pop back there for a second

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 and have a look at that.

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 And it starts by saying,

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 to all God's holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi,

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 together with the overseers,

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 or elders,

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 and deacons.

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 So, this is a letter to Christians,

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 followers of Jesus,

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 who are committed to the local church

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 and to the spread of the Gospel.

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 They are partners with Paul in the Gospel.

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 Verse 1,

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 or verse 5,

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 because of your partnership in the Gospel

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 from the first day until now.

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 So they're partners with Paul,

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 and he loves them in verse 7 and 8.

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 This love is also expressed in the deepest sense

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 in the beginning of this chapter,

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 chapter 4,

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 that we're going to spend today looking at.

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 Therefore,

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 my dear brothers and sisters,

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 you whom I love

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 and long for,

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 my joy

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 and my crown.

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 So it's important to keep all of that

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 in the back of our minds

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 as we look at the next few verses.

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 Because if we don't understand

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 the context or the background

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 of this chapter,

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 and the relationship with Paul,

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 we could easily think that Paul is

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 on their back,

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 and that he's nitpicking.

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 Because there's some hard things

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 that he has to say to them this morning.

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 So preparing this talk this morning,

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 I considered entitling it

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 Three Easy Steps to Be a Miserable Christian.

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 Those three easy steps are

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 keep bickering,

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 dwell on everything bad in your life,

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 worry about it,

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 and be anxious all the time.

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 Three,

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 think and ponder

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 on everything that pops into your mind,

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 especially the really bad stuff.

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 And don't try and be like Paul,

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 because he was an apostle,

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 and I'm only weak little me.

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 Now I know that's four,

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 and I said that there would only be three,

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 but sure,

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 if we're going to be miserable Christians,

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 we may as well have four things

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 to grumble about instead of three.

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 But Paul is actually building on

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 from what we looked at last week.

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 He explains to us

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 how to stand firm.

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 And not only that,

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 but how to enjoy the power of God

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 at work in us.

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 He gives us some very useful advice

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 as to how we can guard our hearts and minds

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 in Christ Jesus from verse 7,

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 and how to enjoy the peace of God.

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 Basically the opposites of the list I just mentioned.

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 So as a brief outline,

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 so we know where we're going this morning,

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 and when I'm finally going to sit down again,

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 I've divided the passage into six sections.

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 Unity in the church family,

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 peace in our relationships,

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 peace in our circumstances,

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 peace in our thoughts,

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 peace in our behavior,

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 and finally the blessings of peace.

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 So firstly, unity.

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 Unity in the church family.

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 You can't stand together if you're divided.

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 Paul loves them dearly.

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 That isn't just a feeling for Paul.

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 It's also a model for us

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 to have towards each other.

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 If Paul's love for the church in Philippi

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 is a model for how we should love each other,

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 then any division among us is scandalous.

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 We can't be at odds with each other

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 and be in God's family.

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 When I was in school,

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 there was twin boys in my class.

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 They seemed to absolutely hate each other.

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 They must have come out of the womb with bruises

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 because they were always fighting.

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 When we went to rugby training,

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 they had to be separated more than once

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 per training session.

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 They tore lumps out of each other each week.

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 The awkward thing about that was

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 that they played scrum half and out half.

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 If you don't understand rugby,

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 well then,

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 it's enough to say that these two positions

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 are probably the two key positions on the field.

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 The relationship between these two positions

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 is vital to gelling the team together.

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 It was important that they got on well on the pitch.

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 These two guys were brilliant rugby players.

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 I think one of them went on to play for Munster B.

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 Really good rugby players.

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 But if you put them together on a pitch,

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 together with the ball in their hand,

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 the school jersey,

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 and the crest on their chest,

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 they would boss the game.

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 Their telepathy or their understanding of each other

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 was amazing.

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 They both knew where the other one was all the time.

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 You see,

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 when they had to come together

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 and unite around the common goal of winning the match,

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 they put whatever differences they had aside

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 and use their understanding of each other

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 to do great things

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 on the rugby pitch for the team.

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 Now please don't misunderstand me

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 or mishear me

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 because that is just a funny story

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 which happens to be true,

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 but I don't think it's okay

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 to fall out with each other

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 and box the head off each other

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 from Monday to Saturday

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 as long as we can unite once a week

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 for our weekly gathering

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 or distribute calendars together at Christmas time.

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 If there is disunity in the church,

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 how can we stand together

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 against the enemy outside?

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 Paul addresses two women here specifically,

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 Euodia and Syntyche,

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 who seem to have fallen out over something.

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 Verse 2,

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 I plead with Euodia

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 and I plead with Syntyche

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 to be of the same mind in the Lord.

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 Yes, and I ask you,

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 my true companion,

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 to help these women

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 since they have contended at my side

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 in the cause of the gospel,

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 along with Clement

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 and the rest of my co-workers

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 whose names are in the Book of Life.

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 These women weren't the quiet ones

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 who came to church regularly

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 and didn't do much out of the way.

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 These women were active members of the church.

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 They were regular at meetings.

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 They were on the set-up rota.

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 They helped at creche.

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 They visited the sick.

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 They delivered magazines and calendars.

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 They welcomed people at the door.

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 They were intentional

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 in their day-to-day relationships

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 to talk to people about Jesus.

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 They were contenders with Paul

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 in the cause of the gospel.

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 The very fact that Paul mentions them

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 suggests that he had heard of their bickering

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 through the grapevine.

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 Now, he doesn't mention the issue that's between them

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 or does he take it aside

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 to say who he thinks is at fault?

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 He pleads equally.

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 Look where it says it there.

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 He pleads equally with Euodia

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 and he pleads with Syntyche

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 to be of the same mind.

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 Alec Mottier,

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 who incidentally went home to heaven

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 just this past Friday,

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 he wrote a commentary on Philippians.

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 And it says,

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 To agree on the gospel

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 is the most fundamental form of unity.

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 It involves a unity of mind and heart

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 as to the doctrine

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 and personal experience of salvation.

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 To agree on what the gospel demands

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 in its proclamation to the world

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 is to cement unity by common action.

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 The singleness of the task

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 ought to be reflected

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 in the singleness of the workers.

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 The singleness of the task

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 ought to be reflected

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 in the singleness of the workers.

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 So it's important that we get along.

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 In fact, it's important too

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 that we help each other get along.

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 Look again at what Paul says.

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 Yes, and I ask you, my true companion,

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 to help these women.

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 He doesn't say to wait

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 until they sort it out themselves.

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 He encourages his companion

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 to help them.

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 Now this true companion

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 is referred to differently

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 in different translations.

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 Some translations call him

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 Synzegos.

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 You can understand why that didn't make it

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 into most named books.

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 Synzegos.

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 But he's also referred to here

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 more helpfully as Yokefellow.

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 It's a far more helpful title

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 as it describes a person

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 who pulls well

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 in a harness made for two.

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 A Yokefellow.

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 He is motivated

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 by the gospel like Paul is.

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 They both share the desire

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 to have Christ proclaimed

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 by word and action

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 and will kick against anything

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 that hampers that work.

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 So this companion

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 is charged with helping

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 these two women to get along.

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 Now I can understand

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 how we can fall out.

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 We can say something

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 which is misunderstood.

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 We can break trust

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 with a brother or a sister.

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 We can fail to see

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 how we might have offended someone.

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 Relationships can become tangled.

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 We can lash out at someone

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 and find it hard

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 to make things right again.

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 There's nothing

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 that Satan loves more

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 than to see disunity

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 among God's people.

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 Paul is very careful here

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 by not mentioning

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 the specific dispute

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 between these two women

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 because it leaves room

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 for us to fill in

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 our own details.

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 He also leaves

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 anonymous the Yokefellow.

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 We can fill in

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 our own names in there too.

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 If we see relationships

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 strained within the church

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 we have a duty to help.

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 Not sticking our noses

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 just to get the lowdown

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 on who said what

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 and who did what

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 but to get alongside

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 the hurt parties

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 and try and work

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 a way forward.

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 United in the gospel

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 for the purpose

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 of building God's people

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 we want to be people

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 who see our sin

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 who deal with it.

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 Putting it to death

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 and rejoicing together

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 in the forgiveness

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 offered to us by Jesus.

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 Bathing in the grace

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 that comes from our identity

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 in Christ

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 as forgiven people.

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 We want to be people

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 who are quick

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 to go to each other

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 and ask for forgiveness

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 when we have hurt someone

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 and pray together

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 thanking God

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 that because he has made us

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 new in Christ

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 we can extend

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 that same forgiveness

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 to each other.

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 Asking God

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 to heal the hurt

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 and the broken trust

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 and restore the relationship.

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 If there is disunity

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 in the church

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 how can we stand together

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 against the enemy

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 outside?

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 And how can we show

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 people Christ

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 if we are bickering

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 inside

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 just like the world?

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 Paul gives us

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 four helpful prompts.

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 Peace in our relationships.

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 Rejoice in the Lord always.

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 I will say it again.

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 Rejoice.

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 From verse 4.

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 Let your gentleness

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 be evident to all.

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 The Lord is near.

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 Do not be anxious

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 about anything

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 but in every situation

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 by prayer

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 and petition

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 with thanksgiving

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 present your request

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 to God

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 and the peace of God

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 which transcends

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 all understanding

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 will guard your hearts

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 and your minds

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Finally,

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 brothers and sisters

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 whatever is true

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 whatever is noble

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 whatever is right

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 whatever is pure

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 whatever is lovely

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 whatever is admirable

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 if anything is excellent

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 or praiseworthy

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 think about such things.

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 Whatever you have learned

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 or received

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 or heard from me

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 or seen in me

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 put it into practice

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 and the God of peace

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 will be with you.

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 At first glance

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 this seems like

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 a ridiculous statement.

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 Rejoice in the Lord always.

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 Remember Paul is in chains

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 he's in prison

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 and he's encouraging them

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 to rejoice.

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 You could be forgiven

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 for thinking that

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 it's just a typo

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 and what Paul really meant

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 to say was

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 grumble to the Lord

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 when things don't go your way

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 but at all other times

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 then it's okay to rejoice.

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 But expecting that

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 we might think that

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 Paul repeats it

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 so that we don't miss it.

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 He says rejoice.

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 He says it again.

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 Surely not Paul.

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 Not when we're bickering

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 with fellow believers.

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 You don't know

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 how much they've hurt me.

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 We can't be expected

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 to rejoice.

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 Surely not when we're stuck

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 when you're stuck

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 in chains in prison.

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 Surely not

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 when we are just exhausted

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 because we've been up

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 half the night

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 with a screaming child.

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 Surely Paul

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 you can't expect

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 either the Philippians

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 or us

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 to rejoice

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 when you really

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 don't understand

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 what we have to put up with

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 on a daily basis.

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 We have a boss

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 that we don't like.

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 A job

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 that we can't stand.

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 Or no job

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 when we can't seem

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 to find one.

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 A spouse

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 who we don't get on

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 with anymore.

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 Pain that is unbearable

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 and daily.

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 Habits which we can't break.

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 Financial worries

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 which seem

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 like they have

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 no solution.

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 And that's just

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 our situations.

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 How can we rejoice

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 when the world

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 is in turmoil?

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 When terrorism abounds?

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 When earthquakes

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 wipe out

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 entire cities?

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 When religious

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 intolerance

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 and fear

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 prevent us

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 from wearing

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 what we like

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 at the beach?

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 The list goes on.

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 With such persecution

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 for people of faith

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 in Jesus

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 people facing death

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 because they

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 preach Jesus

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 as Lord.

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 Surely Paul

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 you don't mean

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 this message

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 for us.

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 Rejoice in the Lord

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 always.

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 I find it hard

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 enough to do it

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 once a week

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 on a Sunday

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 with music

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 to help.

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 But of course

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 as we have

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 already seen

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 in the earlier

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 chapters

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 Paul is all too

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 aware

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 of what's going

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 on around him.

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 He knows

00:16:10.140 --> 00:16:10.860
 his own past

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 sins.

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 We see that

00:16:12.540 --> 00:16:13.400
 in chapter 3

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 verse 6.

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 So he knows

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 how bad

00:16:16.560 --> 00:16:17.420
 he really is.

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 His friends

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 are really

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 suffering.

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 We saw that

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 in chapter 1

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 verses 29

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 and 30

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 where it says

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 for it has

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 been granted

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 to you

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 on behalf

00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:29.400
 of Christ

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 not only

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 to believe

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 on him

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 but also

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 to suffer

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 for him

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 since you

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 are going

00:16:34.400 --> 00:16:35.000
 through the

00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:35.560
 same struggle

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 you saw

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 I had

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 and now

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 hear that

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 I still

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 have.

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 Paul himself

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 is a prisoner

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 and facing

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 the possibility

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 of death

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 and yet

00:16:48.920 --> 00:16:51.100
 he rejoices

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 and tells us

00:16:51.780 --> 00:16:52.120
 to do

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 and others

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 to do

00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:53.360
 likewise.

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 We see

00:16:55.659 --> 00:16:56.079
 here that

00:16:56.079 --> 00:16:56.939
 circumstances

00:16:56.939 --> 00:16:57.799
 don't determine

00:16:57.799 --> 00:16:58.379
 the condition

00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:59.039
 of the heart

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 and mind.

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 As Christians

00:17:01.079 --> 00:17:01.839
 we can be

00:17:01.839 --> 00:17:02.740
 joyful inside

00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:03.519
 when all around

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 us is dark

00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:04.960
 or in turmoil.

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 That joy

00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:07.339
 comes from

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 the security

00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:08.879
 of life

00:17:08.879 --> 00:17:09.519
 with Christ.

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 We looked

00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:11.420
 at that a few

00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:11.879
 weeks ago

00:17:11.879 --> 00:17:12.819
 in chapter 3

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 verse 9

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 where Paul

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 says

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 not having

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 a righteousness

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 of my own

00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:18.059
 that comes

00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:18.740
 from the law

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 but that which

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 is through

00:17:20.579 --> 00:17:21.639
 faith in Christ.

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 Christ.

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 We are made

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 right with

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 God

00:17:25.020 --> 00:17:25.820
 because

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 and only

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 through Jesus.

00:17:29.360 --> 00:17:30.200
 Not on our

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 own merits.

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 That's good

00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:33.560
 news.

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 That's why

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 we rejoice.

00:17:37.340 --> 00:17:38.140
 Verse 5

00:17:38.140 --> 00:17:38.700
 carries on.

00:17:38.780 --> 00:17:39.080
 Let your

00:17:39.080 --> 00:17:39.480
 gentleness

00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:40.000
 be evident

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.460
 to all.

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 The Lord

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 is near.

00:17:43.420 --> 00:17:43.960
 The word

00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.540
 gentleness

00:17:44.540 --> 00:17:45.620
 here could

00:17:45.620 --> 00:17:45.960
 have been

00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:46.540
 translated.

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 This is a

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 big long

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 list so

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 listen up.

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 The word

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 gentleness

00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:49.800
 could have

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 been translated

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 in many

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 different ways.

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 It could

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 have been

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 translated

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 as big

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 hearted,

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 forbearance,

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 yieldedness,

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 geniality,

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 kindliness,

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 sweet reasonableness,

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 considerateness,

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 charitableness,

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 mildness,

00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:04.380
 magnanimity,

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 generosity.

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 The point

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 is that

00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:09.200
 the Christian

00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:10.160
 cannot keep

00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:10.700
 the secrets

00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.079
 of this

00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:11.440
 happiness

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 to himself.

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 He needs

00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.059
 to be

00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:14.819
 other centred.

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 In fact

00:18:15.860 --> 00:18:16.620
 we mentioned

00:18:16.620 --> 00:18:17.100
 that also

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 a few weeks

00:18:17.600 --> 00:18:17.960
 ago in

00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:18.500
 chapter 2

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 verse 3

00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:19.639
 when talking

00:18:19.639 --> 00:18:20.539
 about being

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 one in

00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.639
 spirit and

00:18:21.639 --> 00:18:21.980
 of one

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 mind.

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 It says

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 do nothing

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 out of

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 selfish

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 ambition

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 or vain

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 conceit,

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 rather in

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 humility

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 value others

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 above yourself.

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 Not looking

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 to your own

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 interests but

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 each of you

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 to the

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 interests of

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 others.

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 We need

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 to be

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 striving to

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 be a

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 blessing to

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 others,

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 all others,

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 not just

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 fellow believers,

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 because all

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 of this is

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 said in the

00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.399
 context of

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 the Lord

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 being near,

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 meaning

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 he will

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 come again

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 soon.

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 We know

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 that the

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 promises of

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 God to

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 his people

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 will become

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 reality.

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 Believers,

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 in spite of

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 persecution and

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 suffering,

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 can afford to

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 be mild and

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 charitable in

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 their relation to

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 others,

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 because we know

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 that this

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 world and

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 our time in

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 it is

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 fleeting.

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 So how we

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 conduct ourselves

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 is important.

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 How we

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 respond to

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 life's ups and

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 downs is

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 witnessed and

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 noticed.

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 How we work

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 out our

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 differences,

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:17.960
 how we

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 challenge each

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 other in

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 love is

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 seen.

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 So let's

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 be gentle.

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 Jesus is

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 coming.

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 How he

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 will rejoice

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 in us if

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 he finds us

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 rejoicing in

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 him, being

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 content to be

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 like him.

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 Peace in

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 our

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 circumstances.

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 If the

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 rules for our

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.599
 relationships were

00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:43.380
 to rejoice in

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 the Lord,

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 then the

00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:44.700
 rules for our

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 circumstances are

00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.559
 much easier.

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 Paul clearly

00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:48.779
 says to us

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 what the

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.180
 cure for

00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.720
 worry or

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.519
 anxiety is.

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 Did you

00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:52.980
 spot it?

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 What's the

00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:55.579
 remedy for

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 worry?

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 Anybody?

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 Verse 6,

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 do not be

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 anxious about

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:02.779
 anything.

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 The cure for

00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:04.640
 worry?

00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:05.700
 Don't worry.

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 Easy.

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 Right, so let's

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 move on.

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 That's peace in

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 our circumstances

00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.500
 towards it.

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 But of course,

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:14.160
 it's not that

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 easy, is it?

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 The eagle-eyed

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:17.980
 of you will

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.539
 have seen or

00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:19.200
 remember Paul

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 himself already

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 saying in

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 chapter 2,

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 verse 28,

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.079
 speaking of

00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:23.779
 Epaphroditus,

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 who had been

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 very unwell,

00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.240
 and who Paul

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 was now eager

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:27.519
 to send back

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 to the

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 Philippians.

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 It says

00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:29.099
 there,

00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:30.359
 verse 28 of

00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:30.940
 chapter 2,

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 so that when

00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:33.980
 you, speaking

00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:34.299
 of the

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:34.799
 Philippians,

00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:35.740
 see him

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.519
 again, you

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.259
 may be glad,

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 and I may

00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:39.519
 have less

00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:40.500
 anxiety.

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 Is Paul

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.539
 breaking his

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.099
 own rules?

00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:45.980
 He says

00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:46.299
 do not

00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:46.819
 worry, and

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.459
 here he is

00:20:47.459 --> 00:20:48.339
 anxious himself.

00:20:48.939 --> 00:20:49.139
 Double

00:20:49.139 --> 00:20:49.539
 standards,

00:20:49.699 --> 00:20:50.019
 perhaps?

00:20:51.199 --> 00:20:51.779
 Well, of

00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:52.240
 course not.

00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:52.599
 This is

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 Paul.

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 There is

00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:54.579
 such a

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:55.019
 thing as

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.740
 kindly

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.399
 concern,

00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.199
 or a

00:20:57.199 --> 00:20:57.519
 genuine

00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.559
 interest in

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 the welfare

00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.559
 of others,

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 like Timothy

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.759
 had for

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.279
 Philippians

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:02.519
 in chapter

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 2,

00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:03.379
 verse 20.

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 He says,

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 I have

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.359
 no one

00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:05.839
 else like

00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:06.619
 him who

00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.019
 will show

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.519
 genuine

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.339
 concern for

00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:09.279
 your welfare.

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:10.859
 But there

00:21:10.859 --> 00:21:11.419
 is also the

00:21:11.419 --> 00:21:12.119
 type of worry

00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:12.699
 or anxiety

00:21:12.699 --> 00:21:13.179
 which is

00:21:13.179 --> 00:21:13.579
 to be

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.199
 unduly

00:21:14.199 --> 00:21:14.739
 concerned

00:21:14.739 --> 00:21:14.979
 about

00:21:14.979 --> 00:21:15.339
 something.

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:16.519
 For

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:16.859
 example,

00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:17.419
 food,

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.179
 drink,

00:21:18.679 --> 00:21:19.119
 clothes,

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:19.939
 or how

00:21:19.939 --> 00:21:20.359
 long we'll

00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:20.659
 live,

00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:21.039
 or the

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.419
 future,

00:21:21.699 --> 00:21:23.179
 or, I

00:21:23.179 --> 00:21:23.419
 don't know,

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:23.919
 you fill in

00:21:23.919 --> 00:21:24.239
 the blank,

00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:24.979
 what do you

00:21:24.979 --> 00:21:25.479
 worry about?

00:21:26.679 --> 00:21:27.379
 Paul does

00:21:27.379 --> 00:21:27.859
 give us a

00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:28.119
 remedy,

00:21:28.239 --> 00:21:28.379
 though.

00:21:32.659 --> 00:21:33.279
 But in

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:34.319
 every situation,

00:21:34.879 --> 00:21:35.839
 by prayer

00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:36.519
 and petition,

00:21:37.219 --> 00:21:37.479
 with

00:21:37.479 --> 00:21:38.119
 thanksgiving,

00:21:38.979 --> 00:21:39.619
 present your

00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:40.119
 requests

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:41.599
 to God.

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.619
 The cure

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.139
 for worry

00:21:47.139 --> 00:21:50.259
 is prayer.

00:21:51.379 --> 00:21:52.259
 The beginning

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:52.939
 of the

00:21:52.939 --> 00:21:53.659
 enjoyment of

00:21:53.659 --> 00:21:54.599
 peace is

00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:55.159
 thanksgiving.

00:21:56.479 --> 00:21:56.959
 These two

00:21:56.959 --> 00:21:57.559
 go together,

00:21:58.459 --> 00:21:58.839
 prayer and

00:21:58.839 --> 00:21:59.319
 thanksgiving.

00:21:59.939 --> 00:22:00.399
 In prayer,

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.939
 we are simply

00:22:01.939 --> 00:22:02.500
 a child

00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.119
 coming to

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:03.559
 our father,

00:22:03.699 --> 00:22:04.219
 asking him

00:22:04.219 --> 00:22:04.719
 for help.

00:22:05.159 --> 00:22:05.839
 Nothing more,

00:22:06.419 --> 00:22:06.979
 nothing less.

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:08.920
 As we

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.740
 thank God

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:10.160
 for all

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.519
 he has

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:10.799
 done,

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:11.700
 we begin

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.339
 to accept

00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:12.940
 the worrying

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.700
 circumstances

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.319
 as something

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:14.799
 which God

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.279
 has actually

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:15.700
 appointed.

00:22:16.819 --> 00:22:17.440
 After all,

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:18.400
 he is

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.099
 all-wise,

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.539
 he is

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.120
 all-loving,

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.240
 and he is

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:23.099
 all-sovereign.

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.279
 In prayer,

00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:26.500
 anxiety is

00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.259
 resolved by

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.960
 trust in

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.259
 God.

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:29.819
 The thing

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.339
 which causes

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:30.759
 us to

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.079
 worry in

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.420
 the first

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.380
 place is

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:32.940
 brought to

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.240
 God,

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.339
 the one

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:34.599
 who is

00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:34.940
 totally

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.420
 competent,

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:36.620
 and in

00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:36.840
 whose

00:22:36.840 --> 00:22:37.300
 hands

00:22:37.300 --> 00:22:37.940
 the issue

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.320
 can be

00:22:38.320 --> 00:22:38.620
 left.

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.500
 When we

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.300
 worry,

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.120
 what we

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:43.680
 are asking

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.720
 is how.

00:22:45.620 --> 00:22:46.340
 How will

00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:46.759
 I cope?

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.120
 How will

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:48.759
 I survive?

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:49.740
 How will

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.440
 I persevere?

00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.279
 Prayer takes

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:53.120
 those questions

00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:54.200
 and points

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:55.039
 away from

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:56.039
 us to

00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:56.400
 God.

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.759
 Let me

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.100
 say that

00:22:59.100 --> 00:22:59.840
 again with

00:22:59.840 --> 00:23:00.980
 an illustration.

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.080
 Prayer

00:23:03.080 --> 00:23:04.160
 takes those

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.759
 questions

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:06.160
 and points

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.819
 away from

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:08.339
 us and

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:08.640
 up to

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:08.940
 God,

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:11.200
 to God's

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.660
 resources

00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:12.700
 and to

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.000
 God's

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.379
 promises.

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:14.920
 We'll be

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.220
 mentioning

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.900
 those promises

00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.420
 a little bit

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:16.920
 later on.

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.400
 When we

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:18.619
 worry,

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.039
 we also

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.400
 ask the

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:19.779
 question,

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.440
 why?

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.879
 Why has

00:23:21.879 --> 00:23:22.259
 this happened

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.579
 to me?

00:23:23.379 --> 00:23:23.900
 Why does

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:24.480
 God allow

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:25.019
 these things

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.359
 happen?

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:26.799
 Thanksgiving

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.559
 takes the

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.160
 question of

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:29.200
 why and

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.759
 points us

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.480
 again to

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:30.819
 God,

00:23:31.619 --> 00:23:32.000
 the one

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.339
 who is

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:33.579
 sovereign and

00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.220
 works all

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.720
 things for

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.500
 good for

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.180
 those who

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.620
 love him?

00:23:38.100 --> 00:23:38.819
 God never

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.299
 acts without

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:39.839
 purpose.

00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:40.900
 His purposes

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.660
 never fail.

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.140
 Thanksgiving

00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:44.420
 requires humility,

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:45.680
 submitting to

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.799
 his will and

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 acknowledging that

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.299
 his ways are

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 best, even

00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:50.380
 when, and

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 especially when,

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 we can't see

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.240
 the end to

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.779
 the problems.

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 Peace in our

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 thoughts.

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 verse 8.

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 Finally,

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:04.960
 brothers and

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.319
 sisters,

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.539
 whatever is

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:06.899
 true,

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.519
 whatever is

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:07.859
 noble,

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:08.899
 whatever is

00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:09.259
 right,

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:09.839
 whatever is

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.220
 pure,

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:11.000
 whatever is

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.339
 lovely,

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.319
 whatever is

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:12.839
 admirable,

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.799
 if anything

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.359
 is excellent

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:15.079
 or praiseworthy,

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.000
 think about

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.019
 such things.

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.559
 Think about

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.180
 such things.

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.039
 What does

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.399
 that mean?

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:21.819
 Paul is

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.720
 describing a

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.420
 deeper kind

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.819
 of thinking

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.099
 here.

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:24.960
 He wants

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.500
 us to think

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.259
 deeply about

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.720
 the things

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.139
 mentioned.

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 If someone

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.740
 asked you to

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.320
 think deeply

00:24:29.320 --> 00:24:29.920
 about something,

00:24:30.060 --> 00:24:30.620
 how would you

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:30.980
 go about

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.440
 doing it?

00:24:31.560 --> 00:24:32.040
 How do you

00:24:32.040 --> 00:24:33.200
 think deeply

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:33.840
 about something?

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:35.900
 Well, can I

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.220
 make some

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.660
 suggestions?

00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:37.380
 Because I

00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:37.700
 didn't know

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.160
 how to answer

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.759
 that question

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.080
 either.

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 Can I suggest

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 that it means

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 to meditate

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 on, to

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 really ponder,

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:45.900
 to give

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:46.560
 proper weight

00:24:46.560 --> 00:24:47.360
 and consideration

00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:48.480
 and time to

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 let it sink

00:24:49.060 --> 00:24:50.180
 in, and

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.900
 then to allow

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.600
 the results

00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:52.980
 to really

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.580
 influence the

00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:54.040
 way we live

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 our life?

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.840
 Let these

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.759
 things in

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.359
 this list,

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.759
 let these

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.220
 types of

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.599
 things be

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:00.899
 what we

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 think about

00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:01.639
 in the

00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.359
 quieter times

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:02.779
 of the day.

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.079
 When the

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.399
 kids have

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:04.699
 gone to

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 bed and

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.279
 we're

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.799
 tempted to

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.299
 go channel

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.579
 hopping,

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.599
 or when

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.179
 we peruse

00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:08.579
 through the

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.000
 magazines,

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:09.879
 when we

00:25:09.879 --> 00:25:10.279
 fill our

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 eyes and

00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:11.099
 our minds

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:12.259
 with unhelpful

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.019
 images or

00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:14.000
 unattainable

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:15.939
 items or

00:25:15.939 --> 00:25:16.559
 fashions,

00:25:17.159 --> 00:25:18.379
 the books we

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:19.000
 read, the

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.699
 websites we

00:25:19.699 --> 00:25:20.199
 revert to

00:25:20.199 --> 00:25:20.619
 to kill a

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.099
 few minutes,

00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:22.599
 an earthly

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.220
 mind is a

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:24.019
 quick path to

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.559
 the downward

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.199
 path of

00:25:25.199 --> 00:25:25.699
 destruction.

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.720
 However, a

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.659
 mind disciplined

00:25:28.659 --> 00:25:29.519
 in the

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:29.939
 things of

00:25:29.939 --> 00:25:31.079
 God and

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.419
 of which

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:32.220
 he approves

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.000
 is the

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.459
 steadiest

00:25:33.459 --> 00:25:34.000
 way to

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.480
 practical

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:34.939
 holiness.

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.480
 By giving

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.099
 attention to

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.519
 things of

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.519
 which God

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.079
 approves,

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.299
 like what's

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:42.000
 listed above,

00:25:42.459 --> 00:25:43.059
 we will

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.659
 shape our

00:25:43.659 --> 00:25:44.259
 minds to

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.659
 be like

00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:44.879
 him.

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:46.939
 This

00:25:46.939 --> 00:25:47.439
 requires

00:25:47.439 --> 00:25:47.919
 discipline.

00:25:49.199 --> 00:25:50.059
 These kind

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.459
 of thoughts

00:25:50.459 --> 00:25:51.039
 don't come

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.339
 easy.

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.220
 The

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.639
 Philippians,

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:52.919
 if we

00:25:52.919 --> 00:25:53.599
 remember from

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.500
 chapter 3,

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.180
 verses 18

00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:55.680
 to 19,

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 we're a

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:57.099
 morally

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.619
 dubious

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:58.000
 bunch.

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 Let's

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.160
 read that

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 together.

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.640
 3, 18.

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.299
 For as I

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.720
 have often

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.140
 told you

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.680
 before and

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.039
 now tell

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.500
 you again,

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.079
 even with

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.500
 tears,

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:08.200
 many live

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.980
 as enemies

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.579
 of the

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.160
 cross of

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.579
 Christ.

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.640
 Their

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.819
 destiny is

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.420
 destruction,

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.779
 their God

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.259
 is their

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.759
 stomach,

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.799
 and their

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.599
 glory is in

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.279
 their shame.

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.299
 Their mind

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.880
 is set on

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.660
 earthly things.

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:24.340
 We too,

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:24.800
 like them,

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.180
 can have

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.620
 our heads

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.240
 turned to

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.660
 things of

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.060
 the world.

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.279
 So again,

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:28.840
 Paul gives

00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:29.120
 us a

00:26:29.120 --> 00:26:29.360
 remedy.

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:30.800
 Whatever

00:26:30.800 --> 00:26:31.440
 is true,

00:26:32.560 --> 00:26:32.840
 whatever

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.480
 is noble,

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:34.340
 whatever

00:26:34.340 --> 00:26:34.980
 is right,

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.400
 whatever

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.060
 is pure,

00:26:36.560 --> 00:26:36.740
 whatever

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.300
 is lovely,

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:37.620
 whatever

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.380
 is admirable,

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:38.920
 if anything

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.440
 is excellent

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.060
 or praiseworthy,

00:26:40.800 --> 00:26:41.320
 think about

00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:42.019
 these things.

00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:44.700
 If we're

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.019
 not sure

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.420
 what those

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:45.820
 things are

00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:46.180
 exactly,

00:26:46.300 --> 00:26:46.680
 let's look

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:46.860
 at the

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.140
 kind of

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.540
 things that

00:26:47.540 --> 00:26:48.080
 Paul has

00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:48.400
 already

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.820
 mentioned.

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:49.940
 Chapter

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.279
 3,

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:50.840
 verse 10.

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.940
 I want

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.240
 to know

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.820
 Christ,

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.019
 yes,

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:55.360
 to know

00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:55.840
 the power

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.820
 of his

00:26:56.820 --> 00:26:57.380
 resurrection

00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:58.380
 and participation

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:59.440
 in his

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.120
 sufferings,

00:27:00.540 --> 00:27:01.240
 becoming like

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.880
 him in

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.560
 his death,

00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.160
 and so

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.640
 somehow

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.300
 attaining to

00:27:05.300 --> 00:27:05.840
 the resurrection

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.320
 from the

00:27:06.320 --> 00:27:06.560
 dead.

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.680
 Not that I

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.019
 have already

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.680
 obtained all

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:08.960
 this,

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:09.800
 or have

00:27:09.800 --> 00:27:10.220
 already

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.300
 arrived at

00:27:11.300 --> 00:27:11.759
 my goal,

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:12.519
 but I

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.320
 press on

00:27:13.320 --> 00:27:14.120
 to take

00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:14.560
 hold of

00:27:14.560 --> 00:27:14.980
 that for

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.259
 which

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.180
 Christ

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.620
 Jesus

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.380
 took hold

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:17.720
 of me.

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.120
 Brothers

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:19.620
 and sisters,

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.200
 I do not

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.940
 consider myself

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.300
 yet

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.000
 to have

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.580
 taken hold

00:27:22.580 --> 00:27:22.880
 of it,

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:23.580
 but one

00:27:23.580 --> 00:27:23.860
 thing I

00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:24.140
 do,

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.200
 forgetting

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.540
 what is

00:27:25.540 --> 00:27:26.320
 behind and

00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:26.700
 straining

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.259
 towards what

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.640
 is ahead,

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.560
 I press

00:27:28.560 --> 00:27:29.180
 on towards

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:29.660
 the goal

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.000
 to win

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.580
 the prize

00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:31.400
 for which

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.980
 God has

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.440
 called me

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.980
 heavenward

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.540
 in Christ

00:27:33.540 --> 00:27:34.019
 Jesus.

00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:36.440
 Jesus is

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:37.100
 Paul's sole

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:38.060
 focus in

00:27:38.060 --> 00:27:38.420
 life.

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.420
 His letters

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:39.920
 to all the

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.420
 churches are

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:41.140
 encouraging them

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.580
 to keep

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:42.000
 on with

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.360
 Jesus.

00:27:43.320 --> 00:27:43.700
 Back in

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.019
 the beginning

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.720
 of Philippians,

00:27:44.800 --> 00:27:45.240
 he says in

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.700
 his opening

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.300
 address from

00:27:46.300 --> 00:27:46.880
 verse 9,

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:48.140
 and this

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.520
 is my

00:27:48.520 --> 00:27:48.840
 prayer,

00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:49.780
 that your

00:27:49.780 --> 00:27:50.420
 love may

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:50.960
 abound

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.920
 more and

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.340
 more in

00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:52.940
 knowledge and

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.360
 depth of

00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:53.940
 insight so

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.280
 that you

00:27:54.280 --> 00:27:54.760
 may be able

00:27:54.760 --> 00:27:55.340
 to discern

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:55.760
 what is

00:27:55.760 --> 00:27:56.740
 best and

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.040
 may be

00:27:57.040 --> 00:27:57.700
 pure and

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.320
 blameless for

00:27:58.320 --> 00:27:58.720
 the day of

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.100
 Christ,

00:27:59.760 --> 00:28:00.200
 filled with

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.680
 the fruit of

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.060
 righteousness

00:28:01.060 --> 00:28:01.660
 that comes

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.240
 through Jesus

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.280
 Christ to

00:28:03.280 --> 00:28:03.920
 the glory and

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.300
 praise of

00:28:04.300 --> 00:28:04.560
 God.

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.660
 What is

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:06.940
 true?

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.040
 What is

00:28:08.040 --> 00:28:08.380
 noble?

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.560
 What is

00:28:09.560 --> 00:28:10.000
 right or

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.500
 pure or

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.920
 lovely or

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:11.280
 admirable?

00:28:11.760 --> 00:28:12.320
 What is

00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:12.880
 excellent or

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.420
 praiseworthy?

00:28:14.020 --> 00:28:14.500
 Think about

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.120
 these things.

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:16.159
 Let our

00:28:16.159 --> 00:28:16.919
 thoughts and

00:28:16.919 --> 00:28:17.079
 our

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.719
 conversations,

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.079
 our

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:19.459
 motivations and

00:28:19.459 --> 00:28:19.979
 our deepest

00:28:19.979 --> 00:28:21.979
 longings be

00:28:21.979 --> 00:28:22.619
 about Jesus.

00:28:27.959 --> 00:28:28.639
 Peace in

00:28:28.639 --> 00:28:29.159
 our behaviour.

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:31.039
 We have

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.719
 heard twice in

00:28:31.719 --> 00:28:32.419
 this series from

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:33.199
 the latter part of

00:28:33.199 --> 00:28:33.959
 chapter 2 and

00:28:33.959 --> 00:28:34.919
 last week in

00:28:34.919 --> 00:28:35.619
 the latter part of

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.339
 chapter 3 the

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:37.019
 importance of

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.639
 role models.

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.019
 Chapter 2

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.819
 mentioned Timothy

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:40.679
 and Epaphroditus.

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.279
 Here Paul says

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:45.720
 in verse 9,

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.519
 whatever you

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.160
 have learned or

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:48.819
 received or

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.579
 heard from me

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.700
 or seen in

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.180
 me, put it

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:51.799
 into practice.

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.680
 Now of

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:53.980
 course we

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.500
 didn't know

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.940
 Paul like

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.579
 the Philippians

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:55.839
 did.

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.599
 So how does

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.160
 this apply to

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.420
 us?

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.599
 Well we have

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.220
 learned and

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.940
 received God's

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.559
 word from

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:02.839
 Paul.

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.319
 We have

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.980
 seen how

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:06.079
 he reacted in

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.339
 different

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.879
 situations.

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.259
 He writes

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.720
 with the very

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.539
 authority of

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.019
 the word of

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.240
 God.

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:10.960
 Paul's words

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.599
 are God's

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:11.920
 words.

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:13.079
 to us.

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:14.899
 He practiced

00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:15.259
 what he

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.619
 preached.

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.119
 So when he

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:17.680
 tells us to

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:17.980
 put into

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.519
 practice what

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:18.779
 we have

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.319
 learned or

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:20.000
 received or

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.539
 heard from

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.299
 him, he

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.799
 isn't on some

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.420
 kind of ego

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.059
 trip where he

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:24.160
 wants lots of

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.680
 clones of

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.039
 himself.

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:25.879
 He is

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.440
 speaking with

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.180
 apostolic

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.799
 authority.

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.480
 Paul's words

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.359
 are God's

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.920
 words and

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.379
 that is why

00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:33.759
 we should

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.160
 listen to

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.480
 him and

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.039
 obey what

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.539
 he says.

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:36.799
 In the

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.079
 previous

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.759
 section on

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.339
 our thoughts,

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.240
 the thinking

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.000
 and meditation

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.319
 he was talking

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.799
 about isn't

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.579
 just theoretical

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.139
 and abstract.

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.399
 This verse

00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:45.059
 shows us that

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.519
 we are to

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.960
 think with

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:47.960
 purpose and

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.599
 the purpose

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.940
 leads to

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.339
 action.

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.480
 William

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.159
 Hendrickson in

00:29:53.159 --> 00:29:53.799
 his commentary

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.599
 on Philippians

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:55.180
 put it this

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.399
 way,

00:29:55.879 --> 00:29:57.079
 true believers

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.500
 hear,

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.399
 they meditate

00:29:59.399 --> 00:30:00.000
 until they

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.579
 understand,

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.339
 then they act

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.879
 upon it,

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.899
 putting it into

00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.819
 constant practice,

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.680
 thereby showing

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.480
 that their house

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.779
 was built upon

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.919
 the rock of

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.220
 Jesus.

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.600
 How do we

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:12.140
 wrestle with

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.440
 scripture?

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.380
 How do we

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:15.220
 meditate on it?

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.620
 Do we let it

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.440
 sink deep into

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.160
 our hearts and

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.640
 our minds?

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.460
 Do we consider

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:20.920
 what we have

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:21.600
 just read or

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:22.259
 heard and how

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.860
 we can become

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.580
 more like Jesus

00:30:23.580 --> 00:30:24.340
 by carrying out

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:24.680
 what we have

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.380
 just read or

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:25.660
 heard?

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:28.000
 Is the Bible

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.560
 just a book

00:30:28.560 --> 00:30:29.080
 that we read

00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:29.560
 on a Sunday

00:30:29.560 --> 00:30:29.900
 morning?

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.380
 As we come

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:33.900
 towards the

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.300
 conclusion,

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.940
 let me share

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:36.140
 a funny story

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:37.240
 I heard

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.660
 recently

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.100
 remembering

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:38.540
 the game

00:30:38.540 --> 00:30:39.340
 Simon Says.

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.300
 You all

00:30:41.300 --> 00:30:41.680
 remember the

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:41.900
 game?

00:30:43.040 --> 00:30:43.620
 The game

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.000
 went something

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.300
 like this.

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:45.040
 Simon Says

00:30:45.040 --> 00:30:45.520
 pat your

00:30:45.520 --> 00:30:46.800
 head and

00:30:46.800 --> 00:30:47.080
 you all

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.500
 pat your

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:47.800
 head.

00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:49.140
 Simon Says

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.600
 jump on

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.140
 one leg

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:51.680
 and you

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.060
 all jumped

00:30:52.060 --> 00:30:52.360
 on one

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:52.680
 leg.

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.380
 Well,

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.180
 it's a

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.680
 simple game

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.380
 but the

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:56.860
 Bible is

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.240
 like that

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.540
 too but

00:30:57.540 --> 00:30:57.820
 we've

00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:58.480
 tended to

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.180
 make it

00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.340
 more

00:30:59.340 --> 00:30:59.940
 complicated

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.460
 than that.

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.480
 The

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:01.800
 Bible

00:31:01.800 --> 00:31:02.300
 says,

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.140
 therefore

00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:03.580
 God

00:31:03.580 --> 00:31:04.020
 says,

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:05.540
 be of

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:05.879
 the same

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.299
 mind.

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:07.119
 Verse

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:07.379
 2.

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.299
 God

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.700
 says,

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:10.579
 rejoice

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:10.940
 in the

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.099
 Lord

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.619
 always.

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.659
 Verse

00:31:12.659 --> 00:31:12.960
 4.

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.200
 God

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.619
 says,

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.359
 let your

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:15.819
 gentleness

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.379
 be evident

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:16.980
 to all.

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:17.680
 Verse

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.139
 5.

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.339
 God

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:19.659
 says,

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.000
 do not

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.639
 be anxious.

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.420
 Verse

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:21.799
 6.

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.799
 God

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:23.079
 says,

00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:23.539
 put into

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.059
 practice.

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:24.960
 Verse

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.319
 9.

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.859
 God

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.299
 says,

00:31:28.879 --> 00:31:29.139
 present

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:29.460
 your

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.879
 requests.

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.299
 Pray.

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:30.980
 Verse

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.500
 6 again.

00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:32.759
 Think

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.000
 about

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.279
 these

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.639
 things.

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.700
 Verse

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.039
 8.

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:35.819
 God

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.019
 says,

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.379
 put into

00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:36.759
 practice.

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.039
 Verse

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.259
 9.

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:37.879
 All of

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.139
 these

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.339
 are

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:38.639
 God

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:38.980
 says

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.420
 statements.

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.420
 There's

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.599
 no

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:40.899
 tricky

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.200
 little

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.539
 Simon

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:41.859
 says

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.259
 bluffs

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.579
 where

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.899
 Simon

00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.259
 doesn't

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.500
 say

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.700
 it.

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.279
 God

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:44.659
 does

00:31:44.659 --> 00:31:44.920
 say

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.200
 these

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.559
 things.

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.279
 This

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.659
 is

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:47.059
 God's

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.259
 word

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.440
 and

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.559
 he

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:47.819
 does

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.059
 say

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.259
 it.

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.480
 Can

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.619
 you

00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:49.920
 imagine

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.119
 if

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:50.339
 you

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:51.519
 said

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:51.639
 to

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:51.799
 your

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.159
 child,

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:52.819
 go

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.000
 and

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.220
 clean

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.420
 your

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:53.639
 room.

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.180
 And

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.299
 they

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.519
 went

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:55.819
 off,

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.879
 came

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.079
 back

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.220
 an

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.359
 hour

00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:57.639
 later

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:57.819
 and

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.039
 said,

00:31:58.399 --> 00:31:58.599
 mom,

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.220
 dad,

00:31:59.740 --> 00:31:59.920
 I

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.119
 heard

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.319
 what

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.459
 you

00:32:00.459 --> 00:32:00.719
 said

00:32:00.719 --> 00:32:01.179
 and

00:32:01.179 --> 00:32:01.299
 I

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:01.500
 even

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.000
 memorised

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.199
 it.

00:32:02.739 --> 00:32:02.979
 Go

00:32:02.979 --> 00:32:03.119
 and

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.299
 clean

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.459
 your

00:32:03.459 --> 00:32:03.679
 room,

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.459
 they

00:32:04.459 --> 00:32:04.719
 said.

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:05.939
 What

00:32:05.939 --> 00:32:06.079
 you

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.259
 said

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.399
 was

00:32:06.399 --> 00:32:06.619
 so

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:06.859
 good,

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:07.259
 I

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.519
 even

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:07.779
 used

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:07.899
 it

00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:07.979
 as

00:32:07.979 --> 00:32:08.099
 a

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.399
 caption

00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:08.599
 for

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:08.759
 my

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:08.979
 latest

00:32:08.979 --> 00:32:09.319
 Facebook

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.819
 status.

00:32:11.419 --> 00:32:11.839
 Well,

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:11.979
 you'd

00:32:11.979 --> 00:32:12.099
 be

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.639
 disgusted,

00:32:12.739 --> 00:32:12.899
 wouldn't

00:32:12.899 --> 00:32:13.059
 you?

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.719
 We

00:32:13.719 --> 00:32:14.139
 expect

00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.319
 our

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.559
 child

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:14.719
 to

00:32:14.719 --> 00:32:14.879
 go

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.019
 and

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.219
 clean

00:32:15.219 --> 00:32:15.399
 their

00:32:15.399 --> 00:32:15.599
 room

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:15.739
 when

00:32:15.739 --> 00:32:15.859
 we

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.059
 tell

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.179
 them

00:32:16.179 --> 00:32:16.299
 to

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.419
 go

00:32:16.419 --> 00:32:16.519
 and

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.699
 clean

00:32:16.699 --> 00:32:16.879
 their

00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:17.099
 room.

00:32:18.439 --> 00:32:18.879
 If

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:18.979
 we

00:32:18.979 --> 00:32:19.139
 are

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.479
 followers

00:32:19.479 --> 00:32:19.779
 of

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.059
 Jesus,

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.839
 we

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.259
 can't

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.899
 just

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.640
 memorise

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:24.040
 scripture

00:32:24.040 --> 00:32:24.680
 or learn

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:24.960
 it in

00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:25.259
 Greek.

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.120
 We

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:26.300
 need

00:32:26.300 --> 00:32:26.580
 to be

00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:27.060
 doers

00:32:27.060 --> 00:32:27.220
 of

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.500
 Jesus'

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.100
 words.

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.180
 Now,

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.340
 this

00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:32.580
 all

00:32:32.580 --> 00:32:32.920
 sounds

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.200
 pretty

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.700
 strict

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.480
 and

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.759
 pretty

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.320
 hard.

00:32:36.100 --> 00:32:36.360
 How

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:36.480
 am

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.580
 I

00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:36.740
 meant

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:36.860
 to

00:32:36.860 --> 00:32:37.000
 do

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.200
 all

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.320
 of

00:32:37.320 --> 00:32:37.519
 these

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.780
 things

00:32:37.780 --> 00:32:37.940
 that

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.060
 we

00:32:38.060 --> 00:32:38.280
 looked

00:32:38.280 --> 00:32:38.380
 at

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:38.560
 this

00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:38.860
 morning?

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.360
 Or

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:40.460
 the

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:40.660
 things

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:40.800
 that

00:32:40.800 --> 00:32:40.900
 we

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.160
 learnt

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.500
 last

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:41.759
 week?

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.340
 Or

00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:42.440
 all

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.600
 the

00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:42.900
 rules

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.060
 in

00:32:43.060 --> 00:32:43.160
 the

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.300
 other

00:32:43.300 --> 00:32:43.620
 parts

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:43.720
 of

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:43.820
 the

00:32:43.820 --> 00:32:44.080
 Bible?

00:32:44.280 --> 00:32:44.680
 Leviticus

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.160
 itself

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.360
 would

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:45.519
 make

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:45.759
 my

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:45.960
 head

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.580
 melt.

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:48.900
 We

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.259
 already

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.580
 know

00:32:49.580 --> 00:32:49.820
 how

00:32:49.820 --> 00:32:50.400
 impossible

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:50.940
 the

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.160
 Ten

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.620
 Commandments

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:51.759
 are

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:51.920
 to

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.160
 keep.

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.460
 Thankfully,

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.060
 we have

00:32:56.060 --> 00:32:56.580
 good news.

00:32:57.580 --> 00:32:57.920
 We have

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.300
 missed out

00:32:58.300 --> 00:32:58.560
 two

00:32:58.560 --> 00:32:59.060
 major

00:32:59.060 --> 00:32:59.840
 promises.

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.340
 Am I

00:33:01.340 --> 00:33:01.560
 up to

00:33:01.560 --> 00:33:01.759
 date?

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:02.940
 Yes.

00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:10.040
 We have

00:33:10.040 --> 00:33:10.720
 missed out

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:10.960
 two

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.300
 major

00:33:11.300 --> 00:33:11.720
 promises

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.320
 in this

00:33:12.320 --> 00:33:12.759
 passage.

00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:13.680
 The

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.000
 key to

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.120
 the

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:14.380
 whole

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:14.720
 talk

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:14.940
 this

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.240
 morning.

00:33:16.300 --> 00:33:16.540
 Look

00:33:16.540 --> 00:33:16.840
 with me

00:33:16.840 --> 00:33:17.100
 again

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.259
 at

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.440
 verse

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.759
 seven

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.600
 for

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:18.740
 the

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:18.940
 first

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.360
 promise.

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:20.840
 Do

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:21.080
 not

00:33:21.080 --> 00:33:21.259
 be

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.580
 anxious

00:33:21.580 --> 00:33:21.900
 about

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.340
 anything,

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.080
 but

00:33:23.080 --> 00:33:23.220
 in

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.460
 every

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.080
 situation

00:33:24.080 --> 00:33:24.360
 by

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:24.740
 prayer

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:24.980
 and

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.360
 petition

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:26.019
 with

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.580
 thanksgiving

00:33:26.580 --> 00:33:26.920
 present

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.220
 your

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:27.560
 request

00:33:27.560 --> 00:33:27.740
 to

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:27.980
 God

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:29.380
 and

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:30.220
 the

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.519
 peace

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:30.700
 of

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.019
 God

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.900
 which

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:32.620
 transcends

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.019
 all

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.700
 understanding

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.400
 will

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:34.820
 guard

00:33:34.820 --> 00:33:35.040
 your

00:33:35.040 --> 00:33:35.420
 hearts

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:35.720
 and

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:35.880
 your

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.280
 minds

00:33:36.280 --> 00:33:36.560
 in

00:33:36.560 --> 00:33:36.820
 Christ

00:33:36.820 --> 00:33:37.180
 Jesus.

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.100
 With

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:39.400
 all

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:39.540
 of

00:33:39.540 --> 00:33:39.720
 these

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.040
 rules

00:33:40.040 --> 00:33:40.340
 there's

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:40.480
 a

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:40.880
 promise,

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:41.880
 a

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.240
 promise

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.519
 of

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.900
 blessing.

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:45.700
 When

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.019
 we look

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.200
 for

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.519
 peace

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.800
 in our

00:33:46.800 --> 00:33:47.380
 relationships,

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:49.360
 the rule

00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:49.680
 is to

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.140
 rejoice

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:50.560
 in the

00:33:50.560 --> 00:33:50.860
 Lord

00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:51.560
 and

00:33:51.560 --> 00:33:51.860
 bear

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.060
 with

00:33:52.060 --> 00:33:52.260
 each

00:33:52.260 --> 00:33:52.480
 other.

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.600
 When

00:33:53.600 --> 00:33:53.800
 we

00:33:53.800 --> 00:33:54.060
 seek

00:33:54.060 --> 00:33:54.260
 the

00:33:54.260 --> 00:33:54.460
 Lord

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:54.820
 first

00:33:54.820 --> 00:33:55.040
 and

00:33:55.040 --> 00:33:55.440
 foremost

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:55.700
 and

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.000
 before

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.300
 anyone

00:33:56.300 --> 00:33:56.680
 else,

00:33:57.080 --> 00:33:57.320
 when

00:33:57.320 --> 00:33:57.600
 he

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:57.780
 is

00:33:57.780 --> 00:33:57.960
 our

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.260
 joy,

00:33:58.780 --> 00:33:59.020
 when

00:33:59.020 --> 00:33:59.200
 we

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.420
 bear

00:33:59.420 --> 00:33:59.620
 with

00:33:59.620 --> 00:33:59.800
 each

00:33:59.800 --> 00:33:59.980
 other

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.260
 because

00:34:00.260 --> 00:34:00.500
 our

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.920
 identity

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.220
 is

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:01.380
 in

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:01.660
 Christ

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.040
 Jesus,

00:34:02.560 --> 00:34:02.800
 then

00:34:02.800 --> 00:34:02.980
 the

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.280
 promise

00:34:03.280 --> 00:34:03.720
 is that

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.040
 we'll

00:34:04.040 --> 00:34:04.400
 have

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:05.080
 the

00:34:05.080 --> 00:34:05.500
 peace

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.840
 of

00:34:05.840 --> 00:34:06.240
 God

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.960
 which

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.820
 transcends

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:08.300
 all

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:09.059
 understanding.

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.500
 When

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:11.820
 we look

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.340
 for peace

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.740
 in our

00:34:12.740 --> 00:34:13.500
 circumstances,

00:34:14.180 --> 00:34:14.539
 the

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:14.900
 promise

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.280
 is that

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:15.800
 the peace

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.360
 of God

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.600
 will

00:34:16.600 --> 00:34:16.920
 guard

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.120
 our

00:34:17.120 --> 00:34:17.480
 hearts

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.720
 and

00:34:17.720 --> 00:34:18.160
 minds

00:34:18.160 --> 00:34:18.440
 from

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:18.840
 worry

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.700
 when

00:34:19.700 --> 00:34:19.900
 we

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.180
 bring

00:34:20.180 --> 00:34:20.580
 things

00:34:20.580 --> 00:34:20.780
 to

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.100
 God

00:34:21.100 --> 00:34:21.300
 in

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:21.680
 prayer

00:34:21.680 --> 00:34:22.080
 and

00:34:22.080 --> 00:34:22.700
 thanksgiving.

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.380
 The

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:24.720
 second

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.240
 promise

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:26.820
 and

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.220
 the

00:34:27.220 --> 00:34:27.519
 God

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:27.700
 of

00:34:27.700 --> 00:34:28.039
 peace

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.380
 will

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:28.500
 be

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:28.740
 with

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:28.960
 you.

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.860
 The

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.100
 end

00:34:31.100 --> 00:34:31.240
 of

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:31.519
 verse

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.300
 nine

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:33.300
 and

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.560
 the

00:34:33.560 --> 00:34:33.860
 God

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.039
 of

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.300
 peace

00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:34.500
 will

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.620
 be

00:34:34.620 --> 00:34:34.860
 with

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.060
 you.

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:36.180
 When

00:34:36.180 --> 00:34:36.340
 we

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:36.539
 look

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:36.740
 for

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:37.140
 peace

00:34:37.140 --> 00:34:37.340
 in

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:37.519
 our

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.960
 thoughts,

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:38.840
 when

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.019
 we

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.420
 focus

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:39.700
 on

00:34:39.700 --> 00:34:39.840
 the

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.120
 things

00:34:40.120 --> 00:34:40.280
 of

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.460
 which

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.920
 he

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.539
 approves,

00:34:42.140 --> 00:34:42.500
 which

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.640
 will

00:34:42.640 --> 00:34:42.820
 make

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.000
 us

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.260
 more

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:43.500
 like

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.740
 him,

00:34:44.060 --> 00:34:44.180
 the

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.220
 peace

00:34:46.220 --> 00:34:47.180
 will

00:34:47.180 --> 00:34:47.340
 be

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:47.580
 with

00:34:47.580 --> 00:34:47.900
 us.

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.380
 When

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.539
 we

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:50.740
 look

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:50.940
 for

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.260
 peace

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:51.400
 in

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:51.539
 our

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:52.039
 behavior,

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.420
 when

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:53.620
 we

00:34:53.620 --> 00:34:53.900
 seek

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.120
 to

00:34:54.120 --> 00:34:54.340
 live

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.539
 the

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:54.820
 life

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:54.980
 of

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.180
 which

00:34:55.180 --> 00:34:55.480
 God

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.060
 approves,

00:34:56.620 --> 00:34:56.820
 the

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.220
 promise

00:34:57.220 --> 00:34:57.560
 is

00:34:57.560 --> 00:34:57.800
 that

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:57.960
 the

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.240
 God

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:58.420
 of

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.780
 peace

00:34:58.780 --> 00:35:00.060
 will

00:35:00.060 --> 00:35:00.180
 be

00:35:00.180 --> 00:35:00.380
 with

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.680
 us.

00:35:03.140 --> 00:35:03.640
 These

00:35:03.640 --> 00:35:04.039
 rules

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.560
 aren't

00:35:04.560 --> 00:35:04.960
 actually

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.340
 all that

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:05.680
 daunting

00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:06.300
 because

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:06.660
 let's

00:35:06.660 --> 00:35:06.900
 face

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.039
 this,

00:35:07.100 --> 00:35:07.200
 we

00:35:07.200 --> 00:35:07.460
 can't

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.660
 keep

00:35:07.660 --> 00:35:07.840
 them.

00:35:09.620 --> 00:35:10.120
 We

00:35:10.120 --> 00:35:10.380
 are

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:10.580
 going

00:35:10.580 --> 00:35:10.760
 to

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.019
 fail

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.519
 if

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:11.640
 we

00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:11.840
 just

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.100
 go

00:35:12.100 --> 00:35:12.380
 off

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.580
 and

00:35:12.580 --> 00:35:12.800
 try

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:12.940
 and

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.140
 keep

00:35:13.140 --> 00:35:13.360
 them

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:14.000
 on

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.160
 our

00:35:14.160 --> 00:35:14.340
 own

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:14.820
 strength.

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.640
 But

00:35:16.640 --> 00:35:16.840
 be

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.440
 encouraged

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:17.700
 this

00:35:17.700 --> 00:35:17.980
 morning.

00:35:18.600 --> 00:35:18.900
 As

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.120
 we

00:35:19.120 --> 00:35:19.420
 go,

00:35:19.740 --> 00:35:19.880
 the

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.240
 God

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:20.440
 of

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:20.740
 peace

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.039
 goes

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.320
 with

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:21.620
 us.

00:35:22.660 --> 00:35:23.000
 Paul

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.300
 tells

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.480
 us

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:23.640
 in

00:35:23.640 --> 00:35:23.860
 verse

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.100
 9

00:35:24.100 --> 00:35:24.300
 to

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.580
 put

00:35:24.580 --> 00:35:24.760
 it

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:24.980
 into

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.460
 practice.

00:35:26.560 --> 00:35:26.740
 He

00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:26.980
 doesn't

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.360
 expect

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:27.539
 us

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:27.660
 to

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:27.820
 do

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:27.920
 it

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.080
 all

00:35:28.080 --> 00:35:28.539
 perfectly,

00:35:28.660 --> 00:35:28.780
 but

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:28.980
 to

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.539
 practice.

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.700
 And

00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:31.019
 as

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.200
 we

00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:31.660
 practice

00:35:31.660 --> 00:35:32.160
 godly

00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:32.500
 living,

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:33.500
 the

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:33.880
 God

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.140
 of

00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:34.500
 peace

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:34.820
 is

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 with

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 us.

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 There

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 are

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.060
 many

00:35:38.060 --> 00:35:38.380
 things

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 which

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 will

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 distract

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 us.

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 The

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.800
 world

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 is

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 full

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:41.539
 of

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.060
 distractions.

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 If

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:43.699
 as a

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:43.960
 church

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.139
 we

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:44.259
 are

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 to

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 stand

00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:45.099
 firm

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:45.279
 in

00:35:45.279 --> 00:35:45.400
 the

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:45.719
 world,

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.119
 we

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:46.460
 must

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:46.719
 be

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:47.139
 united

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:48.259
 and

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 help

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:48.860
 each

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.019
 other

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.179
 to

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.320
 be

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.539
 so.

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:52.239
 We

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.480
 must

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:52.840
 model

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.079
 our

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.699
 relationships

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.099
 on

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.539
 Christ,

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.360
 surround

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:56.619
 our

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.360
 circumstances,

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.219
 be they

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:58.699
 good or

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:58.980
 bad,

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 with

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 prayer and

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.480
 thanksgiving,

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.539
 train

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:02.179
 our minds

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:02.719
 in godly

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.119
 thinking,

00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:04.039
 and be

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.579
 constantly

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.279
 subjecting

00:36:05.279 --> 00:36:05.719
 our life

00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:06.039
 to the

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.519
 word of

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:06.799
 God.

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:07.740
 do

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:08.120
 this,

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.780
 and the

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.000
 peace

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.140
 of

00:36:10.140 --> 00:36:10.400
 God

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:11.460
 will

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:11.740
 guard

00:36:11.740 --> 00:36:11.940
 our

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.280
 hearts

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:12.600
 and

00:36:12.600 --> 00:36:12.940
 minds

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.140
 in

00:36:13.140 --> 00:36:13.420
 Christ

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:13.780
 Jesus,

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.200
 and the

00:36:15.200 --> 00:36:15.400
 God

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.580
 of

00:36:15.580 --> 00:36:15.940
 peace

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.420
 will

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.560
 be

00:36:16.560 --> 00:36:16.780
 with

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:17.140
 us.

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.460
 But

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.620
 be

00:36:19.620 --> 00:36:19.980
 warned,

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.480
 if we

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.000
 ignore the

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.360
 rules,

00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:23.320
 we must

00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:23.880
 be prepared

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.519
 to forego

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:24.700
 the

00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:25.100
 blessings.

00:36:26.720 --> 00:36:27.420
 Let us

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:27.640
 pray.

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.539
 Heavenly

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:31.840
 Father,

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.240
 we are

00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:33.440
 thankful

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:34.039
 this morning

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.800
 for this

00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:35.120
 book.

00:36:35.660 --> 00:36:35.960
 Thank

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.260
 you for

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.760
 the

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.320
 series

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:38.480
 on

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:39.120
 Philippians

00:36:39.120 --> 00:36:39.760
 over

00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:39.980
 these

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.260
 last

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:40.520
 few

00:36:40.520 --> 00:36:40.860
 months.

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.340
 Lord,

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:42.620
 thank

00:36:42.620 --> 00:36:42.740
 you

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:42.980
 for

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.220
 the

00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:43.600
 obedience

00:36:43.600 --> 00:36:43.940
 that

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.200
 Paul

00:36:44.200 --> 00:36:44.380
 has

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:44.600
 shown

00:36:44.600 --> 00:36:44.860
 us,

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:45.580
 the

00:36:45.580 --> 00:36:45.820
 model

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.000
 that

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.140
 he

00:36:46.140 --> 00:36:46.400
 is.

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:48.000
 Thank

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.080
 you

00:36:48.080 --> 00:36:48.180
 for

00:36:48.180 --> 00:36:48.280
 the

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:48.660
 example

00:36:48.660 --> 00:36:48.940
 of

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.580
 rejoicing

00:36:49.580 --> 00:36:49.760
 in

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.020
 hard

00:36:50.020 --> 00:36:50.720
 situations

00:36:50.720 --> 00:36:51.480
 which

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:51.640
 he

00:36:51.640 --> 00:36:51.900
 models

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.220
 for

00:36:52.220 --> 00:36:52.500
 us.

00:36:53.640 --> 00:36:54.140
 We

00:36:54.140 --> 00:36:54.480
 realise

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:54.660
 there

00:36:54.660 --> 00:36:54.800
 are

00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:54.980
 tough

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.420
 challenges

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:55.660
 in

00:36:55.660 --> 00:36:55.840
 this

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.240
 passage.

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:57.360
 Help

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.500
 us

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:57.580
 to

00:36:57.580 --> 00:36:57.720
 be

00:36:57.720 --> 00:36:58.200
 people

00:36:58.200 --> 00:36:58.400
 of

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.760
 peace.

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.720
 Help

00:36:59.720 --> 00:36:59.840
 us

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.000
 to

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.220
 reach

00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:00.460
 out

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.640
 in

00:37:00.640 --> 00:37:00.940
 broken

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.540
 relationships

00:37:01.540 --> 00:37:02.600
 and

00:37:02.600 --> 00:37:02.800
 bring

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.000
 your

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.300
 healing.

00:37:04.060 --> 00:37:04.300
 Help

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:04.440
 us

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:34.420
 to