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 The scripture reading this morning comes from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 17.

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 Please follow along in your bulletin.

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 He said to his disciples,

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 It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come,

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 but woe to him through whom they come.

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 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck

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 and he were thrown into the sea

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 than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble.

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 Be on your guard.

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 If your brother sins, rebuke him.

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 And if he repents, forgive him.

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 And if he sins against you seven times a day

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 and returns to you seven times saying,

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 I repent, forgive him.

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 The apostle said to the Lord,

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 Increase our faith.

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 And the Lord said,

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 If you had faith like a mustard seed,

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 you would say to this mulberry tree,

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 Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,

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 and it would obey you.

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 Which of you, having a slave, plowing or tending sheep,

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 will say to him when he has come in from the field,

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 Come immediately and sit down to eat.

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 But will he not say to him,

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 Prepare something for me to eat,

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 and properly clothe yourself,

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 and serve me while I eat and drink.

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 And afterward, you may eat and drink.

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 He does not thank the slave

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 because he did the things which were commanded,

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 does he?

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 So you too.

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 When you do all the things which are commanded you,

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 say,

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 We are unworthy slaves.

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 We have done only that which we ought to have done.

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 This is God's word.

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 How you guys doing?

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 Wow, that was the worst one ever.

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 How you guys doing?

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 Okay.

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 Wow.

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 So, if you're here for the first time,

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 my name is Tobin.

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 I'm one of the pastors here at Watermark.

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 Two quick announcements, very quickly,

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 just to dispel any rumors.

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 Yes, my wife is gone.

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 She went to visit her family in California this weekend

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 because someone came in and said to me,

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 Christina must be gone.

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 And I'm like, well, why?

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 And she goes, well, look at how the kids are dressed.

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 You must have dressed them.

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 Yes, I was responsible for dressing my kids today.

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 So, thank you very much.

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 It's great having a lot of moms.

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 Also, the other, just to spell anything,

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 you came in and there was a rock on your chair.

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 We talked about hell last week.

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 So, these rocks aren't for you to throw at me

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 when you dislike something I say, okay?

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 So, they're not ammunition or things like that,

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 but they're just things.

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 We'll use those later on,

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 keep a hold of those,

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 and we're going to talk.

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 Okay, we're on a journey.

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 We use that word a lot.

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 We're on a journey through the book of Luke.

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 We've been doing Luke for two years now.

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 I figured that we'll finish Luke in next fall.

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 We picked the Gospels because we figured

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 if we looked at Jesus, we couldn't go wrong, right?

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 We picked the Gospels because we looked at Jesus' life,

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 and we realized that in his story is our story.

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 Our story fits into his story,

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 and everything that we need to hear and know

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 is in his life.

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 And so, we've been going through Luke for two years now,

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 off and on with other things added in there.

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 And so, we're on that journey with Luke.

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 We also talk about we're on a journey in life.

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 And one of the things you need to know

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 about journeying through life

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 is that the journey in life

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 is all about relationships.

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 Relationships.

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 It's all about relationships

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 as we go on this journey.

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 There's two main ones.

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 I kind of think of them

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 because I'm not an engineer.

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 I'm studying medicine,

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 but I kind of think of them

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 as vertically and horizontally.

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 And first, we have that vertical relationship

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 in our world,

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 and that's with the Lord, with God.

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 And that we all go on this journey with God.

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 And it's important to remember

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 that when we go on this journey with God,

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 that we should be growing

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 in a couple different ways.

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 We should be growing

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 in our awareness of God's holiness.

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 And we should be growing

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 in our awareness of my flesh,

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 my sinfulness.

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 Those things should always be growing in our life.

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 It's why we study the Word of God.

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 It's why we are in church.

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 It's why we're in a community group

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 because people help us

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 understand about God's holiness.

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 God's Word helps us to understand

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 about God's holiness.

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 And being in community

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 helps us to understand

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 about our brokenness,

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 our fallenness.

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 And whenever one of those isn't happening,

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 we misplace grace.

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 We don't understand grace.

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 We don't understand the cross.

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 And so we live lives

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 that are bifurcated

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 or not what God meant for them to be.

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 Also, in this journey,

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 we have a horizontal component.

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 And that component is with people,

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 relationships, community,

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 your spouse,

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 anybody that you're with there.

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 And as you go on that journey,

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 there's two things

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 we can never forget also.

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 It's really important.

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 And on that journey,

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 we always got to be growing

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 in our understanding

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 that every person

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 is made in the image of God.

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 Every person is made

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 in the image of God.

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 Every person has

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 God's fingerprint on them.

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 Every person has

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 God's watermark on them.

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 That's why we call this church

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 a watermark

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 because we feel like

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 God has called us

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 to help bring out

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 that watermark.

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 And so everybody is made

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 in the image of God,

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 even your worst enemy.

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 And the second thing

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 you need to remember

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 in that journey

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 as individuals

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 with other people

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 in community

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 is that we're all broken

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 and sinful.

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 We're all broken

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 and sinful.

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 I mean,

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 if you ever catch yourself

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 saying,

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 oh, I can't believe

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 they did that,

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 what you're saying is,

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 I'm not like that.

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 If you ever catch yourself

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 saying,

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 well, I can't believe

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 this happened this way

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 and that really freaked me out,

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 you're saying,

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 I'm not broken

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 and I'm not sinful

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 or I'm not as broken

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 as they are

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 or I'm not as sinful

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 as they are.

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 And if you do that,

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 you'll never live life.

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 You'll never enjoy

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 the journey

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 that God meant for you

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 to enjoy.

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 Never.

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 We're on a journey

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 in Luke,

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 Luke 17.

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 It's important

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 to remember

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 in Luke 17

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 that as Jesus

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 is teaching,

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 he's going

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 to Jerusalem,

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 he's going

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 to the cross.

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 He's going

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 to die

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 a terrible,

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 terrible death.

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 It's about one week

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 away from this passage.

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 So we're going

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 to get to it

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 next fall,

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 but in chronological time

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 it's one week away.

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 And as he's going

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 on this journey,

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 he's pulling

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 his disciples aside

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 and he wants

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 to talk to them

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 about what it means

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 to be a follower

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 of Christ.

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 What does it look

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 like to follow Christ?

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 He's going

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 to talk about

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 four things

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 in this passage.

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 He's going

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 to talk about

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 accountability.

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 He's going

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 to talk about

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 forgiveness.

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 He's going

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 to talk about

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 walking in faith.

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 And most importantly,

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 he's going

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 to talk about

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 service.

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 All four of these

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 things he's going

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 to say,

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 if you are my follower,

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 this is what you do.

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 This is who you are.

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 It's not something

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 special that you do.

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 It's not something

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 that you get a high five

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 for after you score

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 the touchdown.

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 It's just something

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 that you do.

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 It's who you are.

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 Accountability,

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 forgiveness,

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 faith,

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 service.

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 Those are just things

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 that we do

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 as Christ followers.

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 And so as we look

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 at this passage,

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 I want to bring out

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 a couple of those

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 things.

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 And I want to talk

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 about the why,

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 the how,

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 and the what,

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 and what it means

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 to walk with God

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 on this journey

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 and doing those

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 four things.

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 things.

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 Now,

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 for some of you,

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 if you're like me,

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 I grew up in an amazing

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 church in the States,

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 but the focus

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 is always on myself.

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 So I read a passage

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 and I said,

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 what does this mean

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 for me?

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 How does this apply

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 this to my life?

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 How does this affect

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 me?

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 Probably you're

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 very similar to that.

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 But the scripture

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 is very different.

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 The Bible says

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 that all of these

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 passages are meant

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 not just for you,

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 but for the family

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 of God.

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 That all these

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 passages are meant

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 for us to be lived

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 out in community.

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 They're written

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 to a church,

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 they're written

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 to a community,

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 and you live

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 these things out

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 in community,

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 and sometimes

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 we forget that,

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 and when we forget

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 that,

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 we don't enjoy

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 the journey

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 like God

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 meant for us

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 to enjoy.

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 I'm going to try

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 something today

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 for the first time

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 ever.

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 We'll probably

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 never try it again

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 because it will

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 probably,

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 but we'll see.

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 And what I want

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 to do is I want

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 to lead us in

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 some reflective

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 prayer time.

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 I'm going to look

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 at those four points

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 very briefly,

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 and then I want

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 to lead us

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 into some

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 confessional

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 prayer time.

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 I've had some

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 prayers written out.

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 Today's a day

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 of prayer.

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 We felt like

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 as a staff,

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 and so I'm going

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 to do that,

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 and we'll see

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 how that works

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 and what goes

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 with that

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 as God calls

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 us to walk

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 with Him,

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 and what does

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 it mean

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 to walk

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 with Him?

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 You ready?

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 Okay,

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 so Luke 17,

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 verses 1 and 2,

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 and He said

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 to His disciples,

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 it is inevitable

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 that it will happen.

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 It has to happen.

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 Don't be surprised

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 when it happens.

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 It's going to happen

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 that stumbling blocks

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 come,

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 but woe to Him

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 through whom they come.

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 It would be better

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 for Him

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 if a millstone

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 were hung around

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 His neck

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 and He were thrown

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 into the sea

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 than that He would

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 cause one of these

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 little ones,

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 one of these Christians,

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 one of these Christ followers,

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 one of my children

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 to fall away

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 from the face.

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 Jesus says here

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 that sin

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 coming into

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 our community

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 because we're living

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 as a community

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 is inevitable.

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 It's going to happen.

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 When we talk about sin,

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 I'm not talking

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 about personality differences.

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 I'm not talking

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 about cultural differences.

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 I'm not talking

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 about preferences,

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 but I'm talking

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 about sin.

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 The word in Greek

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 here is a very interesting

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 word.

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 It's skandalon.

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 It's the word

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 we get scandal from.

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 It's this idea

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 in Greek

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 of this bird trap.

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 The bird trap

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 is like this

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 and this pole

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 with the bait on it

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 is the skandalon.

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 It's the thing

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 that attracts people

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 to the trap.

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 When the bird

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 hits that trap,

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 it hits the scandal.

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 The trap closes

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 and kills the bird.

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 This is the imagery

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 that Jesus is using

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 and He's saying

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 these things

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 are going to happen.

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 He's going to say

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 sometimes you and I

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 we're going to forget

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 our obligations to Him.

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 Sometimes we're going

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 to forget

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 these four things

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 and when these things

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 we forget them,

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 sin happens

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 and His warning

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 to us as a church

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 and as individuals

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 is woe to you.

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 It's a very strong word

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 in the Greek.

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 It means don't do it.

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 It means it would be

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 better for you

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 to be killed

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 by men

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 than to cause somebody

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 to fall away

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 from the face.

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 It would be better

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 for you to be destroyed.

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 In Jesus' day

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 they actually killed

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 criminals

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 by hanging a millstone

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 around their neck.

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 A millstone

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 was a big piece

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 of two stones

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 and you put weed in it

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 and you grind them up

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 and there'd be

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 a little hole

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 in the center

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 like a coin

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 that we have

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 and you'd rip it around

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 and sometimes

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 they would take criminals

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 and tie a millstone

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 around His neck

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 and they would throw Him

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 into the water.

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 And Jesus says to us

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 it would be better

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 for that to happen to us

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 than for us

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 to cause somebody

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 to stray away

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 from the faith.

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 It would be better

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 for that to happen to us

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 than if somebody

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 were to look at their life

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 and say well that's

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 what being a Christian

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 is like.

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 I don't want to have

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 anything to do

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 with that type

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 of Christianity.

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 And so the question

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 we have to ask ourselves

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 today is

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 how are we doing?

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 Is our faith

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 beautiful?

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 beautiful?

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 Is Jesus

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 beautiful?

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 When people look at us

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 do they see

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 Christ

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 and all His glory

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 and do they see

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 grace

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 and mercy?

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 Do they see

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 beauty?

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 Or are we

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 a stumbling block?

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 Are we a scandal?

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 Are we a scandal on?

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 Are we something

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 that's causing people

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 to run away

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 from Christianity

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 not to take it seriously?

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 Are we doing harm

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 to the people of God

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 instead of good?

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 As an employee

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 what would it look like

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 for you to be a scandal

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 to those around you?

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 What would it look like

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 for you as you went

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 into your office

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 this Monday

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 to turn people away

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 from Christ?

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 What would it look like

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 to live a life

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 in such a way

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 that if people

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 found out

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 that you were

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 going to church

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 they would never

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 want anything

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 to do with church?

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 As an employer

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 what would it look like

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 to live every day

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 in a scandal?

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 What would it look like

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 to cheat your employees?

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 What would it look like

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 so that you are so

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 toxic

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 that your employees

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 don't want to go

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 to church

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 or at least

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 your church?

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 As a teacher

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 do your students

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 see Christ in you?

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 When you walk

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 into the classroom

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 do they see Jesus

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 in your words

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 and in your grace

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 and in your actions

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 or are they overwhelmed

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 and they think

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 well they must be thinking

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 about something else?

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 As a parent

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 is our faith

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 beautiful to our children?

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 When our children

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 look at our lives

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 do they see Christ

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 and beauty

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 and love

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 and mercy

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 and grace?

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 or do they see

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 hypocrisy?

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 Hypocrisy

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 just last night

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 I'm sitting at the table

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 in our dinner

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 we're talking

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 I'm trying to make

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 conversation with everybody

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 and so we

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 just set the ground rules

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 in our house

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 we have a couple words

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 we don't say

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 we don't say shut up

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 and we don't say stupid

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 now our kids think

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 that those are curse words

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 and so we just don't

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 say those at all

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 and there's a lot

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 of different reasons

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 behind it

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 you know

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 there's just

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 there are things

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 and so last night

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 at the dinner table

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 Kip looks at me

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 and he says

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 how come

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 when I say stupid

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 I get in trouble

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 but when you say stupid

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 nothing happens?

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 it's tough man

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 right?

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 wow

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 I'm like

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 well my first reaction is

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 well you know

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 I grew up where stupid

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 wasn't a bad word

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 that's what I want to say

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 I've said that a couple times

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 I've said

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 you know

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 stupid is something

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 that your mom feels

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 strongly about

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 but it's something

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 that I don't know

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 I'm kind of on the fence about

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 that's worse right?

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 sometimes I just say

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 I don't know

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 but what I should say is

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 you're right

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 and I'm sorry

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 because I've sinned against you

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 and I've sinned against our house

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 when our kids

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 I mean dude

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 it's tough being a pastor

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 right?

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 you guys hear the talk

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 and then you leave

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 I have to think about this

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 for months and months

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 and then my God

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 just hitting me over the head

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 showing me

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 inconsistencies

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 in my words

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 in my life

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 sometimes 10 year olds

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 are the best x-rays

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 to inconsistencies

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 as a pastor

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 what do I preach?

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 do I preach something funny

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 and sexy

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 and good

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 and nice to hear

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 or do I preach the gospel?

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 do I preach a message

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 that is a scandal on

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 to people

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 and turns them away

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 from the beauty

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 and wonder

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 and mercy

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 and love

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 of Christ?

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 are my words up here

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 consistent with my words

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 when I go back home

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 and act

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 with my kids

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 and my family?

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 or are my words

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 a scandal

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 to them?

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 Christ says

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 be careful

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 you don't want to cause

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 little ones

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 followers of Christ

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 to fall away

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 from the faith

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 by our actions

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 I want to lead us

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 in some prayer time

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 let's pray

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 Father

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 Father

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 before you

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 I just repent

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 we repent

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 of our selfishness

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 and our sin

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 Father

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 I pray for the fathers

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 in this household

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 I pray for those of us

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 who are selfish

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 I pray for those of us

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 who are passive

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 I pray for those of us

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 who just think about ourselves

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 and don't engage our wife

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 and our kids

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 when we go home

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 Lord we need you

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 help us not to be

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 a stumbling block

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 to our kids

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 help us not to be

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 a stumbling block

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 to our wife

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 and to our neighbors

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 as they see us interact

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 Father

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 help us to know

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 what it means

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 to walk with you

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 Lord

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 as singles

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 we

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 we repent

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 of stumbling blocks

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 and of being

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 stumbling blocks

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 in our world

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 do we cause people

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 to stumble

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 with our words

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 do we cause people

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 to stumble

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 with our bodies

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 and how we dress

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 and how we flaunt them

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 just to get a little attraction

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 do we cause people

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 to stumble

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 and to walk away

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 with our lifestyles

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 Father

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 as parents

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 we confess

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 our inconsistency

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 in what we say

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 and how we act

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 with our kids

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 please

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 please

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 we beg you

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 please don't allow

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 our kids

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 to be trapped

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 by this

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 to fall away

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 from the gospel

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 to not love your son

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 like we do

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 but to hate him

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 Lord

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 we realize

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 even if we give them

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 a perfect education

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 and a perfect life

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 and they get it

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 to the perfect school

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 and the perfect jobs

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 that they could lose

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 everything perfectly

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 for eternity

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 because they didn't see you

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 lived out in our lives

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 consistently

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 Father's wives

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 we confess

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 how we are not

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 Father

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 how we have not

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 allowed our husbands

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 to be the spiritual leaders

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 in our families

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 and in our lives

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 Father

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 we confess

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 and we pray

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 for the sarcasm

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 and the arrogance

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 that sometimes we

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 show

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 to our husbands

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 our spouses

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 in front of our children

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 Father

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 we beg your forgiveness

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 and we pray

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 that our kids

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 don't see that

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 and we pray

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 that their marriage

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 doesn't end up being

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 just like our marriage

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 Lord

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 we need you

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 Lord

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 come to us now

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 and show us

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 how we could

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 cause people

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 to fall

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 show us

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 how we could

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 cause people

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 to fall out of love

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 with you

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 and your son

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 Jesus Christ

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 the inconsistencies

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 in our life

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 Lord

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 we need you

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 to show us

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 these things

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 we need you

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 amen

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 be on your guard

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 if your brother sins

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 rebuke him

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 not

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 guard your own life

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 but guard your heart

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 because that sin

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 is going to come in there

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 and that sin

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 is going to do something

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 and if your brother sins

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 rebuke him

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 and if he repents

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 forgive him

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 and if he sins

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 against you

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 seven times a day

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 and returns to you

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 seven times a day

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 saying I repent

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 forgive him

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 Christ is teaching us

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 he's teaching the church

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 he's teaching his disciples

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 that as the family of God

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 it's really important

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 for us

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 to watch

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 our hearts

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 as we're sinned against

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 he's telling us

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 that we need to come

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 against brothers

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 and sisters

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 and to admonish them

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 to correct him

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 to show them

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 the errors of their way

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 and when I'm talking

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 about sin

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 I'm not

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 when I'm not talking

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 about just a simple

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 okay he dropped his gum

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 but we're talking about

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 things that separate

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 relationships

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 because on the journey

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 the relationship

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:00.859
 is a key

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 and so anything

00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:01.939
 that comes in there

00:21:01.939 --> 00:21:02.980
 and separates

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.899
 that relationship

00:21:03.899 --> 00:21:04.579
 between us

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.379
 and God

00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:05.960
 and between us

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.599
 and each other

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 God says

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 that we need to come

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 and we need to go

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 before those brothers

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 and show them

00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:14.019
 that sin

00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:15.359
 the goal

00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:16.459
 is not to shame them

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 the goal

00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:18.099
 is to restore them

00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.439
 the goal

00:21:18.439 --> 00:21:19.759
 is to keep the family healthy

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.480
 the goal

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:21.659
 is to bring the family together

00:21:21.659 --> 00:21:22.439
 the goal

00:21:22.439 --> 00:21:23.879
 is forgiveness

00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:27.039
 Jesus says

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.740
 as a church

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.500
 and as disciples

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.139
 on this journey

00:21:29.139 --> 00:21:29.859
 that we

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:30.679
 we must

00:21:30.679 --> 00:21:31.939
 rebuke sin

00:21:31.939 --> 00:21:35.559
 even when we don't want to

00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:38.219
 we must forgive

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:41.480
 even when we don't want to

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:44.120
 you know often

00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:45.079
 when something happens

00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:45.700
 and I watch

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.240
 I look at

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:47.680
 somebody's actions

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.380
 and for me

00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:49.160
 I just kind of think through

00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:51.140
 okay something's happening there

00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:53.380
 has what they've done

00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:54.620
 affected the relationship

00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:55.420
 between me

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.100
 and them

00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:59.700
 has what they've done

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:01.700
 affected the relationship

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:04.039
 between them and God

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:06.920
 has what they've done

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:09.100
 affecting them

00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:12.400
 has what they've done

00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:14.500
 affected how Christ

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.360
 is seen

00:22:15.360 --> 00:22:16.620
 in the community

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:17.900
 around them

00:22:17.900 --> 00:22:21.120
 has what they've done

00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:23.300
 a habitual habit

00:22:23.300 --> 00:22:24.680
 that they keep doing

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.160
 over

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 and over

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 and over

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 and Jesus says

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.600
 that those things

00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:31.300
 are true

00:22:31.300 --> 00:22:33.360
 that our responsibility

00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:34.140
 is to go before

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:34.539
 our brother

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.840
 and to rebuke him

00:22:35.840 --> 00:22:36.539
 to correct him

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.220
 to show him

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:38.220
 what's going on

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.799
 and to show him

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:40.299
 that he shouldn't do that

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:40.960
 and the moment

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:42.259
 the moment that he

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:44.279
 asked for forgiveness

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:45.519
 that we're to forgive him

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:47.799
 forgiveness is hard

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.500
 isn't it

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:51.139
 I mean I think it's

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:51.819
 it's

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.639
 it's really

00:22:52.639 --> 00:22:53.659
 really hard

00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:54.099
 it's like

00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:55.079
 the Bible says

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.759
 that when somebody

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.579
 wrongs you

00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:58.039
 that you incur

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.599
 a debt

00:22:58.599 --> 00:23:01.639
 there's a debt

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:02.399
 taken out

00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:03.579
 and the only way

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.220
 I can think of it

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.960
 I've been thinking about this

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:05.480
 for a long time

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.019
 it's like

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.380
 we're this

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:07.319
 okay you can tell

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:08.059
 what my family does

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:09.380
 we're this big bowl

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:10.079
 of ice cream

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.640
 or this tub

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:11.240
 of ice cream

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:13.099
 and every time

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.900
 somebody wrongs you

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.720
 this scoop comes in

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.860
 and it digs some of you out

00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:17.960
 and that wrong

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.380
 comes again

00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:19.339
 and they dig you out

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:21.120
 and the question

00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.900
 you have to ask yourself

00:23:21.900 --> 00:23:23.400
 is what do you replace

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:24.400
 that digged out ice cream

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:24.900
 with

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 I mean if you're like me

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:29.000
 maybe you replace it

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.519
 with anger

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:32.839
 maybe you replace it

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.700
 with frustration

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:36.400
 maybe you

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:37.639
 replace it

00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:38.539
 with sadness

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:40.720
 because whenever

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:42.019
 sin hits us

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.599
 like that bowl

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.059
 of ice cream

00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.759
 being scooped out

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.819
 it takes something

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.960
 away from us

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:48.420
 it might take something

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:49.400
 away from our character

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.680
 it might take something

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.180
 away from us

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:51.639
 emotionally

00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:52.720
 it might take something

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.259
 away from us

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.819
 in our comfort

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.859
 it might destroy

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:55.480
 our ego

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:57.900
 it might be a financial

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.599
 burden

00:23:58.599 --> 00:24:00.059
 that's taken away

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:02.880
 and Jesus says

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.480
 in this passage

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.539
 as the children of God

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:05.460
 when we're wronged

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:05.960
 by brothers

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.920
 that we are

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:08.120
 to eat the debt

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:11.920
 there's always a debt

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:14.779
 there's always something

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.640
 that needs to be paid

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:18.460
 last week our car

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.500
 was waiting for the kids

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.380
 to be picked up at school

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:22.079
 and a guy pushing a cart

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:23.400
 older guy

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:24.240
 lost control

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.740
 and the cart

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:26.099
 slammed into the side

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.480
 of our car

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.480
 and left this huge dent

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:29.500
 well fortunately our car

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.339
 is a 16 year old

00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:30.680
 minivan

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.359
 so it's okay

00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:33.259
 but this huge dent

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.799
 and all these things

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:37.180
 and he was so panicked

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:38.700
 what do I do

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:40.140
 I have this debt

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:41.000
 I have to pay these things

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.920
 and I said to him

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:43.140
 don't worry about it

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:44.099
 we'll take care of it

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:48.000
 did the debt go away

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:51.980
 I mean for him it did

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:54.880
 but the debt

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:56.000
 still had to be taken care of

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.299
 right

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:59.059
 it still had to be dealt with

00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:00.720
 it still had to be fixed

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:02.539
 and Jesus says

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.759
 as we go in community

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.700
 as we're on a journey

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.380
 with relationships

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:06.980
 that when someone wrongs you

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:08.079
 and you've come to them

00:25:08.079 --> 00:25:08.460
 and they've

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.140
 and that word

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 seven times seven

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.960
 he's not saying

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.440
 come back

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:11.819
 okay

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.460
 forgive me

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.680
 okay

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:14.599
 come back

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.339
 hey I messed up again

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:16.019
 please forgive me

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.240
 no

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:17.960
 there's a passage

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.920
 where Peter goes

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.940
 hey if someone forgives us

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.559
 three times

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.620
 which was a symbol

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.160
 of perfection

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.859
 should we

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:24.299
 they wrong us three times

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.920
 should we forgive them

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.339
 three times

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.019
 and what Peter's

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:27.220
 expecting Jesus to say

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.940
 is wow you're great

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.839
 you're perfect

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.579
 because the rabbi said

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.259
 if you forgive somebody

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.759
 three times

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.259
 you're perfect

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:33.200
 and Jesus says no

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:35.940
 he says seven times 70

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:38.220
 and what he's saying there

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:39.200
 is that's like

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 the perfect number

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:42.839
 that's what passage

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:43.779
 what Jesus is saying

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.380
 in his passage

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:45.799
 is if your brother comes

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.799
 and he sends

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.779
 the perfect sin

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.379
 against you

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:50.960
 what would that be

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:55.720
 get you fired

00:25:55.720 --> 00:26:00.119
 kill your children

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:03.480
 destroy your marriage

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:07.200
 lose something

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:08.099
 of great value

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:09.740
 Jesus says

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.799
 even if that brother

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.619
 comes and he does

00:26:11.619 --> 00:26:12.759
 the perfect sin

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.659
 against you

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:17.240
 you're to eat the debt

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:21.180
 you're to take care of it

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:23.940
 you're to forgive him

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:27.279
 how's that sound

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:30.160
 now it's impossible

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.900
 to do

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:32.560
 if we forget

00:26:32.560 --> 00:26:34.540
 that we're all made

00:26:34.540 --> 00:26:35.380
 in the image of God

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:37.120
 if we forget

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:38.000
 that we're all made

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.860
 in the image of God

00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.720
 we're gonna say

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.140
 instead of

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:41.640
 my sister who sinned

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.120
 we're gonna say

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.740
 that sinner

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:45.620
 and instead of

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.800
 if we're all made

00:26:46.800 --> 00:26:47.600
 in the image of God

00:26:47.600 --> 00:26:48.160
 if we forget that

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.540
 we're gonna say

00:26:48.540 --> 00:26:49.280
 my brother

00:26:49.280 --> 00:26:50.280
 who cheated me

00:26:50.280 --> 00:26:50.840
 we're gonna say

00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:51.460
 cheater

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:53.500
 isn't that interesting

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.820
 I'm just asking

00:26:54.820 --> 00:26:55.780
 talking about my own wife

00:26:55.780 --> 00:26:59.980
 when somebody else

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:01.140
 lies or cheats to me

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:04.080
 they lied and cheat to me

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:07.640
 but when I do it

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:10.800
 it's complicated

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:13.299
 you don't know

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:13.720
 what's going on

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.599
 in my life right now

00:27:14.599 --> 00:27:16.659
 I grew up

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.379
 and that wasn't

00:27:17.379 --> 00:27:18.159
 a swear word

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:20.680
 and Jesus says

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.299
 watch

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.720
 your hearts

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:26.019
 because we're always

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:27.319
 gonna have this propensity

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:29.240
 to explain away

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.839
 our sin

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:31.639
 and he says

00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:32.339
 if you do it

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.859
 you're

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:34.379
 you're lost

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:38.059
 you're lost

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:41.000
 if we forget

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.480
 that we're all

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:41.879
 broken

00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:42.679
 and sinful

00:27:42.679 --> 00:27:43.819
 we can't do it

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.059
 either

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:45.159
 because we're gonna

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:45.779
 call names

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.179
 we're gonna say

00:27:46.179 --> 00:27:46.819
 I wouldn't do that

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.639
 I would never do that

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:48.440
 but what scripture

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.059
 says here

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.700
 is that forgiveness

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:51.259
 is to all of us

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.799
 that we're to give

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.500
 everyone

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.839
 that we're

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.139
 forgiven

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.619
 to the debt

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.819
 actually it's the idea

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.720
 of surrendering

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:57.299
 what we owe

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.940
 or what's owed

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.639
 to us

00:27:58.639 --> 00:28:02.319
 surrendering

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:02.759
 what's owed

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.279
 to us

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:05.779
 how we doing

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:09.200
 how you doing

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.639
 with the debt

00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:13.799
 I'm sure most of us

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.519
 have these ice cream

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.019
 buckets that are

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.779
 pretty much scooped

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.359
 out right now

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:19.359
 what are we filling

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.339
 them up with

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:25.579
 the passage says

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.359
 that Jesus wants us

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:26.920
 to fill it up

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.359
 with him

00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:32.059
 that he wants us

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.899
 to fill it up

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:34.620
 with him

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:36.840
 forgiving debt

00:28:36.840 --> 00:28:38.220
 is always painful

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.620
 it's always costly

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:41.200
 it always costs

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.840
 somebody

00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:42.580
 something

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.700
 debt just does not

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.259
 go away

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.820
 except for in the

00:28:44.820 --> 00:28:45.460
 US government

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:46.100
 and economy

00:28:46.100 --> 00:28:48.259
 but everywhere else

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.100
 in God's realm

00:28:49.100 --> 00:28:50.920
 debt has to be paid

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:53.860
 the question is

00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.380
 how are you gonna

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:54.880
 pay it

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:56.540
 and who's gonna

00:28:56.540 --> 00:28:57.040
 pay it

00:28:57.040 --> 00:28:58.720
 let's pray

00:28:58.720 --> 00:29:01.340
 Father we

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:06.659
 Father we confess

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:07.720
 that we are often

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:09.319
 hard hearted people

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.859
 with a desire

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.480
 to get even

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:12.459
 to be right

00:29:12.459 --> 00:29:13.299
 to be justified

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.859
 not to forgive

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.740
 to keep a score

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:17.339
 to rejoice

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:18.079
 when something bad

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:19.019
 happens to that person

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.819
 and say well I told you

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.559
 so they'll get

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.299
 what they deserve

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:23.220
 but your word

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.599
 says something

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.179
 so different

00:29:24.179 --> 00:29:24.639
 that you

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:25.579
 you've asked us

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.000
 to forgive

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.559
 you've asked us

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.339
 to eat in the debt

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:29.980
 Father would you

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.720
 show us

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.419
 your forgiveness

00:29:31.419 --> 00:29:32.899
 to us

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:36.220
 would you show us

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.599
 what it meant

00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.519
 for you to eat our debt

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:40.339
 would you show us

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:40.699
 what it meant

00:29:40.699 --> 00:29:41.399
 for us to

00:29:41.399 --> 00:29:42.720
 experience

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.379
 your mercy

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:44.099
 and your grace

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:46.419
 Father's husbands

00:29:46.419 --> 00:29:47.639
 I'm sure that many

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:48.299
 of us have become

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.659
 embittered

00:29:49.659 --> 00:29:50.419
 angry

00:29:50.419 --> 00:29:50.859
 leery

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.779
 of our wives

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:54.079
 because they don't

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.679
 do what we need

00:29:54.679 --> 00:29:55.119
 them to do

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.720
 or when we want

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.220
 it done

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:58.160
 or they do

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.759
 things in our

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.160
 household

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.759
 so much better

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.299
 than we can do

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.500
 them

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:03.440
 Father would you

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.860
 help us

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.440
 to forgive

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.759
 those wrongs

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:07.299
 help us

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.700
 to repent

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.559
 of our selfishness

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:08.880
 help us

00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:09.279
 to lead

00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:09.839
 our families

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.440
 by first

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:10.880
 going

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:12.380
 to our wives

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:13.259
 and apologizing

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.819
 to them

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.920
 because we

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.240
 haven't been

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.620
 the servant

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:15.920
 leaders

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.259
 that they've

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.539
 called us

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:16.920
 to be

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:18.839
 that you've

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.160
 called us

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.480
 to be

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.960
 help us

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.319
 to say I'm

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:21.740
 wrong

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.160
 help us

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.720
 to say please

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.440
 forgive me

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:25.259
 as wise

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.759
 if any of us

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.240
 have anger

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.619
 or hurt

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.039
 resentment

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.740
 towards our

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.119
 husbands

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.660
 if any of us

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:28.980
 have built

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.420
 walls

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:29.900
 that have not

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.440
 long been

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.879
 broached

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.519
 for a long

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.000
 time

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:33.799
 Father I pray

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.500
 for the wise

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.740
 in here

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.240
 that they would

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:36.059
 take the debt

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.599
 you would help

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.059
 them to take

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.579
 that understand

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.400
 what that means

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:41.319
 Father I pray

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.660
 that they would

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.319
 stop trying to

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.579
 make their

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.160
 husbands pay

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.660
 for it

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:45.400
 because he

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:46.279
 deserves it

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:47.960
 Father I pray

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.240
 that you would

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.799
 help them to be

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:50.500
 servant helpers

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.660
 that you've

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:52.279
 called them to be

00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.920
 help them to say

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.519
 I was wrong

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.039
 help them to say

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.599
 forgive me

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.679
 Father show us

00:30:55.679 --> 00:30:56.279
 your forgiveness

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:58.359
 to us right

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.959
 now

00:30:58.959 --> 00:31:02.319
 before all of us

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:02.699
 with so many

00:31:02.699 --> 00:31:03.379
 hurts so many

00:31:03.379 --> 00:31:04.919
 offenses against

00:31:04.919 --> 00:31:05.879
 us our parents

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.679
 our bosses

00:31:06.679 --> 00:31:07.539
 our workmates

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.299
 our schoolmates

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:09.039
 our best friends

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.699
 our boyfriends

00:31:09.699 --> 00:31:10.359
 our girlfriends

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:13.240
 people we really

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.439
 loved and cared

00:31:14.439 --> 00:31:17.819
 for and scooped

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.500
 out our life

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.279
 and hurt us in

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.699
 ways that we

00:31:19.699 --> 00:31:20.099
 could never

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:20.919
 think about

00:31:20.919 --> 00:31:23.299
 Father help us

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:24.180
 to take that

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:24.480
 debt

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:26.919
 remind us

00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:27.180
 that they were

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.659
 made in your

00:31:27.659 --> 00:31:27.919
 image

00:31:27.919 --> 00:31:28.339
 remind us

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:28.559
 that we're

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:29.099
 all broken

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.440
 that we're

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.399
 all broken

00:31:30.399 --> 00:31:30.899
 in the need

00:31:30.899 --> 00:31:31.200
 of you

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.440
 of your

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.680
 mercy

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:31.899
 and your

00:31:31.899 --> 00:31:32.259
 grace

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.119
 Lord please

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:33.859
 just show us

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.879
 this forgiveness

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.460
 we know it's

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:35.839
 costly

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:36.279
 we know

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.039
 that we can't

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:37.440
 do it on your

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.759
 own but your

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.220
 word says that

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.740
 you will do it

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.180
 for us

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.940
 and through us

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:42.099
 Lord I pray

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:42.639
 for every one

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:43.279
 of us in this

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.779
 sanctuary right now

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.299
 as we meet

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.700
 with you

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.240
 that you would

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.659
 show us

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:47.159
 what it means

00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:47.879
 to be forgiving

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.440
 people

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:51.200
 but more

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.700
 importantly Lord

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.240
 as a community

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.940
 on a journey

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.660
 and relationships

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.480
 is everything

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.700
 Father show us

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.260
 what it means

00:31:56.260 --> 00:31:58.080
 that you forgave

00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:58.480
 us

00:31:58.480 --> 00:32:01.360
 Father we need

00:32:01.360 --> 00:32:02.120
 you and we

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:02.680
 thank you

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.700
 and we pray

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.140
 all these things

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.460
 in your son

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.140
 Jesus name

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:07.080
 immediately after

00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:07.640
 hearing this

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.400
 the apostle said

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:08.760
 to the Lord

00:32:08.760 --> 00:32:09.300
 increase our

00:32:09.300 --> 00:32:09.720
 faith and the

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:09.980
 Lord said

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.540
 if you had

00:32:10.540 --> 00:32:11.080
 faith the size

00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.420
 of a mustard

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:11.980
 seed you would

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.320
 say to the

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:12.760
 mulberry tree

00:32:12.760 --> 00:32:13.220
 be rooted

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.760
 and be planted

00:32:13.760 --> 00:32:14.200
 in the sea

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.780
 and it would

00:32:14.780 --> 00:32:15.200
 obey you

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.800
 and what Jesus

00:32:15.800 --> 00:32:16.340
 is saying is

00:32:16.340 --> 00:32:16.680
 you don't need

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.400
 any more faith

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:20.160
 Jesus is saying

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.680
 you already have

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.240
 all the faith

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:21.840
 that you need

00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:23.420
 that when you

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:23.940
 came to me

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.640
 it took faith

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.240
 and that faith

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.680
 that you had

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.120
 when you came

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:26.360
 to me

00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:27.120
 that's all you

00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:27.259
 need

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.880
 the question is

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.460
 are you going

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.019
 to appropriate

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.640
 that faith

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:30.000
 are you going

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.540
 to trust in it

00:32:30.540 --> 00:32:30.820
 are you going

00:32:30.820 --> 00:32:31.440
 to live in it

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:33.019
 Jesus is saying

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.580
 with just a little

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:34.500
 faith the people

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.120
 of God can do

00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:35.960
 amazing things

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:37.140
 amazing things

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:38.840
 and so what he's

00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.560
 telling his disciples

00:32:39.560 --> 00:32:40.220
 here is you don't

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:41.880
 need more faith

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:43.000
 you need to use

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.540
 the faith

00:32:43.540 --> 00:32:44.400
 that I've already

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:45.560
 given you

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:47.839
 don't try

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.559
 to manufacture

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.200
 more faith

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:50.200
 it won't work

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.539
 out

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.579
 what happens

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.440
 is that we

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.899
 need to have

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:54.099
 a simple faith

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.839
 in an amazing

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:56.139
 God and trust

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:57.440
 him to walk

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:58.879
 with us

00:32:58.879 --> 00:33:01.359
 verse 7

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:01.879
 through 10

00:33:01.879 --> 00:33:02.700
 Jesus goes on

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.119
 and he tells

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:03.500
 this story

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.079
 that everybody

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.399
 would have

00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:04.700
 understood

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.419
 because in

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:05.980
 Jesus day

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:07.299
 everyone had

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.839
 slaves

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:08.259
 did you know

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.519
 that

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:11.099
 it's not

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.639
 slaves like

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:12.220
 we think

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:13.579
 but even

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.100
 the poorest

00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:14.740
 people usually

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.319
 had one

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.819
 slave

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:17.500
 slavery was

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.819
 usually incurred

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.480
 by debt

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:21.100
 financial debt

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.960
 and you had

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.440
 two choices

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:22.799
 when you made

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.440
 a financial debt

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.120
 either you went

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:24.559
 to prison

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:26.180
 or you became

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.960
 somebody's servant

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:29.279
 often people

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.740
 gave their kids

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.720
 to people

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.519
 as servants

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:33.019
 or slaves

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.680
 because they

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.279
 couldn't feed

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.980
 their kids

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:37.240
 my grandparents

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.920
 tell me of

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.279
 growing up

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.839
 in a depression

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.620
 and where their

00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:40.160
 kids had

00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:40.660
 they had a big

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:40.960
 family

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.240
 and they had

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.500
 to be

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.240
 pushed off

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.740
 to the aunts

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.140
 and uncles

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.820
 because they

00:33:43.820 --> 00:33:44.320
 couldn't afford

00:33:44.320 --> 00:33:44.860
 to feed their

00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:45.440
 family during

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.960
 the depression

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:47.460
 and so in

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:47.920
 Jesus day

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.400
 when he told

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:48.840
 this story

00:33:48.840 --> 00:33:49.540
 what he's

00:33:49.540 --> 00:33:50.200
 talking about

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.820
 within this

00:33:50.820 --> 00:33:51.180
 community

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.740
 the how

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.240
 the why

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.740
 and the what

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.380
 it all

00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:53.860
 centers around

00:33:53.860 --> 00:33:54.380
 this idea

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:55.740
 of service

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:58.680
 to serve

00:33:58.680 --> 00:33:59.759
 everybody would

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.180
 have understood

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.920
 the illustration

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.600
 everybody would

00:34:01.600 --> 00:34:01.980
 have had a

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.240
 slave

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.960
 and everybody

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.340
 in reading

00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:03.900
 verses 7

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.279
 through 9

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.480
 would have

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.000
 said well

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.380
 of course

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:05.640
 they would

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:05.940
 do those

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.480
 things first

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:08.519
 that's what

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.119
 slaves do

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:11.000
 slaves do

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.239
 what they're

00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:11.659
 supposed to

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:11.880
 do

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.599
 they do

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:12.940
 all those

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.319
 things first

00:34:13.319 --> 00:34:13.639
 there's no

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.179
 expectation

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:15.139
 as a master

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.759
 my slaves

00:34:15.759 --> 00:34:16.099
 are always

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.420
 going to do

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.659
 what I

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.079
 expect them

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.279
 to do

00:34:17.279 --> 00:34:17.639
 that's just

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.420
 what's said

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:21.199
 and then

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:21.559
 verse 10

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.099
 Jesus turns

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.559
 the tables

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:22.880
 and he goes

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.339
 okay now

00:34:23.339 --> 00:34:24.559
 in reality

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:26.739
 God's the

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:27.079
 master

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:30.000
 and you're

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.519
 the servant

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:33.480
 how are you

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.679
 going to

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.199
 handle that

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:36.579
 because everything

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.099
 that Jesus

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.900
 has asked his

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.539
 disciples to do

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.079
 in verses 1

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.579
 through 6

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:41.940
 watch out

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.420
 for sin

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:44.380
 rebuke your

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.699
 brother

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:46.239
 forgive

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:48.119
 walk in

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.500
 faith

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:50.019
 serve

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:51.880
 those aren't

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.739
 special things

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:54.900
 those are just

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:56.239
 things the

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:57.300
 people of

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:59.079
 God do

00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:01.619
 does that

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.199
 make sense

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:04.000
 it'd be like

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.440
 you doing your

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:05.539
 taxes this week

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.739
 and you fill out

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:07.659
 your tax form

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.539
 to the government

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.019
 or to whatever

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.480
 country you're

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:10.159
 for and you

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:10.619
 write out your

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.099
 check and you

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:11.619
 mail it in

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.460
 and after a week

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.980
 you get really

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.619
 angry and I say

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.460
 why are you angry

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.219
 and you go

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.599
 well they didn't

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:15.980
 send me a

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.519
 thank you note

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:20.399
 you don't expect

00:35:20.399 --> 00:35:21.299
 a thank you note

00:35:21.299 --> 00:35:22.779
 when you turn

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:23.559
 your taxes in

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:25.599
 it's just

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.019
 something

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:27.579
 we do

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:30.900
 and Jesus is

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.559
 saying here

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:32.599
 that all of

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.139
 these things

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.599
 are just

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.179
 things

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:35.420
 that we do

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.099
 reprove

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:36.719
 correcting

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:37.739
 forgiving

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:38.840
 being careful

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.360
 of sin

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.500
 loving our

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:40.840
 neighbors

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.579
 serving

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.259
 all of these

00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:42.759
 things are just

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.739
 things that we

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:44.179
 do as a

00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:44.880
 family of God

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:47.980
 it's nothing

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.599
 special

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:51.940
 but it's

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.519
 what we do

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:54.579
 Jesus is

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.119
 trying to tell

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.719
 his disciples

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:56.339
 here that if

00:35:56.339 --> 00:35:57.199
 you and I

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:58.119
 if they

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.779
 understood the

00:35:58.779 --> 00:35:59.179
 gospel

00:35:59.179 --> 00:36:01.259
 if we understood

00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:02.119
 all that Christ

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.819
 has done for us

00:36:02.819 --> 00:36:03.619
 if we understood

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:04.980
 the massive debt

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:06.279
 that God

00:36:06.279 --> 00:36:07.639
 forgave for us

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.420
 at the cross

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:11.339
 if we understood

00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:11.940
 that Christ

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:13.259
 came from heaven

00:36:13.259 --> 00:36:14.279
 as the master

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:16.320
 and he became

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:17.240
 a servant

00:36:17.240 --> 00:36:19.680
 and he served

00:36:19.680 --> 00:36:20.060
 us

00:36:20.060 --> 00:36:22.519
 if we understood

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:23.640
 that on the cross

00:36:23.640 --> 00:36:25.740
 his last words

00:36:25.740 --> 00:36:26.200
 in John

00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:26.700
 now my wife

00:36:26.700 --> 00:36:27.260
 got mad at me

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:27.660
 last week

00:36:27.660 --> 00:36:28.200
 because I yelled

00:36:28.200 --> 00:36:28.620
 out

00:36:28.620 --> 00:36:29.640
 Eli Eli

00:36:29.640 --> 00:36:30.620
 Lama Sabachthani

00:36:30.620 --> 00:36:31.260
 and I said

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:31.900
 oh that's too

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.400
 loud too loud

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:32.560
 okay

00:36:32.560 --> 00:36:33.880
 his last words

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.240
 in John

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:34.560
 were

00:36:34.560 --> 00:36:36.180
 just tell us

00:36:36.180 --> 00:36:36.519
 die

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:38.920
 just tell us

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.240
 die

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:41.000
 it means

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.600
 it's finished

00:36:41.600 --> 00:36:44.180
 it's completed

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:46.639
 every debt

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:47.199
 is done

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:48.699
 I've paid

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.139
 every debt

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:49.759
 in your life

00:36:49.759 --> 00:36:51.139
 I'm continuing

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.879
 to pay the debts

00:36:51.879 --> 00:36:52.399
 that you do

00:36:52.399 --> 00:36:53.519
 everything

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:54.099
 just tell us

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:54.379
 die

00:36:54.379 --> 00:36:56.379
 it's done

00:36:56.379 --> 00:36:58.359
 if we understood

00:36:58.359 --> 00:36:59.059
 that Jesus

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.839
 on the cross

00:36:59.839 --> 00:37:00.839
 through his blood

00:37:00.839 --> 00:37:02.159
 took everything

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:06.399
 what he's saying

00:37:06.399 --> 00:37:06.799
 here in this

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.579
 passage is

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:09.619
 then serving

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:10.279
 would be easy

00:37:10.279 --> 00:37:13.679
 then forgiving

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:14.960
 would be easy

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:18.019
 then being

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:19.139
 careful of sin

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:19.839
 and not wanting

00:37:19.839 --> 00:37:20.500
 to lead people

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:20.980
 astray

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:22.960
 would be easy

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:26.039
 then walking

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.879
 in a community

00:37:26.879 --> 00:37:27.960
 on a journey

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:30.659
 would be easy

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:34.059
 because it's what

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:35.539
 God has called

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.960
 us to do

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:40.279
 the four big ones

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:43.040
 temptation

00:37:43.040 --> 00:37:43.780
 accountability

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:45.880
 forgiveness

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:48.560
 faith

00:37:48.560 --> 00:37:50.560
 service

00:37:50.560 --> 00:37:52.780
 Jesus is walking

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.500
 to the cross

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:54.680
 and he wants us

00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:55.180
 to realize

00:37:55.180 --> 00:37:55.900
 as his people

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:57.060
 that this is

00:37:57.060 --> 00:37:57.500
 what it looks

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:57.900
 like

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:59.660
 to walk

00:37:59.660 --> 00:38:00.380
 with the people

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:00.880
 of God

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:03.120
 how we doing

00:38:03.120 --> 00:38:05.080
 does that make

00:38:05.080 --> 00:38:05.440
 sense

00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:09.160
 yes no

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:12.799
 what do we

00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:13.279
 learn from this

00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:13.940
 about Christ

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:17.679
 we learn that

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:18.559
 Christ makes

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:19.239
 our life

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:20.239
 possible

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:22.799
 we learn that

00:38:22.799 --> 00:38:23.299
 he

00:38:23.299 --> 00:38:24.279
 fixes

00:38:24.279 --> 00:38:25.539
 everything

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:27.159
 that he

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:28.179
 cancels the debt

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:29.579
 he brings us

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:30.199
 to the father

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:31.480
 he enables us

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:32.179
 to walk with

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:32.579
 the father

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:33.399
 through faith

00:38:33.399 --> 00:38:34.819
 through his spirit

00:38:34.819 --> 00:38:36.980
 and he brings us

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.599
 together in a

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:38.000
 community

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:39.920
 that's to serve

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.280
 him

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:41.940
 to act

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.840
 counter-culturally

00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:44.980
 to do amazing

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:45.599
 things

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:47.619
 in his kingdom

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:50.059
 and the question

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:50.719
 is do we want

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.019
 that

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:55.760
 do we trust

00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:56.059
 him

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:59.559
 or do we want

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.019
 to be God

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:02.420
 do we want

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:02.760
 to take our

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:03.000
 debt

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:04.860
 do we want

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:05.199
 to sin

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:07.079
 do we want

00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:07.539
 to cause people

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:07.799
 to go

00:39:07.799 --> 00:39:08.159
 astray

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:10.619
 father we

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:11.259
 just thank you

00:39:11.259 --> 00:39:12.319
 for this day

00:39:12.319 --> 00:39:14.500
 we thank you

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.360
 for this passage

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:16.340
 which is

00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:18.440
 in some ways

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:21.860
 a very

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.400
 interesting

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:23.039
 and hard

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.599
 passage

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:25.360
 as we look

00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:26.299
 at our lives

00:39:26.299 --> 00:39:27.900
 lord I pray

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:28.599
 for those of us

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:29.079
 in here who

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:30.099
 struggle with

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:31.739
 temptations

00:39:31.739 --> 00:39:32.460
 and sin

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:34.880
 lord as a

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:35.299
 community

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:35.800
 we come

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:36.220
 together

00:39:36.220 --> 00:39:36.760
 help us

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:37.440
 to walk

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:37.920
 with each

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:38.340
 other

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:40.600
 father help

00:39:40.600 --> 00:39:41.200
 us to be

00:39:41.200 --> 00:39:41.820
 involved in

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:42.340
 each other's

00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:42.920
 lives

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:44.340
 more than

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:45.220
 just sunday

00:39:45.220 --> 00:39:47.320
 help us to

00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:47.960
 think the best

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.420
 of each other

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:48.960
 help us to

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.480
 realize that

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.940
 we are all

00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.420
 made in

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:52.220
 your image

00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:52.740
 and that we

00:39:52.740 --> 00:39:53.080
 are all

00:39:53.080 --> 00:39:53.740
 broken and

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.140
 we need

00:39:54.140 --> 00:39:55.200
 amazing amounts

00:39:55.200 --> 00:39:55.740
 of grace

00:39:55.740 --> 00:39:56.400
 and mercy

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:58.960
 lord help us

00:39:58.960 --> 00:39:59.360
 to be a

00:39:59.360 --> 00:39:59.760
 community

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:00.600
 that doesn't

00:40:00.600 --> 00:40:01.039
 shoot

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:02.580
 our broken

00:40:02.580 --> 00:40:03.240
 brothers and

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:03.819
 sisters

00:40:03.819 --> 00:40:05.399
 but be

00:40:05.399 --> 00:40:06.199
 a community

00:40:06.199 --> 00:40:06.819
 that brings

00:40:06.819 --> 00:40:07.500
 them together

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.500
 for the

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:08.959
 purpose of

00:40:08.959 --> 00:40:09.459
 restoring

00:40:09.459 --> 00:40:10.500
 and healing

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:12.939
 father teach

00:40:12.939 --> 00:40:13.519
 us this week

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:14.039
 what it means

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.719
 to forgive

00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:17.239
 more importantly

00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:17.779
 lord we just

00:40:17.779 --> 00:40:18.219
 pray that we

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:19.199
 would understand

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:20.159
 more what

00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:20.779
 your son has

00:40:20.779 --> 00:40:21.559
 done for us

00:40:21.559 --> 00:40:22.739
 in forgiving

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:23.199
 us

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:25.679
 i know lord

00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:26.019
 that there are

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.519
 some people in

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:27.000
 here who have

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:27.819
 no idea what

00:40:27.819 --> 00:40:28.500
 i just said

00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:29.439
 they could

00:40:29.439 --> 00:40:30.239
 care less

00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:31.679
 and they're

00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:32.079
 ready to go

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:32.359
 eat

00:40:32.359 --> 00:40:32.819
 and lord i

00:40:32.819 --> 00:40:33.279
 pray for

00:40:33.279 --> 00:40:34.019
 them now

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:35.879
 that whoever

00:40:35.879 --> 00:40:36.419
 brought them

00:40:36.419 --> 00:40:36.819
 why ever

00:40:36.819 --> 00:40:37.239
 they're here

00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:37.759
 we know that

00:40:37.759 --> 00:40:38.219
 there's no

00:40:38.219 --> 00:40:38.699
 mistake that

00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:39.000
 people are

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.359
 here that

00:40:39.359 --> 00:40:39.679
 you would

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:40.119
 speak to

00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:40.479
 them

00:40:40.479 --> 00:40:42.359
 pray that

00:40:42.359 --> 00:40:42.759
 your spirit

00:40:42.759 --> 00:40:43.159
 would open

00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:43.779
 their eyes

00:40:43.779 --> 00:40:44.179
 and their

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:44.959
 hearts to

00:40:44.959 --> 00:40:45.319
 their need

00:40:45.319 --> 00:40:45.899
 for you

00:40:45.899 --> 00:40:48.139
 i pray that

00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:48.379
 they would

00:40:48.379 --> 00:40:48.779
 see your

00:40:48.779 --> 00:40:49.439
 son jesus

00:40:49.439 --> 00:40:50.079
 is beautiful

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:51.859
 and true

00:40:51.859 --> 00:40:53.500
 and has

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:54.239
 come to

00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:55.919
 fix their

00:40:55.919 --> 00:40:56.719
 life in the

00:40:56.719 --> 00:40:57.359
 brokenness

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:59.180
 relationships

00:40:59.180 --> 00:41:02.380
 lord i pray

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:02.660
 that they

00:41:02.660 --> 00:41:02.940
 would have

00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:03.480
 the courage

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:03.860
 to say

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:04.700
 well if

00:41:04.700 --> 00:41:05.079
 god is

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:05.420
 real

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:06.300
 god please

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:06.680
 just make

00:41:06.680 --> 00:41:07.160
 yourself known

00:41:07.160 --> 00:41:07.460
 to me

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:07.820
 i want to

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:08.059
 see what

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.460
 this is all

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:08.860
 about

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:11.880
 and lord for

00:41:11.880 --> 00:41:12.280
 the rest of

00:41:12.280 --> 00:41:12.539
 us who

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:13.039
 struggle with

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:13.440
 forgiveness

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:14.480
 and mercy

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:16.280
 and sin

00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:18.260
 we are so

00:41:18.260 --> 00:41:18.920
 thankful for

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.340
 you

00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:21.500
 because the

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:22.059
 journey isn't

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:22.940
 finished here

00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:24.840
 we're still

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:25.559
 taking step

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:26.480
 by step in

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:27.120
 relationships

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:29.440
 the journey

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:30.059
 is finished

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:30.779
 in heaven

00:41:30.779 --> 00:41:32.819
 so lord as

00:41:32.819 --> 00:41:33.299
 we're on this

00:41:33.299 --> 00:41:33.779
 journey we

00:41:33.779 --> 00:41:35.119
 just cry out

00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:35.519
 and say that

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:36.159
 we need you

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:37.779
 we need your

00:41:37.779 --> 00:41:38.619
 hand in our

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:39.219
 lives

00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:41.219
 we need your

00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:42.380
 spirit to

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:43.039
 change us

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:43.299
 and to

00:41:43.299 --> 00:41:43.900
 fulfill us

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:44.079
 and to

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:44.359
 make us

00:41:44.359 --> 00:41:44.839
 what you've

00:41:44.839 --> 00:41:45.259
 called us

00:41:45.259 --> 00:41:45.759
 to be

00:41:45.759 --> 00:41:48.139
 and lord i

00:41:48.139 --> 00:41:48.659
 pray for this

00:41:48.659 --> 00:41:49.359
 church your

00:41:49.359 --> 00:41:50.059
 church

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:51.859
 to think of

00:41:51.859 --> 00:41:52.299
 the church

00:41:52.299 --> 00:41:53.440
 that jesus

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:54.179
 was growing

00:41:54.179 --> 00:41:55.619
 up that

00:41:55.619 --> 00:41:56.139
 this is a

00:41:56.139 --> 00:41:56.619
 picture of

00:41:56.619 --> 00:41:56.960
 but two

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.599
 thousand years

00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:58.319
 later after

00:41:58.319 --> 00:41:59.480
 he went to

00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:00.019
 the cross

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:00.480
 and rose

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:00.799
 from the

00:42:00.799 --> 00:42:01.279
 grave

00:42:01.279 --> 00:42:03.239
 lord help

00:42:03.239 --> 00:42:03.619
 us as your

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:04.239
 people not

00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:04.679
 to forget

00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:05.739
 these things

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:07.819
 help us not

00:42:07.819 --> 00:42:08.239
 to forget what

00:42:08.239 --> 00:42:08.779
 it means to

00:42:08.779 --> 00:42:09.179
 be your

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:09.599
 children

00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:11.440
 help us to

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:11.900
 love the

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:12.519
 people around

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:13.000
 us

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:14.779
 and to point

00:42:14.779 --> 00:42:15.059
 them to

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:15.880
 something wonderful

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:16.460
 and beautiful

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:18.779
 your son jesus

00:42:18.779 --> 00:42:21.000
 lord we need

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.339
 you

00:42:21.339 --> 00:42:22.759
 we pray all

00:42:22.759 --> 00:42:23.199
 these things

00:42:23.199 --> 00:42:23.519
 in his

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:24.119
 holy name

00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:25.779
 amen

00:42:25.780 --> 00:42:27.540
 let's

00:42:27.540 --> 00:42:29.420
 go to

00:42:29.420 --> 00:42:31.160
 what

00:42:31.160 --> 00:42:32.040
 love the

00:42:32.040 --> 00:42:32.500
 organisation

00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:33.660
 that

00:42:33.660 --> 00:42:34.640
 it

00:42:34.640 --> 00:42:35.019
 Oh

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.260
 same

00:42:35.260 --> 00:42:36.340
 as

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:37.000
 you

00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:39.380
 oh