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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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! Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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! Can a selfish person really become loving and generous?

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! Can a fearful, anxious person ever be at peace?

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 Can a hothead really become patient? We have our doubts, don't we?

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 But Jesus has good news for us this morning along those lines as we continue to learn about

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 our union with Christ, about abiding in Christ. This summer we've been hearing God's Word tell

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 us about this wonderful reality that God has placed us, has defined us, has blessed us,

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 has loved us so completely in Christ that nothing can take us out of Jesus or take Jesus out of us.

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 We've seen how unbreakable that union is, right?

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 That gives us hope and confidence in Christ. But now as we kind of move towards the later part of

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 the summer, we're considering how even the difficult parts of life are a part of this.

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 There's a dynamic or developing aspect of that union. Last week Bill Nash really helpfully led us

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 in considering how the suffering that we go through, right? We grow in knowing Jesus better,

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 further up, further in. Now to be clear, we can't be united to Jesus any more truly than we already are,

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 okay? But our awareness of that union, our living out of it, our drawing strength from it can and must

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 grow over time. It's dynamic. That's what I mean by that word. In that sense, it's kind of like a

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 marriage relationship which is one of the biblical pictures that God gives us for our union with Christ.

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 Christy and I celebrated 21 years of marriage this week. That's really, really exciting.

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 But we were just as officially married on that day 21 years ago as we are now. Legally, technically,

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 officially, we are equally married as we were then. But the relationship has definitely deepened

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 in 21 years, right? I mean, we can order for each other at most any restaurant pretty effectively.

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 We know what the other one will feel in most situations. That really wasn't true 21 years ago.

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 Now what happens is I'm like going along and just pretending to be happy with something. Christy will

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 say to me, why are you frustrated? And I will say, me? Frustrated? Now I'm frustrated that you knew

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 I was frustrated. How did you pick up on that? She knows everything.

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 You're either married or you're not, right? You can't be half married. We're no more married than

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 we ever were, but we're growing, right? In knowledge, in love, in the blessing of this dynamic relationship.

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 We're growing because the reality of the relationship is secure.

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 So in our relationship with God, God loves us, graces us, blesses us right where we are.

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 Those realities don't change. They don't ebb and flow each day. And God longs for us to be shaped

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 into His image the way that He created us to be and the way He envisioned us to be when He united us

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 to His Son so that transformation would actually be possible for us. It could happen in our lives.

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 That's what we're going to be talking about these next two weeks. How that relationship with Jesus

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 that's so secure actually produces change, growth in otherwise stagnant or decaying people like you and me,

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 who otherwise we'd care only about ourselves, who as we get older would just get more ornery and more sore.

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 That's the way things trend.

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 Instead, I want you to think of someone who's aging, someone older that you know of.

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 Maybe their mind's not quite as sharp as before. Maybe their body is getting weaker, but you know someone

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 and they're just a beautiful person, right? You know someone like this, full of love and joy and peace.

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 This week we're going to look at the positive side of that change in bearing fruit.

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 Next week we're going to look at the flip side in battling sin. Don't skip.

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 Let's turn together to John chapter 15. This is Jesus' classic explanation of this reality to His disciples

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 the night before the cross. As He's sending them as His representatives on His mission,

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 He gives them a vital picture of their ongoing relationship with Him even though He's going away.

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 It's John 15 at verse 1. Jesus Himself says,

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 I am the true vine and my Father is the vine dresser. Every branch of mine that does not bear fruit He takes away

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 and every branch that does bear fruit He prunes that it may bear more fruit.

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 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

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 Abide in me and I in you.

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 As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine,

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 neither can you unless you abide in me.

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 I am the vine.

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 You are the branches.

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 Whoever abides in me and I in him,

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 he it is that bears much fruit.

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 For apart from me, you can do nothing.

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 If anyone does not abide in me,

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 he's thrown away like a branch and withers.

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 And the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned.

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 But if you abide in me,

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 and my words abide in you,

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 ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you.

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 By this my Father is glorified that you bear much fruit

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 and so prove to be my disciples.

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 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.

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 Abide in my love.

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 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love,

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 just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love.

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 These things I have spoken to you,

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 that my joy may be in you

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 and that your joy may be full.

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 This is God's word.

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 Join me as we ask for His help.

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 Father, we do pray that you would draw us close

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 and teach us to abide.

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 We need your help with that.

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 Even with coming to you for help, we need your help.

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 We are desperately needy.

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 We ask that you would meet us in our need,

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 that you would change us,

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 that you would, as you promised,

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 make us like Jesus.

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 That's our hope and it's our request of you today.

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 Do that work in each of us.

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 For Jesus' sake, we ask.

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 Amen.

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 We saw a few months ago in our study of John's Gospel

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 that Jesus here in this passage

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 is drawing on an Old Testament image

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 of God's relationship with His people, right?

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 They were to be for Him.

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 They were to be for Him a fruitful vine.

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 He wanted His people to produce righteousness

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 and justice and reflect His image.

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 But Isaiah says,

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 While the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel

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 and the men of Judah are as pleasant planting,

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 God comes to look through His vineyard

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 and find all of the wonderful fruit.

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 He looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed.

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 For righteousness, but behold, an outcry.

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 It's that rotten fruit, right?

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 Repeatedly, God's people are a vine that bears bad fruit.

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 And so, the reason I point that out briefly

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 is that Jesus is making a massive statement

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 when He stands to say,

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 I am the true vine.

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 He's saying, I'm the one who will be obedient,

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 faithful, just, merciful,

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 a reflection of the King,

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 a light to the nations.

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 I'm gonna do that, Jesus says.

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 That's who I am.

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 And so, if we want to be fruitful branches,

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 a part of God's people,

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 we have to be connected to Jesus.

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 Grafted in, if you will, to the true vine.

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 You'll notice that throughout this passage.

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 That's what makes all the difference, isn't it?

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 Jesus says it a number of different ways.

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 It's our vital connection to Him.

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 Just notice for a minute before we move on

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 how amazing and wonderful Jesus must be

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 for that to be true.

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 What life must be pulsing through Him

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 to be the source of life for all of God's children.

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 What utter goodness to please

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 the perfectly righteous King.

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 The vine dresser Himself is seeing the fruit

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 that He longs for.

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 What power Jesus must have to hold together

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 in one branch all of these diverse branches

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 of God's family from every tribe and tongue and nation

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 all in Christ.

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 He is the vine that we can count on.

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 It's like what Paul says

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 when he describes our ongoing life in this world

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 and he reminds us to live the same way

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 that we were saved in Jesus,

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 in total dependence.

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 As you received Christ Jesus the Lord,

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 so walk in Him.

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 Colossians chapter 2.

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 Rooted and built up in Him.

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 Put those roots down deeper into Jesus.

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 Further up, further in.

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 That will be the source of fruit in our lives.

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 Let's not get confused and look for it anywhere else.

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 Now we're gonna get to how that works.

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 Right now that's pretty theoretical.

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 But it's where we have to start.

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 And don't you love what Jesus is saying?

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 Notice what else.

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 It's not just that He's the vine,

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 but there's a promise here for us.

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 Look, verse 5.

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 Abide in me and I in you.

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 That's what we've been talking about this summer.

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 Christ in us.

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 Us in Christ.

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 This beautiful union.

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 And bear much fruit.

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 Not maybe.

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 Not a little bit here and some there.

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 But definitely, certainly, inevitably,

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 you can count on much fruit.

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 Perhaps we think first of the fruit of the Spirit, right?

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 Like we read earlier.

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 Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,

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 faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control

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 starting to grow in our lives.

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 Later in this passage,

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 the fruit of answered prayers is mentioned.

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 Clearly in this context,

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 Jesus is sending His disciples on His mission

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 to bear the fruit of others joining them

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 in relationship with Jesus.

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 Lots of different kinds of fruit.

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 But listen, in any of those areas,

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 because of what Jesus is saying,

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 don't give up because you're down on yourself.

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 And because you're feeling weak

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 or stuck or hopeless.

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 If you are united to Christ by faith,

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 Jesus says change is coming.

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 Growth is certain because He is the true vine,

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 the life-giving vine.

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 In fact, when we see even just a little fruit

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 in our lives, that shouldn't discourage us.

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 That should encourage us.

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 What happens when there's a little fruit?

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 What does Jesus say?

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 Expect more to come

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 because our Father, the vine dresser,

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 is so good.

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 Even in the painful seasons,

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 He is pruning us.

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 Right?

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 So that what happens?

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 So that we're miserable and give up?

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 No.

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 So that we bear more fruit.

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 He is so good.

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 Even when you can hardly see it,

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 it's just a little blossom.

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 God, it feels like He's cutting on you.

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 It feels like, oh, this is painful.

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 If you're a gardener,

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 it might look like death.

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 Right?

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 There's all this stuff all over the lawn,

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 but He's bringing more fruit.

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 I mean, that makes sense, doesn't it?

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 How could it be that we could be

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 in such close, vital relationship with Jesus

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 like we've been talking about

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 and not be changed?

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 Not bear fruit?

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 It wouldn't make sense,

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 would it as powerful as He is?

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 That is the vital, dynamic nature

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 of this picture for our union with Christ.

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 Maybe I picture Jesus walking with His disciples,

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 you know, toward the garden that night

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 after they've left the upper room,

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 and He maybe picks up a branch like this

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 and He's holding it and saying,

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 look, this kind of fruit.

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 He's saying the life of the vine

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 flows into the branches

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 so that they bear fruit.

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 And He's saying, I might be leaving,

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 but this is the kind of relationship we have.

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 Expect it.

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 Count on it.

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 There's fruit coming in your life.

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 And side note,

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 we need to believe that

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 not only in our own lives,

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 but if it's true for us,

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 where else can we believe it?

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 What about others?

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 Don't give up on them.

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 Don't decide that He's too far gone,

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 that she's not worth having any hope for,

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 because Jesus brings fruit.

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 Don't give up.

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 He promises there's fruit coming.

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 But it's not just this automatic transaction, is it?

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 It's not that everyone united to Christ

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 bears exactly the same fruit

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 at exactly the same time, right?

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 That's not our experience.

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 Jesus takes great pains here,

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 repeating over and over,

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 what are we supposed to do?

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 Abide.

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 Abide.

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 If you abide.

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 He's saying,

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 apart from me,

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 you can do

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 nothing.

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 Not much fruit.

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 Not even a little fruit.

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 No fruit.

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 It's a big difference.

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 So don't just,

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 don't just stop by and visit me occasionally,

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 Jesus is saying.

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 Make your home

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 with me.

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 Will it be fruitful

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 to go this afternoon

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 and find a dead branch

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 in your yard

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 and hold it up

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 to a tree

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 or a vine?

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 Will you start to see fruit grow

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 all of a sudden?

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 What if you did it overnight?

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 If you stood out there

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 a long time

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 holding the dead branch

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 up next to the vine,

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 would that help?

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 What if you held them close,

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 like a few minutes

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 every day

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 all year,

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 you know?

00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:37.039
 Five or ten minutes

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 in the morning.

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 Would that do it?

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 No.

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 You have to connect

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 to them

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 vitally.

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 If you just

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 go around

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 and there's another option,

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 you could find some good fruit

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 and you could

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 tape it to the dead branch,

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 right?

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 And that would look good

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 for a few minutes

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 and then

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 pretty soon

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 that's not gonna last,

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 is it?

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 The fruit's gonna go bad.

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 The branch

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 won't look good.

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 No,

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 for real

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 lasting fruit,

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 the branch

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 has to make

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 its home

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 in the vine

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 so that it is

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 actually connected

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 in a way that draws

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 life and nourishment

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 and power

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 from the source

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 of that life.

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 That's what has to happen,

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 right?

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 I've showed you pictures

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 of Team Hoyt

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 before.

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 It's not a perfect

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 illustration

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 for everything,

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 but it does picture

00:17:29.919 --> 00:17:31.119
 this aspect

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 of our union

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 with Christ

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 really well.

00:17:34.539 --> 00:17:35.399
 The branch

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 draws its power

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 from the vine.

00:17:39.659 --> 00:17:41.439
 Dick and Rick Hoyt

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 are father and son

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 triathletes.

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 They have competed

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 together in triathlons

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 and marathons

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 around the world.

00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:49.459
 Rick,

00:17:49.579 --> 00:17:50.119
 the son

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 in the chair there,

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 has cerebral palsy.

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 And so,

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:55.939
 Rick

00:17:55.939 --> 00:17:57.619
 really can't

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 compete

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 on his own

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 in triathlons.

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 But his father,

00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.140
 Dick,

00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:06.640
 powers the team.

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 Rick's job

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 is to stay connected

00:18:10.019 --> 00:18:11.539
 to the power source,

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 not just occasionally,

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 not just checking in

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 during the race,

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 but constantly.

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 They have a wheelchair

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 adapted

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:20.140
 for Dick

00:18:20.140 --> 00:18:21.019
 to push Rick

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 as they run

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 and then when they get

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 to the biking part,

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 there's a special chair

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 that Rick sits in

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 while Dick

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 is riding

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 and then you gotta swim

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 and so they've got

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 this special little boat

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 and Rick

00:18:33.979 --> 00:18:35.119
 gets in the boat,

00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:36.659
 Dick ties it around

00:18:36.659 --> 00:18:37.179
 his arm

00:18:37.179 --> 00:18:38.500
 and starts to

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 swim

00:18:39.199 --> 00:18:40.299
 because apart

00:18:40.299 --> 00:18:41.159
 from Dick,

00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:42.239
 Rick can do

00:18:42.239 --> 00:18:42.799
 nothing

00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:43.959
 of the completion

00:18:43.959 --> 00:18:45.079
 of a triathlon,

00:18:45.379 --> 00:18:45.579
 right?

00:18:47.339 --> 00:18:48.059
 In fact,

00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:49.059
 Rick would be crazy

00:18:49.059 --> 00:18:50.779
 to go even for a little while

00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:51.839
 outside of the boat

00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:53.899
 or out of his chair.

00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:57.080
 but connected to Dick,

00:18:57.820 --> 00:18:59.120
 Rick competes

00:18:59.120 --> 00:19:00.200
 with power

00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:01.660
 and life

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:03.640
 and joy

00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:04.519
 when you see

00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.259
 the picture

00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:06.500
 reveling

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.400
 not only

00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:08.300
 that he's finishing

00:19:08.300 --> 00:19:08.800
 the race

00:19:08.800 --> 00:19:09.680
 but I think

00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:10.500
 there's joy.

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:11.580
 They say this,

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.960
 that this is their favorite

00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:13.880
 thing to do together.

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.880
 He's reveling

00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:15.900
 in the relationship

00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:17.300
 with his father

00:19:17.300 --> 00:19:17.980
 that they get

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:19.280
 to do this together

00:19:19.280 --> 00:19:21.060
 and there we are

00:19:21.060 --> 00:19:22.019
 with Jesus,

00:19:22.300 --> 00:19:22.640
 right?

00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:23.900
 who promises

00:19:23.900 --> 00:19:25.140
 as we draw

00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:26.020
 our life

00:19:26.020 --> 00:19:27.040
 from him

00:19:27.040 --> 00:19:28.000
 rather than

00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:29.280
 wandering out

00:19:29.280 --> 00:19:29.820
 on our own

00:19:29.820 --> 00:19:30.500
 to rely on

00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:31.759
 our own strength

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:33.640
 that we will

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:34.060
 bear

00:19:34.060 --> 00:19:34.960
 much

00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:36.140
 fruit.

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 And as Jesus

00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:39.200
 continues talking

00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:40.360
 he explains

00:19:40.360 --> 00:19:41.080
 a bit more

00:19:41.080 --> 00:19:41.920
 of how that works

00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:42.560
 itself out

00:19:42.560 --> 00:19:43.140
 in our lives.

00:19:43.320 --> 00:19:44.040
 He tells us

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 to abide

00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:46.200
 which Pastor Andrew

00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:47.120
 Murray helpfully

00:19:47.120 --> 00:19:48.060
 reminds us

00:19:48.060 --> 00:19:49.300
 is weakness

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 entrusting itself

00:19:50.780 --> 00:19:52.020
 to a mighty one

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:54.160
 an unfaithful one

00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:55.319
 casting self

00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:55.960
 on one

00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:56.920
 altogether

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 trustworthy

00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:59.279
 and true.

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 That's what

00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:01.220
 abiding is.

00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:02.579
 Jesus indeed

00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:03.700
 is a home

00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:05.639
 we can count on.

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.599
 Making our

00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:07.740
 home with him.

00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:08.680
 That's the idea

00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:09.579
 of abiding.

00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:11.119
 That's what I mean

00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:11.639
 by that.

00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:12.920
 We make our home

00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.460
 in him

00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:14.400
 as he makes

00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.079
 his home

00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:16.720
 in us.

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:18.779
 He assures us

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:20.299
 over and over here

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:22.139
 that this process

00:20:22.139 --> 00:20:23.659
 of trusting in him

00:20:23.659 --> 00:20:24.919
 making the reality

00:20:24.919 --> 00:20:25.839
 of our relationship

00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:26.299
 with him

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:27.539
 the core of our identity

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.519
 the center

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.319
 of our reality

00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:30.220
 our home

00:20:30.220 --> 00:20:32.000
 will produce fruit.

00:20:33.639 --> 00:20:34.579
 But we don't

00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:35.240
 really understand

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:36.019
 that very easily.

00:20:36.159 --> 00:20:36.440
 How?

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:37.480
 How does that happen?

00:20:38.659 --> 00:20:39.059
 I'm going to give you

00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:39.659
 three things

00:20:39.659 --> 00:20:40.139
 that he says

00:20:40.139 --> 00:20:40.740
 in this passage

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 and then I want to give you

00:20:41.379 --> 00:20:42.099
 a picture of what

00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:42.779
 it looks like.

00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:44.220
 Some of us need

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.879
 both of those

00:20:44.879 --> 00:20:45.599
 some of us are more

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.279
 helped by one

00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:46.759
 than the other.

00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:48.299
 Three ways

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:49.220
 that this works

00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:49.839
 itself out

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.440
 in our lives.

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.660
 First

00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:53.480
 Jesus' words

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.759
 being at home

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:56.160
 in you.

00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:57.259
 Verse 7

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:58.259
 If you abide

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.779
 in me

00:20:58.779 --> 00:21:00.740
 and my words

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.660
 abide in you

00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:03.900
 ask whatever you wish

00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:04.519
 and it will be

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.599
 done for you.

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.500
 This is repeated

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.960
 throughout scripture

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.759
 that the word

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.420
 of Christ

00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:10.440
 should dwell

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:11.500
 in us richly

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:12.500
 to shape our lives

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.539
 together as God's

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:14.180
 people.

00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:15.559
 That we are to hide

00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:16.359
 God's word

00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:17.480
 in our heart

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.480
 that we might not

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.779
 sin against him

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.579
 because his word

00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:21.559
 is a lamp to our feet

00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:22.980
 and a light to our path

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.259
 right?

00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:24.799
 So abiding

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.960
 in his word

00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:26.919
 means reading it

00:21:26.919 --> 00:21:28.259
 yes for sure

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:29.519
 and meditating

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.759
 on its direction

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.819
 for my life

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:33.399
 even memorizing it

00:21:33.399 --> 00:21:34.659
 so that I hear it

00:21:34.659 --> 00:21:35.200
 in my head

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:36.000
 throughout the day

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.899
 even when I don't have

00:21:36.899 --> 00:21:38.539
 a Bible in my hands

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:40.240
 I'm hearing God's word

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:41.679
 it's shaping my day

00:21:41.679 --> 00:21:43.240
 his word

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.460
 at home

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:45.759
 in me

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.220
 right?

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:48.299
 And particularly here

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:49.299
 the promise is

00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:50.640
 that as God's word

00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:52.120
 shapes our desires

00:21:52.120 --> 00:21:54.079
 shapes our prayers

00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:55.180
 our prayers

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:56.259
 for fruit

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:57.680
 are answered

00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:58.700
 that's what we're

00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.420
 praying for here

00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:00.220
 see they're not

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:01.579
 selfish prayers

00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:02.460
 they're prayers

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:04.019
 for the Father's

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.700
 glory

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.660
 when you pray

00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.059
 for him

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.779
 to make you

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.519
 fruitful

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:09.059
 and gentle

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:10.299
 generous

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:13.139
 like him

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:14.440
 God make me

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.279
 more like

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:15.960
 you

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.879
 his words

00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:17.559
 dwell in us

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.139
 and they make

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:18.779
 our desires

00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:20.119
 obedient to his

00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:20.519
 will

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.799
 for his glory

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:24.279
 in verse 9

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:25.339
 we make our

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:25.799
 home

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:27.019
 in Jesus'

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.859
 love

00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:30.139
 as the Father

00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:31.200
 has loved me

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:32.119
 so have I

00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:32.759
 loved you

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.799
 abide

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:36.059
 in my love

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:37.919
 this is that

00:22:37.919 --> 00:22:38.759
 mind-blowing

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.779
 truth that we

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.480
 saw again a

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.079
 couple of weeks

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.399
 ago

00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:41.759
 right?

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.659
 Because we're

00:22:44.659 --> 00:22:45.559
 united to

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.000
 Jesus

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:47.679
 as the Father

00:22:47.679 --> 00:22:48.899
 has loved

00:22:48.899 --> 00:22:49.480
 Jesus

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.440
 how is that?

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.639
 I couldn't

00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.599
 exhaust it for you

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:54.240
 but full knowledge

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.859
 of everything

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:56.759
 eternal perfection

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:58.179
 complete sharing

00:22:58.179 --> 00:22:59.259
 of all good things

00:22:59.259 --> 00:23:00.720
 it's this unending

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:02.200
 Trinitarian love

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:03.119
 within the God

00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:04.200
 who is love

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:05.420
 everything possible

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:05.879
 you could say

00:23:05.879 --> 00:23:06.539
 about love

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:08.240
 just in that way

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.460
 Jesus

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:12.240
 has loved you

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:14.180
 so much so

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:15.039
 that Paul says

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.980
 this is a love

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:17.039
 that surpasses

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.599
 knowledge

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:19.019
 and yet he prays

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.519
 that we will

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.220
 actually know

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.779
 how long

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.539
 and how wide

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.099
 and how high

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:23.099
 and how deep

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:24.700
 is this measureless

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.160
 love

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:26.640
 because why do we

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:27.000
 need to know

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:28.220
 all the dimensions?

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:30.100
 because we're told

00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:31.059
 to live there

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:32.559
 to make our

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.420
 home there

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:35.299
 to abide there

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:37.500
 in his love

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:39.180
 to have this reality

00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.880
 that is really

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.600
 beyond our

00:23:40.600 --> 00:23:41.259
 comprehension

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:43.059
 shape our lives

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:44.620
 listen his love

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.279
 is there

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:46.720
 it's not changing

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:48.039
 the question is

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:49.259
 are we resting

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.400
 living

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:52.039
 being empowered

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:53.259
 in it

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:55.680
 don't get out

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.180
 of the wheelchair

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:57.860
 or out of the boat

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:59.059
 and try to make

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.639
 it on your own

00:23:59.639 --> 00:24:00.519
 and try to produce

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.419
 your own fruit

00:24:01.419 --> 00:24:02.799
 if you're disconnected

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:04.699
 from Jesus' love

00:24:04.699 --> 00:24:06.599
 self-sacrificing love

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.579
 like God's love

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.719
 will grow in our lives

00:24:08.719 --> 00:24:09.479
 as we soak

00:24:09.479 --> 00:24:10.619
 constantly

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:11.799
 in his love

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.459
 for us

00:24:12.459 --> 00:24:14.799
 and then Jesus

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.579
 says one more

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:17.259
 thing about abiding

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:18.699
 it's his joy

00:24:18.699 --> 00:24:19.879
 making its home

00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:21.359
 in you

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.279
 verse 11

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:23.480
 these things

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.019
 I have spoken

00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.480
 to you

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.539
 that my joy

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:27.759
 may be in you

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:29.359
 and that your joy

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:30.099
 as a result

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:32.180
 may be full

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:34.799
 Jesus' joy

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:36.079
 we know Jesus' joy

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:37.039
 is not based on

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:38.259
 happy circumstances

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.660
 right

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.920
 because it was for

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.599
 the joy

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.319
 that was set

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.039
 before him

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:43.440
 that he endured

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:45.500
 the cross

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:48.059
 his joy

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.859
 we see here

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.819
 involves obedience

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:51.220
 to his father

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:53.039
 and it must have

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:54.940
 involved rescuing us

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.400
 right

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:56.420
 to bring us

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.920
 into this relationship

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.759
 that joy

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.440
 that was set

00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.700
 before him

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:02.039
 he delights

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:03.599
 in you

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:06.339
 it's a joy

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.779
 that knows

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:08.019
 no matter what happens

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.720
 even death

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.740
 on a cross

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:11.220
 good is coming

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:12.880
 from his loving father

00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:13.680
 it's a joy

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.119
 that feels

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.779
 certain

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.819
 that satisfaction

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:17.059
 in God's provision

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:18.299
 what he knows

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.759
 we need

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.979
 is more fulfilling

00:25:19.979 --> 00:25:20.859
 than anything

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:22.079
 that this world offers

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:23.239
 it's that kind of joy

00:25:23.239 --> 00:25:24.000
 it's a joy

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:25.199
 that trust God's

00:25:25.199 --> 00:25:26.279
 eternal inheritance

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:27.579
 relationship with him

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.639
 is more lasting

00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:29.799
 than any other relationship

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.579
 we've ever known

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.199
 or will know

00:25:31.199 --> 00:25:34.059
 it's a joy

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:35.879
 that celebrates

00:25:35.879 --> 00:25:38.000
 Jesus' victory

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.379
 right

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:39.679
 he is the one

00:25:39.679 --> 00:25:40.839
 who has driven this

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:42.199
 and achieved this victory

00:25:42.199 --> 00:25:43.659
 but it celebrates

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.880
 his victory

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:46.779
 as ours

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:48.759
 as we're delightfully

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:50.040
 connected to him

00:25:50.040 --> 00:25:51.960
 and crossing the finish line

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:53.240
 yes

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.700
 he conquered

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.560
 sin

00:25:55.560 --> 00:25:56.220
 and death

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.519
 we have conquered

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.400
 sin

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:58.840
 and death

00:25:58.840 --> 00:25:59.860
 what joy

00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:01.400
 in what he has done

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:04.140
 so

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:05.519
 wake up

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.860
 and sit in my presence

00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:08.100
 Jesus says

00:26:08.100 --> 00:26:09.580
 come with your

00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:10.920
 your honest tears

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:12.660
 and your genuine heartache

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.900
 about the really hard

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:15.460
 things you're walking through

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:17.080
 and open my word

00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:18.740
 and open your heart

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.279
 to me

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.360
 and I will

00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:22.120
 pour my joy

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:23.039
 into you

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:24.620
 so that it's at home

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:25.920
 in your heart

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:27.120
 a joy that comes

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.600
 from knowing

00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:28.600
 you're the apple

00:26:28.600 --> 00:26:29.460
 of my eye

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.420
 you're the delight

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:30.980
 of my heart

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.620
 you're the ones

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.640
 for whom I gave

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.340
 my life

00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:34.740
 so that you would share

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:36.460
 in the greatest thing ever

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:39.079
 life with me

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:40.500
 and my father

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:42.340
 I've given my life

00:26:42.340 --> 00:26:43.680
 so that my joy

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:45.900
 can start to fill

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.720
 your heart

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:48.400
 when it's the joy

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:49.079
 of Christ

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.940
 that fills your heart

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.940
 then your joy

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:52.460
 is full

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.240
 so

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.420
 when your

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:56.100
 kid wanders away

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:57.920
 when your house

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.539
 burns

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.500
 when you

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.900
 get mocked

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.940
 by co-workers

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.799
 or friends

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:04.180
 you hurt

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:06.220
 and you grieve

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:08.820
 and you rejoice

00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:12.100
 see that's different

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.420
 right

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.539
 that's something

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.519
 that's gotta change

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.700
 this is what Jesus

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.660
 tells us

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:18.299
 will change us

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.140
 in time

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:20.640
 we're so at home

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.299
 in him

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.560
 that his word

00:27:22.560 --> 00:27:23.600
 and his love

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:24.560
 and his joy

00:27:24.560 --> 00:27:26.019
 flow into us

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.539
 branches

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:28.700
 and bear fruit

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:30.000
 in our lives

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:32.980
 let me help us

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:34.019
 feel what this

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.759
 looks like

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.740
 in our lives

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.900
 to think how this

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:38.420
 abiding in the vine

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:39.279
 could actually

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:40.940
 bear fruit for us

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:42.180
 I wanna do that

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.799
 just give you

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.480
 one example

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.960
 this morning

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.900
 I wanna talk about

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.900
 loving someone

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:47.339
 who's hard to love

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:48.759
 I mean can we all

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.559
 agree that love

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.460
 is gonna be at the top

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.920
 of the list

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.779
 of the kind of fruit

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.799
 we want showing up

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.440
 in our lives

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.500
 and in our relationships

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.960
 and man

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:57.079
 that can be really hard

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.779
 sometimes

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:59.940
 imagine you're

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.639
 the parent

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:02.580
 of a difficult

00:28:02.580 --> 00:28:04.060
 two year old

00:28:04.060 --> 00:28:06.720
 for some of you

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.520
 that's really painful

00:28:07.520 --> 00:28:08.040
 right now

00:28:08.040 --> 00:28:08.800
 I get that

00:28:08.800 --> 00:28:10.100
 if you're not

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:11.400
 presently the parent

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.340
 of a difficult

00:28:12.340 --> 00:28:13.220
 two year old

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.900
 you can apply this

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.740
 equally well

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.600
 to a childish

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:17.240
 co-worker

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.780
 or friend

00:28:18.780 --> 00:28:19.980
 right

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:21.080
 kids

00:28:21.080 --> 00:28:22.780
 what does it look like

00:28:22.780 --> 00:28:24.120
 to love a sibling

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:25.899
 sometimes the people

00:28:25.899 --> 00:28:26.779
 closest to us

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.819
 can be hard

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.839
 to love

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:32.419
 you know someone

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:34.000
 hard to love

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:36.199
 people for whom

00:28:36.199 --> 00:28:37.619
 love is not naturally

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.379
 in your hearts

00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:39.379
 it's not the first thing

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:40.339
 that comes to mind

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:41.559
 think of someone

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:41.899
 okay

00:28:41.899 --> 00:28:43.779
 in your life

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:46.719
 but for sake

00:28:46.719 --> 00:28:47.419
 of one example

00:28:47.419 --> 00:28:48.459
 your parent

00:28:48.459 --> 00:28:49.859
 and your two year old

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:51.299
 is wearing you out

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:53.259
 disobeying

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.279
 everything

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:55.480
 that you say

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.259
 wreaking

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.980
 havoc

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.940
 around the house

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.660
 all day

00:28:58.660 --> 00:29:00.519
 and refusing

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.160
 to go

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:02.240
 to bed at night

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.599
 so that the chaos

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.819
 just continues

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:06.400
 and it never stops

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:07.200
 and you never

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:07.879
 get a break

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:09.700
 and in those

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.579
 tired moments

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.279
 that you've started

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.019
 to experience

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:13.779
 more and more of

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:15.200
 you've started

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:16.160
 losing your temper

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.799
 quite often

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:20.559
 losing control

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.440
 it seems like

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.019
 just about

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.640
 every night

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.060
 lately

00:29:23.060 --> 00:29:23.580
 and you're

00:29:23.580 --> 00:29:24.660
 discouraged

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:26.759
 you're ashamed

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:28.660
 you're angry

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.620
 you don't want

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.000
 to be

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:31.259
 like this

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:34.520
 so here you are

00:29:34.520 --> 00:29:35.780
 now you're driving

00:29:35.780 --> 00:29:36.280
 home

00:29:36.280 --> 00:29:37.180
 from work

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.660
 again

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.560
 and you know

00:29:38.560 --> 00:29:39.100
 that you are

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:40.380
 entering the whirlwind

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:41.220
 that's what you're

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.120
 coming home to

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:44.180
 you have a few minutes

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:45.820
 before you get there

00:29:45.820 --> 00:29:48.400
 you want to reset

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:50.880
 in those few minutes

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.759
 you could feel

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.360
 defeated

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:54.440
 and just decide

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.560
 that this child

00:29:55.560 --> 00:29:56.540
 is too wild

00:29:56.540 --> 00:29:57.780
 and I am too

00:29:57.780 --> 00:29:58.820
 short tempered

00:29:58.820 --> 00:29:59.880
 so I'm just going

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:00.620
 to lose it again

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:00.980
 tonight

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:02.400
 nothing can help

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.540
 that's it

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:05.720
 I've been there

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.799
 okay

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:08.019
 those feelings

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:09.200
 are real

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.819
 and can be

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.399
 overwhelming

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:12.899
 but Jesus says

00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:14.839
 don't give up

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:16.399
 he says

00:30:16.399 --> 00:30:17.039
 he's still

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.839
 working on you

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.440
 there's hope

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:21.379
 so let's suppose

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:22.519
 you're not there yet

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.379
 and you're not

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:23.920
 willing

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:25.200
 to give up

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.859
 on your evening

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:27.980
 you really want

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.720
 to be patient

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:30.059
 you really want

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:31.339
 to love your child

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:32.279
 you really want

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:33.199
 to be a good dad

00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:33.799
 you really want

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.759
 to think of yourself

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.639
 like that

00:30:35.639 --> 00:30:36.119
 right

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:38.339
 you have two basic

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:39.399
 options for how

00:30:39.399 --> 00:30:40.419
 to do it that night

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:40.740
 okay

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:42.579
 there's the option

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.740
 of growth

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:45.379
 in self

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:47.240
 by striving

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.299
 really hard

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:49.819
 or

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:52.519
 growth in grace

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.839
 in union

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.859
 with Christ

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:56.039
 let me try to paint

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:57.139
 two different pictures

00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:58.459
 you could spend

00:30:58.459 --> 00:30:59.339
 those few minutes

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:00.539
 like most of us do

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:02.920
 making your home

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.740
 in yourself

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:05.319
 it's a very tempting

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.940
 thing to do

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.799
 because we want

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.460
 to be good

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.799
 right

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.920
 I want to do this

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.519
 I want to find

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:10.220
 this in myself

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:11.279
 making my home

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.279
 in my own efforts

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:13.379
 this is my default

00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:14.659
 I'm locking in

00:31:14.659 --> 00:31:15.500
 on the way home

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:17.379
 I am giving myself

00:31:17.379 --> 00:31:18.019
 a pep talk

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:19.319
 I can be a good dad

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.399
 I won't lose

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:21.399
 to a toddler again

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.440
 that is so embarrassing

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:24.000
 I can outlast him

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:25.200
 I'm going to do it

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:26.720
 he can't make me

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.460
 lose my temper

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.980
 tonight

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:29.960
 in other words

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.940
 what are you doing

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.660
 as those thoughts

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.340
 start to go through

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:32.640
 your head

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:33.480
 you're seeking

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.100
 to shape

00:31:34.100 --> 00:31:35.039
 your own identity

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.579
 aren't you

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.860
 to tell yourself

00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:37.460
 who you are

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.340
 I'm going to be

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:38.759
 like this

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.900
 I insist on it

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.559
 this is who

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.200
 I'm going to be

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:42.039
 you could say it

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.360
 this way

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:43.120
 you're trying to

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:44.400
 decorate your branch

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:44.940
 with some

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:46.240
 good fruit

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.039
 it's the fruit

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:48.059
 that you should want

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:50.519
 put a little patience

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:51.960
 and love on it

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.660
 I want to look

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.440
 good tonight

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:55.880
 and some of us

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.460
 will have

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:58.039
 better nights

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.600
 than others

00:31:58.599 --> 00:32:00.019
 some will have

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.459
 a little bit

00:32:00.459 --> 00:32:01.819
 more success

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.839
 might depend

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.419
 on what kind

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:03.679
 of night

00:32:03.679 --> 00:32:04.379
 your two year old

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:04.819
 has

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:08.240
 but at the end

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.740
 of the night

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.339
 no matter

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:10.139
 how it went

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:11.719
 you're still

00:32:11.719 --> 00:32:12.480
 going to resent

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.139
 your child

00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:13.659
 aren't you

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:15.179
 for all of the

00:32:15.179 --> 00:32:15.740
 effort

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.399
 you're having

00:32:16.399 --> 00:32:17.359
 to put in

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:18.699
 you're exerting

00:32:18.699 --> 00:32:19.980
 all of this effort

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:21.779
 and you're feeling

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.579
 resentful

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.359
 rather than

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:24.419
 loving the child

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:25.879
 you see that

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:27.560
 there's no love

00:32:27.560 --> 00:32:28.300
 growing

00:32:28.300 --> 00:32:29.400
 except perhaps

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:30.600
 self-love

00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:31.860
 growing in your

00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:32.160
 heart

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.600
 is there

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:35.640
 as a result

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.540
 there's going to

00:32:36.540 --> 00:32:37.020
 be a night

00:32:37.020 --> 00:32:37.800
 again soon

00:32:37.800 --> 00:32:38.620
 where that toddler

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:39.880
 disturbs your peace

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:42.060
 and you're going

00:32:42.060 --> 00:32:42.840
 to break again

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:46.240
 or

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:49.120
 you could spend

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:50.040
 those few moments

00:32:50.040 --> 00:32:50.840
 that you have

00:32:50.840 --> 00:32:51.640
 in the car ride

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:52.040
 home

00:32:52.040 --> 00:32:53.620
 making your home

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:54.260
 if you will

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.460
 in Christ

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.440
 abiding

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.500
 in him

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.359
 maybe you know

00:32:58.359 --> 00:32:58.900
 you struggle

00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.420
 to do that

00:32:59.420 --> 00:32:59.819
 and someone

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.519
 in your grace

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:00.819
 group

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.920
 texts you

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:03.079
 to remind you

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:04.039
 of the wonder

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.740
 of Jesus

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.960
 and your relationship

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.539
 with him

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.240
 right as you're

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:08.319
 walking out the door

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:09.180
 and you're getting

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.779
 in the car

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:11.059
 and so you start

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.700
 to pray

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.400
 because you're

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:12.839
 desperate

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:14.759
 God I want

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.879
 to be a good

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:16.480
 dad

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.680
 but I need

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.519
 your help

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.660
 I need your

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:20.379
 power

00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:23.000
 God I see

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:24.359
 my selfishness

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:25.000
 when I lose

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.680
 my temper

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.960
 with my kid

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.880
 man I know

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.740
 I'm just

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.440
 like him

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.880
 parents you've

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.720
 felt that before

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.960
 if I'm honest

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.619
 God and slow

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:34.299
 down long enough

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:36.259
 I am just

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:37.539
 like my child

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.680
 no one respects

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.460
 me at work

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:40.500
 I feel out of

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.660
 control in life

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.380
 and so I'm

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:43.380
 coming home

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:44.559
 to that chaos

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.700
 it just attacks

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.839
 my longing

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:48.140
 for peace

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:49.019
 and for control

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.819
 and for having

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:50.839
 success at

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.599
 something

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.599
 and I'm just

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:53.240
 a mess

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.799
 God

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:56.839
 and in that

00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:57.399
 moment you say

00:33:57.399 --> 00:33:59.000
 but God

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.799
 I can tell you

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.240
 that

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:02.839
 I'm in Christ

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.959
 so even when I

00:34:03.959 --> 00:34:04.599
 tell you what a

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.240
 mess I am

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.579
 I'm still

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.159
 loved

00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:08.440
 I'm so loved

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.079
 by you God

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.719
 that even my

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:11.139
 toddler level

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.759
 fits

00:34:11.759 --> 00:34:12.460
 and God

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.940
 I confess

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.639
 that's what they

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.039
 are

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:15.159
 when I lose

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.840
 my temper

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:17.019
 even those

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.759
 fits don't

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:18.539
 diminish your

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.519
 love for me

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.579
 in fact

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.940
 they motivated

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.780
 you to send

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:23.519
 your son

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.019
 for me

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.800
 when I was

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.259
 a sinner

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:25.920
 like that

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:27.659
 so I know

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.360
 that even as

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:29.039
 a sinner God

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.800
 coming to you

00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.559
 now asking

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.159
 for your help

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:31.860
 I know your

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.579
 word tells me

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.340
 nothing can

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:34.099
 separate me

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.579
 from your

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.400
 love in

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:35.920
 Christ

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:37.039
 I love that

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.539
 verse God

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:38.320
 thank you

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:39.199
 thank you

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:40.059
 I am loved

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.880
 right now

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:42.980
 what starts

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.420
 to happen

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:46.179
 now God

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:46.980
 I am longing

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:48.019
 for my

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.519
 toddler

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:50.440
 to experience

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:50.980
 that kind

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.559
 of love

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.079
 God

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.679
 there's nothing

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.699
 better than

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.360
 your love

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:55.099
 so I am

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:56.099
 asking you

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:57.019
 to empower

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.619
 me by your

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:57.900
 spirit

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.460
 because you're

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.240
 sending me

00:34:59.240 --> 00:35:00.360
 as his dad

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:01.099
 back into

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.719
 this chaos

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.860
 I need you

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.440
 to empower

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.300
 me by your

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.920
 spirit within

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.980
 me with love

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.860
 and patience

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.480
 for tonight

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.440
 remind me

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:08.940
 that nothing

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.659
 he can do

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.639
 will make me

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.000
 love him

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.539
 less

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:13.260
 father even

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:13.679
 if it's a

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.240
 hard night

00:35:14.240 --> 00:35:14.740
 I'm going

00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.599
 to take that

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:16.619
 as painful

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.199
 as it is

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.819
 to be a

00:35:17.819 --> 00:35:18.159
 part of

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.900
 your pruning

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.380
 me

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:20.059
 because you

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.319
 want me

00:35:20.319 --> 00:35:20.599
 to bear

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.179
 more fruit

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:21.639
 and you're

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:22.079
 doing something

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.480
 in the life

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.059
 of my child

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.679
 that I don't

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.380
 even recognize

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:25.980
 so I'm

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.460
 going to go

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:27.139
 and trust

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:27.460
 you

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.360
 thank you

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.699
 that I have

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.299
 nothing to

00:35:29.299 --> 00:35:29.759
 prove to

00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.719
 you or to

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.380
 anyone else

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:31.819
 tonight

00:35:31.819 --> 00:35:33.860
 but that from

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.619
 the peace I

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.400
 have with you

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:35.719
 I can

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:37.239
 really love

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:38.900
 as you

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.259
 have loved

00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:39.619
 me

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:42.039
 see how

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.980
 real love

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.839
 is starting

00:35:43.839 --> 00:35:44.259
 to grow

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:46.140
 you're

00:35:46.140 --> 00:35:46.200
 going to

00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:46.420
 have a

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:46.700
 perfect

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:47.100
 night

00:35:47.100 --> 00:35:49.900
 quite

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.400
 possibly

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:50.840
 not

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:53.400
 but there's

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:53.740
 actually

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.460
 real fruit

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:55.020
 starting to

00:35:55.020 --> 00:35:55.260
 grow

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:56.280
 there's

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.440
 going to

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:57.060
 be pruning

00:35:57.060 --> 00:35:57.320
 there will

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:57.620
 be another

00:35:57.620 --> 00:35:58.280
 hard night

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.640
 when you'll

00:35:58.640 --> 00:35:58.980
 feel like

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.280
 you really

00:35:59.280 --> 00:35:59.960
 blew it

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.460
 again

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:02.340
 and God

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.640
 will use

00:36:02.640 --> 00:36:03.000
 that to

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.420
 drive you

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:03.840
 back to

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.100
 him

00:36:04.100 --> 00:36:05.100
 and back

00:36:05.100 --> 00:36:05.440
 to his

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.840
 love

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.380
 and give

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:06.580
 you the

00:36:06.580 --> 00:36:07.040
 joy of

00:36:07.040 --> 00:36:07.260
 letting

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.800
 that love

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.180
 that you're

00:36:08.180 --> 00:36:08.820
 now abiding

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.920
 in be love

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.420
 that flows

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.900
 through you

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.360
 again

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.240
 because you

00:36:12.240 --> 00:36:13.100
 really are

00:36:13.100 --> 00:36:13.720
 starting to

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.339
 love in a

00:36:14.339 --> 00:36:14.659
 new way

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.399
 that's the

00:36:15.399 --> 00:36:16.259
 difference

00:36:16.259 --> 00:36:17.419
 that growth

00:36:17.419 --> 00:36:18.239
 in grace

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:18.899
 growth

00:36:18.899 --> 00:36:20.379
 in Christ

00:36:20.379 --> 00:36:21.619
 makes from

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:22.239
 growth in

00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:23.019
 self

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:24.459
 I'm

00:36:24.459 --> 00:36:24.939
 commending

00:36:24.939 --> 00:36:25.539
 it to you

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.079
 not as a

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.759
 technique

00:36:26.759 --> 00:36:27.879
 it's not

00:36:27.879 --> 00:36:28.500
 some magic

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.179
 formula

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:30.619
 it's a

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.539
 reality in

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:32.179
 which God

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:32.799
 made you

00:36:32.799 --> 00:36:33.500
 to live

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.699
 that produces

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:36.299
 lasting fruit

00:36:36.299 --> 00:36:37.139
 he promises

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:39.480
 it might

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:39.939
 make you

00:36:39.939 --> 00:36:40.519
 increasingly

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.039
 patient

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.819
 with a

00:36:41.819 --> 00:36:42.079
 whiny

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.579
 toddler

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:44.480
 it might

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.920
 make you

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.579
 love someone

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.039
 enough to

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.440
 share the

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:46.900
 good news

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.400
 of Jesus

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:48.380
 with her

00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:48.980
 even though

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.259
 you don't

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:49.559
 know how

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:49.779
 she'll

00:36:49.779 --> 00:36:50.279
 respond

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:51.199
 it might

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.639
 make you

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:52.119
 an agent

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.779
 of peace

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:53.340
 as you

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:54.159
 pray daily

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.920
 for someone

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.199
 who's

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:55.599
 struggling

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.139
 and you

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:57.199
 encourage him

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:57.840
 in his

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.219
 pain

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.779
 I don't

00:36:58.779 --> 00:36:59.159
 know what

00:36:59.159 --> 00:36:59.840
 sorts of

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.239
 things it

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:00.579
 will do

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:00.960
 what it

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:01.159
 will

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:02.059
 assuredly

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.639
 do

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.299
 is

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:04.259
 if you're

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:04.759
 making your

00:37:04.759 --> 00:37:05.139
 home in

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.420
 Jesus

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:06.460
 it will

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:06.880
 help you

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.659
 delight in

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:08.259
 him

00:37:08.259 --> 00:37:09.480
 as the

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.079
 source

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:10.819
 of your

00:37:10.819 --> 00:37:11.539
 life

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.719
 see no

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.119
 matter how

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:13.539
 well you

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:13.819
 do

00:37:13.819 --> 00:37:15.219
 our fruit

00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:16.860
 the amount

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:17.239
 of it

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:18.659
 the quality

00:37:18.659 --> 00:37:19.159
 of it

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:20.659
 does not

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:21.380
 connect us

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:21.880
 to Jesus

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:22.599
 that's not

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:23.099
 how it works

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:23.360
 right

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:23.900
 that's not

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.380
 how vines

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:24.940
 and branches

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.259
 work

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:25.559
 it's not

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.099
 the fruit

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:26.719
 that connects

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:27.679
 the branch

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:28.679
 to the vine

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:29.239
 no

00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:31.840
 what it does

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.880
 is assure us

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:34.119
 that we are

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:34.719
 in the boat

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:35.860
 with him

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.480
 pulling

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:37.099
 we start to

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.539
 feel his

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:38.159
 strength

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:38.779
 we say

00:37:38.779 --> 00:37:39.099
 I don't

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:39.619
 love like

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.139
 this God

00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:41.139
 but you

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:41.519
 do

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:42.579
 it reminds

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:43.059
 us of the

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.440
 gracious

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.279
 power of

00:37:44.279 --> 00:37:44.799
 our Savior

00:37:44.799 --> 00:37:45.399
 for us

00:37:45.399 --> 00:37:46.019
 that he

00:37:46.019 --> 00:37:46.639
 loves us

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.099
 where we

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.339
 are

00:37:47.339 --> 00:37:48.679
 and longs

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.019
 for us

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.420
 to bear

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:50.099
 fruit in

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.359
 him

00:37:50.359 --> 00:37:51.099
 because he

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:51.719
 made us

00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:52.659
 for that

00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:53.359
 fruit

00:37:53.359 --> 00:37:53.920
 so I'm

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.879
 not stuck

00:37:54.879 --> 00:37:56.639
 I'm not

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:57.239
 hopeless

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.960
 I'm not

00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:58.480
 a lost

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.399
 cause

00:37:59.399 --> 00:38:01.259
 because Jesus

00:38:01.259 --> 00:38:01.960
 has attached

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.659
 himself to

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:02.960
 me

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:04.239
 he's attached

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:04.819
 me to

00:38:04.819 --> 00:38:05.420
 himself

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:06.279
 and so he'll

00:38:06.279 --> 00:38:07.159
 enable me to

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:07.519
 bear

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:09.199
 much fruit

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:10.480
 divine love

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:11.800
 full joy

00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:13.139
 lasting peace

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:13.800
 and more

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:15.019
 and more

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.820
 let's ask

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.480
 for his help

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:19.039
 Jesus

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:19.500
 what an

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:19.940
 amazing

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.659
 promise

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:23.559
 I confess

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:24.219
 to you

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:24.460
 that

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:25.599
 that I

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:26.320
 know

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:26.699
 there's

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:27.460
 skepticism

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.579
 in hearing

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:28.960
 that

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.800
 because I

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:30.639
 feel it

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:31.280
 in my

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:32.019
 own heart

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.860
 Jesus

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:33.559
 this is

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.079
 not what

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:35.019
 I experience

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:35.539
 all the

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:35.920
 time

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.940
 in fact

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.639
 we have

00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:38.159
 to trust

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.599
 that you're

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.380
 bearing fruit

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.820
 that we

00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:40.760
 don't see

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.619
 or recognize

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:45.579
 but Jesus

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:46.380
 we ask you

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:47.300
 to help us

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:47.940
 abide

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:49.420
 that we

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:50.139
 might not

00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:50.599
 be

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.780
 striving

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:52.159
 in our

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:52.400
 own

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:53.019
 strength

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.700
 we know

00:38:53.700 --> 00:38:54.139
 that's

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:54.940
 fruitless

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:57.240
 by your

00:38:57.240 --> 00:38:57.659
 spirit

00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.900
 bring fruit

00:38:58.900 --> 00:38:59.940
 and life

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.840
 and love

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:02.519
 in us

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:04.480
 and for you

00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:05.639
 we ask in

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.380
 Jesus name

00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:07.500
 amen

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:09.679
 for more

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:10.219
 information

00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:11.039
 visit us

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.460
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00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:11.739
 at

00:39:11.739 --> 00:39:12.559
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