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 okay today we're reading from revelation chapter 2 verses 1 to 7

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 to the angel of the church in ephesus write the words of him who holds the seven stars in his

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 right hand who walks among the seven golden lampstands i know your works your toil and

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 your patient endurance and how you cannot bear with those who are evil but have tested those

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 who call themselves apostles and are not and found them to be false i know you are enduring patiently

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 and bearing up for my name's sake and you have not grown weary but i have this against you

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 that you have abandoned the love you had at first remember therefore from where you have fallen

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 repent and do the works you did at first if not i will come to you and remove your lampstand from

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 its place unless you repent yet this you have you hate the works of the nicolaitans which i also hate

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 he who has an ear let him hear what the spirit says to the churches

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 to the one who conquers i will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of god

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 okay uh well good morning everyone my name's david it's uh great to be gathering together as

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 christ people uh would you pray with me as as we begin let's pray

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 father in heaven you know our hearts and you know that we are quick to listen to the world around us

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 and we're slow to listen to you we're often quite deaf towards you

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 so lord we need you to give us a spiritual ear to hear your voice to hear your truth

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 we can't create this ourselves we ask that you give it to us please speak to us so that we might

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 find life in you i pray this in jesus powerful name amen

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 well uh when em and i moved to sydney for a few years we had to go church hunting

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 uh it was a good experience to help us work out what makes for a good church what's essential and

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 what's just our personal preferences and after this one particular church service

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 uh i decided to do a little experiment to see if it was a good church on them

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 in a crowd of around 200 people all around there's guys hugging each other welcoming each other

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 laughing together i assure you this is before covid came i walked into the middle of the crowd and stood

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 there by myself to see how long it would take for someone to come up and welcome me

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 i didn't time it it was probably only five minutes standing there by myself but it felt like an hour

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 it was such an awful feeling needless to say i didn't feel very loved or welcomed

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 except for one young guy who came up and spoke to me

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 i think being authentically welcoming is a good mark of a healthy church isn't it is that your experience

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 if the lord has welcomed us to himself as we are surely we will extend that welcome to others

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 what other marks would you look for for a healthy church would it be the quality of coffee at morning tea

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 obviously we're all missing john's coffee while we're online maybe you look for engaging teaching

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 the quality of music a children's and youth program an invitation to lunch after the service

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 what what do you look for what's your criteria imagine you're moving to newcastle again

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 and you walk into grace evangelical church at clandale

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 what criteria would you consider essential and what's just your personal preference

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 have we been a healthy church while online will we be a healthy church when we regather at glendale

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 i've got a book about this very thing it's called nine marks of a healthy church i'm just going to

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 list off what's in the contents page i think there's some good stuff in here number one

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 first mark expositional preaching what we're doing right now going through a book of the bible bit by bit

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 letting god set the agenda for the topic not the preacher listening to god's word bit by bit

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 as our daily diet number two biblical theology seeing the whole bible as a unified message pointing to

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 christ number three being clear on what the gospel is and what it isn't number four a biblical

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 understanding of conversion number five of evangelism number six of church membership number seven

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 of church discipline taking immorality seriously as a community number eight a concern for discipleship and growth

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 mature spiritual maturity and number nine biblical church leadership

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 now i'm not here to plug this book even though there's a lot of good stuff in it

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 i've got a different point to make according to these nine marks i'd say we're a healthy church

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 and i would gladly recommend any newcomers to many more healthy churches in the hunter region

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 the church we're about to hear about in revelation 2 the church in ephesus from what we know of it

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 and according to our criteria they were a healthy church

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 but as we lift the veil between earth and heaven christ reveals what's really going on in his church

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 how does he see it because how he sees it is what is actually true

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 he says ephesus had a fatal flaw

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 so whatever our assumptions are about what makes a healthy church

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 we need to listen to christ's assessment of his people

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 and that's what we're doing in this series listening

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 to the letters to the seven churches

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 so before we zoom in or i didn't mean to use that phrase as before we focus in on ephesus

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 let's just briefly survey what christ thinks of his seven churches

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 historically there was at least 10 local churches in the asia region at the time of john's vision

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 so why only seven letters as john spoke about earlier seven is a pattern in revelation

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 there's a rhythm to this book there's seven scenes it's in this picture book

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 and the first scene is focused on christ's church

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 and each letter has a seven point structure to it

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 and where where a letter doesn't follow that seven point structure

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 we should pay attention and ask why

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 so seven seems to be important in revelation

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 it seems to be a way of saying

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 this is the complete story

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 this is what the church is really like

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 from a heavenly perspective

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 it seems most natural

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 to take these letters as speaking into real churches

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 with real situations

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 but

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 every church

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 needs to read every letter

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 because

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 it deals with topics

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 that are relevant

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 to all god's people

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 at all times

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 so we need to listen up

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 and we also need to hear

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 all seven letters

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 not just align ourselves with one of them

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 if we just pick one of them

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 then we're taking charge of our own assessment of what we're like

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 we need to listen to christ's complete word to his church

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 to see what the church looks like from his perspective

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 and notice something else

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 that the local church are pictured as golden lampstands

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 this reminds us of the lampstands

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 in the lord's

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 tabernacle

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 and temple

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 in his holy presence

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 this is a priestly picture

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 as christ

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 was the faithful witness

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 of god to us

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 so now the local church

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 is to be the light of the world

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 witnessing to god's truth and love

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 put simply

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 lampstands

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 are meant

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 to give off light

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 amidst the darkness

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 so what

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 does the risen

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 and glorious christ

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 think of his local church

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 well the main thing

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 to say

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 is out of all heaven and earth

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 local gatherings

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 of his people

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 are his primary

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 attention

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 he who loves us

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 and has freed us

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 from our sins

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 by his blood

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 and made us a kingdom

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 priests

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 to his god

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 and father

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 he died for his church

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 and he is present

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 walking among

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 his people

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 relating

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 speaking

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 through his word

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 we might

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 look at our church

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 we might look at

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 other churches

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 and

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 we might think

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 they're pretty ordinary

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 during lockdown

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 society might

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 conclude

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 that churches

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 aren't

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 essential

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 but as the veil

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 is lifted

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 between heaven

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 and earth

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 we see that

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 christ

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 christ

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 consuming

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 passion

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 is his

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 people

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 and so

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 our

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 consuming

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 passion

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 should be

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 to reflect

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 christ's

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 passion

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 okay

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 so now

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 that we've

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 spent some time

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 looking at the

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 big picture

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 of the letters

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 let's

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 let's focus in

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 on what christ

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 says to ephesus

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 and says to us

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 in as much

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 as we share

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 in common

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 with ephesus

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 so have a look

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 at verse one

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 to the angel

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 of the church

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 in ephesus

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 as david

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 mentioned last

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 week it's

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 difficult to be

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 precise

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 whether the

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 seven stars

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 which are the

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 angels

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 represent human

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 preachers

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 or are they

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 literal heavenly

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 messengers

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 whom the lord

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 assigns

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 to look after

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 his local

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 churches

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 it's hard

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 to tell

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 but everywhere

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 else in

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 revelation

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 angel

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 literally means

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 heavenly angel

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 whatever the

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 case

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 it's clear

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 by the content

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 that the whole

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 church

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 is meant to

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 hear and

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 respond

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 to the

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 letters

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 and who's

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 speaking

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 is it just

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 john

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 it's not

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 just john

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 the words

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 of him

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 who holds

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 the seven

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 stars

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 in his

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 right hand

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 who walks

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 among the

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 seven

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 lampstands

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 the lord

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 who has

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 the armies

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 of heaven

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 at his

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 disposal

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 as his

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 church

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 in his

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 firm grip

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 they are

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 protected

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 in his

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 hand

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 and no

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 matter how

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 ordinary

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 our worship

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 of christ

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 seems on

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 any given

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 sunday

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 whether the

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 sermon is

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 dull

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 or our

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 singing is

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 a bit

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 off key

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 or our

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 prayers are

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 a bit

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 muddled

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 here we

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 see what's

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 really going

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 on

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 we are

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 relating

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 with the

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 risen christ

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 he is

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 with us

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 as in the

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 garden of

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 eden the

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 lord is

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 walking

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 among

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 his people

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 he is

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 near

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 to us

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 and so

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 he sees

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 the

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 ephesians

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 zeal

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 and he

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 praises

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 them for

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 it

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 i know

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 your works

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 your toil

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 and your

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 patient

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 endurance

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 ephesus

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 didn't put

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 up with

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 false

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 teaching

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 that leads

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 people

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 away from

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 god

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 and to

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 death

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 they hate

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 the

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 practices

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 of the

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 nicolations

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 which

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 christ

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 also

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 hates

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 now we

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 know little

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 of the

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 nicolations

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 except

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 by the

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 teaching

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 by their

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 teaching

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 they led

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 people

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 away

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 from

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 christ

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 this

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 wasn't a

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 threat

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 from

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 outside

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 the

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 church

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 it

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 was

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 people

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 inside

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 the

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 church

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 claiming

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 to be

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 the

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 true

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 and

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 better

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 version

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 of

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 christianity

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 but the

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 ephesians

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 tested the

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 teachers

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 according to

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 god's

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 word

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 and they

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 found them

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 to be

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 false

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 they love

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 truth

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 they love

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 goodness

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 they didn't

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 put up with

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 evil

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 behavior

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 they didn't

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 put up with

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 immorality

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 they're even

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 willing to

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 endure

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 hardship

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 simply for

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 being christians

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 defending

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 gospel

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 truth

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 hating

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 immorality

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 persevering

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 for christ's

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 sake

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 even when

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 other people

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 despise them

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 for it

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 christ is

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 here

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 he sees

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 he knows

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 and he

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 praises

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 what is

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 genuinely

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 praiseworthy

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 i think we

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 should remember

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 that the

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 next time

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 you don't

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 feel

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 appreciated

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 christ

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 sees and

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 he knows

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 let's do

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 it for

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 his sake

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 ephesus

00:16:34.740 --> 00:16:35.519
 was a

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 solid

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 church

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 it

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 looked

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 really

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 good

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 but one

00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:44.439
 thing's

00:16:44.439 --> 00:16:44.700
 wrong

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 despite so

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 much good

00:16:47.700 --> 00:16:48.879
 the one

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.300
 issue

00:16:49.300 --> 00:16:50.020
 is so

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 serious

00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.800
 that christ

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 warns i will

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 remove your

00:16:53.920 --> 00:16:54.879
 lampstand from

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 its place

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 i will come

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 and shut

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 the church

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 down

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 one thing

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 what is this

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 critical issue

00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:07.620
 verse 4

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 i have this

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 against you

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 that you have

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 abandoned

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 the love

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 you had

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 at first

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 is this

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 love for

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 christ

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 or love

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 for one

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 another

00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:21.860
 in the

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 church

00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:23.100
 that they

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 have

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 abandoned

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 perhaps

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 that's not

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 even the

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 right question

00:17:27.100 --> 00:17:27.700
 love for

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 god

00:17:28.120 --> 00:17:29.180
 and love

00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:29.480
 for one

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 another

00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:30.160
 are

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 inseparable

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 but

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 one

00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:35.380
 is first

00:17:35.380 --> 00:17:36.259
 one is

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 primary

00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:38.120
 and leads

00:17:38.120 --> 00:17:38.480
 to the

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 other

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:41.059
 a heart

00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:42.079
 consumed

00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:43.039
 and devoted

00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:43.559
 to the

00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.039
 lord

00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:46.039
 overflows

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:47.940
 in love

00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:48.299
 for his

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 children

00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:54.299
 the church

00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:54.759
 at ephesus

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 they had

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 the form

00:17:56.859 --> 00:17:59.799
 of being

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 passionate

00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:01.319
 followers of

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 christ

00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.279
 but in

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 their heart

00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:05.319
 they weren't

00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:05.879
 loving him

00:18:05.879 --> 00:18:06.519
 they weren't

00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:07.099
 worshipping

00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:07.519
 him

00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:09.779
 they had

00:18:09.779 --> 00:18:10.559
 the form

00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:11.599
 of a

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 solid

00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:12.619
 gold

00:18:12.619 --> 00:18:13.119
 lamp

00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:13.460
 stand

00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:14.700
 but their

00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.200
 light

00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:16.619
 was barely

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 flickering

00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:21.400
 how does

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 a person

00:18:22.059 --> 00:18:22.440
 and a

00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:22.879
 church

00:18:22.879 --> 00:18:23.299
 get to

00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:23.500
 this

00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:23.819
 point

00:18:23.819 --> 00:18:26.180
 how can

00:18:26.180 --> 00:18:26.400
 we

00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:27.059
 abandon

00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.700
 our

00:18:27.700 --> 00:18:28.319
 original

00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:28.759
 love

00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:30.359
 we're not

00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:30.740
 told

00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.259
 exactly

00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:31.900
 and perhaps

00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:32.379
 it's left

00:18:32.379 --> 00:18:32.900
 open

00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:33.920
 on purpose

00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:34.639
 so that

00:18:34.639 --> 00:18:35.019
 you and

00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:35.779
 I reflect

00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.279
 on our

00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:36.500
 own

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:36.980
 hearts

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:39.240
 it's

00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:39.720
 probably

00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:40.440
 gradual

00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:41.640
 bit by

00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:42.019
 bit

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:42.400
 over

00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:42.880
 time

00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:46.200
 a man

00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:46.960
 doesn't

00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:47.420
 wake up

00:18:47.420 --> 00:18:48.079
 one morning

00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:48.920
 and decide

00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:49.640
 to commit

00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:50.240
 adultery

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.759
 that day

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:52.980
 it is a

00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:53.640
 gradual

00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:54.740
 redirection

00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:55.259
 of his

00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:55.779
 attention

00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:56.319
 and his

00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:56.759
 heart's

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.200
 desire

00:18:57.200 --> 00:18:59.519
 the very

00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:00.240
 deeds

00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:01.180
 of serving

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:01.880
 his wife

00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:02.519
 that once

00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:02.920
 were the

00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.620
 overflow

00:19:03.619 --> 00:19:05.500
 of his

00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:06.099
 devotion

00:19:06.099 --> 00:19:06.779
 and passion

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.319
 for her

00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:09.619
 can become

00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:10.199
 the very

00:19:10.199 --> 00:19:11.219
 excuse

00:19:11.219 --> 00:19:12.979
 for letting

00:19:12.979 --> 00:19:13.719
 his heart

00:19:13.719 --> 00:19:14.899
 wander off

00:19:14.899 --> 00:19:15.559
 somewhere else

00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:19.799
 Christ

00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:20.759
 is

00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.359
 jealous

00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:23.299
 to have

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:24.079
 your heart

00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:25.500
 he is

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:26.259
 jealous

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:27.479
 for the

00:19:27.479 --> 00:19:28.000
 heart

00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:28.759
 of his

00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:29.239
 bride

00:19:29.239 --> 00:19:30.000
 the church

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:33.700
 I think

00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:33.920
 we've got

00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:34.400
 a choice

00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:34.779
 now

00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:38.440
 will you

00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:39.119
 hear the

00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:39.539
 Lord's

00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:40.079
 criticism

00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:41.220
 as unfair

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:42.240
 and harsh

00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:44.460
 because all

00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:45.099
 the things

00:19:45.099 --> 00:19:45.660
 you do

00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:46.059
 aren't

00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:46.460
 enough

00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:49.619
 or you

00:19:49.619 --> 00:19:50.319
 hear his

00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:51.359
 call to

00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:52.420
 redirect your

00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:53.319
 passion back

00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:53.740
 to him

00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:55.299
 as the

00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:56.140
 words of the

00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:56.619
 one who

00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:57.380
 will not

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:58.099
 settle for

00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:58.599
 anything

00:19:58.599 --> 00:19:59.599
 less than

00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:00.480
 wholehearted

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:01.539
 joyful

00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:02.740
 intimacy

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:03.299
 with him

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:08.919
 now I

00:20:08.919 --> 00:20:09.480
 don't think

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.500
 true passion

00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:11.939
 always burns

00:20:11.939 --> 00:20:12.759
 with high

00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:13.439
 emotions

00:20:13.439 --> 00:20:15.159
 so if

00:20:15.159 --> 00:20:15.559
 you're not

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.939
 feeling high

00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:17.799
 on emotions

00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.719
 feeling close

00:20:18.719 --> 00:20:19.179
 to God

00:20:19.179 --> 00:20:20.899
 I don't

00:20:20.899 --> 00:20:21.240
 want you to

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.899
 feel guilty

00:20:21.899 --> 00:20:22.659
 about that

00:20:22.659 --> 00:20:24.519
 but

00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:26.439
 we all

00:20:26.439 --> 00:20:26.879
 know the

00:20:26.879 --> 00:20:27.299
 difference

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:27.779
 between

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.200
 doing

00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:29.119
 what feels

00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:29.819
 like a

00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:30.379
 joyless

00:20:30.379 --> 00:20:30.920
 duty

00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:32.599
 compared to

00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:32.940
 when your

00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:33.539
 heart is

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:34.299
 consumed

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:34.980
 with something

00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:35.539
 so much

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.480
 so that

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.099
 your passion

00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:37.619
 for it

00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:38.759
 just propels

00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.220
 you into

00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:39.599
 action

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.779
 we all

00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.079
 know the

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.500
 difference

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:43.879
 Christ

00:20:43.879 --> 00:20:45.460
 wants all

00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:45.759
 of our

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.220
 heart

00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:48.279
 our soul

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:49.720
 and mind

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.399
 and strength

00:20:50.399 --> 00:20:54.059
 so how

00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:54.379
 does he

00:20:54.379 --> 00:20:54.779
 call us

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.379
 to respond

00:20:55.380 --> 00:20:56.760
 he gives

00:20:56.760 --> 00:20:57.160
 us three

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:57.680
 steps

00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.120
 for us

00:20:58.120 --> 00:20:58.620
 to do

00:20:58.620 --> 00:20:59.380
 look at

00:20:59.380 --> 00:20:59.940
 verse 5

00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.720
 remember

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.160
 therefore

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:01.780
 from where

00:21:01.780 --> 00:21:02.160
 you have

00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:02.540
 fallen

00:21:02.540 --> 00:21:04.080
 repent

00:21:04.080 --> 00:21:05.780
 and do

00:21:05.780 --> 00:21:06.320
 the works

00:21:06.320 --> 00:21:06.620
 you did

00:21:06.620 --> 00:21:07.200
 at first

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:10.380
 so number

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:10.800
 one we

00:21:10.800 --> 00:21:11.100
 need to

00:21:11.100 --> 00:21:11.600
 keep

00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:12.420
 remembering

00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:13.900
 our

00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:14.540
 original

00:21:14.540 --> 00:21:15.200
 passion

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:16.960
 when we

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.680
 think back

00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.980
 to when

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:19.780
 you first

00:21:19.780 --> 00:21:20.540
 grasped

00:21:20.540 --> 00:21:21.540
 how much

00:21:21.540 --> 00:21:22.280
 God loves

00:21:22.280 --> 00:21:22.560
 you

00:21:22.560 --> 00:21:23.720
 in the

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.200
 death of

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.720
 his son

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.340
 for you

00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:26.700
 how

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.440
 satisfied

00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:28.100
 was your

00:21:28.100 --> 00:21:28.560
 heart

00:21:28.560 --> 00:21:31.180
 it felt

00:21:31.180 --> 00:21:31.800
 like you

00:21:31.800 --> 00:21:32.060
 need

00:21:32.060 --> 00:21:32.480
 nothing

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:32.900
 else

00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:34.400
 that was

00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:34.800
 enough

00:21:34.800 --> 00:21:36.960
 that

00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:37.620
 commitment

00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:38.360
 to change

00:21:38.360 --> 00:21:39.120
 your entire

00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:39.880
 life for

00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:40.460
 his sake

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.780
 that desire

00:21:41.780 --> 00:21:42.500
 for everyone

00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:43.100
 around you

00:21:43.100 --> 00:21:44.060
 to experience

00:21:44.060 --> 00:21:44.800
 God's love

00:21:44.800 --> 00:21:45.140
 as you

00:21:45.140 --> 00:21:45.400
 have

00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:46.860
 keep on

00:21:46.860 --> 00:21:47.380
 remembering

00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:48.240
 that state

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:49.040
 of total

00:21:49.040 --> 00:21:49.520
 worship

00:21:49.520 --> 00:21:49.920
 from the

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.260
 heart

00:21:50.260 --> 00:21:52.380
 and see

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:52.840
 where you've

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 fallen from

00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:54.960
 don't settle

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.580
 for going

00:21:55.580 --> 00:21:56.039
 through the

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 motions

00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:59.620
 now my

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 personal

00:22:00.140 --> 00:22:00.660
 experience

00:22:00.660 --> 00:22:01.220
 is that

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.680
 this is a

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.400
 daily battle

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:03.600
 my heart

00:22:03.600 --> 00:22:04.100
 does not

00:22:04.100 --> 00:22:04.820
 wake up

00:22:04.820 --> 00:22:06.200
 in the

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.539
 morning

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:07.160
 in love

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.660
 with Jesus

00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:09.220
 it wakes

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:09.840
 up in love

00:22:09.840 --> 00:22:10.100
 with the

00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:10.400
 world

00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:12.160
 I think

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:12.620
 this is a

00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:13.620
 constant call

00:22:13.620 --> 00:22:14.320
 to remember

00:22:14.320 --> 00:22:15.440
 and not

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.900
 to settle

00:22:15.900 --> 00:22:19.140
 secondly

00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:19.400
 we've got

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:19.920
 to repent

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:21.800
 this is a

00:22:21.800 --> 00:22:22.240
 conscious

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.940
 decision

00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.620
 to take

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 action

00:22:24.060 --> 00:22:25.980
 don't wait

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:27.100
 until you

00:22:27.100 --> 00:22:27.840
 feel something

00:22:27.840 --> 00:22:28.440
 before you

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:29.060
 do anything

00:22:29.060 --> 00:22:29.680
 about it

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:31.360
 it's

00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:31.960
 impossible

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:33.140
 to conjure

00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:33.759
 up passion

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.340
 from within

00:22:34.340 --> 00:22:34.700
 yourself

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.680
 you need

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.040
 to go

00:22:36.040 --> 00:22:36.440
 to the

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.140
 object

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:38.060
 outside

00:22:38.060 --> 00:22:38.900
 of yourself

00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:40.920
 to stir

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.740
 up your

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.160
 heart's

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:42.560
 desire

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:44.720
 we need

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.279
 to go

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.059
 to him

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:47.839
 listen

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.500
 to him

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:50.319
 see him

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:50.919
 afresh

00:22:50.919 --> 00:22:55.000
 then

00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.519
 when you

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.159
 find him

00:22:56.159 --> 00:22:56.500
 or he

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.240
 finds you

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 the third

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.720
 thing is

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.079
 do the

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.539
 works you

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 did at

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.179
 first

00:23:00.179 --> 00:23:01.019
 here's the

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.679
 fruit of

00:23:01.679 --> 00:23:02.079
 the first

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.460
 and second

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.839
 step

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:04.519
 like a

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:04.940
 fountain

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:06.399
 a heart

00:23:06.399 --> 00:23:06.779
 that is

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.559
 satisfied

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.519
 in the

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:08.940
 love of

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.359
 Christ

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:10.539
 will

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:10.980
 overflow

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:13.259
 when you're

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:14.000
 contenting

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.279
 him

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:16.039
 you will

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:16.559
 overflow

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.579
 in love

00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:17.980
 for other

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.380
 people

00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:21.279
 the

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.980
 Ephesians

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:23.160
 were

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:23.900
 commended

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:25.120
 for their

00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:25.960
 hard work

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:27.180
 but there's

00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:27.759
 a difference

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.220
 between

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:29.019
 slogging

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.500
 it out

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:31.140
 and the

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:31.440
 loving

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.059
 service

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.880
 that is

00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:33.700
 motivated

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:35.240
 by a

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.680
 content

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.140
 heart

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.640
 in him

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:41.720
 and we

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.120
 don't need

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:42.560
 to wonder

00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:43.040
 where to

00:23:43.040 --> 00:23:43.500
 find him

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:45.480
 we don't

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.100
 need to

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:47.600
 have a

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.040
 mystical

00:23:48.040 --> 00:23:49.320
 experience

00:23:49.320 --> 00:23:50.600
 or go

00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:51.100
 to a

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.520
 lofty

00:23:51.520 --> 00:23:51.960
 mountain

00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:55.440
 we're told

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.240
 right here

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:57.320
 how we

00:23:57.320 --> 00:23:57.900
 meet with

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.120
 him

00:23:58.120 --> 00:24:00.280
 the Holy

00:24:00.280 --> 00:24:01.060
 Spirit is

00:24:01.060 --> 00:24:01.840
 speaking his

00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:02.420
 words to

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:02.720
 us

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:04.400
 the

00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:05.059
 Spirit is

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.900
 continually

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.799
 speaking

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:08.440
 the words

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.059
 of Christ

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.700
 written down

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.059
 for us

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.360
 that's

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:10.640
 where we

00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:11.120
 meet him

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:11.680
 primarily

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:14.079
 the question

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.600
 is do we

00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:14.920
 have an

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.360
 ear to

00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:15.900
 hear him

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:17.339
 do we

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:17.819
 want to

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.339
 hear him

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:22.640
 and here's

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:22.880
 what's

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.299
 promised

00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:24.000
 to you

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.319
 if you

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:24.579
 do

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:27.140
 to the

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.579
 one

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.279
 who

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:28.940
 conquers

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:38.940
 Adam

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.240
 in the

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.559
 garden

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:39.960
 was

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.880
 expelled

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.220
 from

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.539
 God's

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:41.980
 presence

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:43.240
 cut off

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:44.180
 from

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.600
 eternal

00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:44.980
 life

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.320
 found

00:24:45.320 --> 00:24:46.080
 only in

00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:46.600
 relationship

00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:46.960
 with the

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.240
 Lord

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:48.920
 and we've

00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:49.539
 all followed

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:49.940
 in his

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.480
 footsteps

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:52.519
 our

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.140
 natural

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.960
 inclination

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:55.360
 is to

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:56.000
 follow the

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.500
 rest of

00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.039
 the world

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:58.420
 to live

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.240
 apart

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.460
 from

00:24:59.460 --> 00:24:59.820
 God

00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:01.140
 but it

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.460
 doesn't

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:01.779
 work

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:04.120
 what faith

00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:04.880
 looks like

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.920
 is to

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.519
 actively

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.380
 fight

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:08.340
 against

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:09.180
 that

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.800
 natural

00:25:09.800 --> 00:25:10.620
 inclination

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:11.360
 and the

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:11.759
 ways of

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:11.920
 this

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.279
 world

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:15.980
 it is

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.779
 to believe

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:18.000
 that life

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.800
 can only

00:25:18.800 --> 00:25:19.460
 be found

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.200
 walking

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.840
 with God

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:21.580
 in peace

00:25:21.580 --> 00:25:22.259
 and fellowship

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:24.519
 faith

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:24.920
 is a

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.480
 struggle

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:28.059
 for a

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.500
 heart

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:29.279
 satisfied

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:29.500
 in

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:29.960
 Christ

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:31.019
 if

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.339
 you're

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.879
 struggling

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:33.160
 excellent

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:34.660
 that's

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.039
 great

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:37.180
 that's

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.559
 what you're

00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:37.839
 called

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.099
 to

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:40.000
 that's

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.319
 why we

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.720
 gather

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:42.319
 as his

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:42.779
 people

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.900
 to help

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.339
 each other

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.700
 in that

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.079
 struggle

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:47.559
 do you

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:47.879
 hear

00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:48.299
 Christ

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.659
 promise

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:49.099
 to you

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:51.159
 the

00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:51.500
 struggle

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.720
 will

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.139
 one day

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:52.639
 be over

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:54.419
 and we

00:25:54.419 --> 00:25:55.039
 will be

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.519
 satisfied

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.199
 fully

00:25:56.199 --> 00:25:57.099
 in the

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.480
 presence

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.139
 of God

00:25:58.139 --> 00:26:00.240
 Christ

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.779
 alone

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.199
 has the

00:26:01.199 --> 00:26:01.480
 right

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:01.799
 to give

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.059
 it to

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.339
 you

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:03.839
 this

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.319
 struggle

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.740
 isn't

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:04.939
 an

00:26:04.939 --> 00:26:05.379
 earning

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:06.799
 he's

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.099
 already

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.519
 got the

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:07.960
 victory

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.379
 over

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:08.639
 your

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.039
 sin

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:10.199
 by his

00:26:10.199 --> 00:26:10.480
 death

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.740
 on the

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.079
 cross

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:13.319
 but we

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:13.659
 need to

00:26:13.659 --> 00:26:14.139
 struggle

00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:14.879
 to keep

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:15.419
 fighting

00:26:15.419 --> 00:26:16.059
 the fight

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.699
 of joy

00:26:16.699 --> 00:26:17.319
 in him

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:19.199
 he promises

00:26:19.199 --> 00:26:21.279
 this is

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.019
 your reward

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:23.679
 you will

00:26:23.679 --> 00:26:24.099
 have your

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.480
 heart's

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:24.839
 desire

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:29.539
 so

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:31.299
 are we

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.839
 at grace

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.379
 a healthy

00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:32.939
 church

00:26:32.939 --> 00:26:37.059
 if we

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:37.539
 think

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.939
 solid

00:26:38.939 --> 00:26:39.559
 ministry

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:40.339
 programs

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.919
 and

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:43.079
 reestablishing

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.839
 all the

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.319
 good

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.059
 external

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.779
 marks

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.099
 of a

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.399
 healthy

00:26:46.399 --> 00:26:46.919
 church

00:26:46.919 --> 00:26:47.819
 is what

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.259
 will keep

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.480
 our

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:48.759
 light

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.179
 burning

00:26:49.179 --> 00:26:49.459
 in the

00:26:49.459 --> 00:26:49.899
 community

00:26:49.899 --> 00:26:51.220
 then just

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.679
 as we're

00:26:51.679 --> 00:26:52.279
 presuming

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.720
 that we're

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.119
 about to

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:53.539
 open the

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:53.919
 doors at

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:54.299
 Glendale

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.720
 Christ

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.119
 might be

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 on his

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 way to

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 shut

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 it

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 down

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 external

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.179
 form

00:27:01.179 --> 00:27:01.740
 is not

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 enough

00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:03.480
 let's

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.019
 not settle

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.619
 for it

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:08.019
 let's

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.359
 let our

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.220
 light shine

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:10.480
 before the

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:10.779
 world

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:12.339
 what will

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:12.980
 determine

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:14.240
 our health

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.920
 as a

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.279
 church

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.480
 is down

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.839
 to each

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.220
 one of

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.519
 us

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.420
 to

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.279
 continually

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.799
 check

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.039
 our

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.519
 hearts

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.339
 returning

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.940
 again

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:23.100
 and again

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:24.079
 and again

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.839
 every day

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.860
 to our

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:26.900
 original love

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.839
 of Christ

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 and we're

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:30.779
 not alone

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.199
 in that

00:27:31.199 --> 00:27:32.319
 the spirit

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.039
 is here

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.859
 helping us

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 and we

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:36.039
 are a

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.619
 church

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:38.119
 called to

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:38.639
 serve one

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:38.919
 another

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.559
 in helping

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.199
 one another

00:27:40.199 --> 00:27:41.279
 keep that

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.699
 passion

00:27:41.699 --> 00:27:42.199
 going

00:27:42.199 --> 00:27:46.099
 if you're

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:46.659
 like me

00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:47.619
 you might

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.299
 be fearing

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.980
 you don't

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 have it

00:27:49.419 --> 00:27:50.000
 in you

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.899
 to produce

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.579
 this passion

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:53.480
 and that's

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.759
 true

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.740
 you don't

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.359
 I don't

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:56.640
 I don't

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 have the

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:57.380
 power to

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.839
 change my

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.180
 heart

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 but there's

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.720
 one who

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.079
 does

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:03.259
 the one

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.980
 who holds

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.500
 the seven

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.120
 stars

00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:06.319
 having all

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.160
 authority in

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.559
 heaven and

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:07.839
 earth

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:09.220
 whose words

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.880
 are like a

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.579
 sword that

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.440
 breaks through

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.059
 our hardness

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.599
 of heart

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:15.019
 he alone

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.380
 has the

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:15.839
 power to

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.460
 give us

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.460
 a spiritual

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.180
 ear to

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.880
 hear him

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:20.519
 I think we

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.980
 need to keep

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.940
 asking him

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:23.079
 for an ear

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:24.120
 to hear him

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:26.579
 he has

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.019
 the power

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:30.099
 and even

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.559
 if he

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.879
 feels a

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.739
 million miles

00:28:32.739 --> 00:28:33.159
 away

00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:35.159
 the curtain

00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:35.599
 has been

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.000
 lifted

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.759
 remember

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:38.359
 he is

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:38.859
 with us

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.319
 he is

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.799
 walking

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.559
 among his

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:40.919
 people

00:28:40.919 --> 00:28:42.379
 his spirit

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:43.179
 is speaking

00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:45.399
 as we sing

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:45.819
 together

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:47.299
 and learn

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.719
 together

00:28:47.719 --> 00:28:49.039
 and pray

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.500
 together

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.279
 and encourage

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.059
 and cry

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.500
 together

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.139
 as a church

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.539
 family

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.479
 let's do

00:28:53.479 --> 00:28:53.859
 it in a

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.419
 way that's

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:55.139
 in tune

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:55.979
 with reality

00:28:55.979 --> 00:28:56.659
 what's

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.119
 actually

00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:57.839
 going on

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:59.519
 that Christ

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.159
 is present

00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:00.759
 with us

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:06.519
 our passion

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:08.079
 will revive

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:09.179
 in as much

00:29:09.179 --> 00:29:09.619
 as we

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.339
 anticipate

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:12.179
 the future

00:29:12.179 --> 00:29:12.839
 he promises

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.319
 us

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:15.079
 one day

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.879
 very soon

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:17.699
 you're a

00:29:17.699 --> 00:29:18.059
 day

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.839
 you're a

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.159
 week

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:19.939
 you're a

00:29:19.939 --> 00:29:20.240
 year

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.859
 closer

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:22.740
 we will

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.279
 be walking

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.639
 with the

00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:23.879
 Lord

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:25.139
 in his

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:25.779
 paradise

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:27.240
 we have

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:27.779
 a taste

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.019
 of it

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.319
 now

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:28.799
 in the

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.259
 church

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:31.439
 but gee

00:29:31.439 --> 00:29:34.299
 it's going

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.619
 to be so

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:35.019
 much better

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:37.299
 we're going

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.819
 to be eating

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.240
 from the

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.719
 tree of

00:29:38.719 --> 00:29:39.099
 life

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:40.519
 as a

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.219
 free gift

00:29:41.219 --> 00:29:42.299
 going for

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.879
 an afternoon

00:29:42.879 --> 00:29:43.539
 stroll

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.359
 in the

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:44.839
 cool of the

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.279
 day with

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:45.699
 the Lord

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:49.420
 trusting in

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:50.120
 his power

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:52.100
 trusting he

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:53.059
 is present

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:55.180
 trusting his

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:56.660
 promise is

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.360
 going to keep

00:29:57.360 --> 00:29:58.319
 our light as

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.779
 a church

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.299
 shining

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:03.600
 will you

00:30:03.600 --> 00:30:03.960
 pray with

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.120
 me

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:04.660
 let's pray

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.120
 to finish

00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:12.620
 Lord God

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:13.080
 in heaven

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:14.500
 we thank

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.980
 you that

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:16.439
 you do

00:30:16.439 --> 00:30:16.879
 have all

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.259
 power

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:18.419
 that you

00:30:18.419 --> 00:30:19.059
 have conquered

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.539
 death

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.919
 that you

00:30:20.919 --> 00:30:21.779
 have conquered

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.579
 our sin

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.980
 that you

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.639
 have conquered

00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:25.519
 satan and

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.119
 the world

00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:27.579
 that you

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.259
 hold us

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:28.639
 in your

00:30:28.639 --> 00:30:29.399
 right hand

00:30:29.399 --> 00:30:30.619
 that you

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.059
 are with

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.539
 us by

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.279
 your spirit

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.799
 through your

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.319
 word

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:35.699
 Lord we

00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:36.259
 thank you

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.240
 that by

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.779
 your grace

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.379
 alone you

00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:39.159
 promise to

00:30:39.159 --> 00:30:39.480
 give us

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:41.000
 life in

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.579
 abundance

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.519
 with yourself

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:44.779
 Father I

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.220
 pray for

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.660
 each one

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.059
 of us

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:47.779
 that you

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.740
 would take

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.379
 hold of

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:50.039
 our hearts

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:52.559
 give us

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.440
 hearts that

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.420
 are consumed

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:55.019
 with you

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:56.579
 you know

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.400
 how prone

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:57.960
 we are to

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.720
 wander away

00:30:58.720 --> 00:31:00.920
 bring us

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.839
 back again

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.500
 and again

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:04.859
 Lord bring

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.660
 glory to

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.359
 your name

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:07.579
 through grace

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.099
 evangelical

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.720
 church

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:10.420
 make us

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:10.880
 a people

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.259
 who

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:12.940
 love you

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.339
 from the

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:13.759
 heart

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:16.000
 and show

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.319
 it in

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.660
 love for

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.100
 one another

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:19.259
 keep us

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.640
 from

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:21.559
 just mere

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.600
 external

00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:23.319
 works

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.860
 we pray

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.900
 in Jesus

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.259
 name

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.779
 Amen

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:27.539
 thanks for

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.819
 listening

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:29.720
 Amen

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.299
 or

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:32.159
 you

00:31:32.159 --> 00:31:32.679
 are

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:32.919
 going

00:31:32.919 --> 00:31:35.759
chs