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 Good evening all. It would be great if you could get the service outline in front of you, the sermon outline.

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 There's paper copies floating around. If you don't have a paper copy, then you can go on the St Paul's app and you can get it there.

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 It would be really handy in terms of where we're going tonight.

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 John Mackay was the former president of Princeton University in the US and a missionary in South America.

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 From his conversion in Scotland at the age of 15, he was captivated by the book of Ephesians, which is what we're going through now.

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 We've got a little bit of chapter 2 as well as chapter 4 tonight, which is great.

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 I'm always happy to preach chapter 2. It's a fantastic chapter.

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 But he was captivated right from the very moment of conversion, at the age of 15, captivated by this book.

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 And he declared it in Lateran Life, right towards the end of his life, he declared it to be his favorite book in the Bible.

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 And he wrote this about the book of Ephesians.

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 I did not understand what it all meant.

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 What he's saying there is, he understood the book of Ephesians.

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 That's basically what he's saying.

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 What he's saying is, I'm captivated by God's cosmic agenda in the Lord Jesus, the center of his cosmic agenda, which is declared in the book of Ephesians.

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 That's what he's saying there.

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 And what he went on to say is that it's not so much a question of what we are to do with the book of Ephesians, but what has Ephesians got to do with you?

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 What is it going to do to your life?

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 With the scope of God's eternal plan, the Lord Jesus, as it did for John Mackay, will it captivate you?

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 Will it captivate you of God's cosmic plan through the Lord Jesus and through his church with Jesus as the center?

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 Will it captivate you?

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 Will it become your life story?

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 Will you set your life on contributing to that great unity of all things?

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 That's our agenda in our vision series this year.

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 As we've seen so far in this vision series, as we've gone through Ephesians, the Christian church, even with all of its faults, is a product of God's reconciling work.

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 And it will, in fact, be an agent in the ultimate cosmic reconciliation of all things.

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 In his book, God's New Society, John Stott writes that the church is central to history, is central to the gospel, and central to Christian living.

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 The bottom line is, as Stott declares it, and as John Mackay has been captivated, and in fact the Bible says it, the church is not an option for Christians.

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 Nor is supporting it an option for Christians.

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 It is what Ephesians has confirmed right from the word go, and what I'm calling us to together in this series.

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 To give your life, to serve God's global agenda, may your worldview be shaped by what God is doing in this world, first and foremost.

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 Essentially, to serve God and each other and our neighbourhood through his church with our time, treasures and talents, is what I'm calling you to.

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 Ephesians 1-3 is the grand vista of God's plan to be bringing everything together under the Lord Jesus.

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 Chapter 4 onwards is how we engage with God's work in this world, what difference it makes.

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 If this is what God's doing from all time and eternity, then the last three chapters is how we connect into that, and how that impacts the life that we live.

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 And today, my plan is to spend, this is the third week in Ephesians 4, 1-16, and I want to continue to address this issue of spiritual gifts,

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 and especially today, on how we discover spiritual gifts.

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 So, I've got the outline in front of you, three main points and a lot of little sub points.

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 So, it would be helpful if you had it in front of you.

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 So, first of all, God's gifts, God gifts all people with talents.

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 As Christians, we are stewards of the resources God has given us for serving the human community.

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 And the Bible tells us that one of the most important resources that God has given us is our gifts, aptitudes, talents, and abilities.

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 Now, a little bit of a history lesson.

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 The church in the Middle Ages divided the world into two major categories, the religious and the secular.

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 And those who went into full-time Christian religious work, into Christian ministry, such as priests and monks and nuns and that sort of stuff,

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 they were regarded in the Middle Ages as being on a different spiritual footing from the rest of the people who did not go into that kind of work.

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 One of the achievements of the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s was to overturn the secular-sacred divide in humanity.

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 One of its achievements was to rediscover the biblical teaching of the priesthood of all believers.

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 Martin Luther insisted that all forms of work are God-honoring callings.

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 Martin Luther broke down the secular-sacred divide.

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 And so he suggested to be a farmer, a builder, an artist, was just as much of a vocation,

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 that is just as much as a calling from God, which is where the word vocation comes from.

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 It's a calling, divine calling, just as much a vocation as to be a preacher.

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 He came to see that from this particular view, from the Bible.

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 He looked at the Bible and said, this is where it says,

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 He says, God made the created world by his spirit in Genesis 1, 1-3,

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 continues to care for and sustain it by his spirit.

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 In Psalm 104, verse 30, watering it, enriching it, Psalm 65,

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 feeding and meeting the needs of every living thing in Psalm 145 and 147.

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 And then he goes right at the end of the Bible, in Revelation 21 and 22,

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 we see the very purpose of God's eternal plan of redemption

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 is to massively and to finally restore the material creation back into a place of perfection.

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 That is, Luther made the point, as did the other reformers,

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 that God loves this created world so much

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 that he sent his son to redeem it.

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 That is, this world is a good in and of itself.

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 This world in which we live is not just a temporary theatre for individual salvation.

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 Very important point.

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 It's not just a temporary theatre of individual salvation.

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 If the Holy Spirit is not only a preacher that convicts people of sin and grace,

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 but also a gardener, an artist, an investor in creation,

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 who renews the material world,

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 it cannot be more spiritual and God-honouring to be a preacher

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 than to be a farmer or an artist or a banker.

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 That was one of the really crucial points from the Protestant Reformation.

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 That we are all, all those who are in Jesus,

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 are all priests serving God in his world,

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 bringing about his work in the world.

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 So to give one example of that,

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 proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus,

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 such as what I'm doing now as a preacher,

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 what I'm doing now is temporary work.

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 It's temporary work.

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 While musicianship is permanent work.

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 In the new heavens and the new earth,

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 when Jesus finally winds the whole show up,

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 I won't be needed.

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 Jesus isn't going to say,

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 Steve, he's the pulpit for a bit,

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 you know, tell them, Steve, how it is.

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 It's not going to happen.

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 My job's not needed.

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 However, from what I can gather,

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 from Revelations and other parts of the Bible,

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 we are going to be singing the praises of our God

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 for a very long time.

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 And so, from what I can gather,

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 therefore, that Nick will be gainfully employed,

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 but I won't be.

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 In fact, I can't even go back to my old profession

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 of feral animal control,

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 because I'm figuring that's not going to happen in heaven either.

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 So, who knows what I'm going to be doing.

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 I've got no idea.

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 Handing out the cheese platters, maybe.

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 Who knows?

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 I'll carry Nick's guitar case.

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 So, all work, according to God's design,

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 is service.

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 And through work,

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 we enrich one another

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 and become more and more interwoven.

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 So, the first point is that God gifts every single person,

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 Christian or not,

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 with talents to serve his purpose.

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 His work in the world.

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 When Christians do secular work,

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 they function as salt and light in the world,

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 according to Matthew 5.

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 Farming and business, childcare and law,

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 medicine and music,

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 all these forms of work,

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 cultivate, care for and sustain

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 the created world that God made and loves.

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 We are all ministers,

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 all full-time priests to the human community,

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 serving others on God's behalf.

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 So, you got the point?

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 All forms of work in God's world

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 are based on God's gifting of all people.

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 Isaiah 28,

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 verses 24 to 29,

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 we read,

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 when a farmer plows for planting

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 and has leveled the surface.

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 Does he not plant wheat in its place,

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 barley in its plot,

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 and svelte in its field?

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 Has God,

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 his God,

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 instructs him

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 and teaches him the right way?

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 All this also comes from the Lord Almighty,

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 wonderful in counsel

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 and magnificent in wisdom.

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 Isaiah is teaching here

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 that anyone who becomes a skillful farmer

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 is being taught by God

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 to be a skillful farmer.

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 Isaiah 45, verse 1,

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 we read of Cyrus,

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 pagan king,

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 whom God anoints with his spirit

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 and chooses for world leadership.

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 This shows that God's spirit

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 can equip people for work

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 even though they are not believers

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 and are not directly witnessing

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 to God in their work.

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 God gives wisdom,

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 he gives courage,

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 he gives insight to people

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 to do their work.

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 That shouldn't surprise us

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 because James 1, 17 says

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 that every good and perfect gift

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 is from above,

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 from the Father of the heavenly lights.

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 Every act of goodness,

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 wisdom,

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 justice and beauty,

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 no matter who does it,

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 is being enabled by God.

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 It is a gift

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 and therefore,

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 it's a form of grace

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 even though it's not saving grace.

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 So that's the first point.

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 God gives all people,

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 not just Christians,

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 talents,

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 abilities

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 for serving

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 the human community

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 that we might flourish together.

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 However, secondly,

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 God gives his people

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 spiritual gifts.

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 Ephesians 4,

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 as we've gone through,

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 we just had it read again tonight,

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 last couple of weeks,

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 Romans 12,

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 1 Corinthians 12, 14,

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 have lists of gifts

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 to minister to others

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 in Jesus' name.

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 As people creating God's image,

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 Christians have natural talents

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 that God's gifted them with

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 and as people regenerated

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 by the Holy Spirit,

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 they also have spiritual gifts

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 that equip them for ministry

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 in and through the church.

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 in essence,

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 a spiritual gift

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 is a God-given capacity

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 to express

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 or minister

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 Jesus Christ

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 so that those

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 who receive the service

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 will see Jesus

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 and grow in him

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 to his glory.

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 when our gifts,

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 spiritual gifts,

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 are used

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 in the power

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 from whom they come,

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 then Christ himself

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 is ministering

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 directly

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 through us

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 to his people.

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 Remember,

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 that's what this passage

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 is about,

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 Ephesians 4.

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 He ascended

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 and gave

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 his gifts,

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 his ministering ability

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 to his people.

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 We become

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 his mouth,

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 his hands,

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 his feet

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 to fulfill

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 each day

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 his ministry

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 to others.

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 So this means

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 that Christians

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 not only must determine

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 how their talents

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 equip them

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 for a certain range

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 of work,

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 but also

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 how their

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 spiritual gifts

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 equip them

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 for a certain range

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 of ministry

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 in Christ's name.

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 God may

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 adopt

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 a talent

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 that he's given you

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 as a human being.

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 He may

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 adopt a talent

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 and use it

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 spiritually

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 to build others

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 up in the church

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 but he also

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 may not.

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 He also

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 may not.

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 Just because

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 you're a banker

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 doesn't mean

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 that your

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 spiritual gift

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 in the church

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 is to be

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 the treasurer.

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 There may be

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 no correlation

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 between the two.

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 Ultimately,

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 however,

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 both talents

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 and gifts

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 are from the

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 spirit of God.

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 So,

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 last point,

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 let's focus

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 on this one.

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 How do we

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 discover

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 gifts

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 to serve?

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 A Christian

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 has to consider,

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 as I said,

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 both questions.

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 What has God

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 called and

00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:48.600
 equipped me for

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 in my vocation,

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 my career,

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 my work

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 in the world

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 and how is God

00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:54.120
 calling me to

00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:54.780
 serve in and

00:16:54.780 --> 00:16:55.520
 through the church?

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 Now,

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 the difficulty

00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:57.960
 of this

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 is that

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 very little

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 appears in the

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 Bible

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 about the

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 process

00:17:01.660 --> 00:17:02.759
 by which

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 you discover

00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:05.319
 your

00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:05.819
 spiritual

00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:06.200
 gifts.

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 There are,

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 therefore,

00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:11.059
 problems

00:17:11.059 --> 00:17:12.319
 with

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 almost

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 any

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 prescribed

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 definitive

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 10-step

00:17:15.700 --> 00:17:16.460
 process

00:17:16.460 --> 00:17:17.200
 towards

00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:17.720
 discovering

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 gifts.

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 The traditional

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 approach

00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:20.940
 that has

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 happened,

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 you can go

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 to Coorong

00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:23.200
 and buy

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 books on

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 this sort

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 of stuff,

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 leads people

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 to test

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 themselves

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 in ways

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 which are

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 very similar

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 to what

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 you would

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 call

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 apt

00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:33.980
 test

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 that you

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 would get

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 in a

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 secular

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 workforce.

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 The problem

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 with this

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 approach

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 is that

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 it assumes

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 that you

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 know

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 yourself

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 quite well

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 and the

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 fact is

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 majority

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 of people

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 don't

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 know

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 themselves

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 very well.

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 In some

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 rare cases

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 a person's

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 church

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 ministry

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 becomes

00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:56.139
 their

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 full-time

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 vocation.

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 That is

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 your

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 spiritual

00:18:01.919 --> 00:18:02.359
 gifting

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 also

00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:03.539
 becomes

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 your

00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.319
 job

00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:05.099
 as in

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 my

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 case.

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 And then

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 at this

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 point

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 the answer

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 to both

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 those

00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:09.959
 questions

00:18:09.959 --> 00:18:10.479
 collide

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 so it's

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 kind of

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 easy.

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 In most

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 cases

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 however

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 Christians

00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:15.619
 must answer

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 each

00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:16.459
 question

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 separately.

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 Sometimes

00:18:18.679 --> 00:18:19.359
 what you

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 do in

00:18:19.959 --> 00:18:20.179
 your

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 vocation

00:18:20.939 --> 00:18:21.639
 is very

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 similar

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 to what

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 you will

00:18:23.659 --> 00:18:23.979
 do

00:18:23.979 --> 00:18:24.519
 in the

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 church.

00:18:25.139 --> 00:18:25.579
 You may

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 be a

00:18:25.879 --> 00:18:26.240
 teacher

00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:26.519
 a

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 strategic

00:18:26.959 --> 00:18:27.419
 planner

00:18:27.419 --> 00:18:27.740
 or an

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 artist

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 outside

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 the

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 church

00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:29.940
 and

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 you

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 will

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 use

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 those

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 same

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 talents

00:18:31.840 --> 00:18:32.480
 because

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 God

00:18:32.800 --> 00:18:32.940
 has

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 taken

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 them

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 and

00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:34.540
 utilized

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 them

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 as

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 spiritual

00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:35.680
 gifts

00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:36.540
 inside

00:18:36.540 --> 00:18:36.759
 the

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 church.

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 In other

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 cases

00:18:38.340 --> 00:18:39.340
 you might

00:18:39.340 --> 00:18:39.940
 find God

00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:40.640
 calling you

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 to do

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 almost

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 completely

00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:42.900
 different

00:18:42.900 --> 00:18:43.320
 sort of

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 work

00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:44.460
 in the

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 church

00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:45.520
 than

00:18:45.520 --> 00:18:45.759
 what you

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 do

00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:46.400
 outside

00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:47.860
 in your

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 vocation.

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 The

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 banker

00:18:51.020 --> 00:18:51.800
 is not

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 necessarily

00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:52.660
 the

00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.140
 treasurer

00:18:53.140 --> 00:18:54.140
 but their

00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:54.480
 gifting

00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:55.060
 might be

00:18:55.060 --> 00:18:55.420
 to be

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 a

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 wonderful

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 kids

00:18:56.600 --> 00:18:56.900
 church

00:18:56.900 --> 00:18:57.300
 teacher.

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 That's

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 possible.

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 There's

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 no

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 correlation

00:19:03.840 --> 00:19:04.360
 between

00:19:04.360 --> 00:19:04.600
 your

00:19:04.600 --> 00:19:05.200
 vocation

00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:05.460
 and

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:05.600
 your

00:19:05.600 --> 00:19:05.920
 spiritual

00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:06.259
 gifting.

00:19:09.540 --> 00:19:10.060
 So

00:19:10.060 --> 00:19:10.340
 having

00:19:10.340 --> 00:19:10.640
 said

00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:10.960
 there's

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 all

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 kinds

00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:11.580
 of

00:19:11.580 --> 00:19:12.000
 problems

00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:12.500
 with

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 any

00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.120
 system

00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:13.600
 let me

00:19:13.600 --> 00:19:13.820
 just

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 throw

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 one

00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:14.400
 in

00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:14.580
 front

00:19:14.580 --> 00:19:14.700
 of

00:19:14.700 --> 00:19:14.840
 you.

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 This

00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:17.000
 is a

00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.320
 three

00:19:17.320 --> 00:19:17.640
 part

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:20.440
 method

00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:21.160
 for

00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:21.640
 discerning

00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:21.860
 a

00:19:21.860 --> 00:19:22.259
 call

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 whether

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 to

00:19:22.900 --> 00:19:23.240
 secular

00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:23.580
 work

00:19:23.580 --> 00:19:23.740
 or

00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:24.000
 church

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.259
 work

00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:24.420
 or

00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:24.640
 anything

00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:24.880
 else

00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:25.160
 really.

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 And

00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.400
 I

00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:26.660
 get

00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:27.120
 this

00:19:27.120 --> 00:19:27.980
 from

00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:28.360
 the

00:19:28.360 --> 00:19:28.880
 great

00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:29.380
 Anglican

00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:29.820
 minister

00:19:29.820 --> 00:19:30.420
 of

00:19:30.420 --> 00:19:30.840
 amazing

00:19:30.840 --> 00:19:31.220
 grace

00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:31.640
 fame

00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:32.000
 John

00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:32.360
 Newton.

00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:33.860
 Newton

00:19:33.860 --> 00:19:34.560
 suggested

00:19:34.560 --> 00:19:35.380
 that to

00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:35.800
 discern

00:19:35.800 --> 00:19:36.120
 a

00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:36.540
 ministry

00:19:36.540 --> 00:19:37.100
 call

00:19:37.100 --> 00:19:38.420
 we

00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:38.960
 consult

00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:39.300
 three

00:19:39.300 --> 00:19:39.820
 factors

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 affinity

00:19:40.420 --> 00:19:41.320
 ability

00:19:41.320 --> 00:19:41.740
 and

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.220
 opportunity.

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 So

00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.340
 affinity

00:19:43.340 --> 00:19:45.020
 is

00:19:45.020 --> 00:19:45.760
 looking

00:19:45.760 --> 00:19:46.440
 outward

00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:47.240
 beyond

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.640
 you.

00:19:48.800 --> 00:19:49.040
 And

00:19:49.040 --> 00:19:49.240
 it's

00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:49.640
 asking

00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:49.840
 the

00:19:49.840 --> 00:19:50.340
 question

00:19:50.340 --> 00:19:51.160
 what

00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:51.720
 people

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.260
 need

00:19:52.260 --> 00:19:52.660
 do I

00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:53.120
 resonate

00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:53.460
 to?

00:19:53.560 --> 00:19:53.720
 Do I

00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:53.940
 kind

00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:54.020
 of

00:19:54.020 --> 00:19:54.200
 like

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.780
 vibrate

00:19:54.780 --> 00:19:55.500
 towards?

00:19:56.060 --> 00:19:56.640
 Contrary

00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:56.960
 to what

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:57.380
 many

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:57.740
 books

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:57.940
 on

00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:58.380
 spiritual

00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:58.840
 gifting

00:19:58.839 --> 00:19:59.500
 will

00:19:59.500 --> 00:19:59.759
 say

00:19:59.759 --> 00:19:59.959
 to

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 you

00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:01.339
 do

00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:01.839
 not

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.379
 start

00:20:02.379 --> 00:20:02.639
 with

00:20:02.639 --> 00:20:03.299
 yourself.

00:20:04.379 --> 00:20:04.659
 Do

00:20:04.659 --> 00:20:04.899
 not

00:20:04.899 --> 00:20:05.279
 begin

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:05.559
 with

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:05.899
 you.

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.139
 Begin

00:20:07.139 --> 00:20:07.679
 beyond

00:20:07.679 --> 00:20:08.019
 you.

00:20:08.919 --> 00:20:09.379
 Don't

00:20:09.379 --> 00:20:09.740
 start

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:09.959
 with

00:20:09.959 --> 00:20:10.199
 the

00:20:10.199 --> 00:20:11.159
 abstract

00:20:11.159 --> 00:20:11.699
 inventory

00:20:11.699 --> 00:20:12.079
 of

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.279
 your

00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:12.639
 gifts

00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:12.959
 and

00:20:12.959 --> 00:20:13.379
 skills

00:20:13.379 --> 00:20:13.559
 to

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:13.879
 discern

00:20:13.879 --> 00:20:14.079
 your

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:14.779
 aptitudes.

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.799
 Aptitude

00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:16.159
 tests

00:20:16.159 --> 00:20:16.599
 are based

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:16.799
 on

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.240
 past

00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.699
 experience

00:20:17.699 --> 00:20:17.859
 and

00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.059
 self

00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:18.419
 knowledge

00:20:18.419 --> 00:20:18.639
 and

00:20:18.639 --> 00:20:18.899
 self

00:20:18.899 --> 00:20:19.240
 knowledge

00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:19.599
 is

00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:20.139
 incredibly

00:20:20.139 --> 00:20:20.539
 limited.

00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:21.199
 We've

00:20:21.199 --> 00:20:21.399
 already

00:20:21.399 --> 00:20:21.759
 seen

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.000
 that

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.339
 in the

00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:22.539
 last

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:22.779
 couple

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:22.919
 of

00:20:22.919 --> 00:20:23.179
 weeks.

00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:24.539
 Even

00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:24.820
 though

00:20:24.820 --> 00:20:25.160
 it is

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:25.320
 one

00:20:25.320 --> 00:20:25.420
 of

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:25.539
 the

00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:25.880
 ways

00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:26.200
 God

00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.660
 shows

00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:26.840
 you

00:20:26.840 --> 00:20:27.080
 your

00:20:27.080 --> 00:20:27.519
 ministry,

00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:28.180
 I

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.580
 don't

00:20:28.580 --> 00:20:28.960
 suggest

00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.160
 that

00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:29.340
 you

00:20:29.340 --> 00:20:29.799
 start

00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:30.160
 here

00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:30.440
 though.

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.580
 Look

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 to

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 the

00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:34.340
 concrete

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 needs

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 where

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 God

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 has

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 placed

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 you.

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 What

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 do

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 you

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 vibrate

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 towards?

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 What

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 problems

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 and

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 kinds

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 of

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 people

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 or

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 ministry

00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.120
 needs

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 move

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 you?

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 Where

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 are you

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 moved

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 internally?

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 In

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 Acts

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 17

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 verse

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 16

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 we

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 are

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 told

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 that

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 the

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 apostle

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 Paul

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 experienced

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 inner

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 grief

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 and

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 turmoil.

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 He

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 was

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 moved

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 in

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 his

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 affections.

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 He

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 experienced

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 inner

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 grief

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 and

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 turmoil

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 as

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 he

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 comes

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 into

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 Athens

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 and

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 sees

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 all

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 the

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 idols

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 of

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 Athens.

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 And

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 he

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 finds

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 one

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 idol

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 to

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 the

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 unknown

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 God.

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 And

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 from

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 that

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 the

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 very

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 next

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 verse

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 we

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 see

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 this

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 led

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 him

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 having

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 been

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 moved

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 in

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 his

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 affections

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 he

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 launches

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 into

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 a

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 ministry

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 apologetics

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 to

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 help

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 them

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 see

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 what

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 they

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 cannot

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 see.

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 It's

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 important

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 that we

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 get

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 into

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 ministry

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 with

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 a

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 passion

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 for

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 a

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 certain

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 cause

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 or

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 unmet

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 need.

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 Paul

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 was

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 moved

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 by

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 their

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 need

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 and

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 sought

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 to

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 meet

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 it

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 with

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 the

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 gospel.

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 See

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 one of

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 the

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 reasons

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 not

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 to

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 start

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 with

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 a

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 knowledge

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 of

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 your

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 abilities

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.460
 is

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 because

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 gifts

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 often

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 pop up

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 and out

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 and surprise

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 us

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 as we

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 start to

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 participate

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 in

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 serving.

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 They're

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 kind of

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 like

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 dormant

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 until

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 you

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 start

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 serving

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 in

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 all

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 kinds

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 of

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 different

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 capacities.

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 When

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 I

00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:09.960
 first

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.240
 became

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 a

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 Christian

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 I

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 put

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 my

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 hand

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 up

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 to

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 do

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 whatever

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 was

00:22:16.080 --> 00:22:16.519
 required

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 in

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 the

00:22:16.820 --> 00:22:17.200
 church.

00:22:17.340 --> 00:22:17.799
 23

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.340
 just

00:22:18.340 --> 00:22:18.580
 loved

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 the

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 church

00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:20.060
 and

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 just

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 wanted

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 to

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 be

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.840
 involved.

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 I

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 was

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.620
 captivated

00:22:22.620 --> 00:22:22.779
 by

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 the

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.120
 gospel

00:22:23.120 --> 00:22:23.700
 involved

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:23.860
 in

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 the

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 community

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 that

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:24.560
 I

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 was

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 a

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:24.960
 part

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.140
 of.

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 I

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.420
 inevitably

00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:27.240
 started

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 with

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 what

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:29.840
 I

00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:30.259
 knew

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:31.220
 where

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.480
 my

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.019
 aptitudes

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.220
 my

00:22:32.220 --> 00:22:32.580
 talents

00:22:32.580 --> 00:22:32.840
 were.

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.000
 I

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.140
 could

00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:33.340
 cut

00:22:33.340 --> 00:22:33.480
 the

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 grass

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:33.940
 so

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.019
 I

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 cut

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.340
 the

00:22:34.340 --> 00:22:34.799
 grass.

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.660
 I

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.360
 repaired

00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:37.019
 buildings.

00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:37.380
 I

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:37.580
 dealt

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:37.799
 with

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.240
 vermin.

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.920
 I

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.059
 was

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.440
 what

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:39.539
 I

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:39.660
 was

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:39.880
 used

00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:40.140
 to.

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.599
 I

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:40.779
 just

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.000
 did

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.180
 that

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:41.380
 sort

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:41.460
 of

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:41.799
 stuff.

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.599
 Soon

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.000
 enough

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.880
 the

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.319
 minister

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.640
 of the

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:45.900
 church

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.299
 started

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:46.799
 to push

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.000
 me

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.380
 beyond

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:47.660
 my

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.059
 natural

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.500
 talents

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:48.640
 and

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:49.299
 aptitudes

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:50.039
 to test

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.240
 my

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.680
 spiritual

00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.099
 gifting

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.819
 and

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.220
 started

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:52.559
 to

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.279
 encourage

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.599
 me

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:53.799
 to

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.299
 do

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.680
 hospital

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.160
 visiting,

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:55.980
 trained

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.200
 me

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:56.559
 in

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.519
 evangelism,

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.000
 service

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.480
 leading,

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.700
 leading

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.079
 community

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.460
 groups.

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:00.720
 I was

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.079
 on parish

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.519
 council

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.039
 organizing

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.500
 camps.

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.059
 Bit

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.599
 by bit

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:03.819
 just

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.059
 kept

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.480
 pushing

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:04.980
 me

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.819
 to do

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.059
 a

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.259
 whole

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.620
 range

00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:06.759
 of

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.259
 things.

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.400
 gifts

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:08.740
 started

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:08.940
 to

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.200
 pop

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.559
 up

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:09.880
 over

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.339
 time.

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.079
 And

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:12.380
 I

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:12.579
 would

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:12.940
 never

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.160
 have

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.559
 known

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:13.759
 it

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.099
 until

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:14.319
 he

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:14.759
 pushed

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:14.980
 me

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.240
 into

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.579
 it.

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.720
 Say,

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.220
 give

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:17.359
 that

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:17.680
 a go,

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:17.920
 have

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.039
 that

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.140
 a

00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:18.319
 crack

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.460
 at

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:18.720
 that.

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.240
 The

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.620
 first

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:19.980
 time

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.240
 I

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.680
 ever

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.000
 preached

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.220
 a

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.559
 sermon,

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:22.960
 no

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.279
 one

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:23.480
 would

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:23.599
 have

00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:23.859
 said,

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.059
 oh,

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.319
 he's

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:24.460
 got

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:24.599
 a

00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:24.859
 gifting.

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.120
 Not

00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:26.259
 a

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.480
 single

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:26.980
 person,

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.400
 except

00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:28.599
 the

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:28.819
 one

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.140
 preacher

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.420
 sitting

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.559
 in

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:29.680
 the

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:29.940
 room.

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:32.519
 I

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:34.220
 think

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.359
 he

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:34.599
 called

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:34.759
 me

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:34.960
 a

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.359
 rough

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:36.940
 rock

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.099
 that

00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:37.259
 need

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.399
 if

00:23:37.399 --> 00:23:37.500
 you

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:37.639
 had

00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:37.779
 just

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.039
 knocked

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.279
 off

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.439
 it.

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:38.539
 He

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:38.699
 said,

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:38.980
 but I

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.359
 think

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:39.500
 we

00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:39.639
 can

00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:39.799
 do

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.059
 that.

00:23:45.179 --> 00:23:45.619
 It

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.000
 didn't

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.500
 start

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:46.879
 with my

00:23:46.879 --> 00:23:47.199
 talents

00:23:47.199 --> 00:23:47.480
 and my

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.000
 aptitudes,

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.339
 or it

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:48.619
 sort of

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:48.779
 did,

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:48.939
 but

00:23:48.939 --> 00:23:49.139
 very

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.419
 short

00:23:49.419 --> 00:23:49.799
 time,

00:23:50.159 --> 00:23:50.259
 and

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.339
 it

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:50.679
 moved

00:23:50.679 --> 00:23:50.980
 quickly

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.299
 beyond

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:51.599
 that.

00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:54.819
 And

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.319
 ultimately,

00:23:55.679 --> 00:23:56.359
 it

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:56.699
 started

00:23:56.699 --> 00:23:57.019
 with a

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.379
 need.

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.179
 When

00:23:59.179 --> 00:23:59.299
 he

00:23:59.299 --> 00:23:59.679
 started

00:23:59.679 --> 00:24:00.059
 to push

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.279
 me

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.519
 into

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.059
 ministry,

00:24:01.439 --> 00:24:01.559
 he

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:01.779
 said,

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.199
 we

00:24:02.199 --> 00:24:02.359
 need

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:02.480
 a

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:02.659
 youth

00:24:02.659 --> 00:24:02.899
 group

00:24:02.899 --> 00:24:03.179
 here,

00:24:03.659 --> 00:24:03.839
 you

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.000
 should

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.279
 start

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:04.539
 one.

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.839
 That's

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.119
 the job

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.539
 description.

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:09.480
 That was

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:09.719
 it.

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.259
 What

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:12.619
 became

00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:13.259
 obvious to

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.759
 the leaders

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.279
 of my

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.619
 first

00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.199
 church

00:24:15.199 --> 00:24:16.379
 was I

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:16.579
 had

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:16.899
 gifting

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.419
 for church

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:17.959
 leadership

00:24:17.959 --> 00:24:19.539
 that

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.259
 would

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.699
 develop

00:24:20.699 --> 00:24:21.199
 and be

00:24:21.199 --> 00:24:21.519
 fruitful,

00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:22.059
 providing

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.299
 my

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.679
 character

00:24:22.679 --> 00:24:23.199
 developed.

00:24:23.679 --> 00:24:23.899
 Because

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.259
 what they

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.799
 noticed

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.199
 is that

00:24:25.199 --> 00:24:25.500
 when I

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.859
 cut the

00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:26.379
 grass,

00:24:26.939 --> 00:24:27.480
 I was

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.259
 able to

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.519
 galvanize

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.079
 people to

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.539
 come with

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.459
 me and

00:24:31.459 --> 00:24:31.779
 to cut

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.359
 the grass.

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:33.799
 when I

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.199
 went and

00:24:34.199 --> 00:24:34.459
 did

00:24:34.459 --> 00:24:35.419
 hospital

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:35.879
 visiting,

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:36.799
 I took

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.139
 other

00:24:37.139 --> 00:24:37.500
 people

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.000
 with

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.319
 me.

00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:39.019
 They

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.339
 noticed

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:39.519
 that

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:39.759
 people

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.000
 would

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.299
 follow.

00:24:40.399 --> 00:24:40.619
 When I

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.019
 organized

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.419
 camps,

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.899
 I could

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.279
 pull a

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.519
 team

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:43.939
 together.

00:24:47.939 --> 00:24:48.500
 What

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:48.679
 they

00:24:48.679 --> 00:24:49.059
 didn't

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.439
 know,

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.699
 what they

00:24:50.699 --> 00:24:51.299
 could never

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.959
 have seen,

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.659
 was God

00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:53.979
 would give

00:24:53.979 --> 00:24:54.240
 me a

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.859
 passion for

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:55.539
 cross-cultural

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.439
 ministry and

00:24:56.439 --> 00:24:57.019
 multi-ethnic

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.299
 church

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.719
 leadership.

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.399
 And I

00:24:59.399 --> 00:24:59.879
 didn't even

00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:00.339
 see that

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:00.899
 12 years

00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.240
 ago.

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:02.799
 And still

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.139
 I started

00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:03.619
 working in

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.240
 that space.

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.259
 Gifts

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:09.479
 pop out

00:25:09.479 --> 00:25:10.679
 when you

00:25:10.679 --> 00:25:11.659
 just do

00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:11.899
 it.

00:25:12.639 --> 00:25:13.059
 You just

00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.479
 serve.

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.139
 So that's

00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:16.459
 the first

00:25:16.459 --> 00:25:16.679
 one.

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.159
 Affinity.

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.839
 Look out.

00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:19.799
 Secondly,

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.459
 ability,

00:25:20.719 --> 00:25:21.059
 which is

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.559
 look in.

00:25:23.219 --> 00:25:23.839
 That is,

00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:24.240
 what are my

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.599
 abilities,

00:25:24.699 --> 00:25:25.019
 what are my

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.259
 skills,

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:25.599
 what are my

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:25.839
 talents,

00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.199
 what are my

00:25:26.199 --> 00:25:26.799
 deficiencies?

00:25:26.919 --> 00:25:27.319
 It's important

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.199
 to look at

00:25:28.199 --> 00:25:28.959
 your abilities.

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.599
 Many people

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:31.359
 become burdened

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:31.959
 to see a

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.640
 ministry

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:33.279
 begin,

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.539
 but they're

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.380
 not realistic

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:36.000
 about their

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.680
 own abilities

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.440
 and limitations.

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.759
 For example,

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.259
 there might be

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.660
 some people

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.279
 who are just

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.819
 so keen to

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.440
 be leaders,

00:25:43.340 --> 00:25:44.500
 even though

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.100
 they don't

00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:45.500
 have the

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.220
 gifting of

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.860
 organizing,

00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:49.779
 and they

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.120
 haven't even

00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:50.480
 noticed that

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.680
 no one's

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.559
 actually following

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.380
 them at this

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:52.579
 moment.

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:52.779
 They don't

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.000
 have the

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.559
 ability to

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.059
 galvanize

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.460
 people.

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.500
 It's one of

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.180
 the questions I

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.900
 ask of people

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:58.220
 who are

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.600
 considering

00:25:58.600 --> 00:25:59.240
 vocational

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.880
 ministries,

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.960
 to go

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.800
 into my

00:26:01.800 --> 00:26:02.140
 kind of

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.400
 role.

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.020
 What

00:26:03.020 --> 00:26:03.440
 ministries

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.740
 have you

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.120
 started?

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.240
 What

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.620
 ministries

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:05.900
 have you

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:06.580
 changed?

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:07.660
 What

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.020
 ministries

00:26:08.020 --> 00:26:08.320
 have you

00:26:08.320 --> 00:26:08.640
 shut

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.020
 down?

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.160
 Really

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.620
 important.

00:26:14.260 --> 00:26:14.440
 It

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:16.240
 takes

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:19.180
 courage to

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.440
 start

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.900
 something,

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.640
 it takes

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.320
 leadership to

00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:21.740
 stop it.

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:27.759
 you must

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.259
 be very

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.700
 aware of

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.059
 the part

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.299
 you are

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.640
 able to

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:29.920
 play in

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.380
 the ministry.

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.039
 What

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.460
 should you

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.960
 be doing

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.740
 and what

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.440
 you need

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.220
 someone else

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.660
 to be

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:35.920
 doing?

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.620
 Also have

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.000
 the maturity

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:40.079
 recognize how

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.599
 young and old

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.000
 you are in

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.460
 the faith.

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:42.880
 You may

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.620
 realize that

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.200
 your godliness

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.680
 does not

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.240
 cover your

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.079
 gift deficiencies

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.940
 very well and

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.539
 you therefore

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.240
 need a strong

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.779
 team around

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.059
 you.

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.980
 Just a

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.660
 warning here,

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.339
 on this

00:26:52.339 --> 00:26:52.599
 one.

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:54.599
 As we

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.539
 exercise our

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.299
 spiritual gifts

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.759
 we need to

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.240
 avoid the

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:58.099
 great problem

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.880
 of gift

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.519
 cop-out.

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.339
 Every

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:03.120
 single one

00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.559
 of the

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:03.920
 gifts,

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.480
 the spiritual

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.839
 gifts,

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.839
 is also a

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:07.660
 task or

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.460
 an assignment

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.480
 given to

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.279
 all Christians.

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:12.099
 Not all

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:13.079
 are evangelists

00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:14.400
 but every

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:15.000
 one of us

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.460
 are called

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.059
 to witness.

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.700
 Not all

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.120
 of us have

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.920
 the specific

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.480
 gift of

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.640
 giving but

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.440
 all of us

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:21.880
 are called

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.259
 to a

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.680
 life of

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:22.960
 radical

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.620
 generosity.

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:25.440
 Not all

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.860
 of us

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:26.519
 have the

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.380
 gifts of

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:28.600
 service and

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:29.220
 care of

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.500
 another

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.740
 individual but

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.500
 all of us

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:31.920
 are called

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.299
 into a

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.940
 ministry of

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.860
 serving others

00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.940
 and caring

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.519
 for people.

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.559
 Gift cop-out

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.460
 is saying

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:39.580
 since I'm not

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.380
 gifted in that

00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:41.700
 I won't have

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.380
 to do that.

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:44.120
 And normally

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:44.740
 we practice

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.480
 gift cop-out

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.039
 when we look

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.340
 at our

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:47.000
 vocational

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.920
 work and

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.620
 can't see a

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.059
 connection.

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.339
 I'm a

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:52.559
 banker and

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:52.919
 unless you

00:27:52.919 --> 00:27:53.399
 make me the

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:53.819
 treasurer

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.919
 there's no

00:27:54.919 --> 00:27:55.259
 way I'm doing

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.879
 anything else.

00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:56.419
 That's the

00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:56.899
 only job I

00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:57.419
 can do here.

00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:58.359
 That's gift

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:58.859
 cop-out.

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.059
 So lastly

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.899
 of opportunity.

00:28:02.979 --> 00:28:03.279
 This is

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:03.779
 looking up.

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.399
 And the

00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:05.919
 question here

00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:06.759
 is where

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.439
 does the

00:28:07.439 --> 00:28:08.039
 church and

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.859
 its leaders

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:10.159
 tell me

00:28:10.159 --> 00:28:11.039
 where I'm

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.339
 needed?

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.639
 This is where

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.279
 the character

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.799
 of humility

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.679
 comes in.

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.740
 The third

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.279
 leg in

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.860
 identifying

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.100
 our

00:28:17.100 --> 00:28:17.460
 spiritual

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:17.799
 gifts

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.060
 is

00:28:18.060 --> 00:28:18.600
 opportunity.

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.259
 Now with

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.620
 this one

00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:19.860
 we need

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.240
 to be aware

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.500
 of the

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.000
 opposite

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.600
 danger

00:28:21.600 --> 00:28:21.860
 of

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.120
 gift

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.640
 cop-out

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:23.500
 and that

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:23.720
 is

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.100
 gift

00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:24.759
 projection.

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.600
 Based on

00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:27.340
 everything we've

00:28:27.340 --> 00:28:28.019
 seen in the

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.560
 past few

00:28:28.560 --> 00:28:29.480
 weeks we

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:31.900
 must fight

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.700
 against

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.640
 individualism

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.940
 in the way

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.660
 we discern

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.420
 our

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.400
 ministry

00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:38.440
 giftings.

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.220
 Gift

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.759
 projection

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.820
 works in a

00:28:40.820 --> 00:28:41.259
 whole different

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.740
 number of

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.160
 ways.

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:42.940
 It can be

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.320
 as simple

00:28:43.320 --> 00:28:43.700
 as saying

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.320
 this is my

00:28:44.320 --> 00:28:44.640
 gift

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.780
 and it's

00:28:45.780 --> 00:28:46.280
 your job

00:28:46.280 --> 00:28:46.600
 to make

00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:47.100
 this gift

00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:47.500
 work in

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.060
 this place.

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.220
 This is my

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.520
 spiritual

00:28:49.520 --> 00:28:49.800
 gifting.

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.580
 Self-identified

00:28:50.580 --> 00:28:50.960
 gifting.

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:51.920
 This is my

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.220
 role.

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.940
 This is my

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.200
 gifting.

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:53.860
 You use

00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.000
 it.

00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:54.740
 That's it.

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:55.300
 I won't do

00:28:55.300 --> 00:28:55.900
 anything else.

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.320
 Or it can

00:28:58.320 --> 00:28:58.840
 be making

00:28:58.840 --> 00:28:59.500
 yourself feel

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.720
 guilty if

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.420
 you aren't as

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.259
 gifted or as

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.540
 good as

00:29:02.540 --> 00:29:03.140
 someone else

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.920
 is in that

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.360
 space.

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.500
 Or on the

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.080
 other hand

00:29:06.080 --> 00:29:06.800
 it may be

00:29:06.800 --> 00:29:07.600
 making others

00:29:07.600 --> 00:29:08.140
 feel guilty

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:08.560
 that they

00:29:08.560 --> 00:29:08.940
 aren't as

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:10.080
 passionate or

00:29:10.080 --> 00:29:10.740
 as good at

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.560
 you at

00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:11.980
 doing what

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.240
 you are

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.500
 doing.

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.380
 That's gift

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:14.900
 projection.

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.940
 In projecting

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.480
 our gifts

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:18.800
 and our

00:29:18.800 --> 00:29:19.300
 passions

00:29:19.300 --> 00:29:21.100
 it is all

00:29:21.100 --> 00:29:21.960
 too easy

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:25.380
 to try

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:25.820
 to make

00:29:25.820 --> 00:29:26.520
 the whole

00:29:26.520 --> 00:29:27.300
 church

00:29:27.300 --> 00:29:29.480
 into our

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.860
 own image.

00:29:33.040 --> 00:29:33.520
 You know

00:29:33.520 --> 00:29:34.180
 I've got the

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.760
 gift of

00:29:34.760 --> 00:29:35.620
 evangelism

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.680
 for instance

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.920
 and so I

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.380
 want to make

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:39.220
 this strictly

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:40.580
 an evangelistic

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:41.060
 church.

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.960
 Everyone should

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.720
 be evangelized.

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.299
 everyone needs

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.880
 to evangelize

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.380
 like me.

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.860
 Or I've

00:29:45.860 --> 00:29:46.180
 got the

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.839
 passion for

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.400
 justice

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:48.180
 ministry so

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.900
 this has to

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.160
 be a

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.440
 justice

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.140
 church and

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.620
 everyone else

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.000
 has to have

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.440
 the same

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:52.220
 passion and

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.620
 gifting for

00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:53.160
 justice ministry

00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.740
 that I do.

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:56.200
 Or for it to

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.799
 be a cultural

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.100
 center.

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.039
 I'm so focused

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.720
 on one-to-one

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.600
 discipleship and

00:29:59.600 --> 00:30:00.240
 everyone should

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.940
 be doing one-to-one

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.660
 discipleship.

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:02.860
 That's gift

00:30:02.860 --> 00:30:03.400
 projection.

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.759
 That's passion

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.279
 projection.

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.779
 And it's making

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.519
 everyone in the

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.180
 same image.

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:08.240
 huge.

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:10.940
 The third

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.740
 leg of gift

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.759
 discovery looks

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.140
 to the

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:14.600
 community, my

00:30:14.600 --> 00:30:15.240
 brothers and

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.279
 sisters, for

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.880
 guidance.

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.480
 The doctrine of

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.720
 sin alone should

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.279
 be enough to

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:21.259
 prove that you

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.920
 should not be

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.440
 trying to make

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.160
 this decision by

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:23.620
 yourself.

00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:24.820
 Ephesians 4

00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:26.259
 teaches that when

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.920
 we become

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:28.160
 Christians we

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:29.380
 become members

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:30.519
 of one another.

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:32.640
 We cannot

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.720
 understand ourselves

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.320
 without paying

00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:35.060
 attention to what

00:30:35.060 --> 00:30:35.620
 our brothers and

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.360
 sisters can see

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:36.680
 in us.

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:38.539
 there may be

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.400
 opportunities for

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.480
 us to serve

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.680
 that we have

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.640
 never considered

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:44.400
 but for which we

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.039
 are perfect.

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.460
 Now one key

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.140
 factor here

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:52.460
 and that is that

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.080
 we are under the

00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:54.220
 authority of our

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.620
 leaders.

00:30:54.820 --> 00:30:55.539
 Hebrews 13

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.299
 7 says

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:57.279
 remember your

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.799
 leaders who

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.360
 spoke the word

00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:59.080
 of God to you

00:30:59.080 --> 00:30:59.980
 consider the

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.900
 outcome of their

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.980
 way of life and

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.860
 imitate their

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.279
 faith.

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.580
 And verse 17

00:31:04.580 --> 00:31:05.580
 goes on to say

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:06.660
 have confidence

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.380
 in your leaders

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:08.000
 and submit to

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.600
 their authority

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.300
 because they

00:31:09.300 --> 00:31:10.220
 keep watch over

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:11.420
 you as those

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.240
 who must give

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.759
 an account.

00:31:13.540 --> 00:31:14.860
 Do this so

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:15.580
 that their work

00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:16.279
 will be a joy

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.960
 not a burden

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.860
 for that would

00:31:17.860 --> 00:31:18.300
 be of no

00:31:18.300 --> 00:31:19.120
 benefit to you.

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.540
 The reality

00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:22.740
 is we should

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.259
 bow to what

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.759
 our leaders

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.600
 may tell us

00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:25.180
 are the

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.100
 church's needs.

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.340
 These are the

00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:28.220
 areas of needs.

00:31:28.840 --> 00:31:29.560
 God put us

00:31:29.560 --> 00:31:30.440
 into a community

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:32.040
 and we discern

00:31:32.040 --> 00:31:32.940
 his will and

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.480
 his calling

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.980
 together.

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:35.120
 So I

00:31:35.120 --> 00:31:35.620
 propose

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:37.099
 as John

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.720
 Newton did

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:39.500
 200 years

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.160
 before me

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:42.319
 that the

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.039
 place to

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.579
 start

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:43.960
 when you

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.360
 look at

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:44.980
 these three

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.539
 categories

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.120
 these three

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.680
 legs

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.799
 the place

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.460
 to start

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.620
 is opportunity.

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.420
 That's where

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:52.000
 you begin.

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:52.920
 Our

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.860
 self-centered

00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:55.620
 individualistic

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:56.200
 natures

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.779
 want us to

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:58.299
 go with

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:59.879
 affinity

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.579
 first

00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:01.799
 or ability

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.879
 ability

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:03.359
 first

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.279
 then affinity

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:05.059
 then opportunity.

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:06.240
 I would suggest

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.839
 that we start

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.779
 with opportunity.

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.940
 In other words

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:10.160
 find

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:11.740
 the ministry

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.839
 needs of the

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:13.259
 church

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.740
 things that

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.460
 need to be

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.759
 done

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.440
 and just

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.160
 do them.

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:18.339
 Just serve.

00:32:19.399 --> 00:32:20.019
 Don't even

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.879
 begin with

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.819
 does this

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.839
 fulfill me?

00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:23.720
 Does it

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.079
 make me

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:24.500
 happy?

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:26.640
 the only

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.279
 way you

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.799
 will ever

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.640
 really come

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.119
 to know

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:29.539
 the kind

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.119
 of ministry

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.460
 that you

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:30.839
 are best

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.140
 at

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.700
 if you

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.140
 do a

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:32.579
 whole heap

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.039
 of different

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.599
 things

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.660
 then you

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.160
 will know

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:36.000
 what God

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.880
 blesses.

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.900
 Don't look

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.480
 first of all

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.740
 at your

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.059
 proven

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.660
 abilities.

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.980
 Don't look

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.400
 first of all

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.640
 at your

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.140
 day job

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.380
 and your

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:46.660
 natural

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.240
 talents

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:48.420
 to determine

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:48.839
 what you

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.140
 do in

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.660
 the church

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.779
 because as

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.140
 mentioned

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.599
 earlier

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:52.660
 God may

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.220
 have no

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.700
 plan to

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.240
 use them

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.880
 as your

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.220
 spiritual

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.579
 gifts.

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.279
 Likewise

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:59.000
 don't look

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.579
 first of all

00:32:59.579 --> 00:32:59.839
 at your

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.220
 deepest

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.980
 affinities

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:02.599
 the things

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:03.259
 that excite

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.420
 you

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:03.799
 the things

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.319
 that interest

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:04.759
 you.

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:06.000
 If you

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.500
 gravitate

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.180
 too quickly

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.700
 to those

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.140
 areas

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.740
 you may

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.680
 miss out

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:10.620
 on gifts

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.420
 that you

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:12.160
 aren't even

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:13.140
 aware of.

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:16.039
 Just

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:17.200
 serve.

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:19.000
 That's the

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.759
 simple call.

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.259
 Plug the

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.859
 gaps in

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:22.380
 the church

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:23.000
 and help

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.400
 out.

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.360
 Go through

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:24.820
 the door

00:33:24.820 --> 00:33:25.360
 of opportunity

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:25.840
 in the

00:33:25.840 --> 00:33:26.140
 church

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:26.780
 doing what

00:33:26.780 --> 00:33:27.180
 needs to

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:27.580
 be done

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.200
 and then

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.740
 as time

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.380
 goes by

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:30.180
 check your

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.660
 affinities

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.380
 check your

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:31.760
 abilities

00:33:31.760 --> 00:33:32.560
 and begin

00:33:32.560 --> 00:33:33.620
 to specialise.

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:34.520
 As your

00:33:34.520 --> 00:33:35.200
 brothers and

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.820
 sisters around

00:33:35.820 --> 00:33:36.540
 you encourage

00:33:36.540 --> 00:33:37.100
 you to do

00:33:37.100 --> 00:33:37.380
 that.

00:33:38.520 --> 00:33:39.180
 There may be

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:40.260
 and in fact

00:33:40.260 --> 00:33:41.740
 there are

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:43.020
 many opportunities

00:33:43.020 --> 00:33:43.800
 right now.

00:33:44.360 --> 00:33:45.140
 Right now.

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:48.960
 I'll mention

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.420
 them to you

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.840
 but this

00:33:49.840 --> 00:33:50.640
 morning one

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.140
 thing that I

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.759
 threw in

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.840
 this morning

00:33:52.840 --> 00:33:54.360
 was actually

00:33:54.360 --> 00:33:54.740
 we've been

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.460
 looking for a

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:56.140
 treasurer for

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:56.960
 some time.

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.160
 No one's

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:00.780
 stepping up for

00:34:00.780 --> 00:34:01.040
 that.

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.240
 By the end

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.780
 of the service

00:34:02.780 --> 00:34:03.300
 someone had put

00:34:03.300 --> 00:34:03.759
 their hand up

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:04.120
 and said I

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.460
 think I can

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:04.700
 do the

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.160
 treasury roll.

00:34:05.860 --> 00:34:06.560
 Praise God.

00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:08.019
 So God's

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.619
 already at work

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.079
 and maybe he's

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.640
 working at you

00:34:09.640 --> 00:34:10.320
 right now.

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.579
 Working at you

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.119
 right now.

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:13.119
 He did it this

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.460
 morning and

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.139
 maybe right now

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.599
 for you.

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.320
 We just need

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:17.880
 people willing

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.940
 to serve in

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.699
 all sorts

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.199
 areas and

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.619
 membership.

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.179
 We want to

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.679
 be a

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.159
 community.

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.679
 A community

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.480
 that is

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:26.500
 engaging,

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.099
 welcome,

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:27.880
 inclusive.

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.559
 We want

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:28.920
 people to

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.480
 belong here.

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:29.820
 We've just

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.179
 seen the

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.500
 video.

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:32.920
 We need

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.500
 people who

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.019
 are welcoming,

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:34.460
 people in

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.320
 the car park.

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.340
 As soon as

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:37.159
 someone sets

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.820
 foot on this

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:39.139
 site to be

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:40.059
 engaged with,

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.720
 for their name

00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:41.360
 to be known,

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:41.800
 for them to

00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:42.280
 feel like they

00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:42.800
 belong.

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.539
 We need

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.019
 people who are

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.440
 prepared to

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.300
 serve food

00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:46.200
 for us in

00:34:46.200 --> 00:34:46.900
 our corporate

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.360
 gatherings.

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.280
 We want to

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.760
 be an open

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.159
 engaging

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.820
 community.

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.500
 Right now,

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:52.820
 we need

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.179
 people in

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.539
 membership.

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:54.800
 Secondly,

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.159
 we need

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:55.619
 more people

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:56.079
 willing to

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.420
 serve in

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.039
 our ESL

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.740
 classes.

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.980
 That's a

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.740
 great way to

00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:01.380
 serve people

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:02.139
 who are not

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:02.920
 able to

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.880
 easily

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.860
 communicate in

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.240
 the common

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:05.820
 language of

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.460
 our neighborhood.

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.659
 That is,

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:09.420
 ESL is about

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:10.639
 serving vulnerable

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.539
 people in our

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:11.900
 neighborhood.

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.480
 That's what it's

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:13.760
 about.

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.480
 At the

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:14.700
 moment,

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:14.920
 we've got

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.180
 two or

00:35:15.180 --> 00:35:15.580
 three people,

00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:16.000
 that's it,

00:35:16.040 --> 00:35:16.220
 who are

00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:16.800
 currently running

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:17.020
 it.

00:35:18.200 --> 00:35:18.940
 Massive need

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.620
 in that area.

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.100
 Thirdly,

00:35:20.140 --> 00:35:20.620
 there's grace

00:35:20.620 --> 00:35:21.260
 ministries.

00:35:21.600 --> 00:35:22.120
 This is our

00:35:22.120 --> 00:35:23.240
 ministry to

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:24.040
 sex workers in

00:35:24.040 --> 00:35:24.560
 our area.

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.220
 They need

00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:25.760
 another prayer

00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:26.100
 team.

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.940
 This is really

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.260
 simple.

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:27.780
 You just sit

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.180
 in the car

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:28.500
 with one

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.080
 other person

00:35:29.080 --> 00:35:29.720
 and you pray

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:30.240
 with them

00:35:30.240 --> 00:35:31.380
 while a couple

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:31.880
 of our members

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.980
 go in and

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.600
 visit the

00:35:33.600 --> 00:35:33.900
 brothels.

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.160
 You don't

00:35:34.160 --> 00:35:34.480
 even have to

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.060
 go in.

00:35:35.660 --> 00:35:35.940
 You just need

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.340
 to sit in the

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.920
 car and pray

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.360
 for goodness

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:37.800
 sake.

00:35:38.680 --> 00:35:39.240
 There's another

00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:40.360
 great way to be

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:40.740
 engaged.

00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:41.339
 We need

00:35:41.339 --> 00:35:41.799
 people in

00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:42.399
 that area.

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.279
 The bottom

00:35:44.279 --> 00:35:45.179
 line here is

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:48.039
 just do it.

00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:48.659
 That's how you

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:49.479
 discover it.

00:35:50.379 --> 00:35:51.159
 You just do

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.459
 it.

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.679
 Be captivated.

00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:54.319
 This is the whole

00:35:54.319 --> 00:35:55.099
 point of Ephesians

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.719
 here, where we get

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:55.979
 to here.

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:57.199
 Be captivated by

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.799
 the gospel.

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.839
 Be captivated by

00:35:59.839 --> 00:36:00.739
 God's eternal

00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:01.379
 plan in the

00:36:01.379 --> 00:36:02.000
 Lord Jesus.

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.199
 service.

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:04.480
 And be

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.420
 captivated by

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:07.260
 jumping in and

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:08.099
 signing up to

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:08.519
 serve.

00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:09.539
 That's what you

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:09.840
 do.

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.659
 So for your

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:16.019
 sake, for the

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.820
 sake of the

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:18.699
 church, for the

00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:19.659
 glory of the

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.199
 Lord Jesus

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:22.079
 Christ, for the

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.920
 blessing of the

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:25.980
 world, do not

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:28.519
 rest until every

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:31.019
 member serving is

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:32.059
 a reality in

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.639
 this church.