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 When you become a Christian, when you make a decision to follow Jesus, something supernatural

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 happens.

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 The presence of the Holy Spirit enters you.

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 Becoming a Christian, growing as a Christian is not some obscure, esoteric spiritual experience.

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 It's a simple but profound knowledge of God's presence.

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 And the Holy Spirit who takes occupancy in your life when you follow Jesus, that is the

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 same Spirit that raises Jesus from the dead and who will raise us from the dead.

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 It's a Spirit whose knowledge is unique.

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 It is the Spirit who reveals the wisdom of God to you.

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 It is the Holy Spirit who will inspire you and motivate you to serve others.

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 And it is the same Holy Spirit who will give you the mind of Christ.

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 So if we're really serious about all this and we genuinely want to grow in all of this,

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 we've got to tend to that relationship.

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 It doesn't just happen.

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 And that's where spiritual discipline, and perhaps that might sound like a bit of a harsh

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 term, but it's where it's so important.

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 I'm going to unpack that a little bit this morning as to why it's important.

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 Make some allusion to some of the disciplines, but more want to think about what it means

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 to have that posture of being disciplined.

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 And I think it's a really helpful quotation from Eugene Peterson.

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 I'm going to bring it up on the screens now.

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 I want you to really soak this up.

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 Eugene Peterson said,

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 Worship is the strategy by which we interrupt our preoccupation with ourselves

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 and attend to the presence of God.

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 He went on to say that if we don't interrupt ourselves regularly,

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 we have no chance of attending to God at all,

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 at all other times and at all other places.

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 In 2007, the Washington Post carried out a social experiment.

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 One Friday morning in January during rush hour,

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 a violin player came out to busk in a subway in Washington.

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 Nothing that unusual about that.

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 What was different about this particular busker is his name is Joshua Bell,

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 considered by many to be one of the greatest violinists on the planet.

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 Several nights before, he was playing in the same city to an auditorium

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 packed with people paying hundreds of dollars to hear him play.

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 But in this experiment, he just turned up unannounced,

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 on the subway, wearing jeans, sweatshirt and a baseball cap.

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 Oh, and a $3.5 million Strativarius violin.

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 There were hidden cameras tucked away,

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 and he stood there and played for 45 minutes.

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 Afterwards, the footage was analysed.

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 1,097 people walked past.

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 You could count on one hand the number of people

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 who stood for a moment to listen.

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 He had a few dollars thrown into his violin case.

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 There was the odd one or two

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 who stood and lingered for a while.

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 One individual who really did seem to pay attention.

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 And one toddler who seemed to be tugging on his mum,

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 desperately wanting to stop.

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 But other than that,

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 they just passed by.

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 What happened in that experiment?

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 Well, it's difficult to prove empirically,

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 but it's reckoned, it's theorised.

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 The big difference was simply context.

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 You don't expect it.

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 In the same way,

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 there was a work of art,

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 a painting,

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 I can't remember who it was by now,

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 but it was worth,

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 it was valued at tens of millions of dollars

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 on display in a gallery.

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 The staff took the painting off the wall,

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 which people flocked to see.

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 They took it off the wall,

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 and during one lunchtime,

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 they carefully took it out from its frame,

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 and they hung it on the wall

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 at the cafe of the museum,

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 where this work of art is usually on display.

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 They put it on the wall

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 with a price tag of $50.

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 Nobody inquired.

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 It's context.

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 You don't expect

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 that extraordinary thing to happen.

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 Which raises the question,

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 why don't we expect it?

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 Well, because our senses are dulled

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 by the ordinariness of life.

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 We become, to use Eugene Peterson's word again,

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 preoccupied with the self.

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 With those things that weigh us down,

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 with our circumstances,

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 with the things that bring us worry,

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 or anxiety, or fear.

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 Whether it's over the past,

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 or over the future,

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 or what we're going through right now.

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 But because these things take over,

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 and because we become preoccupied by them,

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 we need to interrupt that.

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 We need to stop and listen,

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 and pay attention

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 to that music that is playing.

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 We need to stand and watch,

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 and soak up that great work of art

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 that is before us.

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 But most importantly,

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 we need to pay attention

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 to the presence of the living God,

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 who is present within us.

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 The living Holy Spirit,

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 who raises Jesus from the dead.

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 The same Holy Spirit,

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 who will raise you and I from the dead

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 for all eternity.

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 The Holy Spirit,

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 who brought us into existence,

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 and sustains the life of the universe.

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 That Holy Spirit,

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 who promises,

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 is not just with you,

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 and around you,

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 but inside you.

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 That's what discipline is about.

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 Not a clip round the ear.

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 But that loving invitation

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 from the Lord who loves us,

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 just wants us to know,

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 desperately,

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 that he's there.

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 The strategy by which we interrupt

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 our preoccupation with ourselves,

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 and attend to that presence

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 of God.

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 So what might be

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 some of those disciplines,

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 then,

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 in practice?

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 Well,

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 there is no

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 biblical definitive list.

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 We can,

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 obviously,

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 we derive these things

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 from scripture,

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 but

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 there's no set list,

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 and neither in classic theology.

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 There have been many,

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 many tomes

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 that have been written

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 about what the disciplines are.

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 John Mark Comer's book,

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 which we've been using

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 as the basis

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 for our current series,

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 he mentions nine,

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 but there's no definitive list.

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 I just want to draw on

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 four examples.

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 Prayer,

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 reading the Bible,

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 solitude,

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 and community.

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 not to unpack them

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 in any depth and detail,

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 because we can't do that

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 in just a few minutes,

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 but it's helpful

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 for us just to revisit

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 those as examples,

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 just to give us a bit of an idea,

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 a focus as to what we're

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 talking about here

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 when we talk about

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 interrupting our preoccupation

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 with ourselves

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 and tending to the presence

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 of God.

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 Let's take prayer

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 as an example.

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 Prayer,

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 we so often,

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 we've had this said

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 billions of times,

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 haven't we,

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 but we think of prayer

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 as asking God

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 for things,

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 and it is that,

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 but that's not fundamentally

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 what it's about.

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 It's about relationship,

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 it's about connection,

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 it's about listening to God

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 in any relationship

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 with anybody.

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 That relationship

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 means nothing

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 if it's just asking

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 that other for things.

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 Most fundamentally,

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 it's a state of being.

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 And it's about listening,

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 and listening to God

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 is something that

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 doesn't perhaps

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 always come naturally

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 or easily,

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 and so it may mean

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 that we have to actually

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 set aside a time

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 and discipline ourselves.

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 Say,

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 I'm going to do this.

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 I'm going to do this.

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 I'm going to listen.

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 And there's no sort of

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 formulaic way of doing that,

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 other than

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 perhaps getting ourselves

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 into a physical posture

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 that is intentional,

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 in other words,

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 without other things

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 running around,

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 putting all electronic devices

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 out of the way.

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 Maybe closing our eyes.

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 Don't have to.

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 Just simply waiting

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 for a few minutes, Lord.

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 I'm listening.

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 I'm all yours.

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 The point is,

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 it's not just to focus

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 that at one point,

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 but if we can get into

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 the habit of doing that

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 on a regular basis,

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 so it opens up the soul

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 for the whole of the rest

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 of the day

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 to see God

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 when we're not expecting

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 him to turn up

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 in those conversations

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 and in those situations,

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 to cultivate that nurture

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 of expectancy

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 and readiness

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 to hear him speak.

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 Bible reading

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 is really closely

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 connected with that.

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 And I've said before,

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 you know,

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 Bible reading,

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 I think we miss the point

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 if we think

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 it's something we've got to do

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 and speed read

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 in order to do it.

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 We need to kind of

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 get through as much

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 as possible as we can

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 in shorter time

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 as possible.

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 Because if we put the emphasis

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 on quantity there,

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 then we're missing it.

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 You see,

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 when we read the Bible,

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 when we read Scripture,

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 we're not just reading

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 an old book.

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 We're reading God's

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 living word.

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 And that same Holy Spirit

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 that inspired the word of God

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 as it was written

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 all of those years ago,

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 it's the same Holy Spirit

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 that can take those words

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 and speak to us

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 and speak into us today.

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 And I would always

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 encourage people

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 that it's far better

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 to actually keep

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 less is more

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 and actually to keep

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 the focus on

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 a few verses

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 but to really

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 open up to God

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 in those moments

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 to speak to us

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 through Scripture.

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 Personally,

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 although we're all different,

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 I find this

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 particularly helpful

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 early on in the day.

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 I find it a helpful thing

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 to start the day

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 before all of those,

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 as C.S. Lewis put it,

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 all those words,

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 all those other thoughts

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 come crashing at us

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 like a herd of wild animals.

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 And I also,

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 and I don't know

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 where this came from

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 but I came across it

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 not that long ago

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 where somebody said

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 Scripture before screens.

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 Before you grab your phone

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 or your iPad

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 or whatever it is

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 that's going to

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 bombard you with messages

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 and tell you all the things

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 that have got to happen,

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 don't let that start your day.

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 So we've got Scripture

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 as well as listening.

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 But then two other things,

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 two other examples

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 perhaps of, you know,

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 interrupting our preoccupation

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 with ourselves.

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 One is solitude.

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 Taking some time

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 to actually put yourself

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 on your own

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 away from others.

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 Now,

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 depending on our personality type,

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 some of us will find that

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 actually the sort of place

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 that gives us a warm glow

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 just thinking about.

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 Others will be terrified

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 of the thought of solitude.

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 And perhaps it becomes

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 more of a discipline

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 the harder it cuts

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 against what is

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 our natural inclinations.

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 But it's an important thing

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 to get that time

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 with God on our own

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 and to listen

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 and to still ourselves.

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 But at the same time,

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 this is why it's worth

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 mentioning hand in hand

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 with solitude,

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 is community.

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 Because there will be

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 other personality types

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 that will find

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 actually the thought

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 of meeting with others

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 terrifying.

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 there will be others

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 that will feel

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 actually, you know,

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 I find actually time alone,

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 that's what I like.

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 I find that's my comfort zone.

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 But the thought

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 of actually joining together

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 even with just a small group

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 of others,

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 I find that quite difficult.

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 But again,

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 it's through others,

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 not just ourselves

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 in isolation,

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 that God can and does

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 speak to us.

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 If you're not part

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 of a home group,

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 have a conversation.

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 Carolyn's here,

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 isn't she?

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 Carolyn, where are you?

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 Sorry, I didn't warn you.

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 Carolyn,

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 could you stand up?

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 Carolyn is our home group

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 coordinator here.

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 And yeah,

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 so if you'd like

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 to join a home group,

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 if you're not,

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 no, in fact,

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 let me rephrase that.

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 If you don't like

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 the thought of joining

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 a home group,

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 it terrifies you.

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 But listening to this

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 right now,

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 you're thinking,

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 do you know what though?

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 I hear what you're saying

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 and I perhaps need

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 to break out of my bubble

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 and meet with some

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 other people.

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 We're not talking

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 big numbers,

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 that's why we call

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 them small groups.

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 But if you're thinking

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 actually perhaps

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 that's the time I do that,

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 have a word with Carolyn.

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 But the point

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 with all of these things

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 is not to sort of

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 just deliberately

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 inflict psychological

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 pain on ourselves.

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 That's not what

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 we're talking about

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 when we use

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 the word discipline.

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 Rather,

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 it is about recognising

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 that there are

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 some things

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 that may not,

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 we may not feel

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 like doing.

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 They don't come naturally.

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 But we need to do

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 these things

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 if we are serious

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 about tending

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 to that relationship

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 with God.

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 You know,

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 that's true

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 again in all relationships

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 that actually

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 we need to

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 do things

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 from time to time

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 that we don't

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 feel like doing.

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 That in fact

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 if we don't do

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 those things

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 then the relationship

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 breaks right down.

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 There are times

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 when we have to say

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 sorry in relationships

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 and we don't feel

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 like it.

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 There are times

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 when we may not

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 feel or remember

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 like saying

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 thank you.

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 We need to do it.

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 There are times

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 that gratitude

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 is a good example

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 here because

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 thankfulness

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 is really at the

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 core of the

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 spirituality that we

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 see Paul talking

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 about in the

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 New Testament.

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 And he talks

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 about giving

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 thanks in all

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 circumstances.

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 Not because of

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 all circumstances

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 but in all

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 circumstances.

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 Which is why

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 we find him

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 even writing

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 from chains

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 in prison

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 saying actually

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 remember to

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 give thanks

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 all the time.

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 His letters

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 open up so I

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 give thanks

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 every time I

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 think of you.

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 He's talking

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 about thanksgiving

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 all of the time

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 and yet

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 here was a man

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 who was beaten

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 for his faith

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 who was persecuted

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 for his faith

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 who was put in

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 prison for his

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 faith.

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 Thankfulness

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 something that

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 doesn't always

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 may not feel

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 like doing

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 but when we

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 discipline ourselves

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 to do it

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 we find then

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 that thankfulness

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 becomes nurtured.

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 There's a story

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 about two guys

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 walking across a

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 field and

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 there was a

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 bull which they

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 didn't know

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 when they entered

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 the field.

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 But then they

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 looked across

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 and they saw

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 this huge great

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 big animal

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 and it was

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 starting to

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 come towards

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 them.

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 They began to

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 walk a bit

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 faster and so

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 did the bull.

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 And so they

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 began to run

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 and as they

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 ran so did

00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.599
 the bull and

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 one of them

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 said to the

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 other I

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 think I know

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 we don't do

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 this but we

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 need to pray

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 can you say

00:17:14.879 --> 00:17:15.680
 a prayer out

00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.379
 loud now?

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 And the other

00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.480
 one is getting

00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:19.019
 out of breath

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 running said I

00:17:20.379 --> 00:17:21.259
 don't pray out

00:17:21.259 --> 00:17:21.579
 loud.

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 He said no but

00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:22.819
 you went to a

00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:23.519
 Christian school

00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:24.220
 years ago you

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 told me that

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 they used to

00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:25.759
 force you to

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 pray out

00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:26.639
 loud in

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 assemblies.

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 He said yeah

00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:28.119
 that was

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 years ago.

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 Well you

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 must be able

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 to remember

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 something.

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 So he paused

00:17:32.220 --> 00:17:32.779
 for a moment

00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:33.379
 and thought the

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 first prayer he

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.480
 could remember

00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:35.019
 and he shouted

00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:35.939
 out Lord for

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 what we are

00:17:36.460 --> 00:17:36.939
 about to

00:17:36.939 --> 00:17:37.599
 receive make

00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:38.000
 us truly

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 grateful.

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 Circumstances

00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:45.399
 don't always make

00:17:45.399 --> 00:17:45.919
 us feel

00:17:45.919 --> 00:17:46.539
 particularly

00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:47.099
 thankful.

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 That's what

00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:49.939
 discipline is

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 about.

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:52.139
 Even when

00:17:52.139 --> 00:17:52.939
 everything within

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 us is resisting

00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.319
 the need,

00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:54.879
 the urge,

00:17:55.159 --> 00:17:55.919
 the feeling,

00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:56.939
 the emotional

00:17:56.939 --> 00:17:57.799
 state of

00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:58.599
 thankfulness.

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 Sometimes we've

00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:00.179
 got to dig

00:18:00.179 --> 00:18:00.799
 deep and make

00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:01.379
 that effort

00:18:01.379 --> 00:18:03.639
 to work out

00:18:03.639 --> 00:18:04.480
 that salvation

00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.099
 with trembling

00:18:05.099 --> 00:18:05.579
 and fear.

00:18:05.659 --> 00:18:05.960
 Remember it's

00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:06.240
 not about

00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:07.279
 earning salvation,

00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:07.740
 that's already

00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:08.179
 a gift.

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 But the

00:18:09.439 --> 00:18:09.919
 presence of

00:18:09.919 --> 00:18:10.220
 the living

00:18:10.220 --> 00:18:10.740
 God that is

00:18:10.740 --> 00:18:11.799
 already there

00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:13.639
 that just

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 calls us

00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:15.799
 to make

00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:16.139
 ourselves

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 aware.

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 strategy by

00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:20.759
 which we

00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:21.679
 interrupt our

00:18:21.679 --> 00:18:22.479
 preoccupation

00:18:22.479 --> 00:18:23.119
 of ourselves

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 and attend

00:18:24.639 --> 00:18:25.019
 to the

00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:25.519
 presence of

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 God.

00:18:29.459 --> 00:18:30.139
 As we come

00:18:30.139 --> 00:18:30.719
 to pray in

00:18:30.719 --> 00:18:31.219
 just a moment

00:18:31.219 --> 00:18:32.579
 I just want to

00:18:32.579 --> 00:18:33.119
 draw attention

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 to a particular

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 thing we find

00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:35.419
 in scripture

00:18:35.419 --> 00:18:36.859
 and you may have

00:18:36.859 --> 00:18:37.159
 heard me talk

00:18:37.159 --> 00:18:37.719
 about this before

00:18:37.719 --> 00:18:38.479
 but I've talked

00:18:38.479 --> 00:18:39.159
 about it quite a bit

00:18:39.159 --> 00:18:39.500
 because I think

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 it's quite important,

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 very important.

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 Paul in his

00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:46.359
 letters uses a

00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:47.400
 pair of phrases

00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:49.599
 over and over

00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:50.120
 again in different

00:18:50.120 --> 00:18:51.920
 places where he

00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.620
 talks about

00:18:52.620 --> 00:18:54.079
 putting things

00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:55.980
 on and

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:56.480
 putting things

00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:57.000
 off, taking

00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:57.599
 things off.

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 It's an image

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.500
 we encounter

00:18:59.500 --> 00:19:00.200
 over and over

00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:01.319
 again and the

00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:01.880
 reason I want to

00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:02.859
 draw attention to

00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:03.539
 it now is it

00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:04.339
 has everything to

00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:04.819
 do with that

00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:05.519
 theme of

00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.079
 discipline.

00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:08.539
 When we don't

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.759
 feel like

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:11.019
 praying,

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 or giving

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 thanks or

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 reading scripture

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 or community

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.620
 or solitude

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 or whatever it

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 is we're talking

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 about, we don't

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 feel about it,

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 it cuts, we

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 don't feel like

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 it, then we

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.900
 are called, well,

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 to get on and

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 do it, to put it

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 on.

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 And Paul uses

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 that phrase in

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:28.220
 different forms

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 over and over

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 again where he

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 talks about putting

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 on the new self

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 and taking off

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 the old,

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 Ephesians 4.

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 And Colossians 3

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 talks about putting

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 on love,

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 clothe yourselves,

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 clothe yourselves

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 with compassion

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 and kindness

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 and gentleness

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 and patience.

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 Things that might

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 not come instinctively

00:19:48.860 --> 00:19:50.380
 or naturally

00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:51.040
 at that moment

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 in time.

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 But he says

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 you've got to

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 take this on,

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 you've got to

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 put it on.

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 It might not

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 wear that

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 comfortably right

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 now but you've

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 got to put it

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 on and take off

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 some of the

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 stuff that you

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 need to take

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 off.

00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:02.140
 Putting on

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 Christian character,

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 it goes against

00:20:04.800 --> 00:20:05.800
 our natural

00:20:05.800 --> 00:20:06.980
 inclinations but

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 when we do so

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 we grow.

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 Again in Ephesians

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 6 and in

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 Romans 13

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 Paul talks about

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 putting on

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 the armour of

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 God.

00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:15.980
 Armour,

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 I've never worn

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 it but I imagine

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 it's not that

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 comfortable.

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 You get used

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 to it,

00:20:20.820 --> 00:20:21.440
 you grow into

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 it.

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 And that's the

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 image that we

00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.340
 find in Paul

00:20:24.340 --> 00:20:24.740
 when he talks

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 about clothing

00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:25.840
 the self,

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.440
 putting on

00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:27.259
 these things

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.759
 of God.

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 It doesn't

00:20:29.060 --> 00:20:30.299
 come naturally

00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:31.840
 maybe at first,

00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.480
 sometimes it

00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:32.960
 does but it

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 doesn't always.

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 But it will.

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 Because when

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 you practice

00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:38.000
 discipline,

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 after a while

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 it becomes

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 part of you,

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 you grow into

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 it.

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 And this is

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 Paul's vision

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 of what it is

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.419
 to truly flourish

00:20:45.419 --> 00:20:46.019
 as a human

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.339
 being.

00:20:46.639 --> 00:20:47.339
 God meets you

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 where you are

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 but he doesn't

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:49.319
 leave you there

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 because he has

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.960
 a vision that

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 you might not

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.700
 see yet and

00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:53.460
 might be difficult

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.399
 to understand or

00:20:54.399 --> 00:20:55.779
 even believe but

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.740
 that you can and

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:58.139
 you will grow and

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 grow and grow.

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 And this is a

00:20:59.439 --> 00:21:00.480
 lifelong experience

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:02.220
 into the Christ

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:04.539
 shaped person that

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:05.259
 God longs for us

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.659
 to be.

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.200
 You can always

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:08.980
 tell when it's

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:10.180
 early September

00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:10.960
 in Clevedon.

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 If you go through

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 Clevedon,

00:21:12.399 --> 00:21:12.740
 the middle of

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:13.159
 Clevedon,

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.099
 at about

00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.879
 quarter past

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 eight to

00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:15.799
 quarter past

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 nine in the

00:21:16.379 --> 00:21:16.720
 morning,

00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.200
 the school's

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:19.220
 just starting up.

00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.519
 And you see

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:20.980
 all the year

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.940
 sevens walking

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.599
 to school,

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.579
 very enthusiastically

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.279
 or not,

00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:26.079
 in their new

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:26.599
 blazers,

00:21:27.420 --> 00:21:28.240
 which generally

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.960
 come down to

00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:30.819
 the knee and

00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.220
 beyond,

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.619
 almost down to

00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:33.220
 the fingertips.

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 And you know

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.659
 that it won't

00:21:35.659 --> 00:21:36.319
 be that long

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:37.099
 before those

00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:37.639
 blazers,

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.059
 well,

00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:38.519
 they won't

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:38.899
 shrink.

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.779
 They'll be

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.379
 grown into.

00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:43.379
 Those young

00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:43.920
 people grow

00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.579
 very quickly

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:46.659
 and they grow

00:21:46.659 --> 00:21:47.399
 into those

00:21:47.399 --> 00:21:49.059
 things in which

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:49.460
 they've been

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:49.920
 clothed.

00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:52.539
 When Paul talks

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.500
 about clothing

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.319
 the self,

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.279
 putting on

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:56.019
 these new

00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.359
 things,

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:56.960
 he has this

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.619
 vision that

00:21:57.619 --> 00:21:57.960
 there are

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.539
 things of

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:58.879
 God,

00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:00.159
 things of the

00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.759
 Holy Spirit

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.539
 that we can

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.019
 and we will

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.579
 grow into.

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.259
 But this is a

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.299
 lifelong process.

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:04.960
 It doesn't

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.299
 matter how

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.779
 long we've

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.279
 been followers

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.079
 of Jesus,

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:09.399
 we're still

00:22:09.399 --> 00:22:10.099
 in that process

00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:10.680
 of growing

00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:11.839
 into that

00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:12.759
 salvation which

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.259
 is already

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.799
 ours.

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:18.220
 The strategy

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:19.339
 by which we

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:20.500
 interrupt our

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.659
 preoccupation with

00:22:21.659 --> 00:22:22.059
 the self

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:24.339
 and attend to

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:24.940
 the presence

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:26.039
 of God.

00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:28.319
 God's

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:29.039
 love.

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.319
 Remember,

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.000
 faith in

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.460
 Jesus is

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.000
 not about

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.879
 doing,

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.399
 it's about

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:32.759
 being.

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:34.700
 But when

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.119
 you tend

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:35.460
 to that

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.159
 being in

00:22:36.159 --> 00:22:36.339
 him,

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.839
 you start

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:37.500
 doing stuff.

00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:39.799
 But sometimes

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.279
 we have to

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.799
 start doing

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.319
 stuff in

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.639
 order for

00:22:41.639 --> 00:22:42.240
 that being

00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.799
 to grow.

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.379
 And that's

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:44.859
 what we mean

00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.159
 when we're

00:22:45.159 --> 00:22:45.700
 talking about

00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.200
 spiritual

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.659
 discipline.

00:22:48.659 --> 00:22:49.539
 Let's

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:49.839
 pray.

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:56.179
 Lord,

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:58.839
 thank you.

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.299
 Thank you

00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:01.639
 that you

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:02.119
 love us,

00:23:02.199 --> 00:23:02.459
 that you

00:23:02.459 --> 00:23:03.000
 are here

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.799
 with us,

00:23:03.959 --> 00:23:04.359
 that you

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:04.919
 are among

00:23:04.919 --> 00:23:05.299
 us.

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.559
 Thank you

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:10.000
 that following

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:11.939
 you is not

00:23:11.939 --> 00:23:12.559
 just something

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:13.579
 that we do

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:13.939
 with our

00:23:13.939 --> 00:23:14.359
 heads.

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:14.899
 It's not

00:23:14.899 --> 00:23:17.439
 just a decision

00:23:17.439 --> 00:23:18.319
 that we're

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.500
 going to

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.299
 believe something,

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.559
 but it's

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.299
 entering into

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:22.200
 a relationship

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:23.680
 by which

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.220
 your Holy

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.720
 Spirit

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:27.039
 enters us.

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.740
 Lord,

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.500
 we're sorry

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.180
 for when we

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.559
 have not

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.259
 tended to

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.019
 that reality,

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:34.859
 when we

00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:35.319
 have just

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:36.059
 gone through

00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.960
 preoccupied

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.579
 with ourselves.

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:37.940
 Lord,

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.700
 forgive us.

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.619
 Lord,

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.359
 thank you

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:44.180
 that when

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.919
 we confess

00:23:44.919 --> 00:23:45.579
 the reality

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.099
 of our

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.759
 brokenness

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.139
 and our

00:23:47.139 --> 00:23:47.379
 sin,

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.619
 that you

00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.279
 forgive us,

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.639
 you are

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:49.940
 there

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.440
 ready,

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.420
 longing to

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.279
 restore us.

00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:53.059
 And we

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:53.639
 pray that

00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:54.299
 right now.

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.319
 Come,

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.220
 Holy Spirit.

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.299
 As we

00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:03.879
 continue in

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.500
 conversation

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.119
 here this

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:05.420
 morning,

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:05.859
 and when we

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.279
 leave this

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.019
 place eventually,

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.700
 we may

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.160
 know

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:11.240
 that your

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.940
 Spirit goes

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.420
 with us,

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.339
 not just

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:13.839
 with us,

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:15.220
 but within

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.799
 us.

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.539
 Lord,

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.019
 we thank

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.259
 you.

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:25.859
 Amen.

00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:28.019
 Amen.

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:31.960
 Amen.