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 Good morning. My name is Elise, and I'm part of the Little Faith Group.

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 And today I'm reading from the book of Deuteronomy, verses 1 to 20.

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 Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase,

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 and may enter and possess the land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors.

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 Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these 40 years

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 to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart,

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 whether or not you would keep his commands.

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 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna,

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 which neither you nor your ancestors had known,

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 to teach you that man does not live on bread alone,

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 but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

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 Your clothes did not wear out, and your feet did not swell during these 40 years,

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 knowing then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son,

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 so the Lord your God disciplines you.

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 Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him and revering him.

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 For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land,

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 a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills,

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 a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil, and honey,

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 a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing,

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 a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.

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 When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.

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 Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God failing to observe his commandments,

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 his laws, and his decrees that I am giving you this day.

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 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,

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 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase,

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 and all you have is multiplied, then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God

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 who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

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 He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless land,

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 with its venomous snakes and scorpions.

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 He brought you water out of hard rock.

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 He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known,

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 to humble and test you, so that in the end it might go well with you.

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 You may say to yourself,

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 my power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.

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 But remember the Lord your God,

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 for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth,

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 and so confirms his covenant,

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 which he swore to your ancestors as it is today.

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 If you ever forget the Lord your God,

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 and follow other gods, and worship, and bow down to them,

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 I testify against you today, that you will surely be destroyed.

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 Like the nations the Lord destroyed before you,

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 so you will be destroyed for not obeying the Lord your God.

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 The grass withers and the flowers fade,

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 but the word of our God stands forever.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Well, what a wonderful celebration today, Christchurch.

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 Happy birthday to you.

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 Happy 15th birthday.

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 This is your quinceanera.

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 You can go get your learner's permit.

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 You know, you can start to drive.

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 This is fantastic.

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 As Andrew said, our real birthday is on Easter,

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 and so we're going to have a sweet 16 birthday party here in about six months.

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 So it should be really, really fun, and we'll party hard.

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 You know, some of us get a little tired of pretending to be excited about birthdays.

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 You know, every year it's like we're doing this again.

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 We're celebrating that you were born every year over and over.

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 The only thing you really did this past year was just not die for 12 months.

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 So what are we doing?

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 Some of us come to birthday parties,

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 and we think about, you know, those parties growing up

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 and the games we played as a kid.

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 Anybody play pin the tail on the donkey?

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 This is a safe game for kids.

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 You know, you get a bunch of kids together.

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 You blindfold one of them, give them a sharp object,

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 spin them around, and then set them loose in the group.

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 What could go wrong, you know?

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 There's puncture wounds.

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 You know, you pin the tail on my neck.

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 Somebody just pin the tail on my neck.

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 Musical chairs was another great game.

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 Anybody play musical chairs?

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 Anybody have anxiety attacks during musical chairs?

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 It took me a while to discover there's not enough chairs for everyone,

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 and every round one kid loses.

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 One kid has to make that walk of shame over to the corner.

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 You know, you get home, and your parents are like,

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 well, how was the party?

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 You're like, it was horrible.

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 I never got a chair, and I got a pin in my neck.

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 It was a terrible party.

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 So we've not planned to play any of those games today.

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 This is 15 years old.

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 It's like that's a sophisticated birthday party.

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 That requires nachos.

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 That requires cupcakes.

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 So thanks to all of you who brought things,

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 and we hope that all of you will stick around to party with us,

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 especially if you're new with us today.

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 We'd love to meet you and just get to know you and get connected with you.

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 But we've been in this sermon series in the book of Deuteronomy,

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 which we're going to continue today.

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 And this book itself is a series of sermons from Moses to the people of God

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 in the last days of his life.

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 And part of the reason we're looking at this book is because it's one of Jesus'

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 favorite books in the Bible.

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 And we're taking time to go deeper on some of these chapters that we know Jesus

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 had memorized and were some of his favorite parts of this favorite book.

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 And really these sermons that Moses gives,

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 they're given to people that are moving from the wilderness into the promised land,

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 people that are moving from their adolescence spiritually into adulthood,

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 people that are moving from being 15 to 16, 17, 18,

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 with massive privileges as the people of God and therefore massive responsibilities.

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 And so I want to just dive in this morning to Deuteronomy 8.

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 And I think God's word for us today is that our hunger requires wonder bread and a loving father.

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 Our hunger requires wonder bread and a loving father.

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 I want to talk first of all about our hunger.

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 Think about the last time you were really hungry.

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 Like you had gone for 24 hours or 48 or 72 hours or more without any food.

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 You know, hunger is a serious crisis in the world today,

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 but here we are and we're in the gourmet ghetto this morning.

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 I doubt many of us have had to skip a meal out of necessity.

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 Maybe a few grad students here,

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 but that's the word that jumps off the page to me immediately is this word hunger.

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 It says in verse 3,

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 He humbled you, causing you to hunger.

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 Why would God cause His people to hunger?

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 What sort of God is this?

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 Why would Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount tell His disciples to fast,

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 to be hungry on purpose?

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 Because hunger is the most basic universal form of human need.

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 It's this visceral experience of being empty,

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 of being hollow,

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 of being vulnerable and faint and desperate.

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 To hunger is to know that I need something outside of me to fill me.

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 And we're hungry from the very first day we come into the world.

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 We're born hungry.

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 Newborns spend, you know, most of their time crying for food,

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 eating food, and sleeping off their food.

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 Amen?

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 I know some of you have newborns.

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 We live hungry first for food,

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 and then for the stuff that we think will satisfy

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 all of those hungers we come to discover within ourselves.

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 And hunger drives us, doesn't it?

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 Hunger drives us not just to In-N-Out Burger,

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 but hunger drives us to all that stuff that we think we can't live without.

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 The Bible actually opens in the first two pages telling this creation story,

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 presenting humans as hungry beings.

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 Hungry for that fruit that's going to grow on the trees in the Garden of Eden,

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 but not just hungry for the creation.

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 We're beings that are hungry for our Creator.

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 We're hungry to walk in the garden with God in the cool of the day.

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 And so behind all of our hungers in life, there's this hunger for God.

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 All of our desires are ultimately a desire for Him.

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 And that's why Moses says,

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 God humbled you, causing you to hunger.

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 Why does God do this?

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 To teach His people that they're hungry for something more than bread.

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 This universal spiritual hunger of humankind

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 that is often just this inarticulate longing for something we know not what.

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 We know we're hungry for justice.

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 We're hungry for beauty.

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 We're hungry for love.

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 We're hungry for transcendent experience.

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 And of course, the secular myth tells us

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 that we can satisfy these hungers in this world.

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 We can satisfy these hungers with material reality.

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 And yet, if you've lived long enough,

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 you go out and you pour yourself out in some cause of justice,

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 some just cause,

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 only to find that it's slipping through your fingers.

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 It's eluding your grasp.

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 You go out and search of beauty in the mountains and at the ocean.

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 You search for beauty in the arts and in music,

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 and you find that after a little while, it wears off.

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 And you have to keep going back.

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 We go in search of love in the company of friends

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 and in the arms of a partner,

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 only to find ourselves wanting more and more.

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 I've gone on quests for transcendent experience,

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 and then I wake up, you know, at some point,

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 and I say, you know, somehow I'm still just me.

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 Anybody have these hungers in your heart,

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 these longings in your soul?

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 Have you considered that God is the one causing you to hunger?

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 That's a humbling thought, isn't it?

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 That God has given me these insatiable appetites,

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 these insatiable desires that will never be satisfied

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 unless something from the outside comes to fill my emptiness.

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 And not just something, but someone,

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 a person, a relationship,

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 to come and fill that hunger

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 to which all the other hungers are pointing.

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 This is what God is saying to Israel in the desert.

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 It's what he's saying to us

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 in our own wilderness experiences,

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 that you have needs

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 that only I can satisfy.

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 Isn't that humbling?

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 That I'm actually not a self-sufficient being,

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 but I'm radically dependent on God.

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 One of our great pastors

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 in the fourth century in North Africa,

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 St. Augustine,

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 he said,

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 O Lord, you've created us for yourself,

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 and our hearts are restless

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 until they find their rest in thee.

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 Our hearts are hungry.

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 Our hearts are empty

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 until they find their fullness and satisfaction in thee.

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 One person in the 20th century

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 said it like this.

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 He lived his life at Oxford and Cambridge.

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 He wrote a book called Mere Christianity,

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 and C.S. Lewis says it this way.

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 He says,

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 Most people,

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 if they had really learned to look into their own hearts,

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 they would know that they do want,

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 and want acutely,

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 something that cannot be had in this world.

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 There are all sorts of things in this world

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 that offer to give it to you,

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 but they never quite keep their promise.

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 If I find in myself a desire

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 which no experience in this world can satisfy,

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 the most probable explanation

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 is that I was made for another world.

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 That's what our hunger is all about.

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 And what Deuteronomy 8 is telling us

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 is that our hunger requires wonder bread.

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 Our hunger requires wonder bread.

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 Anybody grow up eating wonder bread?

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 Made by the company Hostess.

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 Hostess also made Twinkies,

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 Ho-Hos,

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 and other sugary treats,

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 things that actually aren't food.

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 And you might be surprised.

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 They declared bankruptcy in 2011

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 because I think people prefer real food

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 to chemically engineered,

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 industrially produced food.

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 But I want to suggest to you this morning

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 that manna is the original wonder bread.

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 Manna, you can read about this story

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 in its fullness in Exodus chapter 16,

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 but manna was this daily supernatural miracle from God.

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 And listen to verse 3 again.

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 It says,

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 He humbled you,

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 causing you to hunger,

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 and then feeding you with manna,

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 which neither you nor your ancestors had known,

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 to teach you

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 that people do not live on bread alone,

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 but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

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 You see, God takes His people out of Egypt.

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 And where does He take them?

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 He takes them into desolation wilderness.

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 And what does He do?

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 He causes them to hunger.

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 He causes them to feel this gnawing emptiness

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 on the inside.

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 And then He begins to provide for them.

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 And He provides not just one day

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 or not just one week

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 or one month or one year,

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 but God gives them manna every morning

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 for 40 years.

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 For over 14,000 days,

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 God gives this revelation to His people

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 that though your resources are inadequate,

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 mine are totally adequate.

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 That though you cannot secure your well-being

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 and your own strength,

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 I can.

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 And though you cannot give yourself life,

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 I will.

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 Why does God provide this wonder bread for His people?

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 The obvious answer is

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 so that Israel could eat and live

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 rather than starve and die.

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 But the deeper answer

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 is that the wonder bread

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 reveals the wonder of God.

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 It says, yes, we need bread,

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 but more than that,

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 we need the baker of the bread.

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 Yes, we need the gift,

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 but more than that,

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 we need the giver of the gift.

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 So that every time you put this wonder bread

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 in your mouth,

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 every single day,

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 I want to move you from knowledge about me

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 to really knowing me,

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 your creator,

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 your sustainer,

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 your deliverer,

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 your provider,

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 who's unlimited

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 in His power

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 to meet your needs.

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 Moses says,

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 He did this to teach you

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 that people do not live on bread,

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 but on every word

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 that comes from the mouth

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 of the Lord.

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 See, bread is important

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 and essential,

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 but what is more important

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 and more essential?

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 God is.

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 The one who creates

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 and provides the bread

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 by His word

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 is the same one

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 from whose mouth

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 come these covenant-making,

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 world-saving promises.

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 The one who speaks

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 into the world

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 these life-giving revelations

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 about the purposes of creation

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 and the purposes of humanity.

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 We're being told here

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 that yes,

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 your body needs bread

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 for biological life,

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 but you have a soul

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 and your soul

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 needs the word of God

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 to redeem your life.

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 Your soul needs

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 the word of God

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 that will allow you

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 to share

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 in His divine life,

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 His eternal life.

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 You see,

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 Jesus loved

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 the message of the manna.

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 Jesus absolutely

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 loved the story.

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 It's the story

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 that He has in His heart

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 when He's teaching

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 the Sermon on the Mount

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 in Matthew chapter 6

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 when Jesus says,

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 I don't want you

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 to be anxious for bread

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 because your Father in Heaven

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 knows how to provide

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 your bread.

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 What I want you to do

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 is seek first

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 the kingdom of God

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 and His righteousness

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 and all of this bread,

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 everything else you need

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 will be given to you

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 as well.

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 Well,

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 just before Jesus

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 preaches that amazing sermon,

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 the Sermon on the Mount,

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 in Matthew chapter 4,

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 we're told that Jesus

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 is led out into the desert

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 for 40 days.

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 Not 40 years,

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 but 40 days,

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 but there's an obvious parallel

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 with the story of Israel.

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 The people of God

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 came out into the wilderness

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 and they completely failed God.

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 And now here comes the Messiah

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 to represent God's son Israel.

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 And the question is,

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 will He fail

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 or will He keep

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 the commands of God?

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 And so Jesus also

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 goes through

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 this humbling experience,

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 this testing

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 in the wilderness.

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 Jesus is denied bread.

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 Jesus is full

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 of emptiness.

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 And in His hunger,

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 this dark power

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 comes to Jesus

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 and says,

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 turn these stones

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 into bread.

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 Don't trust in God

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 to be your provider.

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 Use your power

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 to get what you need

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 right now.

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 Jesus had said

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 in John chapter 4,

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 He said,

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 my food is to do

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 the will of Him

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 who sent me

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 and to finish His work.

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 And that's the question

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:34.660
 is here at the beginning

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 of His work,

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 is this what's going

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 to satisfy

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 the soul of Jesus?

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 Will costly obedience

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 to His Father

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 be His food

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 in this dark hour

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 or not?

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 And Jesus is facing

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 this attractive offer

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 that would make Him

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 absolutely and wildly popular.

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 Can you imagine

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 being able to turn stones

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 into bread?

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 If you could turn stones

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 into bread,

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 you could abolish famine,

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 you could abolish sickness

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 and injustice

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 and misery.

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 To turn stones

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 into bread

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 means that you can turn

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 what you don't want

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 into what you do want.

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 That you could take

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 all the boulders

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 and all the problems

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 of your life

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 and make them go away

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 and you could have

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 everything you want.

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 You could provide everything

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 you and everybody

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 around you really wants.

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 And so what does Jesus

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 say in this moment?

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 What does He say

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 to this evil one

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 who's questioning

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 His identity

00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:34.440
 as the beloved of God?

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 This evil power

00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:38.519
 that's causing Jesus

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.920
 to be lured away

00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:42.200
 from trusting in His Father

00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:43.160
 as His provider.

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.940
 Jesus says,

00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.420
 human beings,

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 do not live

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.740
 on bread alone

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 but on every word

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 that comes

00:20:52.340 --> 00:20:53.580
 from the mouth

00:20:53.580 --> 00:20:54.400
 of the Lord.

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 And when Jesus

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.640
 says that,

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.360
 He chooses

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 not self-sufficiency

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 but radical

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:03.360
 God dependency.

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 Jesus deliberately

00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:06.120
 comes out here

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 into this place,

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 into the wilderness,

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 into this place

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 of temptation

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 to do for us

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 what we cannot

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:16.059
 do for ourselves.

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 Because if you're

00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:18.960
 honest with yourself,

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 we choose,

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 I choose myself

00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:22.120
 over God.

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 I choose self-sufficient

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 autonomy

00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:26.940
 over total trust

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:27.440
 in God.

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 I choose self-serving

00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:31.500
 power over desperate

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:33.320
 dependence on God.

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 I choose self-interest

00:21:35.100 --> 00:21:37.600
 over costly obedience

00:21:37.600 --> 00:21:39.720
 to the Word of God.

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 And that's why

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.160
 the Son of God

00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:43.240
 had to come down

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.839
 from heaven

00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.900
 and become

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 one of us.

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 That's why God

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.259
 the Father

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:48.660
 sent His Son

00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:51.019
 to come and live

00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:52.319
 the one true

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:53.200
 human life

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 that each one of us

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 were created

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.839
 to live.

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 It's why Jesus

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.259
 was filled

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.000
 with the Spirit

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 to make

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 these daily choices

00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:02.799
 that we all

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.579
 should be making

00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:05.059
 to live

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.980
 every day

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.839
 of His life

00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:08.899
 in total trust

00:22:08.899 --> 00:22:10.839
 and desperate

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.619
 dependence

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 upon every

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 inspired

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 and authoritative

00:22:15.439 --> 00:22:16.699
 and life-giving

00:22:16.699 --> 00:22:17.179
 word

00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:18.139
 that's flowing

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:19.119
 out of the mouth

00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:20.359
 of His Father.

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.159
 But Jesus

00:22:22.159 --> 00:22:22.879
 went further

00:22:22.879 --> 00:22:23.359
 than that.

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:24.879
 The Gospels

00:22:24.879 --> 00:22:25.839
 tell us that one day

00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:26.699
 Jesus fed

00:22:26.699 --> 00:22:28.659
 over 5,000 people.

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.319
 That Jesus,

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:31.319
 just as the Lord

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:32.019
 had provided

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:33.519
 manna and quail

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.179
 in the wilderness

00:22:34.179 --> 00:22:35.240
 for His hungry people,

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:36.199
 Jesus provided

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:37.140
 bread and meat

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:38.000
 in the wilderness

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:39.799
 for more hungry people.

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 And as people

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.420
 ate

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 and were satisfied

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:45.140
 a conversation

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:45.819
 ensued

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.680
 after that great

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.500
 feast

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.900
 and we read about it

00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:49.980
 in John chapter 6

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:51.039
 where Jesus says this,

00:22:51.100 --> 00:22:51.480
 He says,

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.960
 It is my Father

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:54.640
 who gives you

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.420
 the true bread

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:56.019
 from heaven.

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:58.220
 The bread of God

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:58.940
 is the bread

00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.799
 that comes down

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.360
 from heaven

00:23:00.360 --> 00:23:01.559
 and gives life

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.259
 to the world.

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:03.880
 Sir,

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.500
 they said,

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:06.339
 always give us

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.079
 this bread.

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:09.140
 And Jesus said,

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.579
 He declared,

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.240
 I am the bread.

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:14.279
 I am the bread

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.980
 of life.

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.799
 Whoever comes

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.279
 to me

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:17.180
 will never

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:18.380
 go hungry.

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.319
 Whoever eats

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:20.099
 this bread

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:21.539
 will live forever.

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.420
 This bread

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:24.119
 is my flesh

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:26.019
 which I will give

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:27.380
 for the life

00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:28.640
 of the world.

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.359
 You hear what Jesus

00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:31.979
 is saying.

00:23:33.479 --> 00:23:34.119
 Jesus says,

00:23:34.479 --> 00:23:35.879
 I am the manna.

00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:39.439
 I am the wonder bread.

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:41.519
 I am the source

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.419
 of all life.

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.219
 Life abundant.

00:23:43.419 --> 00:23:44.439
 Life eternal.

00:23:44.719 --> 00:23:45.819
 And I can provide

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:47.000
 what you most

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:48.779
 deeply need.

00:23:49.919 --> 00:23:51.299
 My crucifixion

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.319
 is going to become

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:52.799
 for you

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.399
 manna

00:23:53.399 --> 00:23:55.559
 which will nourish you

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.379
 in the forgiveness

00:23:56.379 --> 00:23:57.139
 of sins

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.859
 and the freedom

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:59.059
 of your soul

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.799
 and the righteousness

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.619
 of your life.

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.599
 My resurrection

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.539
 is going to become

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.519
 for you manna

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:06.119
 which will strengthen

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:07.019
 you with victory

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.740
 over death

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.619
 and life

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.720
 that never ends.

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.039
 I am going

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:13.019
 to make a way

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:14.279
 through my flesh

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.559
 and through my bones

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:17.119
 sacrifice for you

00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:17.940
 to give you

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.899
 the one thing

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:20.259
 that will ultimately

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.279
 satisfy

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.919
 all of your hunger.

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:25.259
 And what is that?

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:25.960
 Jesus says

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.839
 in Luke 22

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:28.500
 that you may eat

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:30.699
 and that you may drink

00:24:30.699 --> 00:24:31.740
 at my table

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:34.500
 in my kingdom.

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:38.179
 That's what we all want

00:24:38.179 --> 00:24:40.759
 and that's what Jesus

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:42.619
 provided for us.

00:24:43.699 --> 00:24:44.859
 And I want to invite you

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.259
 today

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:47.039
 to put your trust

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.459
 in Jesus

00:24:47.459 --> 00:24:48.779
 maybe for the first time

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:50.279
 but all of us

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:51.959
 to renew our trust

00:24:51.959 --> 00:24:52.559
 in Jesus

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:55.019
 as God's eternal word

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:56.440
 who was made flesh

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.039
 for us

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:59.139
 as God's wonder bread

00:24:59.139 --> 00:25:00.200
 that he provided

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:02.000
 to give life

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:03.420
 to the world

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.279
 because that's what

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:06.200
 our hunger requires.

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.859
 Our hunger

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:08.079
 requires

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:09.220
 wonder bread.

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:11.059
 A bread that only

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.019
 God can give.

00:25:13.139 --> 00:25:13.799
 And our hunger

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.460
 requires

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.700
 not just wonder bread

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:17.299
 but also

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:18.859
 a loving father.

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.839
 A loving father.

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 And I want to end

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:21.940
 with this.

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:23.220
 I want you to think back

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:24.339
 to when you were a child.

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.539
 And I want you to think back

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.799
 to that moment

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.880
 if you can remember it

00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.660
 when your mom

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:31.160
 forced you

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:32.140
 to swim

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:33.240
 for the first time

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:34.600
 without floaties.

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.600
 Remember that moment?

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:38.200
 Maybe it's a subconscious

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:39.660
 maybe it's a repressed memory.

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.519
 Or I want you to remember

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.019
 that moment

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.900
 where your dad

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.799
 forced you

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:45.019
 to ride your bike

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.799
 for the first time

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.920
 without training wheels.

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.519
 Was anybody scared?

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:52.139
 Was that kind of painful

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:53.220
 for us?

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:55.319
 I want you to think back

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.539
 like why did your parents

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.879
 make you do that?

00:25:58.960 --> 00:26:00.039
 They did it because

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.740
 they wanted you

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.000
 to enjoy the water.

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.139
 They wanted you

00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:04.779
 to enjoy the road.

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.440
 They wanted you

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.700
 to enjoy your freedom

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.319
 ultimately.

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.039
 Or think back

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.460
 to when you were

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.420
 15 years old

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:11.500
 getting your learner's permit.

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.920
 16 year old

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:14.059
 getting your driver's license.

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:15.220
 Anybody else's parents

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.299
 teach them how to drive?

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:18.919
 Was that anxiety provoking

00:26:18.919 --> 00:26:19.639
 for you at all?

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.759
 Was it just me

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.639
 or were you also

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:23.859
 yelling at your parents

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.639
 while they were yelling

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:24.879
 at you,

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.599
 hit the brakes!

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.339
 Hit the brakes!

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.619
 Left!

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.639
 No, the other left!

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:31.159
 Why were our parents

00:26:31.159 --> 00:26:32.639
 forcing us into this?

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.740
 Because they wanted us

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.899
 to travel in safety.

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.759
 They wanted us

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.659
 to have the gift

00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:38.379
 of mobility

00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:39.779
 but to be protected

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:41.279
 and to be injury free

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.799
 in our mobility.

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.759
 Did anybody else's mom

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.579
 and dad ever say

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.519
 hey, you know

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.500
 you're going to thank me

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.180
 for this later?

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.099
 Anybody hear those words?

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.920
 You're going to thank me

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.720
 for this one day.

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.960
 We all know I think

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.879
 that good parents

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:58.180
 put us through difficult

00:26:58.180 --> 00:27:00.680
 and even painful experiences

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:02.740
 because they love us

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.720
 and because they want

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:05.119
 the best for us.

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.599
 And that's what

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:07.640
 Deuteronomy tells us

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.960
 is that God is a good

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:10.839
 and loving father to us.

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:13.220
 Deuteronomy 131

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.879
 you might remember

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.420
 it said

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:15.900
 that the Lord your God

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.660
 carried you

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.320
 through the wilderness

00:27:17.320 --> 00:27:18.120
 as a father

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:19.700
 carries his son.

00:27:19.800 --> 00:27:20.340
 God is pictured

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:21.220
 as this tender

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.900
 compassionate father

00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:25.080
 who supports

00:27:25.080 --> 00:27:25.920
 his young child

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:27.660
 who needs help

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:29.300
 who needs carrying.

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:30.920
 And here

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.759
 that same theme

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.320
 comes up

00:27:32.320 --> 00:27:33.000
 in verse 5

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.580
 where it says

00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:35.160
 know then in your heart

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:36.700
 that as a man

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.920
 disciplines his son

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:39.360
 so the Lord your God

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.580
 disciplines you.

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.640
 We have a father

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.960
 who is fond

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.820
 yet firm.

00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.759
 A father who is

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:47.540
 tender yet tough.

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.700
 And he comes to us

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:51.800
 in our spiritual adolescence

00:27:51.800 --> 00:27:53.360
 in our spiritual 15

00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:54.900
 and 16 year oldness.

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:57.480
 And he challenges us

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:59.500
 because he wants us

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.040
 to learn

00:28:00.040 --> 00:28:01.320
 a very important

00:28:01.320 --> 00:28:02.560
 life lesson.

00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:04.960
 Why does our father

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:06.940
 bring his teenage son

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:08.040
 Israel out here

00:28:08.040 --> 00:28:09.040
 into the wilderness?

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:10.079
 Why does he put us

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.759
 in these places

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.819
 that are parched

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:13.519
 and hard

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:15.159
 and lifeless

00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:16.680
 and hot?

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.980
 Because the desert

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:20.839
 is a crucible

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:22.539
 of transformation.

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:24.099
 The desert

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.859
 is a crucible

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:26.059
 of the transformation

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.480
 that all of us

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.539
 myself included

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.539
 needs.

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.099
 The desert

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.819
 is this place

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.500
 where gold

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.319
 is refined

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:34.119
 and purged

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:35.339
 of all of its

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:35.960
 dross.

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.619
 The desert

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.319
 is this place

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.159
 where steel

00:28:39.159 --> 00:28:40.059
 is tempered

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.919
 by intense

00:28:40.919 --> 00:28:41.619
 heat.

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.519
 It's out here

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.259
 in the desert

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:43.779
 places

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.379
 that God

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:45.720
 removes all

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.599
 of our props

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:47.539
 and our father

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.419
 strips us

00:28:48.419 --> 00:28:49.439
 of all of our

00:28:49.439 --> 00:28:50.899
 false securities.

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.619
 He takes off

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.419
 our floaties

00:28:53.419 --> 00:28:55.059
 and he takes off

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:56.059
 our training wheels

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:57.819
 and he causes us

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:59.000
 to come to the end

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.500
 of ourselves.

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.319
 He causes us

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:01.439
 to feel that scary

00:29:01.439 --> 00:29:02.639
 thing of being

00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:03.480
 powerless

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:05.179
 and not in control.

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.179
 And why does he do that?

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:07.100
 Because our father

00:29:07.100 --> 00:29:08.360
 wants us to teach us

00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:10.019
 how to trust in him

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:11.799
 and rely on him

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.720
 alone.

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.519
 Our father

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.539
 wants us to learn

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:18.340
 how to love him

00:29:18.340 --> 00:29:19.259
 with all of our heart

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.840
 in the midst

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:20.519
 of our hunger

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.019
 in the midst

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.680
 of our emptiness

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:23.759
 so that we can love him

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.680
 with all of our heart

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.960
 in the midst

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.860
 of our abundance

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:28.200
 in the midst

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.860
 of our fullness.

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.100
 Our father

00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:32.360
 brings his people

00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:33.279
 into the desert

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.759
 so he can prepare us

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.960
 to move into

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:37.519
 the promised land.

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:39.539
 Listen to this description

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.519
 of the promised land

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.240
 in verse 7.

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:42.019
 The Lord your God

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.740
 is bringing you

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.980
 into a good land.

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:46.059
 A land with streams

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:47.660
 and pools of water

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.319
 with springs

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.399
 flowing in the valleys

00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:49.839
 and hills.

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.700
 A land with wheat

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.599
 and barley

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.920
 vines and fig trees

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.700
 pomegranates

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.740
 olive oil and honey.

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.720
 A land where bread

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:57.200
 will not be scarce

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.059
 and you will lack

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:59.480
 no thing.

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.319
 And a land

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.039
 where the rocks

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.680
 are ironed

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.259
 and you can dig

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:03.600
 copper out of the hills.

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.480
 The promised land

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.000
 is going to be

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:06.000
 an all you can eat

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.880
 buffet.

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.940
 You're never going

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:10.060
 to be hungry there.

00:30:11.840 --> 00:30:12.860
 But God says

00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:13.480
 be careful

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.220
 in verse 12

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.779
 because when you eat

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:16.660
 and are satisfied

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:18.560
 when you build

00:30:18.560 --> 00:30:19.259
 fine houses

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:20.060
 and settle down

00:30:20.060 --> 00:30:20.799
 when your herds

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.299
 and flocks

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:22.039
 grow large

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:23.100
 and your silver

00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:23.560
 and gold

00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:24.080
 increase

00:30:24.080 --> 00:30:24.840
 and all you have

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.500
 is multiplied

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:26.700
 then your heart

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:27.700
 will become proud

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:29.500
 and you will forget

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.320
 the Lord your God

00:30:30.320 --> 00:30:30.920
 who brought you

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.460
 out of Egypt

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.640
 out of the land

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.559
 of slavery

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.220
 your heart

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.160
 can so easily

00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:36.400
 become puffed up

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:38.140
 puffed up

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:38.920
 with pride

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:40.279
 which is our

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:41.559
 fatal flaw

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.880
 which is that

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:44.400
 malignant cancer

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.259
 inside of us

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.980
 that our Father

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.819
 knows needs

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.539
 to be cut

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.480
 out of us

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.840
 if we're going

00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.700
 to have any

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:52.140
 hope of living.

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.900
 Listen to verse 17

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:56.900
 you may say

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.380
 to yourself

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:58.120
 my power

00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:58.740
 and the strength

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.420
 of my hands

00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:00.420
 have produced

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.500
 this wealth

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:01.900
 for me.

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.600
 Listen to your

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:03.320
 self-talk.

00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:05.060
 Listen to that

00:31:05.060 --> 00:31:06.320
 self-sufficient

00:31:06.320 --> 00:31:07.240
 voice

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.040
 that pride

00:31:08.040 --> 00:31:08.720
 inside of you

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.100
 that says

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:10.019
 my ability

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:11.160
 my strength

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:12.500
 my hard work

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.600
 my cleverness

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:15.000
 my professional

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.480
 skills

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.160
 as if I'm

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:17.140
 this self-made

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:18.180
 self-sufficient

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.640
 as we're

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:20.220
 this self-made

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:20.880
 self-sufficient

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.860
 community

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:24.160
 as if

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:25.060
 everything we

00:31:25.060 --> 00:31:25.600
 have

00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:27.420
 is not

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:28.700
 a gift

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.440
 of God's

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.420
 free grace

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.080
 to us.

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:33.520
 That is why

00:31:33.520 --> 00:31:34.200
 our Father

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.960
 brings us out

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.400
 into these

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:37.200
 desert places

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.200
 that are parched

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.840
 and hot

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.560
 and hard

00:31:39.560 --> 00:31:40.740
 and lifeless

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:42.480
 because he's

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.080
 saying to us

00:31:43.080 --> 00:31:43.700
 when you're

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.360
 no longer

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:45.080
 in the desert

00:31:45.080 --> 00:31:46.740
 when you are

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.960
 swimming in bread

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:49.480
 when you have

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:50.700
 plenty of resources

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.160
 when you're

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:52.019
 in the promised

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.600
 land and it's

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.380
 like the garden

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:54.279
 of Eden

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:55.000
 when all of

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.519
 your needs

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.039
 are met

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.420
 and you're

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:57.140
 no longer

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.940
 hungry

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.340
 and you're

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:59.100
 free of that

00:31:59.100 --> 00:32:00.440
 gnawing ache

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.120
 of emptiness

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:02.480
 on the inside

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.360
 will you

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:04.680
 remember me?

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.680
 Will you

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.200
 remember that

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:08.000
 I'm the source

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.519
 of all your

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.019
 bread

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:10.000
 and I'm the

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:11.240
 source of

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.140
 your very life?

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.660
 Will you

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.140
 have learned

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:15.440
 this life's

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.200
 most important

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.700
 lesson

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:18.019
 of moving

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:19.220
 from self-sufficiency

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:21.140
 to God

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:22.180
 dependency?

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.460
 Christ Church

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:25.279
 as I close

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:27.299
 I just want

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.740
 to ask

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.319
 the question

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:30.160
 is it

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:31.000
 possible

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.860
 that our

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.319
 Father

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:34.839
 our good

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.420
 and loving

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.240
 Heavenly Father

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.900
 has brought

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.839
 us through

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.480
 these last

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.339
 two years

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:40.380
 of desert

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:41.079
 fire

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:42.940
 of a

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.380
 pandemic

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:45.440
 of relentless

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.460
 change

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:48.059
 of really

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.640
 difficult

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.220
 losses

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:51.019
 of crazy

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:52.079
 challenges

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:53.740
 in order to

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.299
 do just

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.799
 this

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:56.460
 to deal

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.799
 with our

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.240
 pride

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.840
 to deal

00:32:58.840 --> 00:32:59.180
 with that

00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:00.200
 self-sufficiency

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.740
 in us

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.180
 to deal

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.620
 with that

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:02.779
 me myself

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.420
 and I

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:04.140
 inner

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:05.120
 monologue

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:06.660
 and to

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:07.420
 humble us

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:09.019
 to purify

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.380
 us

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:09.900
 to temper

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.360
 us

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:10.640
 and to

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.079
 strengthen

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.519
 us

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:13.359
 to prepare

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:13.879
 us

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:15.139
 for the

00:33:15.139 --> 00:33:15.779
 good things

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.279
 that lie

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.819
 ahead of

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.180
 us

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.900
 to prepare

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.379
 us

00:33:18.379 --> 00:33:19.700
 for Lord

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:19.920
 willing

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.400
 the next

00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:21.279
 15 years

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:22.460
 at Christ

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.740
 Church

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.180
 I think

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.660
 it's

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.119
 highly

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.539
 likely

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:26.079
 that that's

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.500
 what God's

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.759
 been up

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:26.879
 to

00:33:26.879 --> 00:33:27.339
 I know

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:28.139
 that's

00:33:28.139 --> 00:33:28.359
 what he's

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:28.859
 been doing

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:29.900
 in me

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.339
 and I

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:30.660
 wonder

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:32.019
 if that's

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.240
 what he's

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.559
 doing

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.859
 in you

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:36.440
 I love

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.019
 this verse

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:38.680
 verse 10

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.019
 it says

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:39.339
 when you

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:39.720
 have eaten

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.039
 and are

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.539
 satisfied

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.360
 praise the

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:41.700
 Lord your

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:41.960
 God

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.279
 for the

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.860
 good land

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.680
 he has

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.120
 given you

00:33:44.120 --> 00:33:44.339
 and it

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:44.640
 became

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.019
 Jewish

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.480
 custom

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:45.880
 out of

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.059
 this

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.360
 verse

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.880
 to say

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.720
 grace

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.720
 by blessing

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.180
 the Lord

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:50.380
 after meals

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:50.860
 as well

00:33:50.860 --> 00:33:51.420
 as before

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:51.920
 meals

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:53.779
 because

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.240
 Israel

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:55.140
 became aware

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.980
 that fullness

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:58.319
 can lead

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:59.019
 to forgetfulness

00:33:59.019 --> 00:34:01.220
 and plenty

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:03.039
 can generate

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:04.039
 pride

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:05.360
 and so

00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:05.799
 they prayed

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.660
 two times

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:08.139
 before the

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.440
 meal

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.000
 and then

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.920
 after the

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:10.099
 meal

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.880
 to remind

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.619
 their hearts

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.380
 that these

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:13.219
 gifts

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:14.719
 are meant

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.340
 to drive

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.739
 us

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:16.679
 into the

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.059
 arms

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.400
 of our

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.719
 generous

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.039
 giver

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.559
 that this

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.480
 daily bread

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.880
 is meant

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.480
 to move

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:21.960
 us

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:23.340
 into total

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:24.019
 trust

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:25.579
 and desperate

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:26.300
 dependency

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:27.639
 on our

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.000
 loving

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.519
 father

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:31.239
 this is the

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:31.699
 life that

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:32.300
 Jesus lived

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:32.860
 for us

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:34.679
 and this is

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:35.059
 the life

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.340
 that he

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.739
 wants

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:36.380
 to give

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.059
 to us

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:38.519
 and I

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.039
 pray that

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.340
 by the

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:39.740
 power of

00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.200
 the spirit

00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:41.500
 God would

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:41.840
 do this

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.220
 in me

00:34:42.220 --> 00:34:43.680
 and God

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.099
 would do it

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.380
 in you

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.840
 as well

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:46.300
 in the name

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.519
 of the

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:46.780
 father

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:47.200
 the son

00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:47.420
 and the

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.039
 holy spirit

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:49.300
 amen

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:52.039
 in you

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:53.640
 can

00:34:53.640 --> 00:34:54.080
 know

00:34:54.080 --> 00:34:54.200
 going

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.340
 in you

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:05.920
 to