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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 We come this morning in our study of Luke's gospel to a really hard passage.

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 It's not hard because it's complicated to understand.

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 In fact, it's remarkably simple to track with.

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 It's hard to live out.

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 It's one of those that although many of us in here profess to be followers of Christ,

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 and most of us understand what this passage means,

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 I don't know if any of us truly, consistently live by its standards.

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 It's Luke 14, at verse 25.

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 Jesus is in the midst of teaching about his kingdom while he journeys toward Jerusalem and the cross.

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 This is God's holy word.

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 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off,

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 he's laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying,

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 this man began to build and was not able to finish.

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 Or what king going out to encounter another king in war will not sit down first and deliberate

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 whether he is able with 10,000 to meet him who comes against him with 20,000?

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 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

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 So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

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 Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?

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 It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile.

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 It is thrown away.

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 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

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 Let's pray as we look at God's word together.

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 Father, we need your help.

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 I'm afraid we understand already some of what your word calls us to.

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 But it is hard for our hearts.

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 Holy Spirit, would you come and would you challenge us?

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 Would you show us what we need to see in your word?

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 And would you show us Jesus?

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 We might love him, that we might know more what it looks like to follow him.

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 We ask in his name.

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 Amen.

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 Sir John Franklin was a British explorer who in 1845 departed with about 130 men on what would be his final expedition.

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 Author Annie Dillard describes their plans this way.

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 They embarked from England to find the Northwest Passage across the high Canadian Arctic to the Pacific Ocean.

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 They sailed in two, three-masted barks.

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 Each sailing vessel carried an auxiliary steam engine and a 12-day supply of coal for the entire projected two or three years voyage.

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 Instead of additional coal, each ship made room for a 1,200-volume library,

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 a hand organ playing 50 tunes,

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 China place settings,

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 cut glass wine goblets,

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 and sterling silver flatware.

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 Two months after departure,

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 a British whaling captain met the two barks in Lancaster Sound.

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 He reported back to England on the high spirits of officers and men.

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 He was the last European to see any of them alive.

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 They died of disease,

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 starvation,

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 of cold in the Arctic.

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 Or you could say,

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 they died of underestimating the cost.

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 The cost of their commitment to explore.

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 They packed for a pleasure cruise, as it were,

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 and walked into a much more serious and difficult situation.

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 They thought they could continue their comfortable officer club lifestyle they'd been enjoying in England

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 on board this expedition around the world.

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 But the truth was,

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 everything about that needed to change.

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 And that's a big part of Jesus' point here,

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 when he tells the stories of counting the cost before heading into a battle,

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 before building a tower.

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 He's saying,

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 just as in those situations,

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 when you determine to follow me,

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 to be a part of my kingdom,

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 you should consider what is required.

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 What you're really committing to.

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 See,

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 many of us think we can continue our comfortable lifestyles,

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 and just kind of tack Jesus on the side,

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 as a nice addition to what we already do.

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 It'll be a master suite on the back,

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 you know,

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 nothing else will change.

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 It'll work nicely.

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 I thought about it in terms of my phone.

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 Most of you have a phone.

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 I try really hard not to have mine with me when I'm up here.

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 But there's a significant difference

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 that Jesus is asking us to consider in following him.

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 It's like the difference between adding an app on your phone

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 and changing operating systems.

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 See,

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 like you,

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 I can just add a free app on my phone anytime,

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 right?

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 Just click,

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 and it's there.

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 And I can use that app,

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 and it doesn't affect any of the rest of the phone.

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 I can open up that Jesus app

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 and use it,

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 and the emails work just the same,

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 and the text messages are the same,

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 and the calendar is just the same.

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 Nothing else changes.

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 But Jesus is suggesting that following him

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 involves changing operating systems.

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 Now, that's something entirely different, isn't it?

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 How many of you, like me,

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 avoid updating your operating system

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 as long as possible at all costs?

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 I know some of you do this.

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 Why do we do that?

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 You're pointing at each other.

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 This is terrible.

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 That's so mean.

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 Why do we delay so long

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 updating our operating system?

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 Because it changes everything else,

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 doesn't it?

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 Nothing else works the same.

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 It doesn't work right.

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 I changed mine finally over a year ago.

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 I still can't add a new event to my calendar.

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 I have not figured it out yet

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 in the new system.

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 They mess with you.

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 Why would you want that to change, right?

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 My email doesn't load the same.

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 Texts don't look the same.

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 All the other apps function differently.

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 And Jesus says,

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 that's what it means to follow me.

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 To have that center operating system

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 of your life changed

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 so that everything else has to adapt

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 in light of that priority.

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 He's not just one thing on a list of many.

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 He must be the first priority,

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 the greatest value

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 that everything else revolves around.

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 That's what it means to follow him,

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 to be a part of his kingdom.

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 And he challenges us, doesn't he,

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 on that very issue

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 in some specific areas

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 that are not easy for us to hear.

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 But we need to hear them

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 and to trust that he knows what's best for us.

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 Three times in this passage,

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 he says,

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 as you're counting the cost,

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 realize that unless,

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 fill in the blank,

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 you cannot be my disciple.

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 Unless this changes,

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 you cannot be my disciple.

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 What things does he say have to change?

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 First one, verse 26,

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 if anyone comes to me

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 and does not hate his own father and mother

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 and wife and children

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 and brothers and sisters,

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 yes, and even his own life,

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 he cannot be my disciple.

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 We must value Jesus

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 more than any other person.

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 Now listen,

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 kids,

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 you especially listen,

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 okay?

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 This does not mean

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 that it is okay

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 to treat your brothers and sisters meanly,

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 unkindly.

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 It does not mean

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 that it is okay

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 to be disrespectful

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 to your parents,

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 to hate them.

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 It does not mean

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 it's okay to be harsh

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 with your children,

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 parents.

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 Those are not okay.

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 It's not what Jesus is saying.

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 Jesus says in many places

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 we are to honor our parents,

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 to love our spouses,

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 to care tenderly

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 for our children,

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 and even we're to love our enemies.

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 So we know

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 that he's not saying

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 those other things are okay.

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 What he is saying

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 in this passage

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 is that we are to love him

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 above all others.

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 He gets first place.

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 Everyone else

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 gets second place.

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 This idea in the Hebrew culture

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 when we talk about hate

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 in this passage

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 is one of your greatest priority.

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 What will your heart be given to?

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 To hate in this sense

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 is a disavowal

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 of primary allegiance.

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 It's a change

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 in who is most important.

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 I think of it in terms

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 of what I would say

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 to a couple

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 in premarital counseling.

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 I will often remind

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 that couple

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 that leaving and cleaving

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 means something

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 very important.

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 It means once we get married

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 there must be

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 no confusion

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 about who my primary

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 commitment is to.

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 It's to my new wife

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 or my new husband.

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 Now I'm still to honor

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 my father and mother.

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 That relationship

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 remains important.

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 We should care about it.

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 But we must make sure

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 that our spouse

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 understands

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 he or she

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 is my first priority

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 in my family.

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 Right?

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 You may have said

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 you cannot be married

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 to me

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 unless you value me

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 more than your mother.

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 Jesus says

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 you cannot be my disciple

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 unless you value me

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 more than any other person.

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 For many of my friends

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 in India

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 that has meant

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 losing relationship

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 with family

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 who have disowned them

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 because they embrace Jesus.

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 Some of you

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 know that experience.

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 You've dealt with

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 some of that pain

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 in your close relationships.

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 Mocking

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 from friends.

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 Rejection

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 from family.

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 But for many of us

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 it looks a little bit

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 different

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 from that.

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 It's that we have

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 such high

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 family values

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 that we subtly

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 begin to value

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 our family

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 more than we value

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 Jesus.

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 And it's not that

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 these people

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 we value

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 are bad people

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 they're just bad gods.

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 Last week

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 in the passage

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 we were looking at

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 it was three good things

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 used as excuses

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 to keep people

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 from rejoicing

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 in the king's banquet

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 wasn't it?

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 A wife

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 some oxen

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 a new field

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 good things

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 that kept people

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 from God

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 eternally.

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 Watch out.

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 They're not sinful

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 things.

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 We recognize

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 those more quickly.

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 These are not

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 sinful things

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 keeping us from God

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 but when we try

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 to put these good things

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 in God's place

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 they ultimately

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 can't bear that weight.

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 Isn't that true

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 in your marriage?

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 I've watched myself

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 more than I

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 care to remember

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 forgetting

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 God's delight

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 in me

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 and trying

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 to fulfill

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 myself

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 through Christi

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 to think

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 that she's

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 the one

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 who's got

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 the pressure

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 on her

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 to make me

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 okay

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 to have

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 her approval

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 and her affection

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 make me feel

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 secure

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 and significant

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 and accepted

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 and when that

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 happens

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 I become

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 this

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 needy

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 demanding

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 person.

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 it's exhausting

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 it can be

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 even crushing

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 to a spouse

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 right?

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 Many of us

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 do the same

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 to our kids

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 centering

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 our lives

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 around them

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 so that

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 our priority

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 of worshiping

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 God

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 accidentally

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 becomes

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 secondary

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 and our kids

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 can wilt

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 under the pressure

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 right?

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 You've seen it

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 happen.

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 They're not

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 bad people

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 to love

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 they're just

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 bad gods

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 I found

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 this to be

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 one of

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 many

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 very

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 very

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 hard

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 aspects

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 of parenting

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 how do you

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 make it

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 so your

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 children

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 feel

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 deeply

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 unconditionally

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 loved

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 without them

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 also feeling

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 the world

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 revolves around

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 them?

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 Isn't that

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 hard?

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 How do you

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 communicate

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 to them

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 and demonstrate

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 to them

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 how loved

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 they are

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 without making

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 them think

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 it's all

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 about them?

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 It's one of

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 those hard

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 questions

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 that's very

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 difficult

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 in many

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 situations

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 it's one of

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 the reasons

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 I'm so

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 thankful

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 Derek's

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 going to

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 answer it

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 for us

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 in about

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 30 seconds

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 Tuesday night

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 so you'll

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 want to be

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 there for

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 that

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 thank you

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 Derek

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 but what I

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 see in my

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 own parenting

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 and in our

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 church culture

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 is a tendency

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 to love

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 our children

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 so much

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 that we

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 obscure

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 the person

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 we actually

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 want them

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 to love

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 most

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 God

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 sometimes

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 unwittingly

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 we communicate

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 to our

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 children

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 their

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 athletic

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 performance

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 their

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 academic

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 success

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 their

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 having

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 fun

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 in the

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 worship

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 service

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 or

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 Sunday

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 school

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 or youth

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 group

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 is what

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 really

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 matters

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 we need

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 to make

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 sure

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 that you

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 like it

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 that you're

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 happy there

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 and that it's

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 more important

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 than the

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 worship of

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 God

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 itself

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 than living

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 in community

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 together

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 than learning

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 about God

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 together

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 just want

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 you to

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 like it

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 now those

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 things don't

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 have to be

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 competing

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 priorities

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 but sometimes

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 we treat

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 them that

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 way

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 pastor

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 Kent Hughes

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 says we

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 often love

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 our kids

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 in a way

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 that shows

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 we hate

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 God

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 in the

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 language of

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 this passage

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 we get it

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 backwards

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 thinking what

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 are even

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 our highest

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 priorities

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 for our

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 kids

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 he writes

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 we fall

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 short

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 when we

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 spend more

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 time in

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 the car

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 in one

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 day

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 shuttling

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 them to

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 games and

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 lessons

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 than we

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 do in a

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 month

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 in prayer

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 for their

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 souls

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 ouch

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 what kind

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 of pastors

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 say things

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 like that

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 it's convicting

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 isn't it

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 what do we

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 most long

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 for for

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 them

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 what are

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 our hearts

00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:44.680
 for our

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 kids

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 we love

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 them but

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 do we

00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:48.039
 love them

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 as God

00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:49.080
 has called

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 us to

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 Jesus

00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:50.700
 says put

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 me

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 first

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 value

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 me

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 prioritize

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 me

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 and those

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 second

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 things

00:15:55.920 --> 00:15:56.140
 will

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 flourish

00:15:56.880 --> 00:15:57.840
 your love

00:15:57.840 --> 00:15:58.220
 for your

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 family

00:15:58.700 --> 00:15:59.680
 will deepen

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 and be

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 enriched

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 when it's

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 in its

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 proper

00:16:01.540 --> 00:16:01.980
 place

00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:02.440
 it can't

00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:02.740
 handle

00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:03.100
 first

00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:03.580
 place

00:16:03.580 --> 00:16:05.240
 that's

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 not what

00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:05.700
 they were

00:16:05.700 --> 00:16:06.100
 created

00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:06.640
 for

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 I am

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 I'm

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 the one

00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:11.260
 you must

00:16:11.260 --> 00:16:12.000
 trust

00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:15.000
 then Jesus

00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.860
 continues in a

00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:16.460
 similar vein

00:16:16.460 --> 00:16:16.840
 with some

00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:18.000
 other specific

00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.680
 things

00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:19.500
 he says

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 we must

00:16:19.959 --> 00:16:20.919
 value him

00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:21.679
 more than

00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:22.359
 our own

00:16:22.359 --> 00:16:23.079
 comfort

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 or reputation

00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:26.599
 look at

00:16:26.599 --> 00:16:27.419
 verse 27

00:16:27.419 --> 00:16:29.279
 whoever does

00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:30.059
 not bear his

00:16:30.059 --> 00:16:30.859
 own cross

00:16:30.859 --> 00:16:31.359
 and come

00:16:31.359 --> 00:16:32.019
 after me

00:16:32.019 --> 00:16:33.259
 cannot be

00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:34.120
 my disciple

00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:36.399
 now this

00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:36.959
 certainly could

00:16:36.959 --> 00:16:37.719
 involve dying

00:16:37.719 --> 00:16:38.500
 for the cause

00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:39.179
 of Christ

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 after all

00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:41.039
 Jesus has

00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:41.539
 made it very

00:16:41.539 --> 00:16:42.120
 clear he's

00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:42.579
 headed where

00:16:42.579 --> 00:16:43.639
 he's headed to

00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:44.059
 Jerusalem

00:16:44.059 --> 00:16:45.039
 to a cross

00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:45.699
 to lay down

00:16:45.699 --> 00:16:46.379
 his life

00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:46.960
 and so

00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:47.279
 if you're

00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:47.759
 considering

00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:48.340
 following

00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:48.700
 him

00:16:48.700 --> 00:16:49.059
 you ought

00:16:49.059 --> 00:16:49.519
 to count

00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:50.299
 that cost

00:16:50.299 --> 00:16:50.700
 he's

00:16:50.700 --> 00:16:51.399
 saying

00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:52.080
 to those

00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:52.460
 walking

00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:52.919
 along the

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 road

00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:53.600
 with him

00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:54.379
 carefully

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.139
 count the

00:16:55.139 --> 00:16:55.659
 cost of

00:16:55.659 --> 00:16:56.039
 following

00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:56.600
 Jesus

00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:58.320
 but even

00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:58.580
 more

00:16:58.580 --> 00:16:59.259
 particularly

00:16:59.259 --> 00:17:00.080
 this second

00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:00.519
 statement

00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:01.399
 is talking

00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:01.919
 about how

00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:02.539
 we live

00:17:02.539 --> 00:17:04.079
 Jesus

00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:04.660
 elsewhere

00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:05.180
 calls us

00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:05.539
 to take

00:17:05.539 --> 00:17:05.859
 up our

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 crosses

00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:07.140
 not once

00:17:07.140 --> 00:17:07.619
 when we

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 die

00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:09.160
 but daily

00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:09.900
 right

00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:10.819
 as we

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 live

00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:12.640
 that's

00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:13.240
 the picture

00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:13.680
 taking

00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:14.100
 up your

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 cross

00:17:14.600 --> 00:17:15.580
 the part

00:17:15.580 --> 00:17:15.960
 of that

00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:16.300
 journey

00:17:16.300 --> 00:17:16.740
 where the

00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:17.120
 condemned

00:17:17.120 --> 00:17:17.620
 criminal

00:17:17.620 --> 00:17:18.340
 would actually

00:17:18.340 --> 00:17:19.140
 put the

00:17:19.140 --> 00:17:19.520
 cross

00:17:19.520 --> 00:17:19.920
 on his

00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:20.240
 back

00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:20.580
 and have

00:17:20.580 --> 00:17:21.220
 to walk

00:17:21.220 --> 00:17:21.960
 through

00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:22.760
 the streets

00:17:22.760 --> 00:17:23.580
 of town

00:17:23.580 --> 00:17:24.740
 up the

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 hill

00:17:25.040 --> 00:17:26.640
 in deep

00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:27.520
 physical

00:17:27.520 --> 00:17:28.180
 agony

00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:28.880
 carrying

00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:30.020
 this heavy

00:17:30.020 --> 00:17:30.740
 weight

00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:32.100
 with friends

00:17:32.100 --> 00:17:32.900
 and neighbors

00:17:32.900 --> 00:17:34.140
 gathered around

00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:34.880
 mocking

00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:36.320
 shouting

00:17:36.320 --> 00:17:36.820
 at them

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 ridiculing

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 them

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 so the

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 emotional

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 agony

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 the shame

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 that is

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 experienced

00:17:43.120 --> 00:17:43.779
 in taking

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 up

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 one's

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 cross

00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:46.500
 well before

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 the actual

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 death

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 that's what

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 Jesus is

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 describing

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 he's saying

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 that truly

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 following him

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 will not

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 be comfortable

00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:55.579
 will not be

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 socially

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 advantageous

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 it's a lot

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 less like

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 a pleasure

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 cruise

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 and a lot

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 more like

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 a death

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 march

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 that's why

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 I bristle

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 when someone

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 says to me

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 and it

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 happens

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 quite

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 regularly

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 well I

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 I just

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 know God

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 wants me

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 to be

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 happy

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 so

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 he does

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 you know

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 that

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 I know

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 he wants

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 you to be

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 completely

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 satisfied

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 in him

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 that's

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 that's

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 one thing

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 but the

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 bible

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 seems to

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 say that

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 reality

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 might involve

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 quite a bit

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 of painful

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 suffering

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 difficult

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 obedience

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 when it

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 doesn't

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 feel like

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 it

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 humiliating

00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:41.960
 repentance

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 when we

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 fail

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 things that

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 you may

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 well not

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 mean in

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 your definition

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 of happy

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 that you're

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 suggesting to

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 me right now

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 God wants

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 you may not

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 use those

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 words

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 you wouldn't

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 think of

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 saying that

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 perhaps

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 but where

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 are you

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 believing that

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 lie

00:19:01.760 --> 00:19:02.860
 about happiness

00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:03.579
 in your

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 life

00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:06.399
 if we're

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 not walking

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 into

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 uncomfortable

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 places

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 and painful

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 situations

00:19:11.479 --> 00:19:12.139
 taking up

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 our cross

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 we're not

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 following

00:19:13.919 --> 00:19:14.559
 Jesus

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 and cannot

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 be his

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.819
 disciple

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 finally

00:19:20.919 --> 00:19:22.059
 after reminding

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 us to

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 count the

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 cost of

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 following him

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 telling those

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 parables

00:19:26.139 --> 00:19:26.839
 Jesus makes

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 a third

00:19:27.219 --> 00:19:27.699
 statement

00:19:27.699 --> 00:19:29.079
 in some

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 ways it's a

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 summary

00:19:30.399 --> 00:19:31.259
 statement

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:32.500
 verse 33

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 so therefore

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 any

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 one of

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 you who

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 does not

00:19:37.380 --> 00:19:38.220
 renounce all

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 that he

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 has

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 cannot be

00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:41.759
 my disciple

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 we must

00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:44.039
 value Jesus

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 more than

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 any other

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 possession

00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:49.339
 yes that

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 could mean

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 very broadly

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 anyone or

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 anything

00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:54.220
 you can't

00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:55.039
 follow Jesus

00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.740
 and hang on

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.259
 to a pet

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.720
 sin

00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.640
 you can't

00:19:57.640 --> 00:19:58.380
 follow Jesus

00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:59.140
 and hang on

00:19:59.140 --> 00:19:59.500
 to old

00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:00.140
 priorities

00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:00.880
 and habits

00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:02.020
 that's

00:20:02.020 --> 00:20:02.480
 losing

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:02.780
 your

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 saltiness

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.440
 losing

00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.060
 the unique

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 flavor

00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:06.460
 and impact

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:06.840
 of the

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 kingdom

00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:08.200
 becoming

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.840
 eternally

00:20:08.840 --> 00:20:09.520
 useless

00:20:09.520 --> 00:20:10.520
 Jesus

00:20:10.520 --> 00:20:11.080
 says

00:20:11.080 --> 00:20:13.880
 but especially

00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:14.740
 here this last

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.360
 statement in

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 terms of money

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 and possessions

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 they certainly

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 have value

00:20:19.780 --> 00:20:20.280
 to us

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 don't they

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 they must

00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:23.940
 not be more

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 valuable

00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:25.780
 than Jesus

00:20:25.780 --> 00:20:27.120
 we must

00:20:27.120 --> 00:20:27.840
 not use

00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.459
 our things

00:20:28.459 --> 00:20:29.079
 to build

00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:30.179
 our status

00:20:30.179 --> 00:20:31.099
 rather than

00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:31.720
 build his

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.099
 kingdom

00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:33.519
 we must

00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:34.319
 not pursue

00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:35.399
 financial gain

00:20:35.399 --> 00:20:36.220
 at the expense

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:36.899
 of kingdom

00:20:36.899 --> 00:20:37.799
 gain

00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:38.799
 rather

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.939
 Jesus is

00:20:39.939 --> 00:20:40.199
 saying

00:20:40.199 --> 00:20:41.179
 everything we

00:20:41.179 --> 00:20:41.679
 have is

00:20:41.679 --> 00:20:42.259
 valuable

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:43.619
 in relation

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 to furthering

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.119
 his kingdom

00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:46.419
 what matters

00:20:46.419 --> 00:20:47.179
 most

00:20:47.179 --> 00:20:49.019
 one of the

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.659
 things I always

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 say in the

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.720
 welcome to

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.159
 Southwood

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 class is

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 is that there

00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:53.220
 are no

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:53.839
 membership

00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.759
 dues here

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.459
 at Southwood

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 there's no

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 fee to be a

00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:57.720
 member of the

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 church

00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:59.420
 and that's

00:20:59.420 --> 00:20:59.840
 true

00:20:59.840 --> 00:21:02.180
 perhaps I

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.700
 should also

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.900
 say but you

00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:04.560
 need to know

00:21:04.560 --> 00:21:05.580
 that following

00:21:05.580 --> 00:21:06.800
 Jesus with us

00:21:06.800 --> 00:21:08.280
 here will cost

00:21:08.280 --> 00:21:09.120
 you everything

00:21:09.120 --> 00:21:11.920
 we want to be

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.740
 shaped by God's

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:13.380
 word right

00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:15.660
 which says here

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:16.340
 if I'm to be

00:21:16.340 --> 00:21:17.280
 his disciple

00:21:17.280 --> 00:21:18.900
 everything I

00:21:18.900 --> 00:21:19.780
 have is at

00:21:19.780 --> 00:21:20.640
 his disposal

00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:23.140
 I must not

00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:23.840
 cling more

00:21:23.840 --> 00:21:24.520
 tightly to

00:21:24.520 --> 00:21:25.120
 anything

00:21:25.120 --> 00:21:26.360
 than I do

00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:27.000
 to Jesus

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:30.240
 so here's

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.579
 what I've been

00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:31.200
 wrestling with

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.500
 lately

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.059
 what God has

00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.880
 been showing

00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.519
 me in my

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 own life

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.960
 is that if

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.700
 that's to be

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.220
 true

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:37.279
 it must

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:38.259
 actually begin

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.779
 with me

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.759
 treasuring

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:41.759
 valuing

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.519
 Jesus

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.559
 himself

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:44.920
 for who

00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.480
 he is

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.380
 for how

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:47.000
 wonderful

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.700
 and glorious

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.599
 he is

00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:49.240
 that God

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.920
 himself

00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:50.839
 would be

00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.539
 the greatest

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:52.420
 prize

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.220
 the only

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.799
 one I

00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.839
 truly can't

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:55.700
 live without

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.759
 the one

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.460
 worth more

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:57.720
 who's

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.860
 more fulfilling

00:21:58.860 --> 00:21:59.600
 than everything

00:21:59.600 --> 00:22:00.279
 I own

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:00.880
 or could

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.400
 own

00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:03.059
 I love

00:22:03.059 --> 00:22:03.319
 the way

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:03.980
 Paul says

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.460
 this after

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.319
 he reviews

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:05.799
 all his

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.279
 assets

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.299
 his possessions

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:08.559
 his spiritual

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.200
 resume

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:09.880
 boosters

00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:10.559
 he looks at

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.279
 all of them

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.819
 and he says

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.619
 whatever gain

00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:13.259
 I had

00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.179
 I counted

00:22:14.179 --> 00:22:14.980
 as loss

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.859
 for the

00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.240
 sake of

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.700
 Christ

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.919
 indeed

00:22:17.919 --> 00:22:18.339
 I count

00:22:18.339 --> 00:22:18.819
 everything

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.399
 as loss

00:22:19.399 --> 00:22:19.939
 because of

00:22:19.939 --> 00:22:20.939
 the surpassing

00:22:20.939 --> 00:22:21.319
 worth

00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:22.220
 of knowing

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:23.159
 Christ Jesus

00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:23.939
 my Lord

00:22:23.939 --> 00:22:24.720
 for his

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:24.960
 sake

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.579
 I've suffered

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.139
 the loss

00:22:26.139 --> 00:22:26.539
 of all

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.000
 things

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.919
 and count

00:22:27.919 --> 00:22:28.299
 them as

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.759
 rubbish

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.700
 in order

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.159
 that I

00:22:30.159 --> 00:22:30.659
 may gain

00:22:30.659 --> 00:22:31.220
 Christ

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:33.519
 the surpassing

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.460
 worth

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:35.639
 of knowing

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.659
 Christ Jesus

00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:37.439
 my Lord

00:22:37.439 --> 00:22:38.039
 have you

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:39.000
 experienced

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.619
 that

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:41.140
 have you

00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:41.380
 have you

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:42.220
 felt that

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:43.059
 reality

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:44.519
 that surpassing

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:44.839
 worth

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.380
 Paul says

00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:46.079
 even suffering

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.599
 can help him

00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:47.180
 know Jesus

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.619
 better

00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:48.480
 as he learns

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.339
 how Jesus

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.859
 suffered

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:50.200
 and what

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:50.480
 could be

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.019
 better than

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.440
 knowing

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.019
 Jesus

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:54.220
 he's all

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.859
 glorious

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:56.799
 he's perfectly

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.279
 good

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:58.420
 he's endlessly

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.259
 faithful

00:22:59.259 --> 00:23:00.099
 he's so

00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:00.740
 worthy

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.279
 of our

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:01.759
 worship

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.359
 right

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:04.819
 kids

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:06.539
 all of you

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.000
 who are here

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.980
 have people

00:23:07.980 --> 00:23:08.500
 who've brought

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.900
 you here

00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.200
 today

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:10.080
 who could

00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:10.340
 be

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:10.940
 during this

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.460
 couple of

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:11.820
 hours

00:23:11.820 --> 00:23:12.860
 doing

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:13.940
 something else

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.620
 to make

00:23:14.620 --> 00:23:15.740
 some money

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:18.019
 whether it's

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.759
 the work they

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.380
 usually do

00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:19.980
 or something

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.300
 else

00:23:20.300 --> 00:23:21.220
 and you need

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.540
 to know

00:23:21.540 --> 00:23:21.880
 that a

00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.780
 big part

00:23:22.780 --> 00:23:23.080
 of the

00:23:23.080 --> 00:23:23.400
 reason

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:24.000
 that they're

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.660
 here

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.200
 and not

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:25.820
 off doing

00:23:25.820 --> 00:23:26.200
 that

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:26.800
 is they

00:23:26.800 --> 00:23:27.120
 believe

00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:27.620
 Jesus

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.420
 is worth

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:28.759
 it

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:30.060
 Jesus

00:23:30.060 --> 00:23:30.759
 is more

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.460
 valuable

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.380
 than money

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:34.980
 we have

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.480
 to believe

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:35.920
 that

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:37.759
 to be here

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.240
 together

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:39.519
 but sometimes

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.200
 that reality

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.819
 is hard

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.380
 to remember

00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:42.000
 at other

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.500
 times

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:42.900
 and on

00:23:42.900 --> 00:23:43.539
 other days

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:43.940
 isn't it

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:46.519
 am I truly

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.400
 delighted in him

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:48.140
 do I

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:48.960
 really

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.799
 treasure

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.539
 Jesus

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:50.940
 because

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.819
 I've had to

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.279
 wrestle with

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.420
 that

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.920
 because if

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.460
 I don't

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.000
 treasure him

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.380
 for just

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:55.180
 who he is

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.759
 in himself

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.519
 he's going

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.240
 to ask me

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.579
 to do

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:58.279
 really hard

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.859
 things

00:23:58.859 --> 00:23:59.559
 and to

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.140
 leave behind

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:00.799
 other things

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.099
 that I

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:02.140
 really love

00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:02.880
 and so

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.140
 there's

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:03.820
 no way

00:24:03.820 --> 00:24:04.000
 I'm

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.100
 going

00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:04.380
 to do

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:04.780
 that

00:24:04.780 --> 00:24:05.800
 unless

00:24:05.800 --> 00:24:06.520
 Jesus

00:24:06.520 --> 00:24:08.200
 is worth

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.500
 it to

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:08.740
 me

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:10.780
 that's

00:24:10.780 --> 00:24:11.020
 what I've

00:24:11.020 --> 00:24:11.300
 been

00:24:11.300 --> 00:24:12.040
 wrestling

00:24:12.040 --> 00:24:12.280
 with

00:24:12.280 --> 00:24:12.520
 that's

00:24:12.520 --> 00:24:12.640
 what

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:13.020
 Jesus

00:24:13.020 --> 00:24:13.400
 is

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:13.960
 calling

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.220
 us

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.400
 to

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:14.860
 consider

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:15.120
 this

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:15.480
 morning

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.540
 so often

00:24:16.540 --> 00:24:16.860
 I

00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:17.900
 don't

00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:20.000
 trust him

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.440
 value

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:20.759
 him

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.160
 follow

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:21.520
 him

00:24:21.520 --> 00:24:23.400
 if you're

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:23.740
 really up

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.160
 for a gut

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.500
 check

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:26.160
 if you

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.720
 really want

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.300
 to consider

00:24:27.300 --> 00:24:27.680
 Jesus'

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.360
 challenge

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:28.920
 in this

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.400
 passage

00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:30.200
 here's a

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.620
 question

00:24:30.620 --> 00:24:31.120
 that gets

00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:31.420
 at the

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:31.700
 same

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.040
 issue

00:24:32.040 --> 00:24:32.500
 a different

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:32.820
 way

00:24:32.820 --> 00:24:34.220
 I've been

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.580
 wrestling

00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:34.920
 with

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.640
 and dodging

00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.040
 this

00:24:36.040 --> 00:24:37.000
 for a few

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.259
 weeks

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.440
 now

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:37.780
 so you

00:24:37.780 --> 00:24:38.220
 can dodge

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.640
 it too

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.100
 or wrestle

00:24:39.100 --> 00:24:39.519
 with it

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.200
 along with

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.400
 me

00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:42.259
 what would

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.860
 change

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.240
 in your

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.660
 life

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.860
 if Jesus

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:45.380
 left

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:47.880
 if your

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.480
 relationship

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.259
 with God

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.800
 ceased

00:24:49.800 --> 00:24:50.400
 if it was

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:51.360
 no longer

00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:52.120
 a priority

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.660
 what would

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.160
 change

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:54.040
 would it

00:24:54.040 --> 00:24:54.860
 just free

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:55.300
 up two

00:24:55.300 --> 00:24:56.000
 hours on

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.460
 Sunday

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.600
 and say

00:24:57.600 --> 00:24:57.940
 roughly

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.680
 10%

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.140
 of your

00:24:59.140 --> 00:24:59.539
 income

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:01.920
 just a

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.380
 little

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:03.160
 blip

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:04.080
 on the

00:25:04.080 --> 00:25:04.320
 radar

00:25:04.320 --> 00:25:04.820
 screen

00:25:04.820 --> 00:25:05.120
 but

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:05.560
 everything

00:25:05.560 --> 00:25:06.019
 else

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.779
 basically

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.100
 the

00:25:07.100 --> 00:25:07.420
 same

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:11.660
 would you

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:11.960
 treat your

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.259
 spouse

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.519
 any

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:12.900
 differently

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:15.620
 if

00:25:15.620 --> 00:25:16.700
 Jesus

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.240
 didn't

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.620
 matter

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:18.640
 would you

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:18.980
 live in a

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.180
 different

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.580
 neighborhood

00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:20.019
 attend

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.320
 different

00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:20.720
 schools

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.060
 spend

00:25:21.060 --> 00:25:21.380
 time

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:21.539
 in

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:21.779
 different

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.500
 relationships

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:25.400
 in other

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:25.580
 words

00:25:25.580 --> 00:25:26.299
 if the

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:26.880
 operating

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.440
 system

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:27.880
 of your

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.240
 heart

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.299
 changed

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:30.220
 today

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.900
 it wasn't

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.539
 Jesus

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.380
 anymore

00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:34.380
 would the

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:34.980
 money app

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.759
 function

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:37.000
 any differently

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.559
 from what it

00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:38.160
 does today

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:39.039
 the parenting

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.500
 app

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.940
 work different

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.640
 or just the

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:41.940
 same

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:43.519
 how about the

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.099
 free time

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.660
 app

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:46.380
 the workplace

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:47.120
 app

00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:48.160
 would it

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.559
 affect

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:50.099
 any of

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.420
 those

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:53.140
 if the

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.839
 honest answer

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.539
 is no

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:56.559
 then

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.000
 something's

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.379
 wrong

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:59.779
 I know

00:25:59.779 --> 00:25:59.920
 I'm

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.259
 meddling

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.339
 but Jesus

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.960
 started it

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:02.700
 he did it

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.019
 first

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.819
 and he's

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.059
 doing it

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.299
 to me

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.759
 first

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:06.220
 this is

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.500
 where he

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.000
 calls us

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.920
 to consider

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.859
 the cost

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:10.159
 of following

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:10.500
 him

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.759
 and to

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.200
 ask

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.920
 how much

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.319
 do I

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:13.119
 truly value

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.339
 him

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:13.740
 or do I

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.319
 just say

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.779
 I do

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:16.639
 what would

00:26:16.639 --> 00:26:17.240
 it cost

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.779
 us to be

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.420
 in relationship

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.059
 with Jesus

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:20.740
 to be part

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.200
 of his

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.639
 kingdom

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:23.420
 he tells

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:23.780
 us we

00:26:23.780 --> 00:26:24.420
 should expect

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.100
 it to cost

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.860
 us everything

00:26:25.860 --> 00:26:27.259
 we have

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:29.759
 Walter

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.220
 Gowans

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.759
 was one

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.300
 of three

00:26:31.300 --> 00:26:31.800
 friends

00:26:31.800 --> 00:26:32.240
 who in

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:33.140
 1893

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.759
 followed

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.460
 the call

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.040
 of Jesus

00:26:35.040 --> 00:26:35.860
 to go

00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:36.620
 from Canada

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:38.360
 to Sudan

00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:39.020
 with the

00:26:39.020 --> 00:26:39.420
 good news

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:40.000
 of Jesus

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.759
 like many

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:41.980
 other

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.600
 missionaries

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:43.080
 of the

00:26:43.080 --> 00:26:43.400
 time

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.100
 they sold

00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:44.600
 many of

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:44.759
 their

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.240
 possessions

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.400
 and they

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.759
 packed

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.220
 what little

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.880
 they kept

00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.400
 into a

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.780
 coffin

00:26:48.780 --> 00:26:50.200
 and bought

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.759
 a one way

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.280
 ticket

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.440
 across the

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:52.839
 Atlantic

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:54.359
 to Africa

00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:55.500
 not expecting

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.359
 to come

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:56.599
 back

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.279
 counting the

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.660
 cost

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:58.339
 prepared to

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.619
 give

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.180
 everything

00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:00.639
 the

00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:01.019
 efforts

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.279
 of

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.559
 Walter

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:01.940
 and his

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.200
 two

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.599
 friends

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:02.899
 were the

00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:03.240
 beginnings

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.599
 of a

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.279
 long-standing

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.700
 mission

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.279
 agency

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.839
 called

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.319
 Sudan

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:06.819
 Interior

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.359
 Mission

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:09.299
 but Walter

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.899
 never saw

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.220
 that

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.099
 himself

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:12.139
 one year

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:12.740
 after leaving

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.240
 Canada

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.779
 he was

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.680
 dying

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.460
 of malaria

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.859
 and he

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.220
 wrote this

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.940
 final journal

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.579
 entry to

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.099
 his mother

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:20.539
 back home

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.619
 August

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:22.139
 9

00:27:22.139 --> 00:27:23.859
 1894

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:25.779
 written in

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.240
 view of my

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.700
 approaching

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.420
 end which

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.960
 has often

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.759
 lately seemed

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.440
 so near

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.000
 but just

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.599
 now seems

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.220
 so imminent

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.700
 and I want

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.059
 to write

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.460
 while I have

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:32.839
 the power

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.440
 to do it

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:35.000
 well glory

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.559
 to God

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.259
 he has

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.819
 enabled me

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.259
 to make a

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.960
 hard fight

00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:38.359
 for the

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.639
 Sudan

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:39.500
 and although

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.099
 it may seem

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.619
 like a total

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.299
 failure and

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.980
 defeat it is

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 not

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 we shall have

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 the victory

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 and that

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 right speedily

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 I have

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 no regret

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:49.639
 for undertaking

00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:50.339
 this venture

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 and in this

00:27:51.439 --> 00:27:51.960
 manner my

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 life has

00:27:52.919 --> 00:27:53.359
 not been

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 thrown away

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 my only

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.480
 regrets are

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.779
 for my

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.399
 poor dear

00:27:57.399 --> 00:27:57.759
 mother

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 for her

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.419
 sake I

00:27:59.419 --> 00:27:59.659
 would have

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 chosen to

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 live

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.480
 mother dear

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.059
 and what a

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.419
 mother you

00:28:02.419 --> 00:28:02.819
 have been

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 it seems

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:04.000
 I appreciate

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.579
 you now

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.039
 more than

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.519
 ever I

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:05.939
 did

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 oh how

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 often I

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.639
 have thought

00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:08.220
 while lying

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.679
 here of

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:09.220
 your love

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.579
 and how

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:09.859
 I have

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.299
 longed to

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.720
 see you

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.179
 again in

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:11.799
 the flesh

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:13.439
 don't mourn

00:28:13.439 --> 00:28:14.179
 for me

00:28:14.179 --> 00:28:14.579
 darling

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.019
 dearest

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.399
 mother

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 if the

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 suffering

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 was great

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 remember it

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 is all

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 over now

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 and think

00:28:19.340 --> 00:28:19.600
 of the

00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:20.280
 glory I

00:28:20.280 --> 00:28:20.960
 am enjoying

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 and rejoice

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.960
 that your

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.580
 boy was

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:24.220
 permitted to

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.580
 have a

00:28:24.580 --> 00:28:25.140
 hand in

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 the redemption

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.160
 of the

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.580
 Sudan

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:28.460
 oh how

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:28.780
 I did

00:28:28.780 --> 00:28:29.240
 wish to

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:30.259
 live for

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.860
 your sake

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:32.160
 goodbye

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.960
 dearest till

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.420
 we meet

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 at Jesus

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 feet

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:37.000
 Walter

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:40.340
 you may

00:28:40.340 --> 00:28:40.600
 or may

00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:41.100
 not have

00:28:41.100 --> 00:28:41.780
 to leave

00:28:41.780 --> 00:28:42.820
 those you

00:28:42.820 --> 00:28:43.140
 love

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:45.259
 pack all

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.500
 your

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.180
 possessions

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:46.599
 in a

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:46.960
 coffin

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:48.619
 for

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.019
 following

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.420
 Jesus

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:50.039
 to cost

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.259
 you

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.799
 everything

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.980
 but he

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.640
 does ask

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.259
 for

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:53.720
 everything

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:55.500
 and knowing

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.960
 him is

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.660
 worth it

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:57.779
 isn't it

00:28:57.779 --> 00:29:00.279
 after all

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.539
 no matter

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:00.859
 what it

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.599
 costs us

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.059
 to be in

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.220
 that

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.839
 relationship

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.420
 to be a

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:03.680
 part

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.519
 of his

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.019
 kingdom

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.019
 being in

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.220
 this

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.839
 relationship

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.359
 with us

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:07.940
 cost him

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.279
 more

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.519
 didn't it

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.960
 he gave

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.139
 up

00:29:11.139 --> 00:29:11.480
 heaven

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:13.279
 he

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.839
 bought

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.059
 the

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.500
 one way

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.920
 ticket

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.420
 as it

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:15.700
 were

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.279
 to

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.879
 earth

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:18.099
 and with

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.759
 passionate

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.740
 resolution

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.599
 headed

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.339
 to the

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.980
 cross

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:23.019
 for you

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:24.279
 and for

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.639
 me

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:26.379
 what a

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.639
 great

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.099
 savior

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:28.160
 to trust

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:29.759
 and to

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.079
 follow

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:31.759
 let's

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.000
 pray

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:38.079
 Jesus

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.559
 we need

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.140
 your help

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:40.119
 to know

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.599
 what this

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.440
 call means

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:42.220
 in our

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.700
 lives

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:46.819
 we need

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.180
 your help

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.460
 to be

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:47.859
 willing to

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.319
 embrace

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:48.759
 that

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.839
 to be

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.259
 willing to

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.599
 give up

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.119
 things that

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:51.680
 we love

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:53.019
 so

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.940
 Holy Spirit

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.500
 would you

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.900
 make Jesus

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.680
 glorious

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.920
 beautiful

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:59.019
 and valuable

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.680
 in our

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.039
 eyes

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:01.059
 this morning

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:02.419
 that we

00:30:02.419 --> 00:30:03.200
 might follow

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.639
 him

00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:04.639
 no matter

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:05.379
 the cost

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:07.319
 we ask

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.700
 in his

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.039
 name

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:09.579
 amen

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:14.019
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00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.519
 information

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.339
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