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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.

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 Join us.

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 Well, thank you seems a little simple.

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 It is an absolute pleasure and an honor to be with all of you again.

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 Been here quite a few times, as a matter of fact, and so this feels a little bit like

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 coming to see old friends.

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 Apparently, older than I thought before I...

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 No, if you brought a Bible this morning, would you turn with me to John chapter 6?

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 John chapter 6, while you're turning or flipping through your various and sundry eye devices

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 to locate that.

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 I will say thank you to you for your support of Reformed University Fellowship.

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 RUF is, as we want to say in every conceivable context which we can,

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 is your ministry going to college campuses.

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 And one of the great things about being in, I'm going to go ahead and name the number,

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 my 22nd year with RUF, is you get a chance to sort of see the way in which God has moved.

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 When my wife, actually when I moved to Memphis in 1994 to start working with RUF,

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 RUF at Memphis was the 26th RUF in the entire country.

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 And this coming year, this fall, we opened our 140th campus across the country.

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 And so it's a joy to see how God has been at work on college campuses.

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 And you made that possible.

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 And so everywhere we go, we try to say thank you.

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 There's nothing better than coming to a church and being able to look up on the music.

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 And I believe our second song had a musician that was involved in it named Trevor Morgan.

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 I'm assuming that's Trevor Morgan from Nashville.

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 Is that who Trevor is that we're talking about?

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 Trevor was an RUF guy back from the University of Alabama with Billy Joseph.

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 And there's nothing better than seeing how RUF has sort of left some fingerprints

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 out across our denomination.

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 We like to say to people, we are tomorrow's PCA.

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 So come and be a part of what we're doing in RUF.

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 And they gave me that chance to give a shameless commercial.

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 So John chapter 6, beginning in verse 52.

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 What an insane passage we're getting ready to look at this morning.

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 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying,

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 How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

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 So Jesus said to them,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man

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 and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

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 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life,

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 and I will raise him up in the last day.

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 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

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 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.

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 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father,

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 so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.

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 This is the bread that came down from heaven,

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 not like the bread our fathers ate and died.

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 Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.

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 The Bible says that grass withers and flowers fade away,

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 but the word of our God will go on forever.

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 I'm assuming in a town loaded with engineers,

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 it's the one thing that I get to ask anyone who says they're from Huntsville.

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 Oh, so are your parents engineers?

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 Why, they are. How did you know?

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 But I'm assuming in a place like this,

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 you found yourself in a context when you're trying to explain to someone something

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 that you actually know very well.

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 You have gained a measure of expertise over an area,

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 whether it be through time or effort or engagement in the topic.

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 You get it.

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 You understand this topic very well,

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 but there's someone you're speaking to who doesn't.

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 They don't have the knowledge that you have.

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 Maybe they're much younger than you, whatever.

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 You're searching for some way in which you can illustrate this thing well.

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 But oftentimes the topic is hard.

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 My wife and I were watching what I guarantee are in one of my wife's top five movies,

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 that great sort of modern classic Hoosiers.

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 Gene Hackman returns to the small town in Indiana to lead the small high school back to great glory

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 and great championships.

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 But there's a favorite scene there in the midst of one of the sort of semi-final games

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 where the coach is trying desperately to get one of these young guys to step up his game in terms of his defense.

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 You remember the scene where he walks in and goes,

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 look, that guy on the inside is killing us.

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 You've got to stick close to him.

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 But he looks at the kid, and you know what he's doing?

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 He's doing this.

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 He's chewing gum.

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 And so immediately Gene Hackman looks at him and says,

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 think about chewing gum.

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 He goes, I want you so close to this guy

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 that I want you to know exactly what kind of chewing gum he's chewing by the end of the game.

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 Well, of course, as they go through the game,

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 the guy actually finally, that's an image that works for him.

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 It clicks, and he suddenly defends him well.

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 But of course, in the midst of his defense, he fouls out.

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 And towards the end of the game, as he comes down and sits on the bench,

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 Gene Hackman sort of looks down at him,

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 and he looks back at him and says,

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 it was Dentine.

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 In other words, what Gene Hackman understood was,

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 I know the game of basketball so well

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 that I know what I've got to get out of you,

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 but I can't sit here and give you some sort of technical explanation for it.

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 Let me seize on something that you do know.

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 Okay, that's basketball.

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 What if you wanted to try to illustrate to someone

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 what it means to be connected intimately

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 in the way in which God wants to be connected to his people intimately

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 through the abiding spiritual presence of his son Jesus?

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 For those of you that are the budding theologians out there,

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 it's the topic of union with Christ.

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 We say this all the time.

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 We talk about having a personal relationship with Jesus.

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 We talk about sort of the meaningfulness and the depth of intimacy

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 that God's followers have with him through Jesus and with Jesus.

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 But how do you explain that?

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 How do you illustrate for someone something that profound,

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 something that sublime in practical ways,

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 what that really means?

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 And what you find in the New Testament is you don't get

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 what I'm guessing a bunch of engineers might like,

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 which is a technical manual.

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 I would like a philosophical paper that I can just sort of sit and look

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 and discern and pull apart and see.

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 No, what Jesus does is he goes into things

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 that he knows we know about every single day.

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 Simple things like the relationship of a branch to a vine.

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 He says that's a little bit like the union that I want to have with you,

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 the way in which a sort of branch hangs to the middle of the tree.

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 He'll go on to say that there's something about

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 this mysterious relationship of marriage

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 that in the midst of I want you to see

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 the kind of intimacy that I want to have with you.

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 In another place he'll say,

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 I want you to realize how a cornerstone

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 sort of fits in with the rest of the building.

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 In other words, he doesn't sit down and explain

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 and give us a technical manual

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 of what it means to be connected to him so deeply.

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 But what he gives us is an analogy.

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 And in our passage,

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 he gives us the analogy of food,

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 of the simplest of activities

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 and yet extraordinarily profound activities of food.

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 More specifically,

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 meal time.

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 Jesus says,

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 if you really want to know

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 what it's like to be deeply

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 and meaningfully connected to me,

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 I want you to watch what happens

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 when you as a human being

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 who are in need of regular sustenance and food

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 sit down to eat a meal together.

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 My guess is in a room like this,

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 you can probably look back and realize

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 amazing things happen over meals.

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 Do they not?

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 Friends are made.

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 News gets shared.

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 Stories get told.

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 Battles get fought.

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 Divorces announced.

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 Grievances aired.

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 Think about the adventures

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 that have happened in your life alone

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 surrounding the issue of a meal.

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 And yet Jesus says,

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 no, but here,

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 if you're going to know

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 what it means

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 to have the kind of connection

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 that I'm wanting to bring to you,

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 I want you to see

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 and think about the way you eat.

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 Ha ha!

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 He said nervously.

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 So I want to look at this passage

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 through three lenses.

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 Number one,

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 I want to consider the significance

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 of the meal in the Bible.

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 Number two,

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 I want to look at the problem

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 with our eating

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 and what it is that comes out of us

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 when we consider it.

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 And then thirdly and finally,

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 I want to look at what it means

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 to savor Jesus,

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 to savor Him

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 as the ultimate of meal.

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 So the first thing,

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 that there is a significance

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 in mealtime.

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 There was a number of years ago

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 when I was meeting

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 with a young person.

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 This was even before

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 I knew Will.

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 Can you imagine?

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 That far back.

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 I was meeting with a young man

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 who was in the youth group

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 that I was serving in

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 who had had a disastrous year.

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 In the year prior to that time,

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 he had lost his father

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 to a tragic and brief illness.

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 And in the wake of that illness,

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 he had had an older brother

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 attempt suicide

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 while he was trying to deal

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 with the grief of it all.

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 You didn't have to be

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 a professional counselor

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 to know that this kid

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 probably needed to talk to somebody.

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 And yet every time we spoke to him,

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 we always got the exact same thing.

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 Have you ever known people

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 that are sort of hyper okay?

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 Hey, how are things going?

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 Oh, it's great.

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 Everything's fine.

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 It's just good.

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 Everything's good.

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 When all the while,

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 we all knew,

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 well, okay,

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 we can say whatever's going on,

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 but I know fine

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 is probably not a very good

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 description of it.

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 And so one night

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 while giving this kid

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 a ride home after a youth group,

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 I decided in no sort of

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 pre-decided way

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 to stop off

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 at the little

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 Baskin Robbins.

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 Do we have Baskin Robbins here?

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 The ice cream places?

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 And so we got him.

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 It took me forever

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 to convince him

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 that I told him

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 to get whatever he wanted to get.

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 And he ended up

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 getting sort of a large

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 brownie sundae.

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 You know,

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 with the brownie at the bottom

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 and the three different ice cream

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 and the ice cream flavors on it

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 and the whipped cream

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 and he even got a cherry on top.

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 And so we climbed back

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 in our car

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 for about the 10 to 15 minute

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 ride home

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 while he went to work

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 on this sundae.

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 And I'm telling you,

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 the most amazing thing happened.

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 The kid cracked like a nut.

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 And with every spoonful,

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 with every spoonful

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 that went in,

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 more of what was going on

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 in his inner world

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 came out.

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 It was just like,

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 and then when Dad passed away,

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 I didn't understand

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 what was going on.

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 And then my brother

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 got all sad.

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 It was amazing.

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 Amazing to watch happen.

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 Well, years later,

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 I end up having

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 a professional therapist

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 explain to me

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 that there's actually

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 a principle of transference.

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 That when someone

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 has so much anxiety

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 and sort of restlessness

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 going on inside of them

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 that sometimes it helps

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 to have a focal point

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 of a thing

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 to transfer that stuff onto

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 in order to process

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 the things they're thinking of.

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 And I suddenly began

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 to realize that food

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 was kind of a big deal.

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 That it sort of came

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 with its own power.

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 And I also realized

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 that if you look

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 throughout the New Testament,

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 actually throughout

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 the entire Bible,

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 it's amazing

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 the big stuff

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 that happens around meals.

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 Have you ever thought

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 about this?

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 Our first parents

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 fall into sin

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 over a meal.

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 We find out later on

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 that God institutes

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 a very special meal

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 for his people

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 to remember their escape

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 from Egypt.

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 The Passover, right?

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 Later on,

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 we hit Jesus

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 sort of coming to earth.

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 God incarnate

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 coming to earth

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 where one commentator said

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 that you either have Jesus

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 coming on his way

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 to being at

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 or leaving from

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 a meal

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 in almost every scene

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 of his life

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 in his New Testament ministry.

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 Jesus attended

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 a lot of meals.

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 And a lot of stuff

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 happened around those meals.

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 Of course,

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 at the very end of his life,

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 he gets what we're going

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 to celebrate this morning.

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 He gives his people

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 a last supper

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 to remember him by.

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 And that's not enough.

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 We know that all human history

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 is going to culminate

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 in what?

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 The marriage

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 supper of the Lamb.

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 You start to get the sense

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 that the Bible

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 sees our eating,

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 our meal times,

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 as a whole lot more

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 than the mere

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 instinctual animal way

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 in which we put fuel in

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 and get energy out.

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 I don't know.

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 There's something spiritual

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 happening around our food

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 and around our meals.

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 Before we go to the next point,

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 why would Jesus choose this

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 just for a second?

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 Why would Jesus choose

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 mealtime to be one

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 of the places

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 where we see our relationship

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 with him so clearly?

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 I think,

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 interestingly enough,

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 I would guess to say

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 it's because in the midst

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 of eating,

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 it's one of the few

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 human activities

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 where you're actually

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 supposed to take something

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 inside of you.

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 You can get weirded out

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 if you think about this

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 too long,

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 about what it's like

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 to eat.

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 You eat.

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 I'm going to take this.

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 I'm going to stick it

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 inside of my body.

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 I'm going to chew on it.

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 I'm going to consume it.

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 I'm going to swallow it

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 so that when it finally

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 gets inside of me,

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 it'll unleash potential.

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 Power will come

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 once the food

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 makes it inside.

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 I think that's what

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 Jesus is saying.

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 He's saying,

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 I want to be

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 the kind of relationship

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 in your life

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 that crawls up

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 inside of you.

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 And once inside,

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 once in that key

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 life-giving place

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 of your soul,

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 I will release

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 power out from you

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 that you would not

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 have had

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 were you not

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 in relationship

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 with me.

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 Meaning,

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 for our purposes,

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 having a relationship

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 with Jesus

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 resists

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 superficiality.

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 There really is no way

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 to have a casual

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 relationship with Jesus.

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 There is no way

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 to sort of

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 have him

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 as an appendage,

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 a spoke on the wheel

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 of my life,

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 as it were.

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 He sort of muscles

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 his way in,

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 does he not?

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 Some of you are in the midst

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 of his muscling

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 his way in.

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 That the more that you

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 try to keep him

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 on the periphery

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 of your life,

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 the less he works

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 and the more difficult

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 he becomes.

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 But the further

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 that he gets in,

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 the more that he tends

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 to sort of

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 rearrange.

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 He dismantles.

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 He puts back together.

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 But it doesn't happen,

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 Jesus says,

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 until I get inside.

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 You know what it's like?

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 It's like your food.

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 So that's the first thing,

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 the significance

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 of mealtime.

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 Secondly, though,

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 that brings us

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 to the issue

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 of the problem

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 with food.

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 You know,

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 when Jesus has

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 this conversation

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 with these people

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 and he continues

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 to talk to them

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 about this

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 and the Pharisees,

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 of course,

00:15:38.599 --> 00:15:39.479
 don't get it at all.

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 They're looking at Jesus

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 and they're going,

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 how in the world

00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:43.139
 can this man

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 give us his flesh

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 to eat?

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 They don't understand

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 that he's making

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 a metaphor.

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 And to be honest

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 with you,

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 I don't really blame

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 the Pharisees

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 in the passage

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 we just read

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 because it's not

00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.240
 like Jesus

00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:53.399
 is making it easier.

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 The Pharisees

00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:54.840
 are like,

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 how can you give us

00:15:55.660 --> 00:15:56.180
 your flesh

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 and your blood

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 to eat?

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 Jesus doesn't look

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 and say,

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 guys,

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 it's a metaphor.

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 Duh.

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 He doesn't say that.

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 He looks and goes,

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 no, no, no.

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 As a matter of fact,

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 you're on the right track

00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:07.019
 unless you eat my flesh

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 and drink my blood.

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 I was telling some

00:16:10.179 --> 00:16:10.740
 of the elders before,

00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:11.819
 it's the Halloween season

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 so we'll talk about

00:16:12.779 --> 00:16:13.720
 drinking blood

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 here in October,

00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:14.699
 right?

00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:17.120
 Unless you drink my blood,

00:16:17.179 --> 00:16:18.019
 you don't understand

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 what I am.

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 And so what happens

00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:19.740
 in the passage

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 right after verse 58

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 is we find

00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:23.019
 that some of Jesus'

00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:24.699
 followers leave him

00:16:24.699 --> 00:16:25.779
 after this talk.

00:16:26.959 --> 00:16:27.659
 You ever read that?

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 Read it on this afternoon.

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 Go back and read

00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:30.299
 the rest of the chapter.

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 Some of Jesus'

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 followers are like,

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 okay,

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 and my guess is

00:16:34.379 --> 00:16:35.500
 that you would

00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:36.600
 sympathize with him.

00:16:37.300 --> 00:16:37.940
 You've been following

00:16:37.940 --> 00:16:38.500
 this leader.

00:16:38.659 --> 00:16:39.700
 He's a wonder-working

00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:40.360
 miracle worker

00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:41.120
 and suddenly he says,

00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:42.240
 if you really want to know

00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:42.580
 what it's like

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.259
 to be around me,

00:16:43.700 --> 00:16:44.740
 eat my flesh

00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:46.300
 and drink my blood.

00:16:46.940 --> 00:16:47.700
 My guess is you would

00:16:47.700 --> 00:16:48.019
 have been like,

00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:49.440
 this has been great

00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:52.139
 but I've got something

00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:52.860
 else I want to do.

00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:55.779
 They leave Jesus.

00:16:55.920 --> 00:16:56.200
 Why?

00:16:56.300 --> 00:16:57.320
 I think for this reason,

00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:58.480
 I think that once

00:16:58.480 --> 00:16:59.060
 all of a sudden

00:16:59.060 --> 00:17:00.159
 Jesus begins to talk

00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:01.060
 about food,

00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:03.660
 he begins to sort of,

00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:05.440
 he opens up a window

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.039
 for us.

00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:07.399
 And it's a window

00:17:07.399 --> 00:17:08.219
 of great discomfort.

00:17:09.099 --> 00:17:09.619
 It's a window

00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:10.679
 of great difficulty

00:17:10.679 --> 00:17:11.639
 that's often inside

00:17:11.639 --> 00:17:12.240
 of our souls

00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:13.219
 when we deal

00:17:13.219 --> 00:17:14.619
 with our food.

00:17:15.959 --> 00:17:16.459
 Well, honestly,

00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:17.559
 have you ever thought

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.619
 about the question

00:17:18.619 --> 00:17:19.959
 of food in a way

00:17:19.959 --> 00:17:20.819
 that really felt

00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:22.079
 balanced and healthy

00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:22.519
 to you?

00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:23.539
 By the way,

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 I'm not saying,

00:17:24.419 --> 00:17:25.519
 do you eat healthy?

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 I know there's plenty

00:17:26.139 --> 00:17:26.980
 of people in our churches

00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.619
 and our world

00:17:27.619 --> 00:17:30.399
 who actually are very,

00:17:30.539 --> 00:17:31.319
 very careful about

00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:32.159
 the kinds of things

00:17:32.159 --> 00:17:32.659
 that they eat

00:17:32.659 --> 00:17:33.279
 and think about it,

00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:34.339
 which is actually

00:17:34.339 --> 00:17:35.099
 going to make my point

00:17:35.099 --> 00:17:35.899
 here in just a second.

00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.399
 But have you ever

00:17:37.399 --> 00:17:38.819
 noticed how hard

00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:40.619
 it is to even think

00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:42.459
 rightly about our food

00:17:42.459 --> 00:17:44.259
 and how easily

00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:45.079
 we fall off

00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:46.319
 either into the abuse

00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:47.740
 of it or the ignorance

00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:49.459
 of it when it comes

00:17:49.459 --> 00:17:49.919
 to it?

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 A number of years ago,

00:17:51.699 --> 00:17:52.279
 I had one of these

00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:53.299
 experiences in life

00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:54.079
 where you think

00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:54.599
 to yourself,

00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:55.019
 okay,

00:17:55.399 --> 00:17:56.579
 I've got a problem,

00:17:56.719 --> 00:17:57.939
 I need to start exercising,

00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:59.139
 and food has become

00:17:59.139 --> 00:17:59.559
 an issue.

00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:01.359
 most specifically

00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:02.700
 with a little item

00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:03.119
 that we know

00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:04.720
 as the Little Debbie

00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:05.500
 snack cake.

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 In my home,

00:18:07.419 --> 00:18:09.319
 we were the chocolate chip

00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:10.240
 Little Debbie,

00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:11.059
 we're not one of those

00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:12.059
 Swiss cake roll people.

00:18:13.179 --> 00:18:15.039
 We were more about

00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:15.819
 the chocolate cake,

00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:17.339
 this wonderful little

00:18:17.339 --> 00:18:18.139
 dark chocolate

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 with the slight cream filling

00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:20.559
 and the white chocolate

00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:21.019
 on the top

00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.659
 and the sprinkles.

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 That was a weakness.

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 The minute that you try

00:18:25.419 --> 00:18:26.079
 to eat healthy

00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:26.500
 and there are

00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:27.519
 Little Debbie snack cakes

00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:29.259
 in the cupboard,

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 you're done

00:18:30.159 --> 00:18:31.339
 as far as I was concerned.

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 But what amazed me

00:18:33.199 --> 00:18:34.500
 were the kinds of things

00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:35.679
 that happened to me

00:18:35.679 --> 00:18:36.399
 psychologically

00:18:36.399 --> 00:18:37.059
 when I would go

00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:37.519
 to the cupboard

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.519
 and see this food there.

00:18:38.699 --> 00:18:39.939
 I would stand literally

00:18:39.939 --> 00:18:41.059
 and have this thought

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:42.379
 while looking at the cupboard.

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 I'd be like,

00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:43.339
 you know what,

00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:44.279
 I'm so tired

00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:45.399
 of there being

00:18:45.399 --> 00:18:46.599
 Little Debbie

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 staring me in the face

00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:48.599
 every time I look

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 inside this cupboard.

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 So you know

00:18:50.659 --> 00:18:51.139
 what I'm going to do?

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.699
 I'm just going to go ahead

00:18:52.699 --> 00:18:53.119
 and eat it

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 so I can remove

00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.899
 the temptation from me.

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 You ever had that thought?

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 Well that's insanity

00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:02.220
 is what that is.

00:19:02.919 --> 00:19:04.039
 That's crazy

00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:04.659
 being applied

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 to the area of food.

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 And so what I suddenly

00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:08.439
 realized is that

00:19:08.439 --> 00:19:09.839
 my food exercises

00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:10.819
 a measure of tyranny

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 over me.

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 Does it not?

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 I worked at Old Miss

00:19:13.679 --> 00:19:14.000
 for,

00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:14.679
 I was on campus

00:19:14.679 --> 00:19:15.059
 at Old Miss

00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:15.980
 for about 12 years

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:16.859
 as a campus minister

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 and I got to have

00:19:17.939 --> 00:19:19.000
 a lot of conversations

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 especially with women

00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:21.220
 about their relationship

00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:21.799
 to food.

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 No conversation

00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:24.220
 was more powerful

00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:24.759
 for me though

00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:25.639
 than the one

00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:26.000
 that I had

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 with a young lady

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 who was actually

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 wrestling with

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 a legitimate

00:19:28.360 --> 00:19:29.600
 eating disorder

00:19:29.600 --> 00:19:32.180
 and all of the

00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:32.980
 psychological things

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:33.440
 that were going on

00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:33.680
 with her

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 were aside the point

00:19:34.580 --> 00:19:35.300
 from this illustration

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 but I remember

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 at one point

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 her saying to me

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 she said,

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 you know Les

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 what really kills me

00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:41.640
 about what I'm going

00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:42.020
 through

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 is that I don't

00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:44.320
 remember the last time

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 that I sat down

00:19:45.100 --> 00:19:46.140
 to enjoy a meal

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 when the meal

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:49.420
 was about the meal

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 and not about the meal

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.880
 that I was going

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 to eat

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 because of this meal.

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 Some of you know

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 exactly what I'm

00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:57.099
 talking about.

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 Have you ever sat

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 down to a meal

00:19:59.279 --> 00:19:59.839
 and not been able

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:01.460
 to enjoy that food

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:02.480
 because of what

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:03.240
 this food means

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 about your next meal?

00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:04.519
 In other words

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:04.819
 she said,

00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.740
 I would sit down

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 and say,

00:20:06.179 --> 00:20:06.339
 well,

00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:07.319
 tonight we're going

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:07.519
 out,

00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:07.859
 we've got some

00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:08.339
 friends together

00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:09.220
 so I'll just

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 have a salad

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 or vice versa,

00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:12.639
 oh goodness,

00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:13.279
 I've eaten way

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:13.819
 too much here

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.259
 for lunch

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.859
 and so tonight

00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:15.839
 I'll make sure

00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:16.099
 I don't eat

00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:16.740
 anything tonight.

00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.339
 She said,

00:20:18.399 --> 00:20:18.799
 what I suddenly

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.519
 realized is that

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.579
 even the enjoyment

00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:21.439
 of an individual

00:20:21.439 --> 00:20:22.460
 meal was lost

00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:23.119
 on me

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:24.639
 because of what

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 it had to mean.

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 I think one of the

00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.639
 reasons why Jesus

00:20:28.639 --> 00:20:29.919
 chooses the image

00:20:29.919 --> 00:20:31.019
 of our food

00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:32.500
 is because he realizes

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.399
 that our food

00:20:33.399 --> 00:20:34.799
 exercises a tyranny

00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.799
 over us.

00:20:36.139 --> 00:20:36.519
 In other words,

00:20:36.579 --> 00:20:37.619
 the things that we eat,

00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:38.679
 the habits that we

00:20:38.679 --> 00:20:39.579
 employ in dealing

00:20:39.579 --> 00:20:39.960
 with it,

00:20:40.179 --> 00:20:41.699
 open up a window.

00:20:41.919 --> 00:20:42.599
 Do they not?

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.879
 Is there anything

00:20:44.879 --> 00:20:45.579
 that we often get

00:20:45.579 --> 00:20:46.639
 more self-conscious

00:20:46.639 --> 00:20:48.199
 about than our food?

00:20:49.179 --> 00:20:49.639
 We have a whole

00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:50.380
 television network

00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:51.140
 devoted to chefs

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:51.660
 and food,

00:20:51.860 --> 00:20:52.500
 but statistically

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:52.980
 speaking,

00:20:53.080 --> 00:20:53.740
 we cook less

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.500
 than we ever have.

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:56.020
 Americans spend

00:20:56.020 --> 00:20:58.340
 $50 billion a year

00:20:58.340 --> 00:20:59.200
 on dieting

00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:00.040
 and dieting methods.

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.800
 At any given moment,

00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:04.060
 25% of men

00:21:04.060 --> 00:21:05.660
 and 45% of women

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.520
 are dieting.

00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:10.620
 Look,

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.220
 food is more

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.780
 than fuel.

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:13.940
 Jesus chooses food,

00:21:14.020 --> 00:21:14.460
 I think,

00:21:14.560 --> 00:21:15.300
 to talk about

00:21:15.300 --> 00:21:15.840
 the relationship

00:21:15.840 --> 00:21:16.300
 to him

00:21:16.300 --> 00:21:17.759
 because it's to do

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.840
 with what only

00:21:18.840 --> 00:21:19.400
 an image of

00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:19.900
 following him

00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:20.640
 needs to do

00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:21.660
 which is to reveal

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.580
 the fact that we

00:21:22.580 --> 00:21:23.280
 have a powerful

00:21:23.280 --> 00:21:24.200
 hurt inside.

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.220
 That no matter

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:27.620
 how much I eat

00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:28.580
 or how little

00:21:28.580 --> 00:21:29.360
 I eat

00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:30.600
 or how confused

00:21:30.600 --> 00:21:31.400
 I am about

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:32.019
 my eating

00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:33.040
 or even how

00:21:33.040 --> 00:21:33.980
 so obsessed

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.640
 I am

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:35.380
 that I can't

00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:36.000
 have a conversation

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:36.700
 with anyone else

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.680
 without talking

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.320
 about the things

00:21:38.320 --> 00:21:38.900
 that I eat.

00:21:40.540 --> 00:21:41.240
 There's something

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.840
 going on.

00:21:43.080 --> 00:21:43.960
 There's a hurt

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.740
 on the inside.

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:45.960
 There's a pain.

00:21:46.280 --> 00:21:47.080
 There's a dysfunction

00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:48.240
 that comes up

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:49.000
 out of the life

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.619
 the minute

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.119
 that you begin

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:50.619
 to think

00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:51.460
 about how,

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.139
 where,

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:52.720
 when,

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.319
 and what

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:54.359
 I ought to eat.

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.659
 You're not going

00:21:56.659 --> 00:21:56.980
 to sit down

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.759
 to a plate of food

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.799
 without realizing

00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.419
 that there's

00:21:59.419 --> 00:22:00.019
 something wrong

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.500
 with me.

00:22:01.619 --> 00:22:02.319
 There's something

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:03.419
 broken in me

00:22:03.419 --> 00:22:04.299
 and all the food

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.659
 in the world

00:22:04.659 --> 00:22:05.460
 has not yet

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:07.399
 satisfied.

00:22:08.899 --> 00:22:09.639
 Which brings me

00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:10.319
 to the third point.

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:12.339
 This whole question

00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:13.740
 of satisfaction.

00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:15.779
 What does it mean

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:17.000
 to have Jesus

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:18.519
 satisfy me

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:20.259
 not just in the area

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.779
 of a spiritual

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:21.339
 relationship

00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:22.500
 and not just in a way

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.299
 in which he can redeem

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.659
 my partaking of food

00:22:24.659 --> 00:22:25.799
 but to actually become

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.559
 an overwhelming

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.799
 all-encompassing

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.759
 true food.

00:22:28.919 --> 00:22:29.819
 That's what Jesus says

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.399
 in the passage,

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:30.899
 doesn't he?

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:31.859
 In other words,

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.159
 he says,

00:22:32.159 --> 00:22:32.399
 look,

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.079
 verse 55,

00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:34.480
 for my flesh

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:36.500
 is true food

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.579
 and my blood

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:39.139
 is true drink.

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.759
 He's not saying

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.619
 that this food

00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:42.179
 that we eat

00:22:42.179 --> 00:22:42.699
 or any meal

00:22:42.699 --> 00:22:43.219
 that we eat

00:22:43.219 --> 00:22:44.719
 is somehow illusory

00:22:44.719 --> 00:22:46.899
 and spiritual

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.559
 and foolish

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.559
 but then one day

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.119
 he's going to give us

00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:50.439
 the real spiritual kind.

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.159
 That's not what he's saying.

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.579
 He's saying

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.739
 that all of the food

00:22:53.739 --> 00:22:54.459
 that you're eating

00:22:54.459 --> 00:22:56.039
 is actually pointing

00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:57.479
 away from itself.

00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:59.559
 It's a signal flare

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.179
 as it were

00:23:00.179 --> 00:23:00.899
 to something

00:23:00.899 --> 00:23:02.139
 much more profound

00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:02.739
 inside of you

00:23:02.739 --> 00:23:03.359
 that you need

00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:04.219
 and that is

00:23:04.219 --> 00:23:04.979
 to be satisfied

00:23:04.979 --> 00:23:06.259
 by me.

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:09.019
 My good friend

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:10.019
 Brian Habig

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:11.359
 who's the pastor

00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:13.399
 of downtown Perez

00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:13.879
 in Greenville,

00:23:13.979 --> 00:23:14.439
 South Carolina

00:23:14.439 --> 00:23:16.059
 has a great illustration

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:17.279
 that I shamelessly stole

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.979
 but I asked him

00:23:17.979 --> 00:23:18.579
 if I could use it

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.179
 so he said yes.

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.979
 Habig came back

00:23:20.979 --> 00:23:21.799
 to the state

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.359
 of Mississippi

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:23.719
 for someone

00:23:23.719 --> 00:23:24.299
 who was doing

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.699
 a great service

00:23:25.699 --> 00:23:26.379
 to their community

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:26.779
 and that is

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.579
 they were clearing

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.539
 out their freezer

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.759
 of all the meat

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.579
 that they killed

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:31.639
 that particular

00:23:31.639 --> 00:23:32.479
 hunting season.

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.719
 They're going to

00:23:33.719 --> 00:23:34.219
 clear it all out

00:23:34.219 --> 00:23:35.019
 with a great big party

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.359
 and they were just

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:36.299
 going to cook everything.

00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:38.459
 And so Habig's friend

00:23:38.459 --> 00:23:39.359
 had him over that night

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:40.179
 for this big feast

00:23:40.179 --> 00:23:40.659
 that they have

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:41.000
 and he said

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.920
 by the time

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.480
 they got finished

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.759
 with every conceivable

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:45.220
 kind of food

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:46.080
 that they could cook

00:23:46.080 --> 00:23:46.759
 and enjoy

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.900
 they found themselves

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.880
 sort of on the couch

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:50.500
 and sort of in that zone

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.220
 you know what I'm talking about

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.960
 where you're sort of

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.740
 back like this

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.800
 and you know

00:23:53.800 --> 00:23:54.980
 you're trying to figure out

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.720
 how you're going to get up

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.840
 you know outside

00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:58.540
 and Habig said

00:23:58.540 --> 00:23:59.380
 his friend leaned over

00:23:59.380 --> 00:23:59.880
 to him and looked

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:00.220
 and said

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:02.120
 Brian I think I'm

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:03.480
 meat drunk.

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:06.540
 You ever been to that place

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.859
 where there's almost

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:09.420
 like a sublime

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.460
 satisfaction

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.460
 that's sort of

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.240
 washed over you?

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.839
 Well it's almost

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.980
 as if Jesus is saying

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.799
 I would like

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.700
 for my people

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:18.799
 to make an association

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:21.139
 this is the big statement

00:24:21.139 --> 00:24:21.799
 of the sermon

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:24.359
 Jesus wants his people

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:25.759
 to make the association

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:28.079
 between the physical sensation

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:30.379
 of being deeply satisfied

00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:32.019
 by a good meal

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:35.319
 and the spiritual sensation

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:37.139
 of looking to Jesus

00:24:37.139 --> 00:24:37.960
 and saying

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:39.639
 you are all

00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:40.700
 that I need

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:44.079
 and whatever I have

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.899
 in heaven and on earth

00:24:44.899 --> 00:24:46.480
 I found it all in you

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:48.860
 this is what I've been

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.400
 looking for

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:50.339
 this is what I've been

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:52.039
 lost to find

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:56.559
 so how does that happen?

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.259
 It'd be interesting

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.220
 to end the sermon there

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.720
 wouldn't it?

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.700
 To say you know

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.360
 and we should all be

00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:02.559
 more satisfied with Jesus

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.779
 let us pray

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:05.360
 but I'm not going to end it there

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:06.500
 because that's not enough

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:08.339
 because a sermon

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:09.079
 is not a sermon

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:10.000
 until we all of a sudden

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.620
 ask the question

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 okay okay

00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:12.339
 I get you

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:14.240
 Jesus would like to be to me

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:15.099
 what a good meal is

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.960
 okay I got it

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:17.720
 but how does that happen?

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:20.220
 Because I didn't have

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.200
 a good eating week

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.799
 this week

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:23.400
 or

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:25.360
 I didn't have a very good time

00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:26.200
 feeding on him

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.720
 as a matter of fact

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.920
 he was a distant memory

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.700
 to me this week

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:31.799
 Jesus was that appendage

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.519
 you were talking about

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:34.059
 he hasn't gotten inside

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:36.500
 what does that mean for me?

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:39.100
 Well I think what it means

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:39.680
 for the soul

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.340
 who looks and says

00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:41.220
 tell me again

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:42.000
 what it is

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.900
 that is satisfying

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.640
 about Jesus

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:46.060
 is to remind ourselves

00:25:46.060 --> 00:25:47.460
 of how Jesus

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.220
 phrases this

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.860
 notice what he says

00:25:48.860 --> 00:25:49.700
 there in verse 57

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:51.140
 he says look

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:52.660
 there is a keen

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.480
 relationship

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.960
 from the living

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.600
 father

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:57.160
 who sent me

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:58.980
 that I live

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.880
 because of him

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 and if you

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.500
 are in me

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.600
 you have the life

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:04.280
 of the father

00:26:04.280 --> 00:26:05.600
 that those relationship

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.440
 works together

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:06.960
 in other words

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.759
 there is a

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.960
 there is a sense

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.480
 in which

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:11.340
 for me to stand

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.579
 between you

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.539
 on the one hand

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.659
 and my father

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.379
 on the other

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:18.039
 creates something

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.679
 as powerful

00:26:18.679 --> 00:26:19.539
 in your life

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.799
 as food does

00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.299
 for a meal

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.119
 you know what it means?

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.859
 it means that

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:25.319
 I will never find

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:27.199
 my ultimate satisfaction

00:26:27.199 --> 00:26:28.419
 in Jesus

00:26:28.419 --> 00:26:31.439
 until I find out

00:26:31.439 --> 00:26:32.059
 in the gospel

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:33.199
 that he

00:26:33.199 --> 00:26:34.319
 is satisfied

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.639
 with me

00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:36.959
 because of the cross

00:26:36.959 --> 00:26:40.259
 there it is

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:43.240
 our satisfaction

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.859
 in Jesus

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:45.279
 is not tied

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.000
 to us

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:47.039
 working harder

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:48.299
 to being satisfied

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.920
 with Jesus

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.640
 rather

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.859
 it is working harder

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:51.839
 to discover

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:53.099
 his satisfaction

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.619
 with me

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.379
 in the cross

00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:56.359
 it's where

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:56.839
 it's headed

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.660
 it's where this

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:59.240
 meal is going to

00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:01.059
 Jesus is saying

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:03.759
 so what does that mean?

00:27:04.879 --> 00:27:05.619
 well it means

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:07.500
 that the expression

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.519
 that the proof

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.000
 of the pudding

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.759
 is in the tasting

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:11.240
 means that we

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.000
 really don't get

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.599
 a sense of

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.480
 Jesus satisfaction

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.240
 with me

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.180
 until I begin

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:15.940
 to taste it

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:17.200
 so what does it

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:18.019
 mean to savor

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.500
 Jesus?

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.839
 I think in one sense

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.420
 it sort of gives

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:21.960
 a new light

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.440
 on the idea

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.920
 of prayer

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.480
 doesn't it?

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.539
 it's another sermon

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.220
 for another day

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:26.019
 but to learn

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.740
 to think of

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.500
 prayer time

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.460
 as meal time

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.879
 hmm

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:31.220
 hold that thought

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:32.819
 but I think

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.400
 in the most vivid

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.079
 place where we

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.839
 get to taste

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.700
 and see that

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.379
 the Lord is good

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:37.299
 is here

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:39.379
 that he gave

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:40.279
 us a meal

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.700
 a tangible

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.339
 meal

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.779
 with something

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.859
 that's got

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:45.159
 texture to it

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:46.480
 it's got liquid

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.139
 to it

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:48.839
 and so Jesus

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.759
 says if you really

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.299
 want to know

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:50.960
 what it's like

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:52.339
 before I leave

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.759
 and plan

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.859
 for my return

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.859
 I want you

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.700
 to remember

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.919
 and to feed

00:27:57.919 --> 00:27:58.559
 on me

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.700
 with this meal

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:02.519
 there's a foodie

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.200
 writer by the name

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:04.200
 of Nigel Slater

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.340
 who I had not

00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:05.620
 heard of

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:06.059
 until I started

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.539
 doing research

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.000
 for this sermon

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:08.299
 who talked

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.880
 about the time

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.299
 when he was

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.920
 a teenager

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:11.059
 when his mother

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.779
 passed away

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:13.380
 very dear

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:13.920
 and very close

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.440
 to his mother

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.720
 but at one point

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:15.980
 he says

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.559
 the night after

00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.400
 my mother's funeral

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:18.480
 I came into

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.039
 my bedroom

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.480
 and I looked

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.840
 and saw

00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:20.500
 two little

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.759
 white marshmallows

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.980
 sitting on my

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.740
 bedside table

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:25.340
 I'd never been

00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:25.920
 allowed to eat

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.279
 in bed

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:26.720
 so when my

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.259
 father came

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.720
 upstairs

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.319
 to tuck me

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.620
 in

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:29.360
 I asked

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:29.720
 if they were

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.220
 for me

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:32.180
 of course

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.539
 they are

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:32.980
 he said

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:34.140
 I know

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.400
 they were

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:35.039
 your favorites

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:36.599
 you see

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.019
 in a school

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.360
 essay

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:37.779
 that I had

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:37.960
 written

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.319
 shortly

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:38.799
 before my

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.220
 mother's

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.579
 death

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:40.539
 I had

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.200
 described

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:42.240
 marshmallows

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:43.860
 as being

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:44.360
 the nearest

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:44.980
 food

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:46.200
 to a kiss

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:49.240
 soft

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:50.000
 sweet

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.680
 and tender

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:52.400
 my father

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:53.240
 made certain

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:54.039
 that each

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.339
 night

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.860
 for the next

00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:55.620
 two years

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:57.099
 I found

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:57.500
 two

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:57.880
 sometimes

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.319
 three

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:58.720
 fluffy

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.299
 sugary

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.220
 marshmallows

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:01.079
 beside my

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.860
 bedside table

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:03.579
 because he

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.079
 knew what I

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.579
 missed most

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:05.079
 of all

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.719
 was my

00:29:05.719 --> 00:29:06.219
 mother's

00:29:06.219 --> 00:29:06.899
 good night

00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.379
 kiss

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:09.679
 and somehow

00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:09.959
 in the

00:29:09.959 --> 00:29:10.319
 marshmallow

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:10.859
 I saw

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.079
 it

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:13.339
 that's

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.519
 actually

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:13.740
 pretty

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.179
 good

00:29:14.179 --> 00:29:15.839
 it's

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.079
 as if

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.339
 Jesus

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:17.000
 is saying

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.539
 I'm

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:17.799
 going

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.279
 away

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.959
 I have

00:29:19.959 --> 00:29:20.139
 to go

00:29:20.139 --> 00:29:20.539
 to prepare

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.019
 a place

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.439
 for you

00:29:21.439 --> 00:29:21.939
 but I'm

00:29:21.939 --> 00:29:22.079
 going to

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.419
 be very

00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:23.039
 spiritually

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.559
 present

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:23.959
 by my

00:29:23.959 --> 00:29:24.179
 Holy

00:29:24.179 --> 00:29:24.559
 Spirit

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.079
 but I

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.379
 also

00:29:25.379 --> 00:29:25.559
 know

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:25.839
 that you

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.019
 need

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.359
 something

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:27.019
 tangible

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:28.779
 something

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.559
 substantive

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:31.779
 so he

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.039
 leaves

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:33.579
 the nearest

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.240
 Christian

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.799
 spiritual

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.299
 analogy

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.799
 to a

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.299
 kiss

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.659
 in the

00:29:37.659 --> 00:29:38.019
 table

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:39.899
 we

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.299
 come

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.639
 to be

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:41.079
 reminded

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.500
 that he's

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.700
 still

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.139
 here

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:43.480
 and that

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:43.759
 in the

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.099
 end

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.559
 it's

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:44.879
 not

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.720
 a

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.240
 fragile

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.879
 truce

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.399
 that he

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:47.639
 has

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:47.960
 between

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.339
 us

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:49.879
 that he

00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:50.099
 still

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.379
 loves

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:50.500
 us

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:50.740
 he's

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:50.960
 still

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.279
 all

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.539
 in

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:53.440
 and

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:53.619
 we're

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:53.839
 still

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.319
 acceptable

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:54.559
 to

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:54.799
 him

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:56.859
 my

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.220
 youngest

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.659
 is a

00:29:57.659 --> 00:29:57.879
 picky

00:29:57.879 --> 00:29:58.259
 eater

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.039
 I

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.299
 actually

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.639
 asked

00:29:59.639 --> 00:29:59.759
 him

00:29:59.759 --> 00:29:59.919
 for

00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:00.240
 permission

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.440
 to

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:00.639
 use

00:30:00.639 --> 00:30:00.819
 this

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.319
 illustration

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.759
 don't

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:01.899
 ever

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.059
 use

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.180
 your

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.399
 kids

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:02.619
 as

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.139
 illustrations

00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:03.359
 in

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.500
 your

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:03.819
 sermons

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.019
 my

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.379
 homiletics

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.720
 professor

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.000
 said

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.159
 well

00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:05.659
 I

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.000
 asked

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.119
 for

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.299
 this

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:06.419
 one

00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:06.599
 and he

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:06.779
 said

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.019
 fine

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.039
 my

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.339
 11

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:08.519
 year

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:08.720
 old

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:08.839
 is

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:08.960
 a

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.159
 picky

00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:09.500
 eater

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:09.740
 and

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.399
 if

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:10.480
 you

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:10.639
 don't

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:10.980
 mind

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.220
 if

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.279
 you

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.419
 don't

00:30:11.419 --> 00:30:11.700
 mind

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.259
 I

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.399
 know

00:30:12.399 --> 00:30:12.539
 that

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:12.680
 some

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:12.779
 of

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:12.839
 you

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:12.980
 out

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.119
 there

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.359
 are

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:13.559
 like

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.740
 oh

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.019
 I've

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.099
 got

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.220
 a

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.440
 perfect

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.159
 cure

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:24.879
 and

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:25.279
 expand

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.500
 his

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.799
 palate

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.220
 but

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.299
 it

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.559
 remains

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:26.799
 very

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.019
 very

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.379
 narrow

00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:28.599
 but

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:28.700
 if

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:28.819
 any

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:28.899
 of

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:28.980
 you

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.079
 have

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.200
 ever

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.359
 dealt

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:29.500
 with

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:29.700
 picky

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.019
 eaters

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.139
 you

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.299
 know

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.440
 that

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.519
 it

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:30.659
 can

00:30:30.659 --> 00:30:30.859
 turn

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.399
 mealtime

00:30:31.399 --> 00:30:31.720
 into

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.180
 just

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:34.339
 it

00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:34.419
 can

00:30:34.419 --> 00:30:34.539
 be

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:34.680
 a

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:34.980
 battle

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:36.259
 and

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.440
 for

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:36.839
 years

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.099
 ever

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.279
 since

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.460
 my

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:38.839
 son

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:39.039
 was

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.480
 very

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.000
 small

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:41.519
 mealtime

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.700
 just

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:41.839
 had

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:41.980
 a

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.240
 battle

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.379
 and

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:42.500
 I

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.799
 noticed

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:42.960
 up

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.200
 until

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.440
 about

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:44.419
 two

00:30:44.419 --> 00:30:44.539
 or

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:44.720
 three

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.019
 years

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.279
 ago

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.659
 my

00:30:45.659 --> 00:30:45.919
 son

00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:46.119
 had

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.240
 what

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.359
 I

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:46.500
 would

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:46.779
 consider

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:46.879
 to

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:46.960
 be

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:47.059
 a

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:48.779
 normal

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.539
 response

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.019
 to

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.440
 parental

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:50.960
 pressure

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.220
 to

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.440
 clean

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:51.599
 your

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:51.980
 plate

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:53.059
 and

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.200
 that

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.359
 was

00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:53.579
 just

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.019
 anger

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:55.220
 he

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.379
 would

00:30:55.379 --> 00:30:55.579
 sit

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:55.759
 sort

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:55.859
 of

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:56.099
 teeth

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.420
 gritting

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.160
 food

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.500
 and

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.399
 put

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:58.559
 it

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:58.720
 in

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:58.819
 and

00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.000
 trying

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.160
 to

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.420
 chew

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.579
 it

00:30:59.579 --> 00:31:00.500
 and

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.660
 just

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:00.920
 looking

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.019
 at

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.099
 me

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.279
 sort

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.399
 of

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:01.700
 angry

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:01.839
 and

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.299
 irritated

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.779
 it

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:02.899
 was

00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:03.379
 appropriate

00:31:03.379 --> 00:31:03.599
 I

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:03.899
 thought

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:05.639
 until

00:31:05.639 --> 00:31:05.819
 about

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.039
 three

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.259
 years

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.579
 ago

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:08.420
 for

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:08.720
 some

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.039
 reason

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.180
 I

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.399
 began

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:09.599
 to

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:09.920
 notice

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.119
 as

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.299
 my

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:10.759
 son

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.240
 grew

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:13.180
 that

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.920
 the

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.500
 anger

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.960
 towards

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.160
 me

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.379
 sort

00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:15.480
 of

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.639
 was

00:31:15.639 --> 00:31:16.460
 morphing

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:17.960
 into

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.220
 a

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.660
 hopeful

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.720
 compliance

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:21.940
 in

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.079
 other

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.240
 words

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.559
 he

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:22.779
 began

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:22.960
 to

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.379
 realize

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:23.680
 that

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:23.859
 his

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:24.339
 father

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:24.740
 wanted

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:24.920
 him

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.079
 to

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.460
 eat

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.680
 and

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:26.799
 so

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:26.920
 he

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.059
 was

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.559
 constantly

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:27.940
 looking

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.200
 to

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:28.559
 see

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:29.359
 if

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:29.480
 I

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.160
 disapproved

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.279
 of

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.420
 how

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:30.599
 he

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:30.839
 was

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.220
 eating

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:32.720
 but

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:32.879
 yet

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.200
 utterly

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.440
 in

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:33.899
 conflict

00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:34.119
 by

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.279
 the

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.619
 foods

00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:34.960
 that

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:36.059
 he

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.220
 just

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.440
 didn't

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:36.940
 like

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:39.440
 and

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.899
 watching

00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:40.180
 him

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.599
 all of a

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:40.740
 sudden

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.339
 try

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:41.960
 not

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.160
 to

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.339
 sort

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:42.440
 of

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:42.619
 be

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.160
 against

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.579
 me

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:43.980
 but

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.139
 to

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:44.619
 actually

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:45.379
 please

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:45.759
 me

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:48.119
 it

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:48.279
 just

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.439
 broke

00:31:48.439 --> 00:31:48.619
 my

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:48.899
 heart

00:31:48.899 --> 00:31:50.219
 and

00:31:50.219 --> 00:31:50.459
 one

00:31:50.459 --> 00:31:50.679
 night

00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:50.879
 I

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.359
 decided

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:51.859
 that

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:51.979
 I

00:31:51.979 --> 00:31:52.139
 would

00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:52.359
 quit

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:52.839
 talking

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.339
 about

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:53.500
 what

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.679
 my

00:31:53.679 --> 00:31:53.919
 son

00:31:53.919 --> 00:31:54.179
 ate

00:31:54.179 --> 00:31:54.459
 over

00:31:54.459 --> 00:31:54.979
 mealtime

00:31:54.979 --> 00:31:56.239
 I

00:31:56.239 --> 00:31:56.459
 gave

00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:56.719
 up

00:31:56.719 --> 00:31:57.219
 which

00:31:57.219 --> 00:31:57.439
 is why

00:31:57.439 --> 00:31:57.559
 you

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:57.839
 parents

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.099
 out there

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.199
 who

00:31:58.199 --> 00:31:58.379
 pulled

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:58.479
 it

00:31:58.479 --> 00:31:58.659
 off

00:31:58.659 --> 00:31:58.739
 are

00:31:58.739 --> 00:31:58.879
 like

00:31:58.879 --> 00:31:59.039
 well

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.139
 it

00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.259
 didn't

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.359
 do

00:31:59.359 --> 00:31:59.439
 it

00:31:59.439 --> 00:31:59.500
 the

00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.619
 way

00:31:59.619 --> 00:31:59.759
 I

00:31:59.759 --> 00:31:59.919
 did

00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:00.059
 it

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:00.339
 well

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:00.679
 great

00:32:00.679 --> 00:32:00.879
 for

00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:01.159
 you

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:05.700
 I

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.019
 gave

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.320
 up

00:32:06.320 --> 00:32:06.759
 talking

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:06.940
 to

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.120
 my

00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:07.340
 son

00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:07.519
 about

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:07.680
 how

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:07.779
 he

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:07.960
 ate

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.080
 you

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:08.220
 want

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.240
 to

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.340
 know

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:08.660
 why

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:10.440
 because

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:10.580
 it

00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:10.840
 suddenly

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.180
 occurred

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.300
 to

00:32:11.300 --> 00:32:11.480
 me

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.019
 that

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.140
 I

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.259
 would

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.600
 rather

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:12.900
 my

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:13.220
 son

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.540
 grow

00:32:13.540 --> 00:32:13.960
 up

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:15.660
 with

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:17.200
 scurvy

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:21.100
 or

00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:21.480
 something

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:24.519
 rather

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:24.700
 than

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:24.840
 go

00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:25.080
 another

00:32:25.080 --> 00:32:25.600
 mealtime

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:26.040
 wondering

00:32:26.040 --> 00:32:26.300
 whether

00:32:26.300 --> 00:32:26.519
 his

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:26.800
 father

00:32:26.800 --> 00:32:27.320
 approves

00:32:27.320 --> 00:32:27.519
 of

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.740
 him

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:31.700
 my

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.220
 satisfaction

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.700
 in

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:32.980
 Jesus

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.339
 is

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:33.779
 tied

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.240
 to

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.440
 his

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.000
 satisfaction

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.359
 in

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:35.720
 me

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:37.319
 and

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.420
 when

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.539
 I

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:37.740
 come

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:37.859
 to

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.039
 this

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.339
 place

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.579
 it's

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:38.759
 not

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.079
 just

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.339
 for

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.779
 you

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.220
 to

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.660
 feed

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.259
 it's

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.440
 for

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:41.859
 him

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.279
 to

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.599
 feed

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.099
 you

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.559
 on

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:43.720
 the

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.299
 knowledge

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.660
 and

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:44.839
 the

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.240
 certainty

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.700
 that

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:45.880
 on

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.059
 the

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.640
 cross

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.059
 he

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.259
 has

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.559
 taken

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:47.819
 away

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.019
 your

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.359
 debt

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:48.720
 he

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:48.880
 has

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:49.160
 taken

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:49.420
 away

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:49.620
 your

00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:49.940
 guilt

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.339
 he

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.500
 has

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.660
 set

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:50.980
 aside

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.359
 all

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:51.480
 of

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:51.599
 the

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:51.819
 other

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.440
 emotional

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.900
 and

00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.559
 psychological

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.200
 hindrances

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.680
 that

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:54.799
 would

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.079
 keep

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.460
 God

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:55.599
 as

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:55.720
 a

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.220
 periphery

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.339
 to

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:56.500
 my

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:56.819
 life

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.200
 and

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:57.440
 says

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:57.880
 take

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.620
 me

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:59.400
 in

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:02.100
 yes

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.420
 I'm

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:02.600
 going to

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:02.920
 renovate

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.319
 everything

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.660
 when I'm

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:03.900
 there

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.299
 but

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.559
 take

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:04.779
 me

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.180
 in

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:06.079
 because

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 once

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 there

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 I'll

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 release

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 a

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 power

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 into

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 your

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 life

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 that

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 you

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 couldn't

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 have

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 known

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 was

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 there

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 before

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 so

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 come

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 eat

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 let's

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 pray

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 I'm

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 glad

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 that

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 you

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 don't

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 have

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 to

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 choose

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 between

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 my

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 good

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 health

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 and

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 your

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 children's

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 joy

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 but

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 that

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 you

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 supplied

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 both

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 in

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 your

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 body

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 and

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 your

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:27.759
 blood

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 so

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 that

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 as

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 the

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 plate

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 comes

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 around

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 we

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 can

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 see

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 in

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 it

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 not

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 only

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 just

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 sustenance

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 spiritually

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 and

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 otherwise

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 but

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 that

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 we

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 have

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 the

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 kiss

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.019
 that

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.179
 you

00:33:38.179 --> 00:33:38.559
 leave

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:38.759
 to

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 us

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 every

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 Sunday

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 and

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 as

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 often

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 as

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 we

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 take

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 it

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 we

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 see

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 your

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 love

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 for

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 us

00:33:45.179 --> 00:33:46.639
 so

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:46.759
 would

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:46.859
 you

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 pour

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.240
 that

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.539
 upon

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:48.559
 us

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 at

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 this

00:33:48.979 --> 00:33:49.259
 moment

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.479
 by

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 your

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 spirit

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:51.279
 and

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.419
 give

00:33:51.419 --> 00:33:51.539
 us

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.719
 the

00:33:51.719 --> 00:33:52.039
 grace

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 to

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 see

00:33:52.439 --> 00:33:52.559
 you

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 more