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 Anybody know the Argentina score, actually?

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 Has it been finalized yet?

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 No? It's still 1-1?

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! Okay, I don't mind if you guys are watching the phones.

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! If you just give me fingers up,

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 the penalties, that'd be good.

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 Actually, someone pause me if there's the penalties, actually.

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 But more importantly, this morning,

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 was anybody up at 5 a.m. by any chance?

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 Who was up? Wow!

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 Give a hand to these people

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 for turning up at 11 o'clock

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 to church after a 5 a.m.

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 Wake Up! Very important meeting.

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 Because of the score this morning,

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 for those who don't know,

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 England got through to the semifinals.

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 We're going to change the sermon, actually.

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 We're going to talk about the theology of homecoming.

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 Because it's very much in the Bible

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 about God losing His children

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 and wanting us to come home.

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 And it's happening. It's happening.

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 It's been 60 years, 1966,

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 since England last won the World Cup.

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 So we're just going to spend the next hour or so

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 interceding for the England football team.

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 We're going to pray against that weight

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 that they carry of 60 years

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 of not almost getting it.

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 But only kidding.

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 We're only going to spend about 15 minutes.

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 But no, truthfully,

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 we're going to talk about something close to my heart.

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 Even this morning,

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 as I was celebrating as a Brit,

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 I'm also reminded that I'm Chinese.

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 Trev, the Rev here,

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 would be very,

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 always very clear to tell me,

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 actually, my motherland is not England.

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 Despite being born there,

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 despite growing up there,

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 my first 20 years,

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 my motherland is here.

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 Is that right?

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 It's Hong Kong.

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 It's China.

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 And here, that's the thing with identity.

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 We have so many different identities.

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 Today, we're going to look at Genesis 17.

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 We're going to look at the topic of identity.

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 We're going to look at

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 how identity relates to mission.

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 Let's go.

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 Let's go.

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 Thank you, Francis.

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 I needed that.

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 And I don't know about you.

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 Identity is a question we ask these days,

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 Gen Alphas, Gen Zs, Millennials,

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 all of us.

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 Who am I?

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 What's my purpose here?

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 We have social media.

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 We have tools, even,

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 to build and invent our own identities.

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 Before Facebook, before Instagram,

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 I remember there was a time

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 during MySpace,

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 I was writing out my bio for MySpace.

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 Anybody remember MySpace?

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 Like two shows.

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 And I remember just writing,

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 editing, writing, editing,

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 ultimately just deleting my bio

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 just because it was just so stressful

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 of like, how do I introduce myself

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 in one paragraph?

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 And all that was just because

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 I had a friend called Tom

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 that I didn't really care

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 what he thought.

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 For those who know,

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 MySpace comes with a friend called Tom

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 for all the accounts.

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 And I remember that moment.

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 It's exhausting

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 trying to invent your identity.

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 Even now at LinkedIn,

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 it's really awkward sometimes

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 to write about yourself

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 in third person.

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 You know, Alex is a professional.

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 So it's a very strange thing.

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 But we constantly invent

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 and write and create

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 and maintain our identity.

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 It's tiring.

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 It's like building sandcastles

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 in the sand

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 and we're just waiting

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 and hoping that the next wave

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 doesn't sweep it away

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 and people don't find out.

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 The Bible,

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 the scripture today,

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 offers us a whole new paradigm

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 of how we see identity.

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 It's not something you invent.

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 It's not something you create.

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 It's something you receive.

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 It's something you receive.

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 And so I'm going to invite

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 my dear friend Chris Wong

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 up to read today's passage,

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 which is Genesis 17.

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 This is the Word of God.

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 Everything that I'm going to say,

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 there's going to be

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 a lot of errors maybe,

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 a lot of limitations of who I am.

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 But this is the Word of God,

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 the Word of God

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 that we have reverence for,

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 the Word of God

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 that we come to listen to.

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 This is the sermon itself.

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 So as Chris reads,

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 may we all stand in reverence

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 of the Word

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 as we listen to Genesis 17,

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 1 to 15, 16.

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 Let's go.

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 Genesis 17.

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 When Abraham was 99 years old,

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 the Lord appeared to Abraham

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 and said to him,

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 I am God Almighty.

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 Walk before me and be blameless,

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 that I may make my covenant

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 between me and you

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 and may multiply you greatly.

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 Then Abraham fell on his face

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 and God said to him,

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 Behold, my covenant is with you,

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 and you shall be the father

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 of a multitude of nations.

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 No longer shall your name

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 be called Abram,

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 but your name shall be Abraham.

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 For I have made you

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 the father of a multitude

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 of nations.

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 I will make you

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 exceedingly fruitful,

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 and I will make you

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 into nations,

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 and kings shall come to you.

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 And I will establish

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 my covenant

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 between me and you

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 and your offspring

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 after you

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 throughout their generations

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 for an everlasting covenant

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 to be God to you

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 and to your offspring

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 after you.

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 and I will give to you

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 and to your offspring

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 after you

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 the land of your sojournings,

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 all the land of Canaan

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 for an everlasting possession,

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 and I will be their God.

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 And God said to Abraham,

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 As for you,

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 you shall keep my covenant,

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 you and your offspring

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 after you

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 throughout their generations.

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 This is my covenant

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 which you shall keep

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 between me and you

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 and your offspring

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 after you.

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 Every male among you

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 shall be circumcised.

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 You shall be circumcised

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 in the flesh

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 of your foreskins,

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 and it shall be a sign

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 of the covenant

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 made between me and you.

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 He who is eight days old

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 among you

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 shall be circumcised.

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 Every male throughout

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 your generations,

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 whether born in your house

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 or bought with your money

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 from any foreigner

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 who is not of your offspring,

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 both he who is born

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 in your house

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 and he who is bought

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 with your money

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 shall surely be circumcised.

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 So shall my covenant

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 be in your flesh

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 an everlasting covenant.

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 Any uncircumcised male

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 who is not circumcised

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 in the flesh of his foreskin

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 shall be cut off

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 from his people.

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 He has broken my covenant.

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 And God said to Abraham,

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 As for Sarai,

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 your wife,

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 you shall not call her name

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 Sarai,

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 but Sarah

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 shall be her name.

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 I will bless her

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 and moreover

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 I will give you

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 a son by her.

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 I will bless her

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 and she shall become nations.

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 Kings of peoples

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 shall come from her.

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 Thank you.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thank you, Chris.

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 Please be seated.

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 Go Argentina.

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 Genesis 2, 17, 16.

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 Last week,

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 Pastor Gabe talked about

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 Genesis 16.

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 He talked about

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 anyone remember the topic?

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 DIY?

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 What happened?

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 Nat knows.

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 Do it yourself?

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 Yes.

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 He did it himself.

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 Yes, he went ahead

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 and had their own boy,

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 Ishmael.

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 So God had promised

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 Abraham at 75

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 that he's going to be a father.

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 He's going to have descendants

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 more than the stars in the sky.

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 He waited 12, 13 years.

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 Nothing happened.

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 Him and Sarah decided,

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 not quite Hagar, unfortunately,

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 they decided to go their own way,

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 to make it happen themselves.

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 And they did have a son.

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 They did have a boy called Ishmael.

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 This is chapter 16.

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 So today,

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 we're looking at chapter 17.

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 We're just one week apart

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 from reading chapter 16 and 17.

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 But in Abraham's life,

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 it was 13 years of silence.

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 13 years.

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 I don't know if anybody's here

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 waited for something

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 for 13 years.

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 But you can just imagine

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 waking up 13 years.

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 Every single day,

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 you look Ishmael in the face

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 and you're like,

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 you are the reason

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 that God's not speaking

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 to me anymore.

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 You are the reason

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 that I went and did it

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 my own way.

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 I went a step ahead of God

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 and probably God's angry at me.

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 God's ignored me.

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 And in fact,

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 I don't even know

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 if the covenant's still

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 on the table anymore,

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 if I'm still going to be

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 a father to the nations.

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 God didn't tell me

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 explicitly to do this,

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 but I did it my own way.

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 And you've got to imagine,

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 this is a 99-year-old Abraham

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 now we're talking about.

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 He's getting old.

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 He's getting frail.

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 He's getting hopeless.

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 But just as we are

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 at the brink,

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 that's when God enters again.

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 That's when Abraham

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 has an encounter with God.

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 And we see in verse 1,

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 oh Chris,

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 could you leave the Bible

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 out here?

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 Sorry.

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 Thank you.

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 God Almighty

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 introduces himself.

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 He says,

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 when Abraham was 99 years old,

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 he said,

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 I am God Almighty.

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 Walk before me

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 and be blameless.

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 Walk before me

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 and be blameless.

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 There's no apology.

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 He's saying,

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 hey, sorry about

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 the 13 years of silence.

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 There's no,

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 hey, I saw what you did there

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 13 years ago with Ishmael,

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 with Hagar.

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 That was not cool.

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 But no,

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 God enters the room

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 just as he's feeling

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 the most insufficient

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 and he introduces himself

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 as God Almighty.

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 In Hebrew,

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 it means El Shaddai.

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 El Shaddai is the all-sufficient one,

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 the one that doesn't need anyone

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 or anything.

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 El Shaddai also means

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 the nourishing one.

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 It's like the parent

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 who's coming into a baby

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 that's crying and weak

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 and picking it up to calm.

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 God introduces himself

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 with the name El Shaddai,

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 God Almighty,

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 and he says next,

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 walk before me.

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 Walk before me.

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 This is an old phrase

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 that people would know.

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 It's like God

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 and it echoes

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 the Garden of Eden

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 as Adam walked with God.

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 There's a Latin phrase

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 called Coran Deo.

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 In Latin,

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 it literally means

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 before the face of God.

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 And he's actually telling Abraham,

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 live before the face of me.

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 Live before the face of God.

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 There's moments

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 and chances in my life

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 where I've got to meet

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 some pastors

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 that I really, really, really respect.

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 And there are times

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 when they're talking

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 and they're in these little lectures

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 and someone at the end says,

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 hey, how can we pray for you?

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 And I'm always curious.

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 Okay, what would people

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 like Tim Keller

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 or Francis Chan,

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 what would they say?

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 What would their prayer request be?

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 You know,

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 they're so close with God.

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 They're so,

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 you know,

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 they're really walking with God.

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 They're living this Coran Deo.

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 Nearly every single time

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 they say a prayer request

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 along the lines of,

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 help me to live in this way.

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 Coran Deo,

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 to live in the face of God.

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 Let me be so mindful

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 of his presence around me

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 every single day,

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 every single moment

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 that I'll be living

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 under the authority of God

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 for the glory of God.

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 Such a noble prayer request

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 and it's something

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 that we all crave,

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 that we all desire.

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 And this is the first thing

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 that God says to Abraham.

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 After that 13 years of silence,

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 after what it felt like

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 just a disaster,

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 a mistake that Abraham

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 made,

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 God just simply says,

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 live before my face.

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 Here in Hong Kong,

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 in Asia,

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 we have a tendency

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 of living

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 for a different type of face.

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 There's a saving face.

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 I'm always very scared

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 of mou min,

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 especially to your family,

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 especially to your community

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 or your clan.

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 In other ways we,

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 I don't know,

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 I do sometimes,

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 we turn up to so many events

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 just to be min,

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 just to show face.

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 We have to do

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 all these little things

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 to show face,

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 to save face.

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 It's all this horizontal,

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 living that can be

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 so exhausting,

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 so tiring.

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 But God says to Abraham

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 is very simply,

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 live before my face.

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 It's this vertical relationship

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 that you need to care about.

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 And what does Abraham do?

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 The first thing he does

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 in verse 3,

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 I think it says,

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 Abraham fell on his face.

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 That's the only

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 prerequisite

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 that God has

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 before he gives us

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 an identity,

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 is for us to fall on his face

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 and to live for his face.

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 That's the only prerequisite.

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 The moment we get

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 to that point,

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 God is able to give us

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 this new identity,

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 give us a new name.

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 And we're going to

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 skip to verse 5,

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 we're going to see

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 this renaming bit happening.

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 Identity,

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 number one,

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 identity is received.

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 Second of all,

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 we're going to read,

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 God gives him a new name

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 in verse 5,

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 God renames Abraham

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 before he has

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 any kids with Sarah.

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 Again,

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 you've got to understand

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 the timing of that.

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 It's like speaking

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 to someone

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 who's been unemployed

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 for 75 years.

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 He suddenly gets

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 a little job

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 at McDonald's,

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 he does it himself,

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 he finds his way,

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 and then God's like,

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 no,

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 you're going to be a CEO

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 not of one nation,

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 not of one multinational,

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 of multi,

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 multinationals.

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 You just imagine

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 how crazy and ridiculous

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 that sounds.

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 But the name is important

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 and God knows

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 that our names

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 are often tied

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 with our identity.

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 Now I'm curious,

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 do people here know

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 the meanings

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 behind your own names?

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 Are there any

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 other Josephs here?

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 I think they're

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 your friend,

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 Josephs.

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 Aaron,

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 I guess a biblical name.

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 Alexander.

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 King,

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 do you know

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 the meaning of your name

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 by any chance?

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 It's too deep.

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 Oh,

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 there we go.

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 This is my neighbor,

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 King,

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 by the way.

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 I love King.

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 Hey,

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 we live on King's court,

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 so I just can't,

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 we live in his house,

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 we live in his court.

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 Queenie,

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 I'm guessing,

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 King,

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 Queenie,

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 your name is linked

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 to Queen.

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 Yes,

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 Yan Pui.

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 Oh,

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 Yan Pui,

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 it's full of grace,

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 oh,

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 I love that.

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 Actually,

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 a lot of us,

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 I'm looking out here,

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 has a lot of biblical names,

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 Sam,

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 Aaron,

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 Peter,

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 Josh,

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 Nathan,

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 but Chinese names are interesting,

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 because,

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 I mean,

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 grace,

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 my brother and I,

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 we're named Hei Man Tang,

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 same as Emily Yan,

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 is also Hei Man Tang,

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 my brother is Yat Man Tang,

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 my Chinese is not so good,

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 but from what I remember,

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 Hei Man is handsome,

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 Yat Man is the opposite of handsome,

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 and so,

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 that's all,

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 but yeah,

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 our parents name us,

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 even our Chinese name,

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 with deep meaning,

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 in this case,

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 in this case,

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 Abraham means exalted father,

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 again,

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 the irony of having this name from his parents,

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 called Abraham,

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 for 75 years,

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 he was childless,

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 he would go to,

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 well,

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 maybe not nursery pickups,

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 he would go to the playgrounds with his friends,

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 and they all have kids,

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 and he's,

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 oh,

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 here's father Abraham,

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 the one without any kids,

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 who just hangs out with us,

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 because he has all the time in the world,

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 how weird is that,

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 for 75 years,

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 he was called exalted father,

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 but he didn't even have a kid,

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 the irony,

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 Queenie's full of grace,

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 I think of Grace Wong,

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 upstairs,

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 our friend,

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 I mean,

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 she's a little bit clumsy,

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 but imagine just the irony of that,

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 maybe even more so,

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 right here,

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 Alex,

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 I hate to put him on the spot,

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 but I am,

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 Alexander Lee,

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 this is one of our leaders,

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 our incredible leaders,

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 but many of you don't know his middle name,

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 his middle name is Win,

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 the irony that his mum would name him,

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 Win,

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 something that he really does,

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 on a basketball court,

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 or the pickleball court,

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 the irony of growing up,

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 to remind yourself,

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 the very thing you don't get,

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 you don't have,

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 that's Alex right here,

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 and that's Abraham as well,

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 every day he has to introduce himself,

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 as I am a father Abraham,

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 the one without the kid,

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 you're reminded of your limitations,

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 you're reminded of what you don't have,

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 you're reminded of what,

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 the disappointment that you have,

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 culturally,

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 of not being,

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 and living up to your name,

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 but not only that,

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 God actually then,

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 names him Abraham,

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 doesn't just mean ham,

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 in terms of the spam,

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 but Abraham means,

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 it's,

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 Pastor Gabe would know better,

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 my Hebrew is not very good,

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 I haven't finished seminary yet,

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 but ha,

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 the sound ha,

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 means Yahweh,

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 the breath of God,

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 Abraham,

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 you know,

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 Nathan,

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 Nathan sounds,

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 Trevham,

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 Kellyham,

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 Gabrielham,

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 like adding this ha sound,

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 literally adding,

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 the very breath of God,

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 into your name,

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 how cool is that,

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 when Alex and I had Eden,

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 we named her Eden Jane Tang,

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 so we wrote it all out,

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 Eden Jane Tang,

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 and for the Jane,

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 we decided to add a Y,

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 in the middle,

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 so it's not just J-A-N-E,

00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:21.279
 it's J-A-Y-N-E,

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 in the same mindset,

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 we wanted Yahweh,

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 God's breath,

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 to be in the middle of her name,

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 so that she'll always remember,

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 that not only God is in the middle of her name,

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 but she's in the middle,

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 God is in the middle of her life,

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 and of her future,

00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:35.240
 last week,

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 as Alex was on,

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 a mission trip,

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 in Myanmar,

00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:39.419
 she was gone for the week,

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 I had my mission trip,

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 to keep the two girls alive,

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 at home,

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 and there was one day,

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 it was Eden,

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 had her parents teachers day,

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 and I said,

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 if you do well,

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 I'll take you somewhere amazing,

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 like way,

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 10 times better,

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 than Disney,

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 and Ocean Park combined,

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 and the teacher was great,

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 everything was positive,

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 I mean she's three,

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 there's not much feedback,

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 but they did speak,

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 for like 40 minutes,

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 which is crazy,

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 I was like,

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 I'm good,

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 I'm good,

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 I'm happy,

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 and she's like,

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 so let me go,

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 and I took Eden,

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 somewhere really cool,

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 I told her,

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 I told her,

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 better than Disneyland,

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 better than Ocean Park,

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 I took her to Shenzhen,

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 and we had the best time,

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 we stayed overnight,

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 we had a hotel,

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 and she was so excited,

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 I'm going on holiday,

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 I'm going to bring my little suitcase,

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 we jumped on the bed,

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 and we'd go shopping,

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 and she'd try on these dresses,

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 I'm like,

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 Alex,

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 Eden,

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 you look incredible,

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 in this dress,

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 I love this dress,

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 I love your hair,

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 I love your backpack,

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 that you packed for yourself,

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 and nearly every single compliment,

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 that I gave her,

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 she would tell me a fact,

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 an opinion,

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 of one of her friends,

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 and she's got a friend,

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 named Dada,

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 short for Matilda,

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 we love her,

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 she's a dear friend,

00:16:46.060 --> 00:16:46.920
 but Dada's opinion,

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 mean a lot to her,

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 every time I said,

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 oh your hair's great,

00:16:49.820 --> 00:16:50.060
 she's like,

00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:50.300
 oh no,

00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:50.980
 but Dada says,

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 it's not long enough,

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 and I love this dress,

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 but Dada says,

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 it's not pink enough,

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 I love that cup,

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 that you use at school,

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 and she's like,

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 oh can I get a new one,

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 because Dada says,

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 it doesn't have,

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 the right princesses,

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 more Elsa,

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 and,

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 about the 50th time in,

00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.720
 of that weekend,

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 and I hear Dada's opinion,

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 I'm like,

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 okay that's it,

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 Dada doesn't know,

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 anything,

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 okay,

00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:13.599
 she doesn't know,

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 Jack or Jill,

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 or Luke or Bill,

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 she doesn't know anything,

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 what I say matters,

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 my,

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 your mom,

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 and myself,

00:17:20.919 --> 00:17:22.059
 we think your hair is great,

00:17:22.159 --> 00:17:22.740
 your hair is great,

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 your dress is perfect,

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 just listen to our voice,

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 don't listen to Dada,

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 and it's funny,

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 but we all have Dada's in our life,

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 friends even,

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 family even,

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 constantly nitpick,

00:17:35.179 --> 00:17:36.720
 constantly say what you don't have,

00:17:36.819 --> 00:17:37.579
 constantly say,

00:17:37.699 --> 00:17:37.919
 oh,

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 you just missed that two points,

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 your hair looks a little bit different,

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 it's not as good as what it used to be,

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 and it's tiring,

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 and we don't even know it,

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 and it could actually bring us down,

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 it could actually take away the identity,

00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:49.980
 that we've been called to live,

00:17:49.980 --> 00:17:50.940
 so my prayer for Eden,

00:17:51.059 --> 00:17:51.900
 is that she always,

00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:52.579
 always knows,

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 that her earthly,

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 and heavenly father,

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 we've named her Eden,

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 because she's God's delight,

00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:59.599
 she's God's original pan,

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 no matter what,

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 the Dada's,

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 many other Dada's in the future,

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 will tell her,

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 our name is important,

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 and why does God change Abraham's name,

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 because he knows,

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 it's linked to identity,

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 and when you change someone's identity,

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 you change the trajectory,

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 of the mission,

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 of the life,

00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:18.940
 the destiny,

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 and of the future,

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 and we see that in verse six,

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 I will make you,

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 exceedingly fruitful,

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 and I will make you into nations,

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 and kings shall come from you,

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 in the kingdom of God,

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 we know this,

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 who you are determines what you do,

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 who you are determines what you do,

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 so number one,

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 the first point was,

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 identity is something you receive,

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 number two,

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 identity precedes mission,

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 identity precedes mission,

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 if we get it backwards,

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 goodness me,

00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:46.940
 you're going to burn out,

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 we're going to have,

00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:49.059
 imposter syndrome,

00:18:49.059 --> 00:18:50.079
 we're going to have legalism,

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 we're going to have all these rules,

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 and things,

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 and it's just going to burn us out,

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 I've been there,

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 and I remember what it is,

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 to live from place to place,

00:18:58.619 --> 00:19:00.519
 building your works,

00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.200
 your mission,

00:19:01.639 --> 00:19:02.899
 just to have this identity,

00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:05.580
 for the most part of my 20s,

00:19:05.620 --> 00:19:07.440
 I lived in countries like Bolivia,

00:19:07.560 --> 00:19:07.840
 and Chile,

00:19:08.320 --> 00:19:08.960
 and Zambia,

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 and I loved it,

00:19:09.600 --> 00:19:10.900
 I loved every single moment,

00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:11.340
 living there,

00:19:11.380 --> 00:19:11.960
 every weekend,

00:19:12.380 --> 00:19:13.320
 driving my 4x4,

00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:14.580
 to see the elephant orphanage,

00:19:14.860 --> 00:19:15.820
 to the cheetah sanctuary,

00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:16.759
 and just literally hang out,

00:19:16.800 --> 00:19:17.720
 with animals all week,

00:19:18.380 --> 00:19:19.180
 all weekend,

00:19:19.840 --> 00:19:21.280
 but when God called me to Hong Kong,

00:19:21.340 --> 00:19:22.060
 very reluctantly,

00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:23.259
 the first two or three years,

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 of those who know me back then,

00:19:24.340 --> 00:19:25.380
 I really didn't want to be here,

00:19:25.800 --> 00:19:27.000
 I really didn't want to be here,

00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:29.680
 and at first,

00:19:29.779 --> 00:19:30.559
 I thought it's just Hong Kong,

00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:31.000
 it's humid,

00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:31.740
 it's fast paced,

00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:32.539
 there's no space,

00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:34.180
 but after a while,

00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:34.900
 I recognized it,

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 it might be deeper,

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 and a mentor of mine,

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 told me this,

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 that if you don't learn,

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.660
 to love yourself,

00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:40.759
 you won't love where you are,

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 and I realized that actually,

00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:44.940
 those years of my 20s,

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.480
 is my adulthood,

00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:46.440
 living in these countries,

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.279
 I loved my work,

00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:48.099
 I loved living there,

00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:49.960
 but I loved the identity,

00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.680
 that it gave me,

00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:52.359
 I loved being one of the expats,

00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:52.839
 in the country,

00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:54.380
 I loved driving a car,

00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:56.200
 that has British diplomatic plate on,

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 the police can't stop me,

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:57.660
 at checkpoint,

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:59.279
 I loved that,

00:19:59.860 --> 00:20:01.500
 and I loved meeting other expats,

00:20:01.580 --> 00:20:02.160
 who were all here,

00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:02.819
 in that same country,

00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:03.900
 to build this country up,

00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:04.880
 like the same mission,

00:20:05.840 --> 00:20:07.759
 and when I got to Hong Kong,

00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:08.340
 I knew nobody,

00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:09.539
 but my relatives in Yun Long,

00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:10.720
 and I felt lost,

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:12.039
 I felt why am I here,

00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:14.039
 what is my identity,

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.940
 and thankfully,

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:16.360
 the organization that sent me here,

00:20:16.860 --> 00:20:17.640
 they said one thing,

00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.799
 you're only here to make disciples,

00:20:19.080 --> 00:20:19.519
 that's it,

00:20:19.860 --> 00:20:20.980
 don't worry about anything else,

00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:21.819
 you're here,

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:22.960
 you make disciples,

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:24.920
 you keep walking with God,

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:25.759
 Koram there,

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:27.220
 living before the face of God,

00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:28.700
 and everything will work out,

00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:30.339
 and nine years later,

00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:31.440
 I found a family,

00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:33.539
 I found a spiritual family,

00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:35.160
 and I found so much more,

00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:35.680
 more importantly,

00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.519
 I found my identity,

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 that is not rooted in being,

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.559
 needing to be in the front lines,

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.400
 of mission work actually,

00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:42.019
 that as we're going to find out,

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:43.000
 later mission is everywhere,

00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:46.539
 identity precedes mission,

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.819
 you cannot have it,

00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.519
 the other way around,

00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:49.420
 we will grow tired,

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.759
 religion does that,

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.519
 religion says,

00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:52.200
 I obey,

00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:53.200
 therefore,

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:54.220
 I will be accepted,

00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:55.980
 the gospel says,

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.120
 I am accepted,

00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:57.640
 therefore,

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.340
 I will obey,

00:20:59.360 --> 00:21:00.000
 A.W. Tozer,

00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:01.680
 has an even nicer way,

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.140
 of saying this,

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.539
 he said,

00:21:03.120 --> 00:21:03.819
 we're not saved,

00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:04.799
 by good works,

00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:06.039
 we're saved,

00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:07.360
 for good works,

00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:09.299
 we're not saved,

00:21:09.299 --> 00:21:09.979
 by good works,

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.439
 we're saved,

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.139
 for good works,

00:21:11.179 --> 00:21:12.399
 and so Abraham's new identity,

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.299
 completely shifts,

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.939
 not just his own family,

00:21:15.399 --> 00:21:16.599
 and the family to come,

00:21:16.659 --> 00:21:17.879
 but it shifts the nations,

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:19.459
 it shifts the whole world,

00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:19.819
 in fact,

00:21:19.919 --> 00:21:20.899
 we're all standing here,

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:22.699
 because of Abraham,

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.979
 coming to live missionally,

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.599
 in his name,

00:21:24.679 --> 00:21:25.279
 in his identity,

00:21:26.699 --> 00:21:27.500
 so I mentioned briefly,

00:21:27.659 --> 00:21:29.539
 I worked in Zambia,

00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:30.619
 before I came to Hong Kong,

00:21:31.159 --> 00:21:32.859
 and at that time,

00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.939
 I was working with the UK government,

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.679
 UK aid arm,

00:21:34.879 --> 00:21:36.079
 so it was very secular,

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.699
 we're literally encouraged,

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:39.199
 to not talk about faith,

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:39.939
 and religion,

00:21:40.179 --> 00:21:40.519
 and prayer,

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:42.299
 but I remember,

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.579
 leaving this work,

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.899
 and joining the current charity,

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.899
 I'm with Hope International,

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:47.339
 which is very gospel centric,

00:21:47.439 --> 00:21:48.079
 which is all about,

00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:48.919
 discipleship first,

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:50.079
 and building up the local church,

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.460
 as we help the poor,

00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:52.519
 and so,

00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.960
 one thing I kept seeing,

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.659
 that was so different,

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.220
 night and day,

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.839
 was we'd helped all these beneficiaries,

00:21:57.199 --> 00:21:57.699
 these families,

00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:59.439
 with the same type of tools,

00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:00.159
 financial tools,

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.519
 literacy,

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.019
 loans,

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:02.579
 and teaching them how to run businesses,

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:04.220
 teaching them how to fish,

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.839
 for themselves,

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:06.740
 but family A,

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:08.319
 when I worked with the government,

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:10.559
 not allowed to mention faith,

00:22:10.699 --> 00:22:11.179
 or dignity,

00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:11.899
 or identity,

00:22:12.419 --> 00:22:13.199
 or discipleship,

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.959
 every family that we helped here,

00:22:15.159 --> 00:22:16.319
 the first thing they'll say is,

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.439
 thanks for helping us,

00:22:17.459 --> 00:22:18.519
 we really do appreciate it,

00:22:18.879 --> 00:22:19.839
 how do we get out of here,

00:22:20.199 --> 00:22:21.299
 can you get us out of this country,

00:22:21.379 --> 00:22:22.099
 get us into England,

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:24.319
 change the destiny for my family,

00:22:25.179 --> 00:22:25.899
 which is again,

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:27.139
 many of us would think like that,

00:22:27.159 --> 00:22:28.319
 if we were living in some country,

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:29.359
 if we won a lottery today,

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:31.139
 some of us might just disappear,

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.939
 and we won't see them again,

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:34.039
 but on this side,

00:22:34.840 --> 00:22:35.799
 when we were helping them,

00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.900
 with the same tools,

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:37.740
 then they were,

00:22:37.860 --> 00:22:39.019
 getting a stable income,

00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:40.019
 they were getting a livelihood,

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.559
 they were teaching them how to farm,

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:43.500
 and yield much better harvest,

00:22:44.340 --> 00:22:45.200
 but at the same time,

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:46.059
 as we're discipling them,

00:22:46.100 --> 00:22:47.080
 talking about identity,

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.840
 talking about dignity,

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:51.019
 the first question that they ask me,

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.900
 after they get helped,

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.680
 they say thank you,

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.480
 they say,

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.880
 they actually don't say thank you to us,

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:56.160
 they say thank you to the local church,

00:22:56.340 --> 00:22:56.900
 because we're actually,

00:22:57.320 --> 00:22:58.799
 acting on behalf of the local church,

00:22:58.799 --> 00:23:00.000
 and then they're like,

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.359
 can you help my neighbor,

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.919
 can you help my sister,

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.720
 can you help my cousin,

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:06.500
 it wasn't about their own self-preservation,

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.339
 of their own family,

00:23:07.419 --> 00:23:08.299
 getting out of poverty,

00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:08.720
 it was about,

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.919
 how do we bless the next person,

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.359
 and we're like,

00:23:11.399 --> 00:23:11.839
 that's great,

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.700
 because that very loan,

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.980
 that we gave you to start that business,

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:15.259
 now that you've paid it back,

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:17.099
 we can now give it to your neighbor,

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.519
 to do the same thing,

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.559
 so you're in fact,

00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:20.519
 part of that blessing,

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.399
 of blessing,

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.379
 and paying it forward,

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.359
 to the next person,

00:23:24.659 --> 00:23:26.159
 and so many of us in Hong Kong,

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.960
 especially in Asia,

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.980
 we have a tendency,

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:29.259
 we're very good at planning,

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.099
 for our family well,

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:31.039
 for our next generation,

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.799
 we make sure,

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.640
 that our next generation,

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.299
 has enough,

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:36.940
 yet there's still family arguments,

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.480
 and disputes,

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.539
 in every single family,

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.480
 when it comes to inheritance,

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.579
 but how much is enough,

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.779
 how much is enough,

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.660
 that your family is sorted,

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.559
 and locked after,

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.500
 what about,

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:47.079
 the many brothers and sisters,

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.819
 around the world,

00:23:47.860 --> 00:23:48.720
 who do not have,

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:50.440
 a chance to plan,

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:51.120
 for their kids,

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.500
 Abraham's story,

00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:54.799
 was so much bigger than himself,

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.240
 it was to bless the nations,

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.500
 it wasn't just so him,

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.779
 and Sarah could retire happily,

00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:00.140
 worship with his grandkids,

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.660
 and that's it,

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:02.700
 God had a bigger plan,

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.680
 and I'm going to take you,

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.799
 to Rwanda for a moment,

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.279
 we're going to watch,

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:06.000
 a short video,

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.900
 this is a real story,

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:08.859
 and this is the reason,

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.680
 that I left Zambia,

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.259
 reluctantly,

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.339
 to come to Hong Kong,

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:13.380
 because I met so many lives,

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.180
 like Severa,

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.759
 we're going to read,

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.220
 in here,

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.619
 whose lives,

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.720
 before we met them,

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.740
 were completely worthless,

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.160
 and if you asked Severa,

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.640
 a few years,

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.859
 before we filmed the video,

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:23.119
 what was her worth,

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.539
 she'd probably say,

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.720
 a bit less,

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.799
 than the cow,

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.660
 a bit less than the chicken,

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:30.360
 and when I first heard it,

00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:31.360
 I broke down in tears,

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:31.680
 because I,

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:33.059
 that wasn't even a concept,

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.680
 but my dad loves,

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.779
 the family cow,

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.299
 and the chickens,

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.220
 much more than I do,

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:37.819
 they love me,

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.339
 he loves me,

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.120
 because,

00:24:40.120 --> 00:24:40.740
 these are assets,

00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:41.460
 these are livestock,

00:24:41.600 --> 00:24:42.279
 these bring money,

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:43.039
 into the family,

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.120
 having a daughter,

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.500
 doesn't,

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:46.920
 and she's living,

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.519
 in a country,

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.640
 that's torn,

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.779
 apart by identity,

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.660
 by genocide,

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.339
 by names,

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:52.960
 by labels,

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.859
 and so when we met her,

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.619
 she was absolutely,

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.259
 fell out nothing,

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.519
 but through the local church,

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.900
 we reminded her of her identity,

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.400
 her truth,

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:00.920
 her dignity,

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:02.319
 and she became a blessing,

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:02.880
 to her neighborhood,

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:05.000
 and it's stories like that,

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:06.440
 that actually got me out,

00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:07.019
 of Zambia,

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.279
 and said,

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:07.700
 you know what,

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:09.059
 I care too much,

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.720
 about these families,

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:11.059
 I want more people,

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.900
 to be like her,

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.859
 to find their identity,

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.920
 and start living it out,

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:15.160
 that it doesn't matter,

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:15.620
 where I live,

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.480
 I can live in a country,

00:25:16.560 --> 00:25:17.200
 I've never lived in,

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:19.220
 if my job is to share their stories,

00:25:19.300 --> 00:25:19.779
 that's worth it,

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:21.200
 I prefer to be on the field,

00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:23.580
 I prefer to go to visit my elephants,

00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:24.100
 every weekend,

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:25.240
 but it's okay,

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:27.160
 if I truly care for them,

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:28.420
 it doesn't matter where I am,

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.640
 in the line of helping them,

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.480
 and so Matthew,

00:25:30.560 --> 00:25:31.539
 if you could put up the video,

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:33.000
 that'd be fantastic.

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:43.560
 My name is Savera Mutayemaria,

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:45.539
 I have four kids,

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:47.019
 and I look after eight more.

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.860
 Like many people,

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.620
 in the community,

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.440
 of Kigaburo,

00:25:50.600 --> 00:25:51.039
 Rwanda,

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.420
 Savera and her husband,

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.440
 supported their family,

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.320
 mostly through,

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.600
 what they grow in their fields,

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.900
 making it difficult,

00:25:57.060 --> 00:25:58.259
 to consistently provide,

00:25:58.340 --> 00:25:59.360
 for their family's needs.

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.960
 When Savera,

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.620
 heard about,

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.440
 Ruego Bank,

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:04.060
 Hope's microfinance bank,

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.600
 in Rwanda,

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.900
 it sounded too good,

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.519
 to be true.

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:09.900
 It felt impossible,

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.799
 because at that time,

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:13.480
 women did not feel comfortable,

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:14.319
 going to banks.

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:17.920
 Loans were mostly given to men.

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:22.900
 When I first heard about Ruego,

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:24.559
 I was surprised,

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.400
 that there was a bank,

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.319
 that cares for,

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.559
 and welcomes women,

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.400
 eagerly.

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:35.840
 As soon as I heard that,

00:26:36.060 --> 00:26:37.860
 I was among the first to go.

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:42.300
 Taking her first loan,

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:42.920
 from Ruego,

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:44.300
 in 2006,

00:26:44.820 --> 00:26:46.160
 Savera started a business,

00:26:46.360 --> 00:26:47.080
 selling peanuts,

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.019
 at a local market.

00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:52.920
 Before I heard that news,

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.600
 about that bank,

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.360
 they call Ruego,

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.500
 you could understand,

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.720
 that my life was bad.

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:59.880
 Getting food,

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.839
 was very hard.

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.539
 I didn't have a house.

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:08.500
 I had three kids,

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.860
 but I wasn't even able,

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:11.600
 to pay for primary school fees.

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:17.220
 I started to realize,

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.380
 that I was capable.

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.620
 I used to believe,

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.660
 I couldn't do much,

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:22.180
 but I came to realize,

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:23.440
 that I was quite capable.

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.799
 With her entrepreneurial spirit,

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.500
 savings,

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.740
 and loans from Ruego,

00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:29.500
 Savera has expanded,

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:30.940
 to a number of different businesses,

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:32.319
 over the last 11 years.

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:34.539
 Employing 50 people,

00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.299
 in her community,

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:37.079
 Savera today manages,

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.779
 a supermarket,

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:39.220
 a hardware shop,

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.500
 farming activity,

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:42.000
 a painting business,

00:27:42.419 --> 00:27:43.139
 a carpentry,

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:44.119
 and welding business,

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.759
 and several rental properties.

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.500
 Passionate about,

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.700
 developing her community,

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:50.539
 Savera serves those around her,

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.559
 in countless ways.

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.740
 She has adopted,

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.619
 eight orphans,

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.339
 in addition,

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.839
 to paying for school fees,

00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:56.939
 and health insurance,

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.979
 for many of her neighbors,

00:27:58.119 --> 00:27:58.639
 and employees.

00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:00.579
 She allows her employees,

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:02.019
 to take food from her fields,

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:03.159
 to support their families,

00:28:03.439 --> 00:28:04.639
 and she built wells,

00:28:04.719 --> 00:28:05.379
 in her community,

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:06.379
 so that her neighbors,

00:28:06.479 --> 00:28:07.500
 could have easy access,

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.339
 to clean water.

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:17.759
 When you have a relationship,

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.299
 with God,

00:28:18.459 --> 00:28:19.599
 you understand,

00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:21.000
 that what God has given you,

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.919
 is for your benefit,

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:24.199
 but also,

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:24.859
 for the benefit,

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.919
 of those around you.

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.759
 You have to share,

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.639
 with those in need.

00:28:31.679 --> 00:28:33.139
 Everything that I do now,

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:33.939
 I do,

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.859
 with gratitude,

00:28:35.179 --> 00:28:35.720
 in my heart.

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:38.380
 I want to take,

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.400
 what God has given me,

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.640
 and use it,

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.460
 to help people.

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.700
 Hello.

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.039
 Yeah,

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.759
 there's also a picture,

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.319
 I think next,

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.480
 I asked Gabe to put up.

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:06.559
 This is us in Rwanda,

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.660
 with Josh as well,

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:09.220
 we were there in 2022,

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:11.120
 visiting farmers,

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.220
 visiting many,

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:13.120
 many different clients,

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:14.279
 like Severa,

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.420
 who found dignity,

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.240
 who found Christ,

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.539
 but more importantly,

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.880
 they lived it out,

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.460
 to be a blessing,

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.700
 not just for their own families,

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.680
 and Gabe and I,

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.440
 we spent a whole day,

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:23.860
 with Josh,

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.839
 making coffee,

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.779
 we were picking coffee beans,

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.400
 from the trees,

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.579
 mashing them up,

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.079
 grinding them,

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:29.559
 and just to make one cup of coffee,

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.339
 took us eight hours.

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.720
 So thank God,

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.819
 we don't work for Starbucks here.

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.480
 That was a great experience,

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.519
 but yeah,

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.399
 we can take the picture off,

00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:38.799
 whereas Gabe's handsome face,

00:29:38.939 --> 00:29:39.679
 his angel glow,

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:41.200
 will distract us,

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:43.019
 those brows man.

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.139
 What was I going to say?

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.339
 Yeah,

00:29:45.399 --> 00:29:46.019
 so yeah,

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.919
 this is what we do,

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.240
 is hope.

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:47.980
 We were,

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.379
 we came into this country,

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.519
 five years after the genocide,

00:29:50.659 --> 00:29:51.659
 where there was brutal killing,

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:53.759
 and we were the first to learn to women,

00:29:53.820 --> 00:29:55.140
 and now we're the first to learn to those,

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:56.200
 with disabilities as well,

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:57.860
 because we really believe,

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.779
 not just in the gospel,

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.320
 because we can,

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:00.980
 we plant,

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:01.259
 we've,

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:03.400
 five main denominations in Rwanda,

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.220
 all work with us,

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.080
 they run our programs,

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.480
 but as we preach,

00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:07.560
 great sermons every week,

00:30:07.620 --> 00:30:09.240
 but if 90% of the congregation,

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:09.700
 are hungry,

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.540
 are not able to pay,

00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.160
 for their own food,

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.560
 then we have to offer something more,

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:15.320
 than just the word of God,

00:30:15.320 --> 00:30:16.060
 we need to ask them,

00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:16.779
 practical tools,

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.440
 and so together,

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.839
 we really see that,

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.859
 identity change,

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.680
 and that Severa,

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.879
 wasn't living for herself anymore,

00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:22.960
 she didn't want to get out,

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.799
 and get me out of here,

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:24.240
 and live in,

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.899
 the great land of somewhere else,

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.299
 but no,

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:27.500
 she decided to stay,

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.680
 and be a blessing to others,

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.139
 earlier at the start,

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.299
 I gave the analogy of,

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:31.599
 you know,

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.359
 building our identities,

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.799
 is like building sandcastles,

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:35.200
 waiting to be swept away,

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.700
 Severa for me,

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.539
 and for many others,

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.819
 like her,

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:40.220
 they're more like a lighthouse,

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:41.399
 that God calls us to,

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:43.319
 we still need to be by the sea,

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:44.559
 we still need to be close,

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.299
 to the storm,

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:47.139
 but it's dark,

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.639
 people are drowning,

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.299
 in anxiety,

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.980
 and identity,

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:53.639
 and so many different issues,

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:55.039
 that we're facing today,

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.639
 but we're called to be a lighthouse,

00:30:56.899 --> 00:30:57.359
 a lighthouse,

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.779
 that people can see,

00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.619
 in the midst of a storm,

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.819
 people can follow,

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:01.799
 and finally,

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.960
 we can point them home,

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:04.039
 just like England,

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.180
 and the World Cup,

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.720
 now guys,

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:08.220
 I wish I could finish the sermon here,

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.720
 I really wish,

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.419
 it's 12 o'clock,

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.159
 it'll be a bit early,

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.180
 Alice can come and do like,

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.899
 four more songs,

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.960
 and I'd love to leave,

00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:15.000
 the rest of the chapter,

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:16.000
 for my brother next week,

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:18.019
 but we can't teach,

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.380
 about Genesis 17,

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.500
 without talking about,

00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:21.200
 circumcision,

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:22.839
 it's painful,

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.240
 literally,

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:24.740
 it's painful,

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.299
 it's vulnerable,

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.799
 it's intimate,

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.220
 it's raw,

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.380
 it's hidden,

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:31.720
 but it's also,

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.460
 the way that God,

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.279
 introduced the covenant,

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.480
 you know,

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.380
 it's so easy,

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.759
 to say,

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.160
 Abraham,

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.880
 you have a new name,

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.700
 I saw your mistakes,

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.740
 live it out,

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.660
 bless the nations,

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.099
 done,

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.319
 wouldn't we all love that,

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.900
 wouldn't we all,

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.960
 you know,

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:44.500
 love that CEO title,

00:31:44.620 --> 00:31:45.240
 without putting in,

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.779
 the years of work,

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.440
 wouldn't we love,

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.920
 getting Uday's body,

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:49.000
 without ever stepping foot,

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:49.740
 and Kenneth's body,

00:31:49.860 --> 00:31:50.920
 stepping foot into the gym,

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.200
 we would love that,

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.920
 we would love that quick,

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.740
 and then we can start living,

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.259
 that way,

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.900
 and experiencing the blessings,

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.579
 of all of that,

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.059
 but no,

00:31:57.620 --> 00:31:59.039
 the covenant comes at a cost,

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.779
 it comes at an obedience,

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.840
 and this is where,

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.539
 the circumcision,

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.500
 is introduced,

00:32:03.620 --> 00:32:04.120
 and we're not going to go,

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.960
 too deep into it,

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.860
 but what I will say is,

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.559
 that you can't have,

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.299
 a new identity,

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:10.839
 without cutting away your old,

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.819
 I can't be reinventing myself,

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.480
 it's a new me,

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.099
 it's a new name,

00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:15.879
 but still living in the old ways,

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.480
 old habits,

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.099
 old sins,

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:20.759
 new identity,

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.919
 demands everything,

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:22.720
 and Paul,

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.119
 thankfully,

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.859
 is the covenant,

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.539
 the people of the new covenant,

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:25.980
 Paul,

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.759
 in Colossians,

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.220
 in Romans,

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:28.259
 he talks about another type,

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:28.819
 of circumcision,

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.859
 the circumcision,

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.480
 of the heart,

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.980
 equally painful,

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.200
 circumcision,

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.599
 of just,

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:36.639
 kind of tearing out,

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.379
 our old identity,

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:38.660
 and being solely,

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.280
 anchored,

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.320
 in Christ,

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:42.440
 and we don't talk about,

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.920
 the cost,

00:32:43.040 --> 00:32:43.640
 so much,

00:32:43.800 --> 00:32:44.980
 of following Christ,

00:32:45.060 --> 00:32:45.440
 but sometimes,

00:32:45.560 --> 00:32:46.280
 I think it's important,

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:46.740
 that we do,

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:49.320
 because Paul talks about it,

00:32:49.520 --> 00:32:49.960
 and actually,

00:32:50.020 --> 00:32:50.760
 Paul lives it out,

00:32:50.820 --> 00:32:51.800
 and Jesus went through,

00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:52.360
 the cost,

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.580
 and so we might even ask,

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:55.220
 why would an all sufficient God,

00:32:55.260 --> 00:32:55.860
 God Almighty,

00:32:56.300 --> 00:32:57.020
 require this,

00:32:57.060 --> 00:32:57.520
 from Abraham,

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.180
 why,

00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:00.600
 he doesn't need anything,

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:01.340
 he's the God Almighty,

00:33:01.520 --> 00:33:02.020
 he's El Shaddai,

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.840
 he doesn't need anything,

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.360
 or anyone,

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.700
 yet why does he need us,

00:33:04.780 --> 00:33:05.580
 to cut off,

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:08.119
 this part of our body,

00:33:08.439 --> 00:33:09.779
 and circumcise,

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:10.980
 and I think,

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.619
 it's interesting,

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.980
 because the very promise,

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.720
 that Abraham received,

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.439
 was to multiply,

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:15.379
 and for all the male,

00:33:15.439 --> 00:33:15.919
 in his household,

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:17.079
 they all needed to circumcise,

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:18.419
 I think it was a very,

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:19.159
 tangible,

00:33:19.399 --> 00:33:19.779
 permanent,

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.119
 physical reminder,

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.579
 that as they reproduce kids,

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:23.619
 as they have more children,

00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:25.779
 that is not by their own strength,

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:27.279
 but by the power of God,

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:28.099
 but by the covenant,

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.240
 that God had given them,

00:33:29.659 --> 00:33:31.179
 and God's not introducing circumcision,

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:31.720
 because it's,

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.919
 just for jokes,

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.159
 no,

00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:34.759
 God's cutting things,

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.379
 away from us,

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:36.220
 so that we can make,

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:37.240
 room for new things,

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:37.660
 to make,

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:39.039
 room for a harvest,

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.339
 and,

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.079
 I think,

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:42.140
 there's another verse here,

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.339
 it says,

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:43.039
 on the eighth day,

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:44.039
 you shall circumcise,

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:45.279
 this is just a random fact,

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.039
 that I found,

00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.680
 thanks to AI,

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.000
 that,

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:48.940
 apparently,

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.539
 even today,

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:51.240
 it's on the eighth day,

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:52.119
 that the baby has this,

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.920
 vitamin K,

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.420
 or whatever,

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:55.299
 that helps handle blood clots,

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:55.759
 if you,

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:57.400
 cut it before the eight days,

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.259
 it could actually have blood clots,

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.980
 and actually cause,

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:00.379
 serious issues,

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.579
 but you see,

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:02.680
 even in the intricacy,

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.700
 of God commanding us,

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.019
 to do that,

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:05.000
 he's well thought out,

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.600
 actually,

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.220
 on the eighth day,

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.620
 you do this,

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.120
 when the baby,

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.179
 has enough,

00:34:08.720 --> 00:34:09.079
 whatever,

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:09.940
 and for those,

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.500
 who want to learn more,

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.119
 about circumcision,

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:12.360
 Dr. Trevor's sitting right here,

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.960
 he'd love to explain,

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.920
 the science of all that,

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:18.380
 so it happens,

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:19.059
 when you're in my group,

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.519
 again,

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.599
 Trevor the Rev,

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.240
 will tell you that,

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.840
 but again,

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.940
 back to the new covenant,

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.760
 Paul talks about,

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.720
 the circumcision of hearts,

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.280
 he talks about,

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:27.800
 the cost of following Jesus,

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:31.440
 when I think of one story,

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.119
 I think I'm going to share,

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.699
 one more story,

00:34:32.799 --> 00:34:33.259
 and then we're going to,

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:33.920
 slowly wrap up,

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:35.480
 is there's a story,

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.359
 of following Christ,

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:38.279
 when you think about,

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:39.259
 a group of kids,

00:34:39.279 --> 00:34:40.159
 that I had heard,

00:34:40.779 --> 00:34:42.179
 who knew their identity,

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:43.440
 who were truly circumcised,

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:43.880
 at the heart,

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.559
 and their identity,

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.799
 was so anchored in Christ,

00:34:46.359 --> 00:34:47.699
 neighboring country,

00:34:47.819 --> 00:34:48.279
 to Zavira,

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:49.779
 when she was growing up,

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.900
 in the 90s,

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.619
 is neighboring,

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.440
 a few miles away,

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.539
 in a country called Burundi,

00:34:54.299 --> 00:34:55.000
 during that time,

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:56.079
 there was this ethnic,

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.279
 there were,

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.139
 this people,

00:34:59.219 --> 00:35:00.139
 of the same ethnic group,

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:01.139
 but two different tribes,

00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:02.019
 that were fighting each other,

00:35:02.379 --> 00:35:03.139
 same ethnicity,

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:03.940
 same language,

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.579
 same culture,

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:06.219
 it was solely,

00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:07.659
 because of social casting,

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.480
 that these people,

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:10.159
 were put into two different tribes,

00:35:10.319 --> 00:35:10.940
 the Hutus,

00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:11.900
 and the Tutsis,

00:35:12.359 --> 00:35:13.000
 in Rwanda,

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:14.019
 Gabe and Josh,

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.819
 and I got to visit,

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:16.119
 the genocide museum in Rwanda,

00:35:16.379 --> 00:35:17.239
 but neighboring Burundi,

00:35:17.319 --> 00:35:18.440
 also had the same genocide,

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:19.599
 but the violence actually,

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.400
 was on both sides,

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:22.339
 and there was the Hutus,

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:23.019
 and the Tutsis,

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.900
 and during 1997,

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:25.319
 there was a boys,

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:27.039
 Catholic school,

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:28.500
 a boys Catholic school,

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.500
 in a small town,

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:32.019
 they were doing life together,

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:34.500
 and they're age 12 to 20,

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:34.900
 and I,

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:36.139
 it's close to my heart,

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:37.059
 because I think of Ruben,

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:38.380
 I think of my nephew,

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.059
 who's a teenager,

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.179
 him and his mates,

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:40.840
 living in the dorm,

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.199
 doing life together,

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:43.079
 reading the words together,

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:44.219
 playing football together,

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.619
 but during this,

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.699
 violence of genocide,

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:47.699
 happening in their country,

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:49.639
 and in 1997,

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.719
 the Hutu,

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.320
 rebel army,

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:52.679
 were going from village to village,

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:54.000
 going from school to school,

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.340
 going in,

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.800
 and separating the kids,

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.460
 and people,

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.199
 adults alike,

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:59.579
 from the two tribes,

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.519
 Hutus and Tutsis,

00:36:01.759 --> 00:36:03.059
 completely just massacring,

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.639
 the other side,

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:05.299
 and these boys,

00:36:05.379 --> 00:36:06.039
 as they were getting ready,

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.779
 for bed one day,

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.679
 they could hear,

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.879
 this rebel army,

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.319
 they were just,

00:36:09.419 --> 00:36:10.319
 this mob mentality,

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:10.980
 they were chanting,

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:12.079
 as they would go from village,

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.500
 to village,

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.539
 and again,

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:14.639
 same ethnicity,

00:36:14.859 --> 00:36:15.319
 same language,

00:36:15.419 --> 00:36:15.739
 same culture,

00:36:15.779 --> 00:36:17.000
 you cannot tell the difference,

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:20.719
 it's like people living in Hong Kong,

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:22.139
 and Kowloon,

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:22.780
 the dark side,

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.219
 maybe,

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:24.099
 that's it,

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:25.219
 maybe the dark of a night,

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.420
 but Hong Kong,

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:26.880
 Kowloon,

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.400
 Tongchung,

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.760
 you can't tell,

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.260
 who's from who,

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:30.539
 you have to be honest about,

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:30.760
 okay,

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:32.099
 actually I'm from this side of town,

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:33.780
 but they were going from,

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.739
 village to village,

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.619
 and we're going to these,

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:36.519
 different places,

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:38.019
 and the kids could hear this singing,

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.739
 they all ran under their beds,

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.519
 praying that,

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.980
 I pray that they don't go into our school,

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.599
 and then they got,

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:44.599
 the singing got closer,

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:45.599
 and the chanting got closer,

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:47.279
 and I pray that they don't find our classroom,

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.699
 or our dormitory,

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:51.860
 ultimately their worst fear happened,

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:53.679
 and they could hear the chanting,

00:36:53.839 --> 00:36:54.839
 enter their own dorm room,

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:56.199
 and as they were all standing,

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:57.759
 hiding underneath their beds,

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.099
 they held hands,

00:36:59.179 --> 00:37:00.199
 they wouldn't let each other go,

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.679
 and they prepared for this mentally,

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:03.199
 they knew this day could come,

00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:04.799
 but it finally did come,

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:07.539
 the army walks in and says,

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:08.539
 the military man and says,

00:37:08.779 --> 00:37:09.500
 ours on this side,

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:10.319
 the other's on this side,

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.759
 in French,

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:13.699
 the boys reluctantly,

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.579
 one by one,

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:15.539
 came out under the bed,

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.900
 still holding hands,

00:37:18.259 --> 00:37:18.839
 intentionally,

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:20.239
 they were stood together,

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:21.559
 Hutus and Tutsis,

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.559
 they did not let go,

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.319
 of each of us hands,

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.819
 half of that room,

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.860
 could have escaped easily,

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.139
 that day,

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:26.619
 just by saying,

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:26.819
 hey,

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.759
 I'm from Kowloon,

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:28.279
 I'm from Kowloon,

00:37:28.319 --> 00:37:28.619
 we're good,

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:30.460
 walk on one side,

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.019
 and they're saved,

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.480
 but no,

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:33.579
 those teenage boys,

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.380
 held hands,

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.819
 and there's one boy,

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.619
 called Oscar Nizabira,

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:37.360
 who actually said,

00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:38.400
 to the person,

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:40.099
 pointing the gun at them,

00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:40.299
 saying,

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:40.500
 no,

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:41.299
 we're not Hutus,

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.539
 we're not Tutsis,

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.380
 we're children of God,

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:46.720
 we're children of God,

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.820
 and today,

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.760
 they're known as the,

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:49.940
 martyrs of the fraternity,

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:51.200
 and today,

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.680
 if you go to Burundi,

00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:54.119
 there is a seminary,

00:37:54.200 --> 00:37:55.019
 built with a sanctuary,

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.800
 of their names on it,

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:56.860
 today,

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.880
 they're actually on the list,

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:59.019
 in the Pope Vatican,

00:37:59.160 --> 00:38:00.160
 waiting to be sainted,

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:02.279
 what the boys,

00:38:02.279 --> 00:38:02.779
 didn't know,

00:38:02.839 --> 00:38:03.699
 what they did that day,

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:04.799
 was that they stood,

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.899
 in their identity in Christ,

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.599
 because they knew,

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:08.679
 that their identity in Christ,

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:09.719
 was worth more,

00:38:09.879 --> 00:38:10.579
 than their lives,

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.739
 worth more than,

00:38:11.859 --> 00:38:12.379
 what the world,

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.039
 could label them,

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:15.440
 and another,

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.379
 interesting fact,

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:16.839
 was actually,

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.199
 after,

00:38:17.759 --> 00:38:18.940
 this massacre,

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:20.319
 usually,

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.219
 what happens is,

00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:22.099
 there's always some type,

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.519
 of revenge,

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:23.259
 retaliation,

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:24.639
 revenge killing,

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:26.519
 but after people,

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:26.980
 found out,

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:27.900
 what these boys did,

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:29.219
 in the village of Buddha,

00:38:29.339 --> 00:38:30.000
 to this day,

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.339
 there remains peace,

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:32.379
 because nobody,

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:33.500
 was able to pick up a weapon,

00:38:33.839 --> 00:38:34.460
 after hearing,

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.279
 what the boys did,

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:37.699
 and I'm sharing this story,

00:38:37.759 --> 00:38:38.460
 because it's real,

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:39.400
 it's powerful,

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.839
 but they're teenagers,

00:38:41.819 --> 00:38:42.799
 teenagers,

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:44.619
 knew the identity of Christ,

00:38:44.839 --> 00:38:45.359
 do we know,

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:46.500
 the identity of Christ,

00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:47.219
 do we know,

00:38:47.319 --> 00:38:47.920
 that this identity,

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.779
 that God's given us,

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.739
 is worth more,

00:38:49.819 --> 00:38:50.359
 than our lives,

00:38:51.879 --> 00:38:54.539
 more importantly,

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:55.659
 there comes,

00:38:56.299 --> 00:38:57.940
 another ancestor,

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:59.500
 a descendant of Abraham,

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:01.239
 2000 years after him,

00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:03.339
 a descendant of Abraham,

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:03.920
 and Sarah,

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:07.500
 who walked up this hill,

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:08.599
 on a Friday evening,

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.179
 in Gogolpha,

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.599
 and he took,

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.400
 not just the violence,

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:13.119
 of his country,

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:14.359
 he took the violence,

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:15.319
 of the whole world,

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:17.139
 and hung on that cross,

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:18.039
 for you and I,

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.900
 now those boys,

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.819
 teenage boys,

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:23.119
 through their death,

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:24.400
 brought peace to a village,

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.199
 in Africa,

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:27.299
 but the death of Christ,

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:28.299
 the son of God,

00:39:28.379 --> 00:39:29.460
 brought peace to whole,

00:39:29.779 --> 00:39:30.139
 mankind,

00:39:30.339 --> 00:39:31.159
 the whole universe,

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.179
 for all time,

00:39:32.779 --> 00:39:34.579
 but there's a big difference,

00:39:35.319 --> 00:39:36.299
 those boys stood,

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:37.279
 in the identity,

00:39:37.279 --> 00:39:38.319
 that they received,

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:39.099
 in Christ,

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:40.279
 when Jesus went up,

00:39:40.319 --> 00:39:40.879
 to that cross,

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:42.779
 he wasn't standing,

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.819
 for his identity,

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:45.299
 he stood,

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:46.719
 and stayed on that cross,

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.819
 to give up,

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.659
 his very identity,

00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:49.079
 of God,

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:51.039
 give up his very name,

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:51.400
 of Jesus,

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:52.440
 so that you and I,

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.200
 today,

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:53.980
 in Hong Kong,

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:54.660
 in 2026,

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:55.420
 could be called,

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:56.539
 children of God,

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:59.000
 through his name,

00:39:59.079 --> 00:39:59.320
 Jesus,

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.760
 this is the Jesus,

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:01.380
 that we worship,

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:02.119
 this is the one,

00:40:02.180 --> 00:40:02.599
 he followed,

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:04.099
 he did not count,

00:40:04.180 --> 00:40:04.920
 equality with God,

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:06.019
 as something to be grasped,

00:40:06.240 --> 00:40:07.139
 but emptied himself,

00:40:07.240 --> 00:40:08.000
 by taking the form,

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.559
 of a servant,

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:09.639
 being found,

00:40:09.740 --> 00:40:10.760
 in the likeness of man,

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.320
 being found,

00:40:11.380 --> 00:40:11.940
 in human form,

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:13.180
 he humbled himself,

00:40:13.700 --> 00:40:14.519
 being obedient,

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:15.400
 to the point of death,

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:16.039
 even death,

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.740
 on a cross,

00:40:16.739 --> 00:40:18.139
 so that God,

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:19.019
 will bestow upon him,

00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:19.839
 the name that is above,

00:40:19.919 --> 00:40:20.579
 every single name,

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:21.319
 that every tongue,

00:40:21.879 --> 00:40:22.939
 will confess,

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:23.779
 in heaven and on earth,

00:40:23.839 --> 00:40:24.399
 and under the earth,

00:40:24.439 --> 00:40:25.500
 and every knee will bow,

00:40:25.799 --> 00:40:27.019
 and say that Jesus Christ,

00:40:27.319 --> 00:40:27.839
 is Lord,

00:40:28.459 --> 00:40:30.279
 that is the descendant,

00:40:30.399 --> 00:40:31.459
 of Abraham,

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:32.439
 that we follow today,

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:32.859
 and that,

00:40:33.299 --> 00:40:34.319
 what happened on that cross,

00:40:34.359 --> 00:40:35.659
 was the ultimate circumcision,

00:40:35.779 --> 00:40:36.699
 when he was cut off,

00:40:36.939 --> 00:40:37.439
 from God,

00:40:38.439 --> 00:40:39.819
 so that we may be connected,

00:40:39.819 --> 00:40:40.259
 to him,

00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:41.639
 once and for all,

00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:43.679
 so guys,

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:44.379
 as we wrap up,

00:40:44.919 --> 00:40:45.899
 it's time to start,

00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:46.780
 building sandcastles,

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:48.300
 it's too tiring,

00:40:48.460 --> 00:40:49.340
 we don't have time for this,

00:40:50.180 --> 00:40:52.099
 stop trying to build,

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:52.840
 our own identity,

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:54.099
 stop trying to save face,

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:54.860
 and give face,

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:56.840
 at the end of the Bible,

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:57.420
 in Revelation,

00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:58.380
 Jesus comes back,

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:58.740
 and says,

00:40:58.840 --> 00:41:00.400
 I will give them a white stone,

00:41:00.700 --> 00:41:01.500
 with a new name,

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:02.519
 written on that stone,

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:03.840
 that no one knows,

00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:04.740
 except the one,

00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:05.619
 who receives it,

00:41:07.980 --> 00:41:08.820
 Jesus again says,

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:10.000
 I will give them a white stone,

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.639
 with a new name,

00:41:10.680 --> 00:41:11.300
 written on the stone,

00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:12.059
 that no one knows,

00:41:12.160 --> 00:41:12.800
 except the one,

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:13.500
 who receives it,

00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:15.220
 Tim Keller says this about it,

00:41:15.240 --> 00:41:15.360
 it says,

00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:16.320
 the secret name,

00:41:16.780 --> 00:41:17.800
 that God's unique,

00:41:18.240 --> 00:41:19.039
 the secret name,

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:19.860
 that's written on this stone,

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.780
 is God's unique,

00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:21.800
 intimate view of you,

00:41:23.200 --> 00:41:26.740
 tomorrow morning,

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:28.000
 we're going to head to work,

00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:28.680
 we're going to have a,

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:29.300
 yeah,

00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:29.640
 feel free,

00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:31.039
 we're going to have a,

00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:32.720
 whole inbox,

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:33.960
 telling you,

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:34.800
 that you're insufficient,

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:35.519
 we're going to have,

00:41:36.240 --> 00:41:36.840
 the whole world,

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.539
 giving you labels,

00:41:37.660 --> 00:41:38.240
 that you're not enough,

00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:39.400
 we're going to look at your bank account,

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:39.559
 and say,

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:40.200
 that's not a lot,

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:42.099
 we're going to look at your job title,

00:41:42.160 --> 00:41:42.480
 and be like,

00:41:42.640 --> 00:41:43.599
 that's not very high,

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:46.000
 it's going to look at your relationship status,

00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:46.360
 and say,

00:41:46.400 --> 00:41:46.719
 oh no,

00:41:47.099 --> 00:41:48.719
 that's a bit of a mess,

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:51.539
 it's going to want you to feel rejected,

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:52.019
 unwanted,

00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:53.460
 not enough,

00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:55.099
 and it's going to make you want to scramble,

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:56.219
 to hustle,

00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:58.299
 to build your own identity again,

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:59.619
 build your sandcastles,

00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:02.960
 guys,

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:03.900
 it's time to,

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.799
 let go of,

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:05.980
 living in a way,

00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:07.519
 that we're just trying to save face,

00:42:08.219 --> 00:42:09.259
 or we're just trying to lose face,

00:42:09.299 --> 00:42:09.839
 let's live,

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:11.279
 in the face of God,

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:12.739
 let's fall in the face of God,

00:42:12.759 --> 00:42:13.139
 and worship,

00:42:14.359 --> 00:42:14.960
 and actually,

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:16.359
 the only face that matters guys,

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:16.719
 is,

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:18.639
 is the one on that cross,

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:19.699
 who looked down at each,

00:42:19.819 --> 00:42:20.579
 and every one of us,

00:42:20.619 --> 00:42:21.039
 and says,

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:22.440
 you're mine,

00:42:23.859 --> 00:42:24.759
 the one who looks at us,

00:42:24.839 --> 00:42:25.339
 and writes,

00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:26.619
 on this white stone,

00:42:26.699 --> 00:42:27.880
 a name that's just for you,

00:42:27.880 --> 00:42:33.220
 identity is received,

00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:35.760
 identity precedes,

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:36.519
 our mission,

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 and our mission,

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 is for the nations,

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 remember,

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 Savera,

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 that we're blessed to be a blessing,

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 remember Oscar,

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 the identity that we have in Christ,

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 let us pray,

00:42:56.760 --> 00:42:57.400
 Father,

00:42:57.400 --> 00:42:57.440
 Father,

00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:57.800
 we,

00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:59.500
 fall at,

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 fall at your face,

00:43:02.420 --> 00:43:05.460
 we're tired of building,

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:06.280
 our sandcastles,

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 help us receive,

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 this identity,

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 that you've called us,

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 as beloved sons,

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 and daughters,

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 thank you,

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 for what you did on that cross,

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 for giving up,

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 your own identity,

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 your own name,

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 just so that we may be saved,

00:43:23.480 --> 00:43:24.400
 Lord,

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 Lord,

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 as we worship,

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 as we reflect,

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 with this following song,

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 Holy Spirit,

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 continue to speak,

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 even when I'm not speaking,

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 Holy Spirit,

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 will you,

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 tear down,

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 any names and labels,

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 that the world has given us,

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 that we've even,

00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:42.500
 given ourselves,

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 and as we lay that down,

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 may we,

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 receive,

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 the name you give us,

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 so let us worship,

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 I encourage you all,

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 to stay seated,

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 as we reflect,

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 and we'll let Alex,

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 lead a song,