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 back together to a reading in Philippians chapter 3. We're going to look at verse 12 to verse 16.

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 Just to get it in context we can read again at verse 10.

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 That I may know him and the power of his resurrection and may share his sufferings

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 becoming like him in his death that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the

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 dead. Not that I have already obtained this or I'm already perfect but I press on to make it my own

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 because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers I do not consider that I have made it my own

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 but one thing I do forgetting what is behind and straining forward to what lies ahead.

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 I press on towards the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

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 Let those of us who are mature think this way and if in anything you think otherwise God will

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 reveal that also to you. Only let us hold through to what we have attained.

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 As we look at these verses what we find is Paul in many ways examining himself and looking at his life

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 and where he is, what he had, what it was worth and what he needed in his life.

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 As you read from the beginning of the chapter you see he's going through what he once was.

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 We've looked at this in the past, the start of chapter 3.

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 How he thought he was on the right track, how he thought he was doing everything right

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 to please God in his own eyes and yet all the time he was on the wrong path entirely,

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 heading in completely the wrong way.

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 But what changed for him?

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 What great change happened in his life?

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 Well he tells us in these verses that we've read in verse 12.

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 Because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

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 Another version of that word translation would be Christ Jesus has taken hold of me.

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 So this is the great change that has happened in his life.

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 Everything that he saw as righteousness by himself, he now sees as just filthy rags, rubbish,

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 compared to the righteousness that there is in Christ through faith.

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 And so this is what has changed in him.

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 And as we look at ourselves, as we think of ourselves, here we are, the last Wednesday meeting of this year.

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 As we think looking back over the year that's gone and God willing looking ahead to the year that's about to come our way.

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 It's often a time when we reflect and look on ourselves.

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 And wonder just where we are.

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 And any examination of ourselves probably always leave us, maybe should always leave us,

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 feeling that there's always room for improvement.

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 We are not perfect.

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 None of us.

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 And that's what Paul says here in verse 12.

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 Not that I have already obtained this, or I'm already perfect.

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 He doesn't see him as the perfect Christian in any way, shape or form.

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 But what he says is, I press on.

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 I press on.

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 And so that's what we are to do as well.

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 We as a people are to be a people who recognise we're not perfect,

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 recognise how often we fall short in so many ways,

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 but to take heart through these words too and to press on.

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 So whether we're looking back as to what has gone,

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 looking at where we are in the present situation,

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 or whether we're looking ahead, God willing, to what lies ahead of us,

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 that we take this from Paul himself to us.

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 We press on.

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 We may often say this time of year,

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 well, things are going to be different.

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 I'm going to change my life.

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 Starting the 1st of January,

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 I'm going to start doing things differently.

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 We can all have our great plans,

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 but how many of them last?

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 January is often the time of year when most people join a gym.

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 They think we're going to start the year in a new way.

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 Join a gym, get healthy, get fit.

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 By the end of January,

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 50% of those who have joined a gym

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 will have cancelled their membership.

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 They don't keep going.

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 They don't press on.

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 They can't get into it.

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 They almost can't be bothered with it.

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 It's too much like hard work.

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 But here, Paul is speaking about the Christian

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 in this sense of our physical strength as well.

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 He's talking about this in the way of being an athlete.

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 Pressing on towards the goal.

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 Pressing on towards the prize that is before us.

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 Like someone who is running a race.

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 And when we think of our lives

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 and the things that we would long to change,

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 what is it that we would want to change most about ourselves?

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 If you look at Paul and the way his life has changed,

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 what is it that he is pressing on towards?

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 To be more like Christ.

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 And to recognise in all of his shortcomings,

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 he's not obtained it,

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 he's not already perfect,

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 but this is what he is pressing on towards.

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 And for ourselves,

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 as we examine our lives just now,

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 as we, God willing,

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 go into a new season in our lives,

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 our attitude could be one of so easily

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 just to be like those who join a gym,

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 but less than a month later,

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 they've given up.

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 We could have that kind of attitude as well.

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 But instead,

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 we are to have this attitude of Paul.

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 And to live in this race.

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 This race that the Lord has set out before each of us.

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 Going it individually,

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 going it collectively,

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 but running this race,

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 pressing on towards the goal.

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 There are several places in the New Testament

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 where the Christian life is looked at in this way.

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 Very often,

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 it's Paul himself who's looking at it,

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 whether it's in Corinthians,

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 Timothy,

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 Hebrews.

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 You find this illustration of

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 running the race with patience,

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 pressing on,

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 straining towards the goal.

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 And so here,

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 he is again in Philippians,

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 writing to them here,

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 this letter of joy as it's described.

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 He's writing to them

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 to press on,

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 to strain towards the goal,

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 the joy that there is in Christ,

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 and seeking to be more like him.

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 And in so doing,

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 he gives us some principles,

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 if you like,

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 for spiritual growth.

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 things that we can put into our practice

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 in our own lives.

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 Using the athletic analogy,

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 he's going to speak about

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 how to get in shape spiritually,

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 how to keep ourselves fit

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 in the Christian life,

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 and pressing on towards that goal,

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 and pressing on in the race set before us.

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 And the first principle is this,

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 be in the race.

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 Be in the race.

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 If you think of the analogy

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 of a race,

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 a sporting event,

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 there's a slogan

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 that's often spoken of

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 and true for every competitor.

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 You have to be in it

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 to win it.

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 And here,

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 Paul is reminding the church

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 at Philippi

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 of the race that they are to be in.

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 Not to get sidelined

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 into something else,

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 but to be in the race

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 that the Lord has set before them.

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 Because even if you just look

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 at Paul's own life,

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 what race was Paul in?

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 He wasn't just running this race

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 to find forgiveness

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 for his past.

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 He wasn't keeping running this race

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 just because of all

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 that he had done wrong

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 in the past.

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 He wasn't running this race

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 to make himself look good

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 towards others,

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 to please others.

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 He is running this race

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 for a real purpose.

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 The purpose that we read of

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 in verse 10 and 11.

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 That I may know him

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 and the power of his resurrection

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 and may share his sufferings

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 becoming like him in his death

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 that by any means possible

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 I may attain the resurrection

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 from the dead.

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 This is the race that he is in.

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 Striving to be more Christ-like.

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 How do you know

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 if you are growing in grace?

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 How do you look at yourself

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 and think,

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 maybe many of us probably

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 don't think it,

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 but how would you recognise

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 if you are growing in grace?

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 Well, it's maybe easier to answer

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 to recognise

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 how you're not growing in grace.

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 If you think you've arrived,

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 if you think you've made it,

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 if you think you have everything

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 you need now

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 and you will cease to grow

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 in the Lord.

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 You're not pressing on

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 towards the goal

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 to be more like him.

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 If you ever come to that point

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 where you think that's it,

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 well, you're no longer

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 growing in grace.

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 And so by the same token,

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 when you're willing to admit

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 that you need to humble yourself

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 before God,

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 when you're willing to admit

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 that there are things

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 that could be better in your life,

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 areas that you need to grow,

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 that is a sign

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 that you're still pressing on.

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 Pressing on towards the goal,

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 just as Paul is saying here.

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 Not that I've already obtained it,

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 not that I'm already perfect,

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 but I press on.

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 I press on.

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 I keep going.

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 I recognise the race

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 that the Lord has set before me

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 and I will run it with him.

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 I will run this race with patience,

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 with my eyes fixed on Jesus.

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 We are to be in this race,

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 not to become complacent

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 or forgetful

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 or to think

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 I cannot get any better,

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 I cannot improve.

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 There's always areas

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 where we can be better.

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 There's a car bumper sticker.

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 I've not seen it

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 in any cars here,

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 but I've seen it advertised.

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 And it says this,

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 Christians aren't perfect,

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 just forgiven.

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 Now there's elements of truth in that,

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 of course there is.

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 But there's a danger in it as well.

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 You have that in your car

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 and you're going flying past

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 other motorists

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 or cutting in on them

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 and they're seeing that on your car.

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 What kind of Christian is that?

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 And this is some kind of excuse

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 that you can maybe give.

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 Well, Christians aren't perfect,

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 but we're forgiven.

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 That's not the way it is at all.

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 That would be the danger

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 of just becoming complacent

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 in our lives

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 and thinking,

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 well, I'm not perfect,

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 but at least I'm forgiven.

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 And the danger is

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 we just do as we please,

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 knowing,

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 well, the Lord's going

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 to forgive me anyway.

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 Instead of being convicted in sin,

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 we just carry on in sin.

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 And that's the danger

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 that Paul is addressing

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 here in Philippi

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 and in other churches

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 throughout his day as well.

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 He was addressing this danger

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 that people just start

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 slipping back

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 into their old ways.

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 They forget that the race

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 that the Lord has set before them

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 and they just go and live

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 for themselves.

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 So instead of placing on

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 to be more Christ-like,

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 we can just say,

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 well, I'm not going to be

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 perfect anyway.

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 So let's just leave it

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 at that.

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 But by having that kind of attitude,

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 we're forgetting

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 the very reason

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 why Christ came.

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 We're now in playing

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 what the Lord Jesus

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 has done for us.

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 Because as he says here,

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 I press on to make it my own,

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 because Christ Jesus

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 has made me his own.

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 Having this mind,

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 he recognizes

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 what Christ has done

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 for him.

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 And so,

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 he's encouraging us

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 to be a people

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 like this as well.

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 There are a lot of people

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 trying to run the race

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 for themselves

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 instead of running

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 for the Lord.

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 And just look at

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 how Paul thought

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 he was doing

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 everything right.

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 Verse 4 to verse 6

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 of this chapter

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 which we read,

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 he says,

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 I have every reason

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 for confidence

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 in the flesh also.

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 If anyone else thinks

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 he has reason

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 for confidence,

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 I have more.

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 Circumcised on the

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 eighth day

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 of the people of Israel.

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 And so he goes on.

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 He had all of these

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 things going for him.

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 All of these things

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 that he thought,

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 this is me running

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 the race.

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 He was sincere.

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 He was dedicated.

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 He was zealous

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 in so many ways.

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 But there was

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 one major problem.

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 He was not running

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 for Christ.

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 He was not running

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 looking to him.

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 He was running

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 for himself.

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 To be seen

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 by others

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 and the greatness

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 of all of these

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 things,

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 of the people of Israel,

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 of the tribe of Benjamin,

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 a Hebrew of Hebrews,

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 all of these things

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 but not running

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 for Christ.

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 But now he says,

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 I press on

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 to make it my own.

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 Why?

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 Because Christ Jesus

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 has made me

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 his own.

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 And we have to just

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 understand

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 what these words

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 mean.

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 Have you ever been

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 arrested?

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 Well, if you are

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 a Christian,

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 you have been.

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 Not in the sense

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 of the police

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 laying their hands

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 on you

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 and putting you

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 in cuffs.

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 But that's what

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 Paul describes

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 here of what

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 Christ Jesus

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 has done

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 for him.

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 Christ Jesus

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 has taken

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 hold

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 of me

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 is another

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 translation.

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 Others say

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 he has

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 apprehended

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 me.

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 It's a very

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 word

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 for being

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 arrested.

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 Taken hold

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 of

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 by Christ.

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 That's what's

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 changed

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 in Paul's

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 life.

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 This is what

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 has brought

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 him into the

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 right race.

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 This is what

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 is keeping

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 him going.

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 This is what

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 is making

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 him focus

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 on what

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 lies ahead.

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 Pressing on

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 towards

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 this goal.

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 It is because

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 Christ Jesus

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 has arrested

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 me.

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 Too many

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 Christians today

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 are resisting

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 arrest.

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 Resisting

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 Christ taking

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 hold of them

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 because of

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 what it means.

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 Because of

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 all it entails.

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 Christ Jesus

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 being all

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 in all

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 for us.

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 But Paul

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 is reminding

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 us here

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 to press

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 on

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 towards

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 that goal.

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 Not

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 resisting

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 but allowing

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 Christ to

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 transform us

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 fully.

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 This means

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 as we are

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 arrested by

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 Christ we are

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 no longer

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 our own.

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 We belong

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 to Christ.

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 He has

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 bought us

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 with a

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 price.

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 And so

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 our aim

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 is to

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 please

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 him.

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 So

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 the first

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 thing is

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 to be

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 in the

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 right race.

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 To be

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 running

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 for Christ.

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 Taking

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 hold of

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 by him

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 and going

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 forward

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 for him.

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 The second

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 principle we

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 see here is

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 don't be

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 distracted.

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 he says

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 there in

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 verse 13

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 brothers I

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 do not

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 consider that

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 I have

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 made it

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 my own

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 but one

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 thing I

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 do.

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 Forgetting

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 what lies

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 behind and

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 straining

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 forward to

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 what lies

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 ahead I

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 press on

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 towards the

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 goal for

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 the prize of

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 the upward

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 call of

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 God in

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 Christ Jesus.

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 Paul could

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 so easily

00:17:37.040 --> 00:17:37.380
 have been

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 distracted in

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 this race.

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 He could

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 so easily

00:17:41.100 --> 00:17:41.720
 have felt

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 that he

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 didn't even

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 deserve to

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 be in the

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 race.

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 And there's

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 two ways

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 that he

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 describes the

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 distractions

00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:48.880
 that he

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 has here.

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 He speaks

00:17:50.620 --> 00:17:52.300
 about the

00:17:52.300 --> 00:17:53.100
 past.

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 Forgetting

00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:56.240
 what lies

00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:57.180
 behind.

00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:00.640
 We have

00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:01.540
 all failed

00:18:01.540 --> 00:18:02.720
 in the

00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:03.220
 past.

00:18:04.280 --> 00:18:04.960
 We've all

00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:06.320
 fallen short

00:18:06.320 --> 00:18:07.500
 of God's

00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:08.300
 goals in

00:18:08.300 --> 00:18:09.000
 our lives.

00:18:09.600 --> 00:18:10.380
 But Paul

00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:11.120
 looking at

00:18:11.120 --> 00:18:11.460
 his own

00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:11.960
 life he

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:12.720
 sees himself

00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:13.280
 as failing

00:18:13.280 --> 00:18:14.000
 in so many

00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:15.079
 ways in

00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.819
 his past.

00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:17.460
 But what

00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:17.839
 he doesn't

00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:18.460
 let happen

00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:18.920
 is that

00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:20.200
 past to

00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:20.819
 distract

00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:21.079
 him.

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.279
 He says

00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:22.619
 I'm not

00:18:22.619 --> 00:18:23.039
 going to

00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:24.339
 be constantly

00:18:24.339 --> 00:18:25.559
 affected by

00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:25.839
 it.

00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:26.880
 I'm not

00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:27.059
 going to

00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.779
 be constantly

00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:29.099
 held back

00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:29.660
 or held

00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:30.799
 down by

00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:31.700
 my past.

00:18:32.700 --> 00:18:33.339
 What he

00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:34.039
 says is

00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:35.500
 the pressing

00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.259
 on is

00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:37.400
 not being

00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:38.299
 distracted by

00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:38.799
 that but

00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.880
 going forward

00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:40.920
 forgetting

00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:42.060
 what is

00:18:42.060 --> 00:18:42.840
 behind.

00:18:43.840 --> 00:18:44.520
 Not in

00:18:44.520 --> 00:18:44.920
 the sense

00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:45.240
 where it's

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:46.220
 all completely

00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:46.680
 gone.

00:18:47.180 --> 00:18:47.840
 He knows

00:18:47.840 --> 00:18:48.500
 it's there.

00:18:49.320 --> 00:18:49.820
 But he

00:18:49.820 --> 00:18:50.420
 doesn't allow

00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:50.840
 it to take

00:18:50.840 --> 00:18:51.460
 his focus

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:51.860
 away.

00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:52.320
 Just like

00:18:52.320 --> 00:18:53.240
 an athlete

00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:53.940
 in a race.

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 If an

00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:55.800
 athlete in a

00:18:55.800 --> 00:18:56.200
 race is

00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:57.140
 distracted by

00:18:57.140 --> 00:18:57.920
 what's behind,

00:18:59.020 --> 00:18:59.620
 if there's

00:18:59.620 --> 00:19:00.340
 other athletes

00:19:00.340 --> 00:19:00.620
 and the

00:19:00.620 --> 00:19:01.840
 athlete's

00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:02.340
 wondering how

00:19:02.340 --> 00:19:03.020
 close are

00:19:03.020 --> 00:19:03.560
 they behind

00:19:03.560 --> 00:19:04.260
 me, if

00:19:04.260 --> 00:19:04.800
 they start

00:19:04.800 --> 00:19:05.120
 to look

00:19:05.120 --> 00:19:05.660
 behind,

00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:06.520
 they're going

00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:07.000
 to fall

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:07.420
 away.

00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.359
 They're going

00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:08.879
 to lose

00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:09.779
 their focus.

00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:11.279
 And so

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:11.619
 Paul is

00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:12.039
 saying here

00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:13.119
 you fix

00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:13.720
 your eyes

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:14.299
 forward.

00:19:14.859 --> 00:19:15.440
 You realise

00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:16.440
 what's behind

00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:17.200
 you but

00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:17.779
 you press

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.139
 on.

00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:20.240
 And the

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:20.680
 same is

00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:21.759
 true for

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.720
 ourselves as

00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:23.059
 well.

00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:24.579
 We are to

00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:25.559
 press forward.

00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.180
 Yes we know

00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:27.759
 we all have

00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.379
 things in our

00:19:28.379 --> 00:19:28.900
 past.

00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:29.920
 Maybe even

00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:30.599
 in this past

00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:31.119
 year we look

00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:31.700
 at things and

00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:33.059
 we regret and

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.619
 we wish we

00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:34.339
 hadn't done or

00:19:34.339 --> 00:19:34.799
 we wish we

00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:35.400
 had done.

00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:37.099
 But we

00:19:37.099 --> 00:19:37.500
 don't let

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.180
 that hold

00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:38.839
 us back.

00:19:39.180 --> 00:19:39.539
 We don't

00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:40.259
 let that make

00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:40.740
 us feel

00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:41.559
 we're unworthy

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.220
 to go on

00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:43.119
 in this race.

00:19:43.819 --> 00:19:44.259
 But we

00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:45.259
 press forward.

00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:46.700
 We press

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:47.779
 on to

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.579
 know Christ

00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:49.839
 Jesus and

00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:50.599
 to serve

00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:51.839
 him more.

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:53.799
 It's like

00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.359
 someone once

00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:54.859
 said if you

00:19:54.859 --> 00:19:55.879
 always drive

00:19:55.879 --> 00:19:56.440
 the car

00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:57.319
 looking in

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 the rear view

00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:59.420
 mirror you're

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 always going

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 to end up in

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 the ditch at

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 some point.

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 You've got to

00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:03.819
 look at what

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 lies ahead.

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 sometimes we

00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:07.400
 have to just

00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:08.920
 let the past

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 go.

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 Not in the

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.420
 sense of

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 forgetting it

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 completely but

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.579
 not letting it

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 hold us

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 back.

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 There's another

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 way he warns

00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:20.640
 of not being

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 distracted either.

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 It's not to

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 think that we've

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 made it.

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 Brothers I do

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 not consider

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 that I've made

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 it my own.

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 He hasn't done

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 it for himself.

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 He could say

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 maybe he's

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 been a

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 Christian for

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 a long time.

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 20, 25,

00:20:39.180 --> 00:20:40.100
 30 years a

00:20:40.100 --> 00:20:40.480
 Christian.

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 Maybe even

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 more you could

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 think well

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 that's it.

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 I've made it.

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 I've given

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 my part.

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 I've done

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 my bit.

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 It's time to

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 maybe just sit

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 back and take

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 it easy for a

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.519
 while.

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 But he says

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 no.

00:20:58.100 --> 00:20:59.060
 He's pressing

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 on.

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 He says

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 press on.

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 Keep going.

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 Don't think

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.779
 you've arrived.

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 Just press

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:08.700
 on with your

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.980
 eyes fixed

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:11.120
 on Jesus.

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 What he

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.740
 says then is

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 crucial in

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.759
 this as well.

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 He says

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 I press on

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:21.180
 towards the

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.620
 goal.

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 The one

00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:23.840
 thing I do.

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 One thing

00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:26.059
 I do.

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 Forgetting

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.460
 what lies

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.700
 behind and

00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.100
 straining

00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:29.879
 towards what

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 lies ahead.

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 I press

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 on.

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 The one

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:34.480
 thing I

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:34.879
 do.

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:36.719
 Again

00:21:36.719 --> 00:21:37.099
 it's like

00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:37.699
 Paul has

00:21:37.699 --> 00:21:38.459
 this athlete

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 in mind

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 where their

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:41.279
 focus is on

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:41.819
 the race.

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 Nothing

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:43.279
 else.

00:21:44.159 --> 00:21:44.980
 This one

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.919
 thing.

00:21:49.699 --> 00:21:50.519
 Paul was

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.539
 of this

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:52.099
 mind

00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:52.819
 himself.

00:21:53.919 --> 00:21:54.419
 For me

00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:55.119
 to live

00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:56.339
 is Christ.

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 That's what

00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.360
 he says

00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:58.799
 says earlier

00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.480
 in

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 Philippines.

00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:01.299
 For me

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:02.000
 to live

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:03.140
 is Christ.

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:03.759
 He has

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.539
 this mind

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.460
 in him.

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.100
 This one

00:22:06.100 --> 00:22:07.299
 thing I

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.680
 do.

00:22:09.080 --> 00:22:09.539
 One of the

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.180
 problems of

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.600
 the modern

00:22:10.600 --> 00:22:11.500
 Christian life

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.539
 indeed all

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.220
 life just

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:13.799
 now is

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.640
 there's so

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.480
 many things

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:15.900
 for us.

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 No one

00:22:16.360 --> 00:22:16.940
 can say

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:18.019
 this one

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.600
 thing I

00:22:18.600 --> 00:22:18.940
 do.

00:22:19.580 --> 00:22:19.940
 Because we're

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.440
 all trying

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.039
 to do so

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.460
 much.

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.799
 We're pulled

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.580
 in different

00:22:23.580 --> 00:22:24.680
 directions all

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.240
 the time.

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.320
 But Paul

00:22:27.320 --> 00:22:27.860
 is saying

00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:29.180
 refocus.

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:31.539
 Refocus.

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 And this

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:33.660
 one thing

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:34.380
 is what is

00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:34.960
 needful.

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.740
 To press

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:38.299
 on towards

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:39.519
 this prize.

00:22:40.100 --> 00:22:40.860
 This high

00:22:40.860 --> 00:22:41.720
 goal.

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.519
 This prize

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.039
 of the upward

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:44.160
 call of God

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:45.240
 in Christ

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.759
 Jesus.

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.420
 So whatever

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.000
 we do,

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:48.140
 we do as

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.799
 to the

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.220
 Lord.

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 As it says,

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.160
 Jesus taught

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.560
 himself,

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:54.679
 seek first

00:22:54.679 --> 00:22:55.899
 the kingdom

00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:56.619
 of God.

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.799
 Seek first

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.639
 this one

00:22:59.639 --> 00:23:00.599
 thing.

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.740
 Have this

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.240
 mind,

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.899
 he says.

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.079
 Have this

00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:06.200
 aim in

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.940
 your life.

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.319
 Press on

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:09.519
 towards

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.659
 this mark.

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.139
 You could

00:23:13.139 --> 00:23:13.559
 say,

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:14.639
 we don't

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:15.539
 do things

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.460
 to please

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.279
 others.

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:19.619
 Don't do

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.859
 things to

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.319
 please

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:21.940
 myself.

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:23.920
 I seek

00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:25.100
 to please

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:26.100
 God.

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.440
 And Paul

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.180
 himself could

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:30.519
 say later

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.120
 on in his

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.740
 life, as he

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.000
 was an

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.759
 older man,

00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:34.279
 as he came

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.200
 to reach

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:36.000
 this goal

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.360
 in his

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.940
 life, he

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.880
 says in

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.960
 2 Timothy 4

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.660
 verse 6

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.259
 and 7,

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:41.299
 for I

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.740
 am already

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.480
 being poured

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:42.920
 out as

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.359
 a drink

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:43.819
 offering and

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.319
 the time

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:45.180
 of my

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.839
 departure

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.759
 has come.

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.200
 I have

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:49.019
 fought the

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.759
 good fight.

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:50.779
 I have

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.900
 finished the

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.339
 race.

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.379
 I have

00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:54.599
 kept the

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.079
 faith.

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:56.720
 And that

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.000
 is a

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.539
 wonderful

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.299
 testimony

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:59.379
 for any

00:23:59.379 --> 00:23:59.980
 Christian

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:01.039
 to have.

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.039
 I have

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:03.200
 fought the

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.920
 good fight.

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.440
 I have

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.720
 finished the

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.180
 race.

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.180
 I have

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:08.680
 kept the

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.180
 faith.

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.259
 faith.

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.279
 That is

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:10.759
 what Paul

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:11.460
 is encouraging

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:11.920
 us to

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:13.080
 hear in

00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:13.799
 these words

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.200
 to the

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.860
 Philippians.

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:15.660
 That we

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.539
 press on

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:18.140
 towards the

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.560
 goal.

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.680
 Fight the

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.460
 good fight.

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:22.180
 Keep the

00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.640
 faith.

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:24.539
 The third

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.120
 and final

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.799
 thing is,

00:24:26.560 --> 00:24:26.980
 the third

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.400
 principle,

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.240
 have the

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.660
 right attitude.

00:24:32.060 --> 00:24:33.039
 Let those

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.580
 of us in

00:24:33.580 --> 00:24:34.240
 verse 15

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.539
 who are

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.560
 mature think

00:24:35.560 --> 00:24:36.279
 this way.

00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:37.240
 And if

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.799
 anything you

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.480
 think otherwise,

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.259
 God will

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.880
 reveal that

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.559
 also to

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:40.799
 you.

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.579
 Only let

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.299
 us hold

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:43.599
 true to

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.420
 what we

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:44.839
 have

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.920
 attained.

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:49.000
 When we

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.559
 think of

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:51.180
 athletes and

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:52.299
 sports people,

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.400
 we so often

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:54.079
 think of the

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.700
 difference that

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.259
 the right

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.839
 attitude makes.

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.259
 The attitude

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.660
 makes a

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.240
 difference between

00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:00.019
 defeat and

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.440
 victory,

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:02.380
 success and

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:02.839
 failure.

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.440
 So often

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.059
 you see maybe

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.799
 an athlete or

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:06.599
 even teams

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:07.740
 who lack

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.720
 the same

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.500
 talent as

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:09.919
 others,

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.480
 but because

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.799
 of the

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.759
 right mindset,

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.899
 because of

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.319
 the right

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:15.200
 attitude going

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.799
 into it,

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.500
 they come

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.480
 out on top.

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:19.139
 Attitude is

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:20.680
 crucial in

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.379
 sport and

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:22.059
 Paul is saying

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:23.159
 it's crucial in

00:25:23.159 --> 00:25:24.359
 our lives too.

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.440
 In the life of

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:26.940
 the Christian,

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.519
 our attitude

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.859
 is crucial.

00:25:29.659 --> 00:25:30.319
 He speaks

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:31.539
 here so often

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.379
 in this letter

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:33.300
 of having

00:25:33.300 --> 00:25:34.180
 this right

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.980
 mind.

00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:38.100
 Verse 15,

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.840
 let those of

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.280
 us who are

00:25:39.280 --> 00:25:40.680
 mature think

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.840
 this way.

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.040
 Have this

00:25:43.040 --> 00:25:44.080
 mind, he's

00:25:44.080 --> 00:25:44.600
 saying there.

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.460
 He said it

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:45.980
 already in

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.520
 this letter,

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.920
 for example,

00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.840
 chapter 2,

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.400
 verse 2,

00:25:49.520 --> 00:25:50.240
 complete my

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.500
 joy by being

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.080
 of the same

00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:52.560
 mind.

00:25:53.340 --> 00:25:53.900
 Chapter 2,

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.580
 verse 5,

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.440
 have this

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:56.140
 mind among

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.760
 yourselves,

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.240
 which is

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:58.480
 yours in

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.540
 Christ Jesus.

00:26:00.780 --> 00:26:01.380
 The word

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:03.460
 for mind

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.460
 is used

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.820
 ten times

00:26:05.820 --> 00:26:06.500
 in

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.080
 Philippines.

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.440
 Nearly

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.480
 half as

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:09.880
 much as

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.320
 it's used

00:26:10.320 --> 00:26:10.560
 in the

00:26:10.560 --> 00:26:11.280
 New Testament,

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.320
 it's used

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:12.800
 in this

00:26:12.800 --> 00:26:13.220
 letter,

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.460
 the letter

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.120
 of joy.

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:15.840
 And so

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.240
 you see

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.620
 here,

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.480
 linked to

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.040
 joy is

00:26:18.040 --> 00:26:18.640
 having this

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.080
 mind,

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:19.920
 this attitude.

00:26:20.560 --> 00:26:21.000
 The two

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:22.140
 go hand

00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:22.780
 in hand.

00:26:23.800 --> 00:26:24.180
 And so

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.780
 Paul,

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.480
 as he's

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.020
 summing up

00:26:26.020 --> 00:26:26.260
 here,

00:26:26.340 --> 00:26:26.500
 would be

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:26.820
 saying,

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.780
 have this

00:26:27.780 --> 00:26:28.740
 right attitude,

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:30.140
 have this

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.840
 mind in

00:26:30.840 --> 00:26:31.020
 you,

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:32.059
 pressing on

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:33.339
 towards the

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.740
 goal.

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.980
 Not seeing

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.420
 this as

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.220
 something that's

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.660
 just,

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:37.299
 oh,

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:37.660
 I've just

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.180
 got to

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.680
 try and

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.139
 do it.

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:39.819
 It's not

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.099
 what I

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.859
 really want

00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.119
 to be

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.579
 doing it.

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.579
 It's to

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:43.180
 have this

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:44.259
 right attitude,

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:45.839
 the joy

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.639
 of the

00:26:46.639 --> 00:26:47.039
 Lord,

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.400
 knowing that

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.639
 we are

00:26:48.639 --> 00:26:49.240
 doing it

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.180
 for him,

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.440
 knowing the

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.299
 privilege that

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.759
 is ours,

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.319
 as was said

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.599
 in the

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.759
 prayers this

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.139
 evening as

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:55.900
 we sang in

00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:58.599
 Psalm 122,

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.539
 I

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.279
 joyed when

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.659
 to the

00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:01.279
 house of

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.699
 God

00:27:01.699 --> 00:27:02.539
 go up

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.079
 they said

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.559
 to me.

00:27:03.699 --> 00:27:04.159
 I went

00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:04.579
 there with

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.019
 joy.

00:27:05.459 --> 00:27:05.899
 I went

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.319
 there to

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:06.659
 be with

00:27:06.659 --> 00:27:07.179
 God's

00:27:07.179 --> 00:27:07.719
 people.

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.519
 I went

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:08.939
 there to

00:27:08.939 --> 00:27:09.219
 be with

00:27:09.219 --> 00:27:09.799
 a praying

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.379
 people,

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.279
 a fellow

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.859
 people,

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.719
 brothers and

00:27:12.719 --> 00:27:14.000
 sisters in

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.539
 Christ.

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.259
 This

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.659
 right

00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.259
 attitude.

00:27:17.899 --> 00:27:18.099
 So

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.659
 whatever we're

00:27:18.659 --> 00:27:18.859
 doing,

00:27:18.919 --> 00:27:19.119
 if we're

00:27:19.119 --> 00:27:19.899
 serving the

00:27:19.899 --> 00:27:20.199
 Lord,

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:21.199
 it's doing

00:27:21.199 --> 00:27:21.899
 it for

00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.339
 him.

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.659
 Not doing

00:27:24.659 --> 00:27:25.439
 something because

00:27:25.439 --> 00:27:26.039
 the ministers

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.659
 asked.

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:28.060
 not doing

00:27:28.060 --> 00:27:28.620
 something to

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:29.000
 try and

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:30.200
 please others,

00:27:30.560 --> 00:27:31.360
 but doing

00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:31.860
 it as a

00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:32.480
 sense of

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.640
 joy for

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.140
 the Lord.

00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:36.300
 Let those

00:27:36.300 --> 00:27:36.800
 of us who

00:27:36.800 --> 00:27:37.779
 mature think

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.420
 this way.

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.300
 And if in

00:27:39.300 --> 00:27:39.700
 anything you

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.380
 think otherwise,

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.240
 God will

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.860
 reveal that

00:27:41.860 --> 00:27:42.560
 also to

00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:42.960
 you.

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:43.740
 He is

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:43.960
 saying,

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:45.100
 press on

00:27:45.100 --> 00:27:46.120
 in this

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.519
 way.

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:47.680
 Go

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.980
 forward in

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.800
 this strength,

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.120
 in this

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:51.080
 right attitude

00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:53.120
 of joy to

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:53.759
 the Lord.

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.759
 It was a

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.640
 story told

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:58.220
 about when

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.720
 Sir

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.160
 Christopher

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.980
 Wren was

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:01.480
 constructing

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:03.080
 cathedrals in

00:28:03.080 --> 00:28:03.460
 London.

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.300
 Not sure how

00:28:05.300 --> 00:28:05.940
 many of the

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.580
 churches in

00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:07.020
 London he

00:28:07.020 --> 00:28:07.440
 built, but

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:07.700
 there are

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:09.040
 enormous amount

00:28:09.040 --> 00:28:09.380
 of them were

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:10.080
 designed and

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:10.540
 built by

00:28:10.540 --> 00:28:11.120
 Sir

00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:11.600
 Christopher

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.000
 Wren.

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:14.240
 And there

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.740
 was people

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.740
 working on

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:17.440
 these cathedrals,

00:28:17.560 --> 00:28:18.220
 these churches,

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:18.759
 when they were

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.480
 being built.

00:28:20.060 --> 00:28:20.340
 And it was

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:20.680
 something that

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.000
 was being

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:22.400
 spoken about

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:23.520
 quite a lot

00:28:23.520 --> 00:28:23.860
 in the

00:28:23.860 --> 00:28:24.220
 time.

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:27.120
 And a

00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:27.500
 journalist

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.500
 thought that

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.059
 he would

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.860
 go and

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.779
 interview some

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.000
 of the

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:32.019
 workers that

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.519
 were working

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:32.779
 on the

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.200
 buildings.

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.059
 And he

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.759
 asked three

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.779
 different people

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.079
 who were

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.519
 working,

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:39.059
 what is it

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.680
 that you're

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.019
 doing?

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.039
 The first

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.559
 person he

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.440
 replied to

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.480
 him asked

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:44.940
 the question,

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.360
 what are you

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:45.700
 doing?

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.519
 He said,

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.600
 I'm cutting

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.500
 stone for

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.420
 ten shillings

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:49.839
 a day.

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:52.679
 second person

00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:53.019
 he asked

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.379
 the same

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:54.119
 question to,

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:54.879
 what are

00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.480
 you doing?

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.299
 I'm putting

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.879
 in ten

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.419
 hours a

00:28:58.419 --> 00:28:59.419
 day on

00:28:59.419 --> 00:29:00.199
 this job.

00:29:01.939 --> 00:29:02.839
 The third

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.419
 person he

00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:03.759
 asked,

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.720
 what are

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.299
 you doing?

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.639
 He said,

00:29:06.679 --> 00:29:07.359
 I'm helping

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:07.919
 Christopher

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.959
 Wren construct

00:29:08.959 --> 00:29:09.839
 one of

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.519
 London's

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:11.139
 greatest

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:12.019
 cathedrals.

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.579
 You see

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:14.179
 the difference

00:29:14.179 --> 00:29:14.500
 in the

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.919
 attitude.

00:29:16.659 --> 00:29:17.480
 One saw

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.240
 it as

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.279
 working for

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.659
 money.

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.399
 One saw

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:21.619
 it as

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.000
 just a

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.839
 hard day's

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.159
 labour,

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.919
 ten hours,

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:25.419
 but one

00:29:25.419 --> 00:29:25.759
 had a

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.139
 greater

00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:26.619
 vision,

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:27.359
 a better

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:27.839
 vision,

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.799
 a vision

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.720
 that encouraged

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.480
 going on

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.299
 and gave

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.579
 them an

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:31.959
 attitude

00:29:31.959 --> 00:29:32.500
 that was

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.079
 right for

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:34.019
 going forward.

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.639
 I'm

00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:35.039
 helping

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.319
 Sir

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.779
 Christopher

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.199
 Wren

00:29:36.199 --> 00:29:37.059
 construct

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.619
 one of

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:38.259
 London's

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.699
 greatest

00:29:38.699 --> 00:29:39.480
 cathedrals.

00:29:40.939 --> 00:29:41.599
 So what's

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.279
 our attitude

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.159
 and service

00:29:43.159 --> 00:29:44.039
 for the

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.379
 Lord?

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.500
 Are we

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.199
 thinking to

00:29:47.199 --> 00:29:47.799
 ourselves

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:49.119
 just putting

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:49.500
 in a

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.019
 ten-hour

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.759
 day here?

00:29:51.699 --> 00:29:52.199
 Are we

00:29:52.199 --> 00:29:52.519
 thinking to

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:52.799
 ourselves

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.099
 I'm just

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:53.500
 putting my

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.479
 money into

00:29:54.479 --> 00:29:55.059
 this and

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.919
 nothing else?

00:29:57.199 --> 00:29:58.039
 Or do we

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:59.179
 see it as

00:29:59.179 --> 00:29:59.879
 being involved

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:00.239
 in the

00:30:00.239 --> 00:30:00.899
 kingdom of

00:30:00.899 --> 00:30:01.299
 God?

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.779
 I am

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.519
 serving the

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.639
 Lord with

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:05.259
 all my

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:06.519
 heart that

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.199
 his kingdom

00:30:07.199 --> 00:30:08.419
 may be built

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:09.719
 and come in

00:30:09.719 --> 00:30:11.119
 power here.

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.699
 Attitude

00:30:12.699 --> 00:30:13.979
 makes such

00:30:13.979 --> 00:30:15.199
 a difference.

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:17.019
 So Paul

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.620
 is saying

00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.120
 to us

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:19.360
 here in

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:19.819
 all of

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.059
 these

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.840
 principles

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:23.240
 be in

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.700
 the right

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.259
 race.

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:25.600
 See

00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:26.279
 yourselves

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:27.720
 as running

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:29.319
 for Christ.

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.680
 Don't be

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.460
 distracted

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.600
 as you

00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:34.160
 go on.

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:34.980
 Don't let

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.620
 the past

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:35.940
 or the

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.380
 present

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:37.080
 hold you

00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:38.120
 back but

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.980
 press on

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.319
 towards the

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:40.680
 goal.

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:42.380
 And then

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:43.700
 finally just

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.880
 see who

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.240
 you are

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.860
 doing it

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.559
 for.

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.200
 See

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:49.039
 that this

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.700
 is all

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:50.940
 for Christ.

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.240
 We are

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:53.279
 part of

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.620
 his

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.160
 kingdom.

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:55.220
 We are

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.819
 part of

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.080
 his

00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:56.740
 church.

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:57.759
 And we

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.279
 have that

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.840
 promise

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.940
 that his

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.440
 church

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.380
 will be

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:01.819
 built.

00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:03.220
 So let's

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.640
 not be

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.420
 discouraged.

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.720
 But let's

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.440
 go forward

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:07.279
 pressing on

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.880
 encouraged

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:09.100
 with the

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.940
 right attitude

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.319
 with the

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:11.140
 right mindset

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:12.539
 that God

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.299
 can and

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.620
 will

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.639
 do great

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:15.299
 things for

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:16.319
 us as

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.739
 we look

00:31:16.739 --> 00:31:17.259
 to him

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.599
 and trust

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.619
 in him.

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 May God

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 bless his

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 word to

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 us.

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 We are

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 going to

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 sing in

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 conclusion to

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 God's

00:31:28.959 --> 00:31:29.639
 praise in

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 Psalm

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 119.

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 It's

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 the

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 Sing

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 Psalms

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 version,

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 page 159,

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 verse 33.

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 Psalm

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 119 at

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 verse 33.

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 Teach me to

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 follow your

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 decrees,

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 and I will

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 keep them

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 to the

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 end.

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 Give

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 insight,

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 and I'll

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 keep your

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 law,

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 with all

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 my heart

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 to it

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 attend.

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 We'll sing

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 this section,

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 verse 33

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 to 40,

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 to God's

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 praise.

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 teach me to

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 follow your

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:12.400
 decrees,

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 then I

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 will keep

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 them to

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 the end.

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 give in

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 give in

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 sight,

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 and I'll

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 keep

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 your

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 law,

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 with all

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 my

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 heart

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 to

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 it

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 attain.

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 lead me

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 in

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 your

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 commandment

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 path,

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 for

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 then,

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 O Lord,

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 delight

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 I

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 find,

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 word high,

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 hypersive,

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 lift me

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 toward my

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 eyes,

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 regardless of

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 O turn my eyes from worthless things, give life according to your word.

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 To meet your servant, keep your pledge, so that you may be feared, O Lord.

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 Remove from me the shame, my friend.

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 Your laws excel in a bright red.

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 O how I long for your dequease.

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 Preserve me in your righteousness.

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.340
 Amen.

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 Now may grace, mercy and peace from God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore.

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:05.559
 Amen.

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:05.680
 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:26.340
 Amen.

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 Amen.