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 I want you to think about some of the personalities in the Bible that you know well.

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 Don't answer out loud, but Old or New Testament.

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 Think, this person, that person.

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 With the exception of Jesus, whoever came to your mind,

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 they are, were flawed people, weren't they?

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 Just about all of the people you read about in Scripture,

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 I'm talking about the major ones.

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 Abraham, Moses, David.

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 The Bible lets you see how they failed God at times.

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 And it was serious.

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 It was terrible.

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 But God never gave up on them.

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 And God worked in their lives to bring them back

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 and to restore them to a right relationship with Him.

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 That's something that all of us needs to be thankful for.

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 When you read the Bible, you're reading about flawed, sinful, imperfect people just like us.

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 That's who God works in and through to accomplish His purpose in this world.

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 That means He can work through us.

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 But when we do fail Him, when we do fall,

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 what we need to understand is if we will come back to Him humbly,

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 repentant, seeking His forgiveness, He will always take us back.

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 He'll always forgive, cleanse us, and give us a fresh start.

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 Because He's in the restoration business.

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 I want you to turn back with me to John chapter 21,

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 where we've been looking at a restoration story now.

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 This will be the third week.

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 This is going to be the final week.

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 We've looked at how the Lord restored Peter

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 after his unbelievable fall

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 on the night that Jesus was arrested.

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 Peter denied that he even knew Jesus three times.

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 But the Lord brought him back.

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 And we've been studying that.

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 And let's look at it one more time.

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 John chapter 21.

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 Let's read this event.

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 It takes place.

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 Jesus and seven disciples

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 around a breakfast campfire

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 beside a lake.

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 Verse 15.

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 When they had finished breakfast,

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 Jesus said to Simon Peter,

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 Simon, son of John,

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 do you love me more than these?

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 He said to him,

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 Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.

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 He said to him,

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 Feed my lambs.

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 He said to him a second time,

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 Simon, son of John,

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 do you love me?

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 He said to him,

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 Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.

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 He said to him,

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 Tend my sheep.

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 He, that is Jesus,

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 said to him the third time,

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 Simon, son of John,

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 do you love me?

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 Well, Peter was grieved

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 because he said to him,

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 The third time,

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 do you love me?

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 He said to him,

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 Lord, you know everything.

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 You know that I love you.

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 Jesus said to him,

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 Feed my sheep.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 when you were young,

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 you used to dress yourself

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 and walk wherever you wanted.

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 But when you are old,

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 you will stretch out your hands

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 and another will dress you

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 and carry you where you do not want to go.

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 This he said to show

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 by what kind of death

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 he was to glorify God.

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 And after saying this,

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 he said to him,

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 Follow me.

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 Well, Peter turned and saw the disciple

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 whom Jesus loved following them.

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 That's John.

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 The one who also had leaned back against him

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 during the supper

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 and had said,

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 Lord, who is it that's going to betray you?

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 When Peter saw him,

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 he said to Jesus,

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 Lord, what about this man?

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 If it is my will that he remain until I come,

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 what is that to you?

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 You follow me.

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 Two weeks ago,

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 we looked at how the Lord's

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 in the restoration business,

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 how he didn't let Peter stay

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 in that fallen condition

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 but brought him back.

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 Last week,

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 we looked at how the Lord's restoration

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 is both relational and practical.

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 Jesus restored Peter

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 to a real loving relationship with him.

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 That's why there's such an emphasis

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 on the word love.

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 Jesus asking him,

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 Do you love me?

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 But also,

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 Jesus restored Peter

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 to his place of leadership

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 among the disciples

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 and restored him

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 to the ministry

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 or the service

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 that Jesus had for him.

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 We spent last week

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 looking at that restored relationship.

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 Just note very quickly,

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 a true relationship with the Lord

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 is built on the foundation of love.

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 A true relationship with the Lord

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 is built on a foundation of love.

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 His love for us,

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 our love for him.

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 Restoring Peter to this loving relationship

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 with himself

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 was Jesus' first priority.

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 That's why I ask him three times,

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 verses 15, 16, and 17,

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 Do you love me?

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 What we see in this

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 is that God puts a priority

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 on our relationship with him.

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 Certainly, God wants us to obey him.

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 He wants us to serve him.

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 He wants us to do his will.

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 But God wants us to do that

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 because we love him

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 and we want to please him

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 like a little child

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 wants to please their parents.

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 Now, I said little child.

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 You remember when you were real little?

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 Three, four, five maybe?

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 And it was your desire

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 to please your parents.

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 You liked to get their attention.

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 You liked for them to watch you

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 because you wanted to show them something.

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 You were wanting to connect with them.

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 That's what that's all about.

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 You have a relationship with them.

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 You love them.

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 You want them in your life.

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 You want them to approve.

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 You want to bring a smile to their face.

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 God wants us to do his will.

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 He wants us to serve him

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 because we really and truly do love him.

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 He's our heavenly father.

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 And we want to bring a smile to his face

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 by what we do for him.

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 But let's move on in that passage.

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 Jesus did more than just restore Peter

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 to a loving relationship.

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 Jesus recommissioned him.

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 Let's look at it now.

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 A true relationship with the Lord

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 involves committed service.

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 Peter was recommissioned by Jesus

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 to this special ministry

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 that Jesus had for him.

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 Notice how Jesus did it

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 in verses 15 through 17.

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 Each time Peter expressed his love for Jesus,

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 Jesus told him to take care of his sheep.

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 Notice that.

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 Feed my lambs.

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 Tend my sheep.

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 Feed my sheep.

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 Peter was called and gifted by the Lord

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 to be a leader in the early church.

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 He was a great preacher and teacher.

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 You can read through the first 12 chapters

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 of the book of Acts and see all that.

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 You see, he was a leader.

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 He made a difference in Jerusalem

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 and the outlying areas

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 as that new church started

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 and was beginning to flourish.

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 He was also used of God to preach.

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 Thousands of people believed,

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 became Christians under that kind of preaching.

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 But every Christian is gifted

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 to serve the Lord in some kind of ministry.

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 It may not be the kind of ministry that Peter had.

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 You know, if our relationship with the Lord is healthy,

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 we'll have a desire to serve Him

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 in the ways that He has gifted

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 and equipped us to serve Him.

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 If we have a right relationship with the Lord,

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 we will want to be involved in serving Him

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 as we are able to serve Him.

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 But we'll do it differently.

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 That's what I want to emphasize here.

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 Now, we're not all called to do the same thing

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 because we're not made the same.

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 We have a different gift and skill set.

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 You have a different gift and skill set

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 from the person sitting beside you

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 wherever you are seated this morning.

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 But we all should want to serve the Lord

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 as we can

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 if we really have a loving relationship with Him.

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 Now, if you're not involved in some kind of ministry right now,

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 when I say this,

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 the way we serve Him,

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 it varies.

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 Some people do it publicly.

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 Some people serve the Lord faithfully,

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 but nobody ever sees them.

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 Some people are involved every Sunday,

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 maybe singing in the choir,

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 playing an instrument,

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 teaching a Sunday school class.

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 Some people are involved less frequently

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 because what they are gifted and involved in,

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 it doesn't need to be done every week.

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 We're not talking about how much you serve

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 or anything like that.

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 The question now is,

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 are you serving the Lord

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 in some way

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 as you ought to,

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 not like somebody else?

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 If you're not,

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 why is it?

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 If you're not serving Him,

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 my first guess is,

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 the problem,

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 the source of the problem is,

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 there's something missing

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 in your relationship with Him.

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 I'm not saying that you're not a Christian.

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 I'm saying something is not exactly right

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 because if you're really

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 in fellowship with Him,

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 sensitive to His Spirit who indwells you,

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 aware of the gifts He's given you,

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 you're going to want to please Him

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 by doing what it is that

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 you know He wants you to do.

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 So if you're not serving Him,

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 what's wrong?

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 What needs to change?

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 You talk to the Lord about it

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 and ask Him to help you,

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 maybe to have a greater desire

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 or maybe to show you

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 what it is you need to be doing.

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 If your relationship with Him is good,

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 it's close,

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 you're going to want to serve Him

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 out of your love for Him.

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 But it may not be easy.

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 Now some ministries are.

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 Some things people are involved in

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 that are needed to be done,

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 it doesn't take a whole lot of time,

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 it doesn't take a whole lot of sweat,

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 if any.

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 And I'm not minimizing that.

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 But some Christians

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 are called to very difficult service

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 and Peter is at the top of the list

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 in the difficult service he was called.

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 See, Peter did more than just preach and teach.

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 He did more than just lead people

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 who loved him and wanted to follow him.

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 Peter served the Lord in such a way

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 that it eventually required

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 or led to his painful death.

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 And that's what verses 18 and 19

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 is talking about.

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 Look back in verse 18.

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 Jesus described Peter's younger days

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 basically as just a life of freedom.

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 Look at it.

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 When you were young,

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 you used to dress yourself

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 and walk wherever you wanted.

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 But Jesus describes Peter's later years

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 in opposite terms.

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 Look at it.

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 But when you are old,

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 you will stretch out your hands

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 and another will dress you

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 and carry you where you do not want to go.

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 Now he's not talking about,

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 Jesus is not saying,

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 Peter, when you get old,

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 you're just going to be old and decrepit

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 and people are going to have to lead you around.

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 That's not what he's talking about

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 because verse 19 tells us

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 what Jesus was talking about.

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 Look at it.

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 Jesus was explaining

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 that Peter's going to die a martyr's death.

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 It's a parenthetical phrase.

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 This he said to show

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 by what kind of death

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 he was to glorify God.

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 Commentators say that describing death

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 as a way of glorifying God

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 was a standard Christian way

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 for describing martyrdom,

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 dying for your faith.

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 They also point out that that phrase,

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 stretch out your hands,

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 in this kind of context,

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 talking about death,

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 is a reference to crucifixion.

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 The New Testament does not tell us

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 how Peter died.

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 In fact, the New Testament

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 doesn't even tell us he died.

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 But early church tradition tells us

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 that Peter was put to death

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 because of his faith,

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 that he was put to death

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 by crucifixion.

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 Now, obviously,

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 all Christians are not required to die

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 as a part of their service for the Lord.

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 I personally have never known

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 of someone who had to die

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 in order to be faithful to the Lord.

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 But thousands of people

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 have died in the 21st century

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 all because they were Christians,

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 they were open about their faith,

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 and when persecution came,

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 they didn't renounce the Lord.

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 We have all read about

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 Christians who have been executed

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 by such terrorist groups as ISIS

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 just recently,

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 recent past.

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 That's happening.

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 It's always happened

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 throughout the history of the world.

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 It is still happening.

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 But most of us,

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 unless you leave this country,

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 we're not going to be called upon

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 in all likelihood

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 to have to die

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 as a result of being faithful to the Lord.

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 But the Lord does call us

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 to be willing to die,

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 to have that kind of commitment to Him,

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 that we're willing to die

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 if necessary.

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 Jesus made it clear on many occasions,

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 the way that He talked to His disciples,

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 the way that He had talked to people

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 who were sort of inquiring

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 about what it took to be His disciple.

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 Jesus gave very strong statements

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 about what it meant to follow Him.

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 Look at one good example in Luke chapter 9.

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 And He said to all,

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 that is Jesus,

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 if anyone would come after me,

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 let him deny himself

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 and take up his cross daily

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 and follow me.

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 You see, Jesus,

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 He never watered down the message

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 that following Him

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 would not be costly.

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 Jesus never said anything

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 like Joel Osteen would say.

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 Jesus never talked about

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 this health and wealth,

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 that if you really have

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 the right kind of faith

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 and you really trust God,

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 He's going to make you healthy,

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 He's going to make you wealthy.

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 That's garbage.

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 That's trash.

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 That is absolutely,

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 100% contrary

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 to the teaching of Scripture

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 about what it means

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 to live as a Christian

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 in this world.

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 Some of the most godly people

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 who've ever lived

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 have suffered physically,

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 have suffered economically.

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 They've had a hard life.

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 And the reality is

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 the Bible does not promise

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 that it won't be that way

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 for you and me.

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 To follow Christ

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 requires a total commitment

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 to Him,

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 to knowing, loving, serving Him

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 regardless of what it takes.

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 How can a person do that?

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 How can we do that?

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 Well, the Apostle Paul

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 explains what motivates

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 Christians to give their life

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 in service to the Lord.

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 He's explaining himself,

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 he's explaining

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 how we can do this

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 in 2 Corinthians chapter 5.

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 Look at it.

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 He says,

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 For the love of Christ

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 controls us.

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 Christ died for all

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 that those who live

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 might no longer live

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 for themselves,

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 but for Him

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 who for their sake

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 died and was raised.

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 You see,

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 Paul was motivated

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 by the love

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 that Christ demonstrated

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 in dying on the cross

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 to pay the penalty

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 for his sins.

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 And because he knew

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 the Lord gave his life

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 for him,

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 because he knew

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 that Jesus loved him

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 that much,

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 he loved Jesus

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 in return.

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 He gave,

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 Christ gave his life

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 for him,

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 Paul gave his life

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 back.

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 There was love

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 both ways.

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 That's what motivated

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 Peter as well.

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 That's what will

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 motivate us.

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 us.

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 Having a loving

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 relationship

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 with the Lord

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 is the key

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 to faithfulness.

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 Some of you

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 have read

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 of a famous

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 missionary

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 named Hudson Taylor.

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 He gave his life

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 in mission service

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 in China.

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 On one occasion

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 he was introduced

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 to a group

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 of Christians

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 as a great missionary

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 who had given

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 his life

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 to the Orient

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 because he loved

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 the Chinese.

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 Well, Taylor

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 when he got up

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 to speak

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 he shook his head

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 and answered

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 thoughtfully

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 this,

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 no,

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 not because

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 I loved

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 the Chinese

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 but because

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 I loved

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 God.

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 Now,

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 he did love

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 those people

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 but the reason

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 he left home

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 and family

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 and an easier

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 life

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 was because

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 he loved

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 God

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 and he

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 believed

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 that God

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 had called

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 him to

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 serve him

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 in China

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 and so

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 because he

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 loved God

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 and he wanted

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 to please

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 the God

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 that he

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 loved

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 that's why

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 he did

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 what he

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 did

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 and we

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 can relate

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 to that.

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 I want you

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 to think

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 with me.

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 we can relate

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 to this idea

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 of doing

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 things

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 that we

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 don't want

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 to do

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 but we

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 do it

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 for the

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 one

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 that we

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 love.

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 A lot of

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 people in

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 this room

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 you have

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 sat up

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 at the

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 hospital

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 or maybe

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 in a home

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 maybe at a

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 hospice house

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 you have

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 sat up

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 with someone

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 who

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 didn't have

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 it all

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 together

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 and they

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 were trying

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 to take

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 the IVs

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 out of

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 their arm

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 they were

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 trying to

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 get up

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 out of

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 the bed

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 they did

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 not cooperate

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 but you

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 stayed there

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 standing up

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 part of the

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 night

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 maybe on

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 the edge

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 of the

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 chair

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 part of

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 the night

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 you stayed

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 there and

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 did all

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 that

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 not

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 because it

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 was fun

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 not because

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 you wanted

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 to do

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 that

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 make that

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 person stay

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 into bed

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 hold their

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 hands back

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 now you

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 didn't want

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 to do

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 that

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 but you

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 loved the

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 person you

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 were caring

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 for enough

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 to be willing

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 to do

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 that

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 you did

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 something that

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 was hard

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 you did

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 something that

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 was uncomfortable

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 you did

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 something that

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 caused you

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 great stress

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 not because

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 of anything

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 you got

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 out of

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 it

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 joyfully

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 emotionally

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 but because

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 you loved

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 the person

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 the parent

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 the grandparent

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 the friend

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 that you

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 were trying

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 to take

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 care of

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 I'm going

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 to guess

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 that some

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 of you

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 work a job

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 that you

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 don't really

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 like

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 I know

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 some people

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 work a job

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 that they

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 basically

00:21:41.419 --> 00:21:42.299
 just hate

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 and the

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 reason they

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 work that

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 job

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:48.899
 is to make

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 a living

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.759
 for the

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.279
 people in

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 their home

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:52.899
 that they

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 love

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 they don't

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 get up in

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.039
 the morning

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 and go to

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 work because

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 they enjoy

00:21:57.419 --> 00:21:57.819
 what they

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 do

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 they get

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:58.619
 up and

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 go to

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 work

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 because

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 they love

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 the people

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 that they

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 are going

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 to support

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 you see

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 we do

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.579
 understand

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 and we

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:08.159
 do

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 things in

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 our lives

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 that are

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 hard

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 that are

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 painful

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 sometimes

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 that we

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 absolutely

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 don't want

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 to do

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 we never

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 choose to

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 do

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 but because

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 we're

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 motivated

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 by love

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 for a

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 person

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 we do

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 whatever

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 it takes

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 and so

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 if we

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 have the

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 right kind

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 of relationship

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 with the

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 Lord

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 we should

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 be willing

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 to do

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 whatever

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 it takes

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 to be

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 faithful

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 to him

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 and as

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 we have

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 this right

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 kind of

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 love for

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 him

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 and put

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 forth that

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 effort

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 the Lord

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 is going

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 to give

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 us what

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 we need

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 to remain

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 faithful

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 that's what

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 Paul talked

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.339
 about in

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 Colossians

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 chapter 1

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 verse 29

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 see Paul

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 talked about

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 he was

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 motivated by

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 his love

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 for Christ

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 Christ's

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 love for

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 him

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 but look

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 what else

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 he said

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 here

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 to this

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 verse

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 from the

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 New Living

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 Translation

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 that's why

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 I work

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 and struggle

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 so hard

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.619
 depending on

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 Christ's

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 mighty

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 power

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:10.059
 that works

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.599
 within me

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 the Spirit

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 of God

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.500
 lives within

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 us

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 and it's

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 the Spirit

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 of God

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:14.900
 who gives

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 us the

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 desire

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 and the

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 ability

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:18.440
 to hang

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:18.879
 in there

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:20.279
 to be

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 faithful

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:22.200
 if we

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 want to

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 be

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 because we

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 love our

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 Lord

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:26.960
 let's look

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 at one

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.799
 more lesson

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.259
 in this

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 restoration

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.480
 story

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.900
 sort of

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 switching

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 gears

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 a little

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 bit

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 here

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:33.240
 our

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.440
 Lord

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:33.799
 calls

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 us

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.099
 to

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:34.360
 focus

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:34.559
 on

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:34.740
 the

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.140
 ministry

00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:35.339
 he

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 has

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 assigned

00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:36.079
 to

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 us

00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:37.059
 not

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.299
 the

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:37.660
 ministry

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:37.839
 he

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:37.960
 has

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.440
 assigned

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:38.700
 to

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 others

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.000
 that's

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.220
 what he's

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:40.480
 talking

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:40.660
 about

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 verses 20

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:42.079
 through 22

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 at some point

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 after this

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 breakfast

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 Jesus and

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.519
 Peter got up

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.120
 and took a walk

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 down the beach

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:51.279
 well Peter

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:52.279
 noticed over his

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:53.180
 shoulder I guess

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.759
 that John

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.740
 was walking

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.559
 along behind

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:56.900
 them

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.860
 and so he

00:23:57.860 --> 00:23:58.380
 asked Jesus

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:58.880
 the question

00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.460
 look at it

00:23:59.460 --> 00:23:59.880
 Lord

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:01.019
 what about

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.780
 this man

00:24:01.780 --> 00:24:03.840
 I want you

00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:04.220
 to think

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.900
 Jesus had

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.320
 just told

00:24:06.320 --> 00:24:06.600
 Peter

00:24:06.600 --> 00:24:06.960
 you're going

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.340
 to die

00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:08.140
 a martyr's

00:24:08.140 --> 00:24:08.580
 death

00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:11.880
 how would

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.220
 you feel

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.440
 when you

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:12.759
 heard that

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:12.980
 for the

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:13.420
 first time

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:15.860
 well

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:17.420
 Peter

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:17.940
 now

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:19.920
 he wants

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.200
 to know

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.600
 what's going

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.100
 to happen

00:24:21.100 --> 00:24:22.440
 to John

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.640
 who also

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.240
 has a close

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.759
 relationship

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:25.440
 with Jesus

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:27.400
 you understand

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:27.819
 what Peter

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.279
 is doing

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:30.859
 Peter

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.380
 now

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:31.900
 is

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.440
 going

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.140
 to compare

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:34.859
 himself

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:37.500
 what he's

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.180
 got to do

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:40.380
 with John

00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:41.759
 and what

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.400
 Jesus has

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:42.799
 in store

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.299
 for him

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.519
 but I want

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:44.759
 you to look

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.200
 at how Jesus

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.799
 responds

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:47.120
 if it is

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:47.819
 my will

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.160
 that he

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.700
 remain

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.259
 until I

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.680
 come

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:51.700
 what is

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.359
 that to

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.920
 you

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:54.660
 you follow

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:55.000
 me

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:56.039
 Jesus

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.580
 is being

00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:57.560
 very blunt

00:24:57.560 --> 00:24:58.039
 here

00:24:58.039 --> 00:25:00.100
 he's saying

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:00.480
 what I have

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:00.740
 in store

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.240
 for John

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.580
 is none

00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:01.800
 of your

00:25:01.800 --> 00:25:02.380
 business

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:04.340
 makes no

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:04.720
 bones

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.180
 does he

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:07.380
 you just

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:07.740
 do what I

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.120
 told you

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:08.400
 that's what

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:08.620
 Jesus

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:09.060
 is saying

00:25:09.060 --> 00:25:11.279
 if I

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.560
 want him

00:25:11.560 --> 00:25:11.820
 to stay

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:12.220
 alive

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:12.600
 until I

00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:13.140
 come again

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:14.039
 you're

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.240
 going to

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.460
 die

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:14.840
 Peter

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:16.480
 but if

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:16.660
 it's

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.240
 my will

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.700
 that he

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.080
 stay

00:25:18.080 --> 00:25:18.600
 alive

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:19.180
 and healthy

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.660
 and well

00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.060
 until I

00:25:20.060 --> 00:25:20.660
 come back

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:22.340
 what's

00:25:22.340 --> 00:25:22.580
 it to

00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:22.920
 you

00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:25.820
 you don't

00:25:25.820 --> 00:25:26.279
 worry about

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.540
 him

00:25:26.540 --> 00:25:28.519
 you take

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:28.900
 care of

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.320
 you

00:25:29.320 --> 00:25:30.700
 that's

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:30.980
 what he's

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.180
 saying

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.060
 in effect

00:25:32.060 --> 00:25:32.420
 Jesus

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:32.740
 is telling

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.200
 Peter

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:34.440
 M-Y-O-B

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:36.759
 mind your

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.060
 own

00:25:37.060 --> 00:25:37.600
 business

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:41.080
 Jesus

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.600
 was not

00:25:41.600 --> 00:25:41.940
 telling

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.279
 Peter

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.519
 that he

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:42.740
 shouldn't

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.140
 care about

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.519
 others

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:45.600
 but he

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.259
 is clearly

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:47.100
 telling him

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.540
 not to

00:25:47.540 --> 00:25:48.180
 compare

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:49.240
 himself

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.059
 or his

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.579
 ministry

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.299
 assignment

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:52.519
 with other

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:52.880
 people

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:54.660
 this is the

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.120
 lesson we need

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.420
 to learn

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.099
 don't we

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:57.799
 personally

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.259
 on a

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.519
 personal

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:58.940
 level

00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:00.240
 we are

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.819
 tempted to

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.079
 compare

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:01.500
 ourselves

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:01.759
 with other

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.120
 people

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:04.640
 and we

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:06.700
 sometimes

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.220
 like to

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.039
 grumble

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.900
 and complain

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:10.960
 we might

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.680
 say something

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.140
 we might

00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.759
 think it

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:14.079
 Lord

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:15.599
 I am

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.039
 trying to

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.519
 be faithful

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:16.880
 I'm trying

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.180
 to live a

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.940
 faithful life

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:19.340
 I'm trying

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:19.680
 to do

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.080
 what I

00:26:20.080 --> 00:26:20.360
 know

00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:20.779
 you want

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.019
 me to

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.279
 do

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.820
 I'm being

00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:22.180
 faithful

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.460
 in my

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.820
 giving

00:26:22.820 --> 00:26:23.180
 I'm being

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.580
 faithful

00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:24.660
 in serving

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.100
 you

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:27.059
 but I'm

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.799
 struggling

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:29.820
 and my

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.340
 neighbors

00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:31.840
 who are not

00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:32.279
 Christians

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.799
 who don't

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.279
 really care

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.799
 about you

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.600
 they seem

00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:34.940
 to be

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.240
 just

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:37.340
 having it

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:37.900
 great in

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.299
 life

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:39.400
 no

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.160
 struggles

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:42.580
 why

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:44.380
 is this

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:45.440
 happening

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:47.900
 we like

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:49.759
 to grumble

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.180
 and complain

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.519
 sometimes

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:50.940
 we like

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.799
 to whine

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:53.120
 like a

00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:53.600
 child

00:26:53.600 --> 00:26:54.360
 demanding

00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:55.600
 equal

00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:56.140
 treatment

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:57.400
 I will

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:58.019
 never forget

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.700
 the time

00:26:58.700 --> 00:27:00.140
 when my

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.779
 son David

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.019
 who was

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.380
 about four

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:01.660
 or five

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.220
 years old

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.720
 and Michael

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.080
 was two

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:04.600
 or three

00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:05.880
 and Lisa

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:06.460
 had them

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:07.440
 both in

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.019
 the bathroom

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.820
 getting them

00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:09.559
 ready to go

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.019
 somewhere

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:11.440
 and in all

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.140
 the confusion

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:13.740
 she said to

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:13.960
 David

00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.779
 uh oh David

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:16.319
 I just

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.860
 brushed

00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.660
 Michael's

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.019
 teeth

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.680
 with your

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.340
 toothbrush

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:20.740
 and David

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.539
 quickly shot

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:21.920
 back

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.759
 well I'm

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.299
 using

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.120
 his

00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:29.519
 so intent

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:33.100
 so intent

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:33.600
 we are

00:27:33.600 --> 00:27:34.240
 sometimes

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:38.539
 to have

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.000
 everything

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.720
 equal

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.799
 to make

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.259
 sure someone

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.640
 is not

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.259
 one up

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.259
 on us

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:45.319
 we say

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:46.259
 and do

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:47.819
 foolish

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:50.000
 and immature

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.660
 things

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:53.180
 that happened

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:54.299
 many many

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:55.119
 years ago

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:56.900
 Lisa and I

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.900
 still laugh

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:59.879
 how a little

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.500
 child

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:02.379
 would say

00:28:02.379 --> 00:28:03.339
 I'm going to

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.779
 use somebody

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.099
 else's

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.440
 toothbrush

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:08.039
 don't you

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.599
 think

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.400
 really and

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:09.579
 truly

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.940
 don't you

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.660
 think God

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.420
 is our

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:12.840
 heavenly

00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:13.259
 father

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:14.720
 looks at

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.040
 some of

00:28:15.040 --> 00:28:15.620
 the things

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.100
 that we

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.480
 do

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.279
 some of

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.900
 the foolish

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.560
 things that

00:28:18.560 --> 00:28:18.900
 we do

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.340
 and say

00:28:19.340 --> 00:28:20.040
 don't you

00:28:20.040 --> 00:28:20.360
 think he

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:20.900
 laughs at

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.440
 us

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:22.640
 because we

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:22.960
 do things

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.360
 just like

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:23.640
 that

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:26.340
 and we

00:28:26.340 --> 00:28:27.000
 don't

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.860
 understand

00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:28.880
 just how

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:30.220
 immature

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:32.220
 how crazy

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.880
 it is

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:34.080
 you know

00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:34.360
 in our

00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:34.820
 church

00:28:34.820 --> 00:28:35.240
 ministry

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.500
 if you're

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.000
 involved in

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.259
 the life

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.580
 of the church

00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:37.160
 in some way

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:39.019
 we can be

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.480
 tempted to

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.060
 think that

00:28:40.060 --> 00:28:41.300
 my gifts

00:28:41.300 --> 00:28:41.800
 and my

00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:42.279
 talents

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.860
 and my

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.779
 abilities

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:45.540
 that's what's

00:28:45.540 --> 00:28:46.259
 most important

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:49.080
 we may even

00:28:49.080 --> 00:28:50.220
 suddenly try to

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.880
 minimize the

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.600
 value of other

00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.180
 people's

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.800
 ministries

00:28:52.800 --> 00:28:54.860
 their gifts

00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:56.759
 or even worse

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.660
 we would never

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.220
 say it

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.820
 but we might

00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:00.900
 sometimes smile

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.759
 when they fail

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.420
 or when they

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:03.100
 don't do so

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.540
 well

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:06.000
 whenever we

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.779
 think like that

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.099
 we need to

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.359
 call it

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.039
 what it is

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.980
 it's pride

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:10.359
 it's selfishness

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.139
 it's jealousy

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:11.980
 it's envy

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:14.619
 whatever it is

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.420
 the root cause

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:16.039
 is sin

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.819
 and you know

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:18.259
 God hates

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.879
 sin

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:21.180
 Chuck Swindoll

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:22.019
 helps us to see

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.539
 that when we

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.240
 compare ourselves

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.759
 with others

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.879
 or complain

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.440
 about our

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:26.079
 differences

00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:28.039
 we are really

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.000
 criticizing

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:30.000
 God

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:31.259
 and the way

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.799
 he works

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.220
 look at what

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.960
 Swindoll says

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:34.319
 God's calling

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.059
 is personal

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.799
 and his leading

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.500
 is unique

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:38.180
 all Christians

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:39.039
 enroll in the

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.799
 same school

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.440
 but our

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.660
 individual curricula

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.420
 is vastly

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:42.900
 different

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.960
 because we have

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.900
 different needs

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.759
 different gifts

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.200
 and different

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.819
 callings

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:48.319
 our coursework

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.160
 is tailor made

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.880
 to match

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:51.079
 we're not

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.640
 cookie cutter

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.319
 Christians

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:53.420
 although we're

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:54.100
 cut out of

00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:54.740
 the same

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.420
 dough

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:56.880
 we're not

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.860
 cut out

00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:58.600
 in the same

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.299
 size

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:00.259
 or shape

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:01.019
 as even

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.559
 our closest

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.139
 friends

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:03.279
 or co-workers

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:05.000
 we are all

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.960
 predestined

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.659
 to become

00:30:06.659 --> 00:30:07.440
 like Christ

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:08.519
 that's what

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.339
 it says

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:09.679
 in Romans

00:30:09.679 --> 00:30:10.240
 8 29

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:11.720
 the route

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.539
 God takes

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.099
 us to get

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.819
 there however

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:15.179
 varies

00:30:15.179 --> 00:30:16.440
 significantly

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.779
 from one

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.220
 person

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:19.339
 to another

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:22.500
 instead of us

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.539
 looking around

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:25.220
 at someone else

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.759
 this morning

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:27.440
 criticizing

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:28.519
 or comparing

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:30.320
 let's close

00:30:30.320 --> 00:30:30.740
 this out

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.180
 by just

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.580
 looking

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:32.820
 at ourselves

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:34.799
 how would

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.299
 you describe

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:36.200
 your relationship

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.860
 with the Lord

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.799
 right now

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:39.740
 do you really

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.220
 and truly

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:41.779
 have a relationship

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.299
 with Him

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:43.940
 as your

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.460
 Savior

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:45.160
 and Lord

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:48.279
 if you don't

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:50.000
 do you want

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.320
 one

00:30:50.320 --> 00:30:52.400
 if you do

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:53.279
 you can have

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.660
 one

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:55.560
 if you'll

00:30:55.560 --> 00:30:55.940
 admit

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:57.220
 your need

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.660
 the fact

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:57.920
 that you

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.240
 don't have

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.620
 a relationship

00:30:58.620 --> 00:30:59.180
 with God

00:30:59.180 --> 00:31:00.080
 admit your

00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:00.480
 sin

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.140
 and truly

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.940
 repent of it

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.519
 change your

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:02.860
 mind

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.740
 humble yourself

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.360
 before God

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:05.420
 grieve over it

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:06.540
 turn from it

00:31:06.540 --> 00:31:07.340
 and put your

00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:08.160
 trust in Jesus

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.600
 that when He

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.000
 died on the

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.200
 cross

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.740
 He died

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.460
 to pay the

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.740
 penalty

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.720
 for the sins

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.440
 you've committed

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:14.560
 if you'll

00:31:14.560 --> 00:31:15.019
 believe that

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.519
 when God

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.080
 raised Him

00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:16.640
 from the dead

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.540
 that was God's

00:31:17.540 --> 00:31:18.000
 way of saying

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.700
 I've accepted

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.620
 His sacrifice

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:21.859
 if you'll

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.319
 put your

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:23.019
 faith in Jesus

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.639
 call upon Him

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.239
 to save you

00:31:24.239 --> 00:31:25.059
 He will

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:26.879
 He'll forgive you

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:27.299
 He'll give you

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:28.079
 a fresh start

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.759
 a new start

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.479
 right now

00:31:29.479 --> 00:31:30.439
 so call on Him

00:31:30.439 --> 00:31:31.239
 now

00:31:31.239 --> 00:31:33.019
 if you have

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.519
 a relationship

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:33.939
 with Him

00:31:33.939 --> 00:31:35.579
 as a Christian

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:37.799
 is it healthy

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.339
 right now

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:40.659
 are you really

00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:41.519
 enjoying a close

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.239
 personal

00:31:42.239 --> 00:31:43.059
 relationship

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.779
 with Him

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:46.259
 if you're not

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:48.139
 would you like

00:31:48.139 --> 00:31:48.399
 to

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:51.100
 if there's

00:31:51.100 --> 00:31:51.900
 something that

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:53.060
 has interrupted

00:31:53.060 --> 00:31:54.380
 broken your

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:55.080
 fellowship with

00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:55.280
 Him

00:31:55.280 --> 00:31:57.380
 admit that to

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.660
 God

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.800
 confess that

00:31:58.800 --> 00:31:59.820
 come back to

00:31:59.820 --> 00:32:00.120
 Him

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:01.540
 humbly again

00:32:01.540 --> 00:32:03.460
 trusting in

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:03.780
 Christ

00:32:03.780 --> 00:32:04.160
 the penalty

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.480
 for your

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:04.700
 sins

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:04.880
 has been

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.220
 paid

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:07.900
 recommit

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.220
 yourself

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:09.600
 to living

00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:10.660
 in fellowship

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.100
 with Him

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:12.080
 in obedience

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:12.680
 to Him

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:14.580
 do that

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:15.560
 right now

00:32:15.560 --> 00:32:17.500
 you know

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.000
 if you have

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.339
 a right

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.839
 relationship

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.180
 with the

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:19.400
 Lord

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:21.319
 you're enjoying

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:21.940
 good fellowship

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:23.039
 just thank

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.380
 Him

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:25.259
 thank Him

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.059
 for the

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.519
 grace that

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.099
 He's showing

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:27.500
 you

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.480
 thank Him

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:28.900
 for the way

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.299
 that He is

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:30.279
 working in

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.839
 your life

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.460
 right now

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:34.839
 final thought

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.740
 final question

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:37.140
 are you

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:37.700
 serving the

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.160
 Lord with the

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:38.680
 gifts talents

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:39.259
 and abilities

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.420
 He has given

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.720
 you

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:42.680
 are you

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.279
 serving Him

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.680
 without

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:45.240
 comparing yourself

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.140
 someone else

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:47.559
 are you

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.099
 serving Him

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.460
 without

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.720
 complaining

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:53.079
 if a change

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.559
 needs to be

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.220
 made in that

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:56.339
 make that

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:58.240
 ask God

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.819
 how He wants

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.359
 you to serve

00:32:59.359 --> 00:32:59.579
 Him

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:00.640
 ask God

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:01.039
 to give you

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.500
 the right

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.079
 attitude

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:04.660
 but what I

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.079
 want everyone

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.660
 in this room

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.180
 to understand

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.519
 is

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.839
 our Lord

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:08.220
 is in the

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.579
 restoration

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.400
 business

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:11.279
 and if you

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.519
 have a

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:11.940
 relationship

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.380
 with Him

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:13.020
 that is not

00:33:13.020 --> 00:33:13.400
 right

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:14.240
 it can be

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:15.680
 repaired

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:17.240
 or if you

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.700
 don't have a

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.040
 relationship

00:33:18.040 --> 00:33:19.700
 it can begin

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.720
 right now

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:23.360
 either way

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:24.520
 whatever your

00:33:24.520 --> 00:33:24.920
 need is

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:25.640
 call upon

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:25.940
 Him

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:28.020
 trust Him

00:33:28.020 --> 00:33:30.100
 obey Him

00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:31.140
 let's pray

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:31.460
 together

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.500
 Father

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:34.300
 show us

00:33:34.300 --> 00:33:34.640
 now

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:36.220
 how we

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.880
 as individuals

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.740
 should respond

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.220
 to Your

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.980
 Word

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.360
 to Your

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:39.980
 message

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:41.940
 give us

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.480
 wisdom

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:43.759
 give us

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.480
 a desire

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.860
 help us

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.640
 to obey

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.019
 You

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.400
 as You

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:47.779
 speak

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.259
 now

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:50.039
 let's just

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:50.360
 all be

00:33:50.360 --> 00:33:50.720
 still and

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.059
 quiet

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.380
 and listen

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:51.559
 to the

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:51.700
 Lord

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.380
 and do

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:52.620
 what He's

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:52.960
 telling us

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.420
 to do

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:54.539
 during the

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:54.920
 next few

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.120
 minutes

00:33:55.120 --> 00:33:55.400
 I'll be

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:55.620
 at the

00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:55.860
 front

00:33:55.860 --> 00:33:56.099
 here

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:56.360
 if you

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.640
 would like

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:56.880
 for me

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:57.559
 to pray

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.000
 with you

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.440
 I'll be

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:58.660
 here

00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:58.920
 I would

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.259
 love to

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.539
 do that

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.039
 you come

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:01.740
 but listen

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:01.960
 to the

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.200
 Lord

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:03.079
 do what

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.680
 He says

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.440
 in these

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.860
 next few

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 minutes

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 o

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