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 Our series at the moment is on discipline, being a disciple, the same word.

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 Discipline is about when there are things that we don't feel like doing,

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 but nevertheless we're called to do.

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 Now there are times when there are things in Christian life that we do want to do,

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 we feel quite motivated, but a lot of the time we don't.

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 And this week we're thinking about worship,

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 and I think it's really important and actually can be quite helpful

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 if we understand that there will be times in our lives

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 when we don't feel like worshipping God.

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 But as a discipline and as part of our life of being disciples of Jesus,

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 we're called, especially in those times, to keep on worshipping.

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 I love this story of Mary and Martha,

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 because I think there's something in it that we can all relate to.

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 Just picture that scene.

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 Jewish hospitality was known to be great.

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 For anybody.

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 But this isn't just anybody that Mary and Martha have received into their home.

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 We don't know what was on the menu that day,

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 but I think we can assume that it probably wasn't a cup of tea and a sandwich.

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 Also, we're not told beyond Jesus, Mary and Martha,

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 who was actually there,

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 but I think we can probably take a reasonable guess that there were more.

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 Twelve disciples for a start, we don't know,

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 but it seems that it could be a strong possibility.

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 The very fact that Jesus was in another room teaching,

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 something that within that culture would have been,

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 something that principally was men that would have been gathered,

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 certainly you wouldn't expect Jesus to have been there on his own

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 with another woman in that culture.

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 It's pretty probable there were a lot of other people there.

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 And of course, they didn't have a modern kitchen.

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 So it would have been pretty chaotic.

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 And so you can kind of relate and identify,

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 and let's be honest,

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 be on the side of this poor woman quite easily.

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 When she is trying to work this whole thing

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 and make it all happen,

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 and her sister is there sat at the feet of Jesus,

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 just soaking it all up.

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 And yet, it is precisely that

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 that we have in common.

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 To sit at the feet of Jesus and soak it all up.

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 Because that's a pretty good definition of what worship means.

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 And whilst we might not be in that situation

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 of being in that scene

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 where we've got the Son of God dropping in for lunch,

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 I think we can probably relate to that experience

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 of when life is full of busyness and chaos

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 and lists and stuff that we need to do

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 and something deep within us is saying,

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 I just need to be doing all this.

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 Going to church to worship God

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 or worshipping God in my own home or whatever.

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 There are so many other things

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 pulling us in the other direction.

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 And it's precisely in those times

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 when we need to hear those words of Jesus

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 which he says in this scene,

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 one thing is needed.

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 Just that one thing.

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 You see, there will always be lots of other things

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 always, throughout our whole lives.

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 There always will be.

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 But if, as a Christian,

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 you really are serious about wanting to be

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 and grow as a Christian,

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 that one thing we call worship

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 drops.

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 Then don't be surprised

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 if everything else just strangely falls apart very quickly.

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 We may not feel like worshipping always,

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 but Jesus says to us here,

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 it is that one thing that really matters.

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 And it's not the only place in the Bible

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 that we find it put that way.

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 And I want to share with you four other instances

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 where that same phrase comes up,

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 that one thing.

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 Because they each help us to understand

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 just a little bit more about what's going on here.

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 That there are those times in our lives

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 when we will not feel like worshipping God.

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 But worship is the one thing that's needed.

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 We may be tempted to think

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 that there's such a thing as being too heavenly minded

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 to be of any earthly good,

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 as the phrase goes.

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 Where there's so much stuff that needs doing,

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 there's so much action,

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 we haven't got time to be doing

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 all the spiritual stuff,

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 we just need to get on with it.

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 But the whole point here that Jesus is making

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 is that it's actually,

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 we need to be heavenly minded

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 in order to be of any earthly good.

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 So the second,

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 or rather we need to rewind in history

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 and go back into the Old Testament,

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 but the second example of scripture

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 that I want to share with you

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 is from Psalm 27,

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 where King David,

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 who as a king was very much a man of action,

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 mentions this one thing.

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 Psalm 27 verses 1 to 4.

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 We need to bear in mind

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 that all of these psalms

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 were written in a context.

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 None of the psalms were written in a vacuum.

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 David led his country at a time

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 when there seemed to be continual crisis.

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 So these psalms were written

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 out of an experience of crisis,

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 a national crisis,

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 and leading very often at a time

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 when they were actually living in a war zone.

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 And so with all that chaos around him,

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 David wrote this,

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 One thing,

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 I ask from the Lord,

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 this only do I seek,

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 that I may dwell in the house of the Lord

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 all the days of my life

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 to gaze on the beauty of the Lord

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 and seek him in his temple.

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 I am pretty sure

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 that there would be times

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 when David did not feel like worshipping God.

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 He had a country to run.

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 He had battles to fight.

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 He had invaders invading.

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 He had stuff going on.

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 And yet for all that,

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 he knew that one thing that mattered

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 was to worship,

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 to gaze on the beauty of the Lord

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 as he puts it.

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 You know, there's a phrase, isn't there,

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 that gaze upon God

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 but just glance at your problems.

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 And often the issue,

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 the problem is

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 we get it the other way around.

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 We gaze at our problems

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 and just take your glance at God.

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 The analogy I like to draw

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 is if you imagine

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 if you're driving in a car,

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 your eyes will probably be doing broadly

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 two things

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 if you're driving safely.

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 Firstly, you'll be,

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 I don't know if gazing is the right word,

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 but you'll be looking forward

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 most of the time.

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 But also,

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 you'll be glancing in the mirror

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 from time to time.

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 That's important.

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 But imagine what would happen

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 if you reversed it.

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 Gazing in that mirror

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 would be like gazing in your troubles.

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 We need to gaze

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 upon God

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 and glance

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 at those problems.

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 David knew

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 that that was the one thing

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 that mattered.

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 So,

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 what might be

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 a third example?

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 Well, we move back

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 into the Gospels now

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 and we're in Mark chapter 10.

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 Another famous story of Jesus.

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 Reading from Mark chapter 10.

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 As Jesus started on his way,

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 a man ran up to him

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 and fell on his knees before him.

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 Good teacher, he asked.

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 What must I do

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 to inherit eternal life?

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 Why do you call me good?

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 Jesus answered.

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 No one is good

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 except God alone.

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 You know the commandments.

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 You shall not murder.

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 You shall not commit adultery.

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 You shall not steal.

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 You should not give false testimony.

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 You should not defraud.

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 Honor your father and mother.

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 Teacher, he declared.

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 All these I've kept

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 since I was a boy.

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 Jesus looked at him

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 and loved him.

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 One thing

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 you lack.

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 I love this

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 because here is the man

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 who apparently has everything.

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 Perhaps Jesus knew

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 that that was something

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 that was going to make

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 the lights come on.

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 When somebody would actually

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 look at him and say,

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 yeah, but

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 you haven't got this.

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 There's one thing

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 you haven't got.

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 Jesus says,

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 one thing you lack.

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 Go and sell everything

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 you have

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 and give to the poor.

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 And then you'll have

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 treasure in heaven.

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 Then come and follow me.

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 this,

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 the man's face fell.

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 He went away sad

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 because he had great wealth.

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 I think that's key there,

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 his response.

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 Jesus is not somebody

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 that you'd really want

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 to walk away from,

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 but he does.

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 And he does so

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 in a state of sadness

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 because it exposes

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 a fundamental truth

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 that Jesus preached.

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 You can't be slave

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 of two masters.

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 You can't serve money

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 and God.

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 You've ultimately

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 got to take the choice.

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 In some parts of the world,

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 there is a way,

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 apparently,

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 of catching monkeys.

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 They take a coconut,

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 they split it in half

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 and they empty it.

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 Then they take an orange

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 and they put it

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 inside the coconut.

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 Then they make a hole

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 in one of the halves

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 of the shell

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 that's big enough

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 to see the orange,

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 but big enough

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 for a monkey

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 to fit its hand through,

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 but not big enough

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 for the orange

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 inside the monkey's hand

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 to come out of.

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 So they take the orange,

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 they put it inside

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 the shells,

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 they fasten the shells

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 back together.

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 So what you've got

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 is an empty coconut shell

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 with a hole

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 in one side

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 and an orange

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 in the middle.

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 And then they attach it

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 to a tree

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 and they leave it.

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 The monkey comes along,

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 catches the smell

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 of the orange,

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 likes what he smells,

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 looks inside this shell,

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 sees the orange,

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 hand goes in,

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 grabs hold of it.

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 Then the problem occurs.

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 Wants the orange.

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 He's got the orange

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 but he can't get his hand out.

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 Not as long as he's

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 holding on to the orange.

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 Just think,

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 I want to be free though.

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 I want to be free.

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 I want my hand back.

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 But I want the orange.

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 Yeah, but I want to be free.

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 Yeah, but I want the orange.

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 Yeah, but I want to be free.

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 Yeah, but,

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 and tugs away.

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 Yeah, but I want the orange.

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 It's a tension

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 that is not reconcilable.

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 It's one or other.

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 You take the choice.

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 Jesus said,

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 you must choose

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 between whether you serve money

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 or whether you serve God.

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 You may think

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 you can somehow

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 find a way of doing both

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 but you can't.

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 Meanwhile,

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 monkey won't let hold,

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 let go of this thing

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 and the hunters come up

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 behind him

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 and throw a net

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 and he's caught.

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 Jesus knew

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 when he looked at this man

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 that he had to take a choice.

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 one thing,

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 he says,

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 is needed.

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 He knew

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 that there was a limit

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 to how this man

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 felt

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 like expressing

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 that worship.

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 He seemed to lead

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 a morally squeaky clean life.

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 He kept

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 the code of conduct

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 since he was a boy.

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 But the one thing

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 that matters

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 is that letting go

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 and letting go.

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 putting him first

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 and that relationship

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 with him.

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 Knowing Christ.

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 That is the one thing,

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 the one and only thing

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 that matters.

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 To know him,

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 to love him,

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 to worship him.

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 Moving on

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 through the Gospels,

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 we find a fourth example

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 of that one thing

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 that is mentioned.

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 And John chapter 4,

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 now we're in the,

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 sorry,

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 John chapter 9,

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 we're in this story,

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 Jesus healed many people,

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 but on this occasion

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 he healed a man

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 who was blind.

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 And

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 the

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 religious leaders

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 are feeling threatened

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 by

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 this upstart

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 called Jesus

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 who goes around

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 proclaiming forgiveness.

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 Only God can do that.

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 They don't like that.

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 And they feel threatened

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 by that and the things

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 he's doing.

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 So when they find out

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 that he's healing people,

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 they're even more threatened.

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 But they find a way

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 to catch him out

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 because it transpires.

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 This blind man

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 that Jesus has healed,

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 he was healed

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 on the Sabbath.

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 So they bring him in

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 and they start to ask him

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 all sorts of questions.

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 And they say to him,

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 we know

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 that this man,

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 Jesus,

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 who claims

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 to have healed you

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 is a sinner

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 because he healed you

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 on the Sabbath.

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 He must be a sinner.

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 John 9,

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 verse 25

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 says,

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 and the man replied

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 to them,

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 whether he is a sinner

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 or not,

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 I don't know.

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 One thing

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 I do know.

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 I was blind.

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 But now I see.

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 I expect this man

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 knew more than just one thing.

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 I'm sure he knew

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 lots of things.

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 But right now,

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 there is only one thing

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 he can think of.

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 He is consumed

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 by this one thing

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 and nothing else.

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 He has been healed.

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 He holds fast

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 to what God has done for him.

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 You see,

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 that's what happens

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 when you worship God.

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 You might not feel like it.

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 You may be overwhelmed.

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 Your focus can be detracted

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 by all the other stuff

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 that's going wrong.

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 But that discipline

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 of worship

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 is about actually

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 knowing what God

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 has done.

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 Knowing the story

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 that matters.

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 Yes,

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 there may be other things

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 that are unresolved.

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 There may be other stuff

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 going on in life

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 that's not that great.

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 But the one thing

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 that matters

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 is to keep the focus

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 where it belongs

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 and to remember

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 what God is doing

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 for you.

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 You know,

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 cultivating that

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 attitude of gratitude

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 is a really fundamental

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 part of Christian discipleship.

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 But it is a discipline.

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 Sometimes we have to

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 dig deep to do it.

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 It's one of the things

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 we actually look at

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 on the living life

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 to the full

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 mental health course.

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 Sorry to mention that again,

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 but

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 if you haven't signed up,

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 sign up for it

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 and do it.

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 You can still join us

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 this time,

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 meets tomorrow

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 or join us

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 next time

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 in the autumn.

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 But one of the things

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 we look at

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 in that

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 is the importance

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 of actually

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 thinking positive thoughts.

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 This isn't just

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 a kind of trendy piece

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 of pop psychology.

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 It transforms us

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 if we can

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 focus

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 on those things

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 that we need

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 to focus on

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 to be thankful for.

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 One of the things

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 that we talk about

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 is actually one of the

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 struggles we can have

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 sometimes in sleeping

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 at night.

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 There's no easy answer

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 to that.

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 But, you know,

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 it doesn't help

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 when we hit the pillow

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 late at night

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 and the one thing

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 that's on our minds

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 or many things

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 on our minds

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 is everything

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 that's going wrong.

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 Now, it may not

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 change those things

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 but it can make

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 a huge difference

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 if we can cultivate

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 that habit

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 of hitting the pillow

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 at night

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 thinking about

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 something good

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 that's happened.

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 And so what we're

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 going to try

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 and encourage people

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 to do is keep

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 a notebook

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 by the bedside

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 and actually write

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 down something

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 that day

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 to be thankful for.

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 It might be

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 something really small.

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 It might not be

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 like this man

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 who was healed

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 of blindness.

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 But if we dip

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 deep enough

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 we can normally

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 find something

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 to be thankful for.

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 And the act

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 of actually writing

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 it down

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 so that we go

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 to bed

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 with that thought

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 in our head

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 is far more

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 than just

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 positive thinking.

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 It's actually

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 cultivating,

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 nurturing that sense

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 of thankfulness.

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 Being thankful

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 of what God

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 has done.

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 This one thing

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 I know

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 says the man

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 I was blind

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 but now I'm healed.

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 What's your one thing?

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 Sometimes we have

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 to dig deep

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 to get there

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 but it's there.

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 Worship

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 even though

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 we don't feel like it

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 is something

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 we need to do

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 if we're serious

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 about growing

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 and flourishing

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 and living life

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 to the full

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 as Christian disciples.

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 Just that one thing.

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 One thing

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 is needed.

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 The last one

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 that I want to mention

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 the fifth example

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 we're in Paul now

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 is a short passage

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 from Paul writing

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 in Philippians

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 because Paul

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 was a man

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 who continually

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 was plagued

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 with troubles

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 who continually

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 I'm sure

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 when he was in prison

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 he didn't exactly

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 feel like worshipping God.

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 When he was arrested

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 for preaching Christ

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 he probably didn't

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 feel like

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 worshipping God

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 and yet

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 he did.

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 And so he writes

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 in Philippians

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 chapter 3

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 Brothers and sisters

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 I do not consider

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 myself yet

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 to have taken

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 hold of it

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 but one thing

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 one thing I do

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 forgetting what is

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 behind

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 and straining

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 towards what is

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 ahead

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 I press on

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 towards the goal

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 to win the prize

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 for which God

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 has called me

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 heavenward

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 in Christ Jesus.

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 Paul was a previous

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 killer of Christians

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 he did it

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 systematically

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 but even Paul

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 says I've got to

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 forget the past

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 I can't dwell on that

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 and with

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 with that

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 dogged determination

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 he has this

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 relentless pursuit

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 of doing God's will

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 worship does that.

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 In this next week

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 it will be the 24th of May

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 it's a big day

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 in the Methodist calendar

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 it's a day that's celebrated

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 because in

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 1738

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 the

00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:25.920
 John Wesley

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 the founder

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 of the Methodist

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 movement

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 was the day

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 that he had

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 that turning

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 experience

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 where he wrote

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 in his diary

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 that he felt

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 his heart

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 strangely warmed

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 as he realised

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 the truth

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 that Christ

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 died for him

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 and he was set

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 free

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 and so it

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 continues to be

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 celebrated in

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 Methodism throughout

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 the world

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 but what's not

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 so often

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 quoted

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 are other

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 moments in his

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 diary

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 particularly leading

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 up to May

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 the 24th

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 1738

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 1838

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 you see

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 Wesley

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 although he

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 was an

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 enormous figure

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 in the face

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 of Christianity

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 in Great Britain

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 and we hear

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 so many stories

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 of how he preached

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 to thousands

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 and thousands

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 and thousands

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 how healings

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 took place

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 how

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 people came

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 to Christ

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 in their droves

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 he faced

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 an awful lot

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 of opposition

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 when he would

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 not have felt

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 like worshipping

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 in fact

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 we read in his

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 diary

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 and I'm going

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 to read to you

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 just a couple

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 of quotations

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 that happened

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 just in those

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 days

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 before May

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 the 24th

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 which just to

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 give you

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 a hint

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 of the sort

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 of stuff

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 he was up

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 against

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 that every time

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 he actually

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 stepped up

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 to the mark

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 and tried to do

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 what he thought

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 God was doing

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 he was faced

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 with opposition

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 and got banned

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 from preaching

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 here we go

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 this is 1738

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 Sunday the 7th

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 of May

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 it was in London

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 I preached

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 at St Lawrence's

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 in the morning

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 and afterwards

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 at St Catherine

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 Cree's church

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 I was enabled

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 to speak

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 strong words

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 at both

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 and was therefore

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 the less surprised

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 at being informed

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 that I was not

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 to preach

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 anymore

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 in either

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 of those churches

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:12.720
 Sunday the 14th

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 of May

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 I preached

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 in the morning

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 at St Anne's

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 Aldersgate

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 and in the afternoon

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 at the Savoy

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 Chapel

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 free salvation

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 by faith

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 in the blood

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 of Christ

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 I was quickly

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 apprised

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 that at St Anne's

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 likewise

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 I am to preach

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 no more

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 Friday the 19th

00:21:31.939 --> 00:21:32.339
 of May

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 I preached

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 at St John's

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 whopping

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 at 3

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 and St Bennett's

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 Paul's Wharf

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 in the evening

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 at these churches

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 likewise

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 I am to preach

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 no more

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 Monday

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 Tuesday

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 and Wednesday

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 I had

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 continual sorrow

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 and heaviness

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 in my heart

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 here was a man

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 who knew

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 what it was like

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 to face rejection

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 and criticism

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 radical criticism

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 to the extent

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 that he was told

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 you're not allowed

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 to preach here anymore

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 we just find

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 your message

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 too much

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 it's too strong

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 and yet

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.179
 as Paul

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 reminds us

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:11.740
 that one thing

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 that matters

00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:14.779
 is to worship

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 God

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 even when we

00:22:15.899 --> 00:22:16.539
 do not feel

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 like it

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 I press on

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 towards the goal

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 says Paul

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 it's not about

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 being too

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 heavenly minded

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 to be of any

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 earthly good

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 it is precisely

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:25.839
 Paul says

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 in order to be

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 of any earthly

00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:28.099
 God

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 we have to be

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 heavenly minded

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 to press on

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 that is the one

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 thing

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 of course

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 we won't always

00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:39.720
 feel like worship

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 and that brings us

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.779
 back to Mary

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.259
 and Martha

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 because let's

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 remember what

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:46.000
 Jesus says here

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 when he says

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 that one thing

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 is needed

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 he says

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 Mary

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 Mary has

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 chosen

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 what is better

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 that's what

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.919
 discipline is

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 it's choosing

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 it's making

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 a choice

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 God does not

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.480
 impose

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:11.139
 anything on us

00:23:11.139 --> 00:23:14.000
 discipline

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.639
 is when

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 we don't

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 feel like

00:23:16.439 --> 00:23:16.859
 doing

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 da da da da da

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 but we

00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.259
 choose to

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:24.779
 one thing

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:26.059
 says Jesus

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.559
 is needed

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:29.160
 we may not

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.759
 feel like

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.059
 worship

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:32.359
 but it's the

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:32.740
 one thing

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.259
 that matters

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:35.319
 and he calls

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:36.299
 us and invites

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.539
 us to do

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.079
 just like

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.819
 to do just

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.099
 that

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:41.000
 to sit at

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.519
 his feet

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:43.460
 and to soak

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:43.980
 it all up

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:46.519
 let's pray

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:46.859
 together

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:58.960
 as Jesus

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.379
 said

00:23:59.379 --> 00:24:00.920
 that there

00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.220
 are

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:03.019
 in that

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.759
 passage

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:05.940
 there are

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.799
 many things

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:09.599
 he said to

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:09.879
 Martha

00:24:09.879 --> 00:24:10.220
 you are

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.720
 worried and

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.279
 upset about

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:12.079
 many things

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:13.200
 as we think

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.579
 about our

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:14.200
 own lives

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:15.420
 the probability

00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:16.240
 is there are

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:16.980
 many things

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.519
 going on in

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:17.899
 our lives

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.319
 and many

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:18.899
 things that

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:19.899
 may make

00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:20.299
 us feel

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.980
 worried and

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.339
 upset

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:25.439
 let's bring

00:24:25.439 --> 00:24:25.939
 those before

00:24:25.939 --> 00:24:26.279
 God

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:27.459
 now

00:24:27.459 --> 00:24:35.500
 Lord thank

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:35.959
 you that you

00:24:35.959 --> 00:24:36.519
 know of these

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.199
 many things

00:24:37.199 --> 00:24:39.019
 before we even

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.579
 name them

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.339
 before we even

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:41.159
 think of them

00:24:41.159 --> 00:24:42.279
 in this prayer

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:46.019
 Lord we bring

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.639
 these many

00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:47.439
 things to you

00:24:47.439 --> 00:24:47.819
 now

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:51.460
 and as we

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:51.980
 do so

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:54.019
 we ask

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.460
 for that

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.579
 one thing

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:56.299
 that matters

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:57.460
 to shine

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:57.879
 through

00:24:57.879 --> 00:25:01.919
 Lord as we

00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:02.639
 sit at your

00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:03.039
 feet

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:08.899
 be our

00:25:08.899 --> 00:25:09.419
 gaze

00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:11.879
 be our

00:25:11.879 --> 00:25:12.480
 focus

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:16.480
 as we

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.220
 look ahead

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.680
 going into

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.200
 this coming

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.660
 week

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:22.420
 whilst there

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:22.700
 will be

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.440
 many things

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:23.980
 that will

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.779
 confront us

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.799
 that will

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.660
 challenge us

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:28.720
 keep us

00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.220
 focused

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.460
 on you

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:30.819
 as the

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.680
 one thing

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.480
 that matters

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:37.640
 Lord if

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.160
 like David

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.860
 we face

00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:40.160
 battles and

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:40.680
 challenges of

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.000
 all different

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.519
 kinds

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:45.000
 may that

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.559
 one thing

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.079
 be that we

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:46.539
 gaze

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.460
 upon you

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:52.439
 Lord as we

00:25:52.439 --> 00:25:52.819
 live our

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.419
 lives in a

00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:54.079
 culture which

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:55.079
 pulls us

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.740
 always in the

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.519
 direction of

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.519
 material things

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:59.439
 and the

00:25:59.439 --> 00:26:00.220
 securities of

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.579
 wealth

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:04.720
 help us to

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.240
 remember that

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.039
 the one thing

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.579
 that is needed

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.039
 is you

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:13.079
 Lord as we

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.699
 think of

00:26:13.699 --> 00:26:14.460
 many other

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.039
 things going

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.539
 on in our

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:15.920
 lives

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:17.120
 help us

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.700
 like that

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.380
 blind man

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:18.759
 that was

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.059
 healed

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:20.420
 to remember

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:20.960
 that one

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.259
 thing

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.500
 whatever that

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:22.860
 may be

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:23.259
 that you've

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.680
 done for

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.039
 us

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:26.660
 indeed there

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.059
 were probably

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.900
 many things

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.860
 but Lord be

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.779
 that focus

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:31.039
 help us to

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.620
 be thankful

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.360
 and grateful

00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:32.980
 for what you

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.440
 have done

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:37.259
 and Lord help

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.620
 us like

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.019
 Paul

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:39.980
 to know

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.319
 that that

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:41.100
 one thing

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:42.599
 is to be

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:43.359
 focused on

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:45.719
 your eternal

00:26:45.719 --> 00:26:46.199
 promises

00:26:46.199 --> 00:26:48.619
 to be

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 heavenly minded

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 so that we

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 can be of

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 earthly good

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 Lord be our

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 focus now as

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 we continue to

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 worship

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 and remain our

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 focus in these

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 coming days

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 in Jesus

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 name

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 Amen