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 Everybody wants to turn to James chapter 1.

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 James chapter 1.

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 I believe it's important for us to get a fresh start.

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 They're on the field right before the game,

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 and the field reporter will stick a mic in their face,

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 and they'll say something about the other team's strengths

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 or the other team's playmakers or something.

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 And any good coach will say,

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 we've got to get off to a great start.

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 We need to get after it.

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 Under Dabo, Clemson wins 93% of the time

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 when they're leading at halftime.

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 They weren't leading at halftime yesterday.

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 A good start is important,

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 not just in football,

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 but it's also important in the basis of life.

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 If you buttoned up your shirt this morning,

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 and if you started with the wrong buttonhole,

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 you probably didn't figure it out

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 until you was almost finished.

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 But the reality is,

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 this problem was from the start.

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 You have to start out right.

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 Church, God has blessed us

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 with a wonderful 2025.

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 He's been wonderfully good to us,

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 and I am very thankful for that.

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 Amen?

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 He's good to us.

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 He is.

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 And as we bust into a new year

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 with a new steeple,

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 I want us to do it right.

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 I want us to do it right as a church,

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 but I want it to be right as individuals too.

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 And I can't think of anyone

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 who speaks more to where we are in life

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 than James does.

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 When I think of James,

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 I think of where the rubber meets the road.

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 James pulls no punches.

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 Speaks right to the heart of the matter.

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 And I believe that's the way we need to look,

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 where we need to look,

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 as we start out the new year.

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 Let us be advised by James this morning.

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 James chapter one,

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 beginning in verse 22.

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 It says,

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 but be doers of the word

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 and not hearers only,

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 deceiving yourselves.

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 For if anyone is a hearer of the word

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 and not a doer,

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 he's like a man who looks intently

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 at his natural face in a mirror.

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 For he looks at himself

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 and goes away

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 and at once forgets what it was like.

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 But the one who looks into the perfect law,

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 the law of liberty,

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 and perseveres,

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 being no hearer who forgets

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 but a doer who acts,

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 he will be blessed in his doing.

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 And if anyone thinks he's religious

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 and does not bridle his tongue

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 but deceives his heart,

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 this person's religion is worthless.

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 Religion that is pure and undefiled

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 before God the Father is this,

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 to visit orphans and widows

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 and their affliction

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 and to keep oneself unstained

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 from the word.

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 The first step

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 to starting a year outright

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 is to be a hearer

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 of the word.

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 I don't want you to miss that.

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 He says we don't need

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 to only be hearers

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 of the word

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 but I want you to understand

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 we need to respond to,

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 we need to respond to what we hear

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 but we first,

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 we need to hear it.

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 So,

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 I want to begin by talking about

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 how we start right.

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 I believe

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 that you need to start

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 your year out,

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 actually start each day out

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 with the word of God.

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 You need a daily dose

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 of God's word.

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 It's not like popping a vitamin

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 and moving on.

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 I mean,

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 we need to pause

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 with God's word.

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 And I don't believe

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 it will happen

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 in most of our lives

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 if we don't have a plan.

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 So,

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 let's get one.

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 I don't believe

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 it's a one size fits all.

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 Everyone has their own

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 leanings in this

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 and I get that.

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 We can provide you guidance

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 in this area

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 with a lot of options.

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 A lot of options.

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 I'm going to give you

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 some this morning.

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 But,

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 most of those options

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 that I'm going to give you

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 and I want you to hear this

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 before I ever say it.

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 Well,

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 you can't hear it

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 before I say it

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 but anyway.

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 That's getting ahead of me.

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 Don't get ahead of me.

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 Before I ever explain it,

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 I want you to hear this.

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 Most of the options

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 that I'm going to mention

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 this morning

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 will carry you

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 through God's word

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 in a year.

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 If you want to read

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 the Bible through

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 in a year,

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 they will do it.

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 If you've never done that,

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 I encourage you

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 to try to do that.

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 We need all of God's word.

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 It's good to take

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 the whole thing in.

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 However,

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 be clear.

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 We're not pausing

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 in this worship hour

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 to have everybody

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 who's read the Bible

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 through to come up

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 so that we can give you

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 a trophy.

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 Just because you skim

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 through the genealogies,

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 just because you skipped

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 over some of the senses,

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 I don't believe

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 when I get to heaven

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 he's going to pull me

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 inside and say,

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 good,

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 well done,

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 servant.

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 you've read the Bible

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 through multiple times

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 because the reality is

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 when you're trying

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 to read three

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 or four chapters,

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 some of you

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 have been on this journey,

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 you'll admit it,

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 when you're trying

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 to read three

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 or four chapters

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 on a rough schedule,

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 you don't have a clue

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 what you just read.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 I'm not devaluing

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 the value

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 of taking in

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 all of God's Word.

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 And almost every plan

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 that I give you

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 today

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 as options

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 will do that

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 for you.

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 But I want you

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 to hear

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 what's most important

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 about that

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 is to not

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 just be

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 a hearer

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 or a reader

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 of God's Word

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 but a doer.

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 We have a lot

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 of options.

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 At every

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 door

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 including

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 by my side

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 here

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 and at the front door

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 there's an offering

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 box.

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 And on top

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 of that offering

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 box

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 is a bookmark.

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 A bookmark

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 that we've

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 customized

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 from

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 a book

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 that I read

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 in 2008

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 called

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 The Divine Mentor

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 by Wayne Cordero.

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 If you need

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 something to motivate

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 you to read

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 God's Word

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 go pick up

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 Divine Mentor

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 from Wayne Cordero.

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 It's a very

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 inspiring work

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 that tells us

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 the importance

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 of taking in

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 God's Word.

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 And then he gives

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 us a plan

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 of how to do

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 that

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 and to read

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 through the

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 Old Testament

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 once

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 and to read

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 through the

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 New Testament

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 twice.

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 The wonderful

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 value of this

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 is that you

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 get some

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 Old Testament

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 and you get

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 the New Testament.

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 The reason

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 why I don't

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 do chronological

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 studies through

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 Scripture

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 on my daily

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 Bible time

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 is because I

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 need Jesus

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 every day.

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 I need the

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 New Testament

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 every day

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 and so I

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 like some

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 of that.

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 And so

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 I leaned

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 on this

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 particular

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 bookmark

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 and this

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 particular

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 reading plan

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 for years

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 as well

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 as his

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 way of

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 not only

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 being a

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 hearer

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 but a

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 doer

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 of the

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 Word

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 and it

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 still

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 changes.

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 It's changed

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 in my

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 devotional

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 life when I

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 read that

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 book.

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 Made it

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 a lot

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 more

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 consistent

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 in pattern

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 and made

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 a lot

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 more

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 meaningful

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 for me

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 and this

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 bookmark

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 comes off

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 of that

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 study and

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 it's a

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 great way

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 to keep

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 up with

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 it.

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 It's a

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 quarterly

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 bookmark.

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 We replace

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 those on

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 the Sunday

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 before the

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 quarter starts

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 hopefully and

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 they put

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 those out

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 for you and

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 get those

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 out so you

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 can see

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 those.

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 The bookmarks

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 are wonderful.

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 There was a

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 man that

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 lived in

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 the 19th

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 century named

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 Robert

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 Machain and

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 Robert

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 Machain only

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 lived to be

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 I think 29

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 years old.

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 He died

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 young but

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 his influence

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 was huge in

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 the days in

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 which he

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 lived.

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 Never any

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 more than

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 his reading

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 plan, his

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 Bible reading

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 plan.

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 And it

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 is a

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 it's got

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 a we've

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 got this

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 flyer out

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 here on

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 the information

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 center for

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 you this

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 morning.

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 It gives

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 a great

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 explanation

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 of his

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 philosophy

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 behind it,

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 why he

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 does what

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 he does,

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 the way

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 it's written

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 out and

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 the whole

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 bit.

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 If you

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 want to

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 read through

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 the Bible

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 in a year

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 you can

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 pick up

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 the Machain

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 plan and

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 do that.

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 And it's

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 a classic

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 that many

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 Bible reading

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 plans are

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 based off of

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 Machain

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 because he

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 kind of set

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 the standard

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 for that.

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 And then

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 there's one

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 that I did

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 this past

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 year and I

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 thoroughly enjoyed

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 it, plan to

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 do it again.

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 It's called

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 the five-day

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 reading plan.

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 And again,

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 this plan will

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 take you through

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 the word of

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 God in a

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 year.

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 You get some

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 old and some

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 new every day

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 in that plan.

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 And it's out

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 there on the

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 information center

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 just like that.

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 And what it

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 does, lets you

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 cheat a little

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 bit.

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 It gives you

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 readings for

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 Monday through

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 Friday.

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 That don't mean

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 you don't take

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 in God's word

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 on Saturday

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 and Sunday.

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 Hello.

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 That's not

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 what that

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 means.

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 That means

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 you catch up

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 from what you

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 missed.

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 That's what

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 it means

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 because you

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 ain't perfect.

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 Or you can

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 always go to

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 a psalm on

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 a day when

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 you don't have

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 a reading.

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 There's a

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 psalm, there's

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 five psalms for

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 every day because

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 there's 30 days

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 in a month and

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 there's 150

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 psalms.

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 And so there's

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 several ways you

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 can work that

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 out.

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 There's also a

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 chapter of

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 Proverbs for

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 every day of

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 the month.

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 There's 31

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 chapters of

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 Proverbs.

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 And so if I

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 get to a point

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 where I'm caught

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 up with everything

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 and I've read

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 everything and the

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 first thing I do

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 is look to

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 Proverbs for the

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 proverb of the

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 day.

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 Today is December

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 the 28th I believe

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 it'd be Proverbs

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 28 and you look at

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 that.

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 And it gives you a

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 great way to take

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 in God's word

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 every day.

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 Our ladies have

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 been a part for

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 the last two years

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 of a plan called

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 Bible Recap.

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 The Bible Recap

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 plan takes you

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 chronologically

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 through scripture

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 and they, I

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 believe the

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 strongest thing

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 about Bible

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 Recap is the

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 resources that are

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 related to it.

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 There's a wonderful

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 podcast where

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 somebody explains

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 to you what you

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 read that day

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 and if you didn't

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 read it it lets you

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 cheat a little bit

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 and find out what's

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 going on.

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 And then there's

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 also a

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 commentary, a

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 little leather

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 bound commentary

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 that you can buy

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 to go with it.

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 And it's a great

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 explanation of what

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 you've read.

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 Helps you tremendously

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 if you're reading the

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 Bible chronologically.

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 I love the

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 enthusiasm that was

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 around that and

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 when that kind of

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 took off in the last

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 couple of years.

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 But when I looked

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 at it, like I told

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 you, I'll just be

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 honest with you, I

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 got to have some New

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 Testament every day.

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 I didn't want to

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 wait until October

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 to read the New

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 Testament.

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 And that's some of

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 what you deal with

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 with that unless you

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 have a plan to read

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 the New Testament as

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 well.

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 It takes you through

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 the entire Old

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 Testament and the New

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 Testament afterwards.

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 And then there's a

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 book that is, if

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 you're more of a

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 workbook kind of

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 person, there's a

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 book called

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 Foundations by

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 Robbie Gleddy and

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 he's a pastor at

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 Long Hollow in

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 Nashville, Long Hollow

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 Baptist in Nashville.

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 It's a wonderful way to

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 take in God's word

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 every day.

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 And on each page, it

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 gives you a reading

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 for the day and then

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 it gives you an

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 explanation of what

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 you've read and then

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 it gives you some kind

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 of application question

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 to do.

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 So if you're a

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 workbook person that

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 likes to respond to

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 that, Foundations is

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 great.

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 Let me tell you the

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 strength behind this

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 as well as these

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 bookmarks.

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 If you have a family

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 that you would like to

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 go along with you on a

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 Bible reading plan,

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 there's a Foundations

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 book for kids, there's a

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 Foundations book for

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 teens, there's a

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 Foundations book that

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 only goes through the

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 Old Testament, there's a

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 Foundations book that

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 only goes through the

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 New Testament, there's a

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 Foundations book that

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 goes through all the

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 Bible.

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 And so if you want to,

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 and I encourage you to do

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 this, piggyback a family

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 altar or devotional time

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 based upon your reading,

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 everybody's reading the

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 same thing.

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 They don't read as much

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 as you do and those type

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 things, but they're

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 reading the same thing.

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 Same thing with this

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 bookmark.

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 There is a kid's journal

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 that this ministry provides

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 as well for kids to read

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 just a couple of verses

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 or maybe if they're a

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 little older, about six

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 verses or maybe if they're

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 a little older, a half a

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 chapter that goes along

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 with the same reading that

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 you'd read when you're

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 following the bookmark.

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 And we don't have all

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 that out there, but I can

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 sure give you links to

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 that and share what that

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 is.

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 There's a teen version of

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 that or what I call the

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 light reader.

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 Somebody don't want to

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 take it all in but want

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 to take in something.

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 There's a lot of resources

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 out there and there's a

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 lot there and I'll be

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 happy to help you.

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 My number's on the front

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 of the bulletin.

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 You text me anytime and I'll

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 be happy to help you or

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 call me because I want you

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 in God's word every day.

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 I'm not concerned about

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 how many verses you

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 consumed for the day.

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 Don't brag to me and come

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 up and say, you know what?

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 I read Isaiah while I was

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 watching game day the other

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 day because I won't be

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 impressed.

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 Okay?

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 Because if I ask you

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 something about Isaiah,

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 you don't have a clue what's

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 going on, but you know

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 who's playing today.

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 So the reality is you need

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 to come up with a plan to,

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 you know, and reality, and

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 as well, these Bibles today

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 are broken down and given

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 subtitles to where you can

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 find how to read small

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 sections of scripture and dig

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 into that and just a lot of

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 ways out there.

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 And I don't want to be

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 confusing with that.

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 I just don't want you to have

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 any excuses that there's not

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 something out there for me.

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 Start right.

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 The second thing is, and this

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 is more important than that,

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 in my opinion, is go deep.

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 Go deep.

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 Take the time to take it in.

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 Breathe it in.

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 This is key.

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 I want to give you a new

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 acronym.

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 I'm not big on acronyms, but

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 I thought about all the things

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 that I think you ought to do

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 in your time with the Lord,

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 and I came up with a little

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 acronym.

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 One is settle.

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 Take a breath.

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 Pause.

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 Some of y'all are so busy in

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 life, you've got to take a

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 pause.

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 And if you don't have time for

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 a pause, you're too busy.

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 I always tell people if they

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 can't get up early enough, ask

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 God to give you the strength to

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 get up 15 minutes earlier and

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 watch and see if he does it.

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 Trust him in it.

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 Set your alarm for it, and then

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 trust him in it because he will.

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 He'll provide for you.

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 I promise you.

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 But the first thing you do is

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 just settle.

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 Don't rush into it.

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 Don't barge into the throne.

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 Settle.

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 Sit down.

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 Take a breath.

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 And settle.

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 And then pray.

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 Lord, you know what weighs on me

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 today.

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 You know what I need to hear

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 better than I do.

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 Show me.

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 I ask him to highlight a verse

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 for me today.

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 Illuminate the scriptures.

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 Shed light on them.

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 Help me to understand them.

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 Third thing is read.

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 You actually need to read it.

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 Slowly.

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 And as you read it, observe.

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 Don't just read it to say you

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 read it.

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 Look for the application in the

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 scripture.

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 Our men on Tuesday morning just

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 got done reading a book called

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 The Life God Blesses.

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 I meet with men at 6 a.m. on

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 Tuesdays and another group at

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 9 a.m.

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 I have the overachievers and the

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 sluggards.

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 And we meet at 6 and 9 and we

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 read a chapter of a book each

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 week and then we talk about it.

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 And we read The Life God

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 Blesses by Gordon McDonald.

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 And another one of his works,

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 he talks about how he's a

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 frequent flyer and that makes

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 him, allows him to get

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 upgrades along the way.

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 And he's able to sit in an

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 exit row quite a bit on most

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 flights.

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 And that gives you more leg

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 room and it also gives you a

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 little bit of responsibility

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 there.

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 And when the flight attendant

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 comes by and if you'll sit in

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 the exit row, they always come

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 by and ask you, have you read

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 the instruction card that tells

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 you how to open the door in

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 case of emergency?

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 And they look at you and say, I

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 need a verbal answer.

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 And he gave her a verbal answer

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 and he fudged a bit.

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 He'd flown before, he hadn't

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 looked at the card.

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 And she was smart and senses

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 dishonesty and called him out on

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 it and said, and if emergency

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 happens, I'll be depending upon

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 you to open the door.

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 Dozens of other people will be

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 relying on you too.

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 So are you sure that you know

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 what's on that card?

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 And he said, suddenly she had my

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 attention.

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 Aren't we the same way about the

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 counsel of God through his word?

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 We say we read God's word, but do

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 we?

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 So I encourage you to read it, observe

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 what it's saying, and then

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 understand.

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 What is it that God is showing me?

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 There's a personal application

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 there and sometimes we don't even

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 know why it's brought to our

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 attention.

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 There's times when God will

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 highlight a verse to me and I'll

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 know that is the verse that he

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 would have me to see for that day,

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 but I don't see the application in

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 my life at the time.

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 I don't know how I'm supposed to

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 use that verse to encourage

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 somebody else this day.

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 And then later on that day, I find

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 out why he led me to that verse.

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 So there's personal application

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 there and sometimes we don't even

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 know why it's brought to our

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 attention.

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 Sometimes it brings immediate

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 conviction.

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 We know exactly why God had us read

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 that verse that day.

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 And sometimes clarity will come

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 later in the day, but I'm asking you

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 to take time to marinate on it.

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 Meditate.

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 Ruminate.

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 Let it steep like tea.

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 Let it marinate like meat.

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 Let the truth simmer.

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 Slow down.

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 Take a few minutes.

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 Don't take long, but just take a few

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 minutes.

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 And then trust him.

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 And then trust.

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 Go live what he's shown you,

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 trusting the Lord that he'll lead.

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 Jesus often used agrarian terms

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 because he was around farmers a lot.

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 So he uses a lot of stories about

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 farming and the best kind of growth

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 in the kingdom of God and in the life

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 of the believer is organic growth.

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 That is seeds planted in fertile soil

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 and watered and nurtured and encouraged

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 to grow.

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 And that's why you need to sprout this

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 coming year.

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 To grow.

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 May new growth come.

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 Not only in the life of our church,

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 but may new growth come in our individual lives.

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 That will not happen apart from taking in

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 and the application

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 of God's word.

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 Some of us take in God's word like

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 like my dog eats her supper.

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 There ain't no way she could taste any of that.

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 She gobbled it down.

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 You know, I'm not a whole lot better myself,

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 but still.

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 Take it in.

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 And then James goes on to tell us

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 how to apply it.

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 Stop wrong.

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 Stop wrong.

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 We will not get right

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 if we don't stop doing wrong.

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 And James emphasizes

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 not just hearing the word of God,

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 not just reading the word of God,

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 but responding to it in obedience.

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 And he starts with our mouth.

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 We need to learn to watch what we say.

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 And scripture tells us

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 that what we say

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 is a key sign of who we really are.

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 Jesus put it this way

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 in Matthew chapter 12, verse 34.

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 He said,

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 for out of the abundance of the heart,

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 the mouth speaks.

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 So in other words,

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:04.700
 if we fix our heart,

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:06.079
 our mouth will follow,

00:24:06.939 --> 00:24:08.960
 but a sure sign for us,

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 and sadly,

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.980
 an indication to others

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:13.819
 is what comes out of our mouth.

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 So let's be open enough

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:20.000
 to let God show us

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 through the Holy Spirit

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 what needs to change

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 in our hearts

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 and in our lives.

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 stop.

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 Stop.

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 What's wrong?

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 And sometimes

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:38.019
 in our devotional life

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:39.019
 when we read God's word

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.960
 or maybe when we sit

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.480
 through a sermon,

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 God will show us something

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 and we'll get convicted

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 about that

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 and we'll know what that is

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 and we'll know

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 how to respond to that.

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 Even if we don't do anything about it,

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:49.880
 we'll know

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 what we're supposed

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 to do about that.

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.660
 and some of us

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.880
 won't need

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:55.640
 to read God's word

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 or to hear a sermon

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 to know what's wrong

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 in our lives.

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 Some of us already know

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.160
 what it is.

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:02.420
 It weighs on us.

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.759
 We're chained to it.

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:11.180
 It won't seem to leave

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:13.880
 and what James is saying is

00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:15.840
 stop.

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 What's wrong?

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 You got three days

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:25.100
 to get your heart set on that.

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 Might want to go ahead

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 and do it today.

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 Well, let's start out the year

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.460
 stopping.

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 Something in our lives

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:44.200
 that's wrong

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.400
 and we know it is.

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 It's a great start.

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 Lastly, aim high.

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 Aim high.

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.180
 Notice again

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.740
 what he says

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.519
 in our last verse.

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.480
 He says,

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:57.960
 It's a religion

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.900
 that is pure

00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.840
 and undefiled

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 before God the Father

00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:01.240
 is this,

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.160
 to visit orphans

00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.779
 and widows

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.519
 and their affliction

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:05.019
 and to keep oneself

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:06.059
 unstained

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:07.620
 from the world.

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.840
 In other words,

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:11.000
 we are to be God-centered,

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:12.740
 not stained by the world.

00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:15.019
 We are to be

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.940
 not only God-centered

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.440
 but we're to be

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.120
 other-centered,

00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:18.380
 ministering to those

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:19.500
 that need it.

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:21.220
 And he mentions

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:22.039
 the vulnerable here.

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 And so let's look out

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.579
 for those that need it

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.059
 the most.

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:26.880
 I'm thankful

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.579
 that there is

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:29.019
 a lot of ministry

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.640
 in this church

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.160
 that ministers

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.120
 to a lot of people

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:32.360
 in a lot of different ways.

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:34.240
 And not only is that

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.600
 done corporately

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.819
 as you give

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:38.079
 through the offering

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:39.659
 and as we use

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.240
 that money

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:41.980
 for mission opportunities

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.740
 both locally

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.259
 and afar.

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.919
 But in addition

00:26:44.919 --> 00:26:45.419
 to that,

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.439
 life groups

00:26:46.439 --> 00:26:48.179
 come behind

00:26:48.179 --> 00:26:49.159
 things

00:26:49.159 --> 00:26:50.059
 and help

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.899
 people

00:26:50.899 --> 00:26:51.859
 along the way

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.459
 and then there's

00:26:52.459 --> 00:26:53.659
 individual efforts

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:55.139
 and nobody

00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:56.599
 outside the life group

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.399
 knows what they're

00:26:57.399 --> 00:26:58.219
 doing to help.

00:26:59.059 --> 00:27:00.000
 Sometimes they may not

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.359
 even know

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:01.399
 the specifics of it.

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:02.799
 And then there's

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.559
 people in this church

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.220
 who help people

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.980
 that nobody else

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:06.419
 even knows about.

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.659
 Christmas was provided

00:27:09.659 --> 00:27:10.779
 for for several

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:12.659
 less fortunate families

00:27:12.659 --> 00:27:14.099
 and it was not done

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:15.679
 through a whole church

00:27:15.679 --> 00:27:16.460
 effort of us

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.259
 raising funds

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.839
 to do that.

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.480
 It was done

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.279
 through life groups

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.899
 and individuals

00:27:19.899 --> 00:27:20.919
 that provided Christmas

00:27:20.919 --> 00:27:21.519
 for families

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.639
 who could not have

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:23.559
 Christmas otherwise.

00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:25.259
 Besides the hundreds

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:26.319
 of shoeboxes

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:27.519
 and the thousands

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.200
 of dollars

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.839
 to Lottie Moon.

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:30.159
 So much of that

00:27:30.159 --> 00:27:30.740
 is happening

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:32.159
 and we don't even

00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:32.740
 know what that is.

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.240
 love gifts

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.759
 were sent out

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.400
 to our homebound.

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.880
 We don't even know

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.680
 what all those things

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.480
 are quite honestly.

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.220
 It goes along

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.259
 with what Jesus said

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.240
 in Matthew chapter 6

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.839
 verse 3 and 4

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.339
 when he said

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.279
 but when you give

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.720
 to the needy

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.559
 don't let your left hand

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.240
 know what your right hand

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.579
 is doing

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:48.380
 so that your giving

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:49.319
 may be in secret

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:51.740
 and your father

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:53.120
 who sees in secret

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:54.779
 will reward you.

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.480
 Take care of the needs

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.039
 that God lays

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.819
 upon your heart

00:27:58.819 --> 00:28:00.519
 and if no one

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:00.859
 sees it

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.400
 it's okay

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:02.259
 God sees it.

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.620
 He sees it.

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:06.420
 He'll take care of you.

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.960
 I mean remember

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.839
 how Jesus summed up

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.539
 the whole law

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:13.319
 as they tried

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:14.120
 to pinpoint him.

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.620
 He said in

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.839
 Matthew chapter 22

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.500
 he said

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.299
 you shall love

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:17.940
 the Lord your God

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.759
 with all your heart

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.720
 with all your soul

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:21.120
 and with all your mind.

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:23.240
 This is the great

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.460
 this is the great

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.420
 and first commandment

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.079
 and the second

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.720
 is like it

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:28.019
 you shall love

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.620
 your neighbor

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:30.219
 as yourself.

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:32.579
 My friend

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.339
 that

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:35.059
 that is

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:36.000
 is what

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:38.059
 settling

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.939
 before the Lord

00:28:38.939 --> 00:28:40.239
 and praying

00:28:40.239 --> 00:28:41.119
 before the Lord

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:41.459
 and

00:28:41.459 --> 00:28:42.699
 and reading

00:28:42.699 --> 00:28:43.599
 God's word

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.539
 and observing

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.459
 what it says

00:28:45.459 --> 00:28:46.479
 and understanding

00:28:46.479 --> 00:28:47.299
 how that applies

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.819
 to our lives

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.679
 and then trusting

00:28:48.679 --> 00:28:49.279
 God with it

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:50.279
 that's what

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.839
 sprouting

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:52.019
 looks like.

00:28:52.239 --> 00:28:53.319
 It's taking in

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:54.519
 God's word

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.680
 and then living

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.500
 in response

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:56.940
 to it

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:58.879
 and what I'm

00:28:58.879 --> 00:28:59.639
 trying to share

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.920
 cannot be summed

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.700
 up any better

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.220
 than the way

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.799
 the psalmist

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.339
 wrote it

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:05.299
 in Psalm chapter 1

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:07.339
 when he said

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:08.279
 blessed is the man

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.059
 who walks

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:11.379
 not in the counsel

00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:12.160
 of the wicked

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:13.019
 nor stands

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.460
 in the way

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:13.960
 of sinners

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.700
 nor sits

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.220
 in the seat

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.920
 of scoffers

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:17.160
 but his delight

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:18.379
 is in the law

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:19.059
 of the Lord

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:20.019
 and on his law

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:21.000
 he meditates

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:22.980
 day and night.

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.980
 He's like a tree

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:26.000
 planted by streams

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.539
 of water

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.039
 that yield

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.539
 its fruit

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.240
 in its season

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.120
 and its leaf

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:29.940
 does not wither

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.680
 in all

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.860
 that he does

00:29:31.860 --> 00:29:33.319
 he prospers

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:36.759
 and I want you

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.660
 to be clear today

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:40.039
 without the word

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.920
 of God daily

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:42.319
 there is a slow

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.380
 digression

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:44.400
 happening

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:45.559
 in your life

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:47.900
 it's like

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.940
 it's like

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:50.039
 straddling a boat

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.839
 by a harbor

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:52.259
 that's not tied up

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:53.960
 it might be slow

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.440
 but it's going

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.980
 to be bad

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.720
 before long

00:29:55.720 --> 00:30:05.140
 the digression

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.720
 is from going

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:05.980
 around

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:07.480
 and Psalm

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.880
 1-1

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.299
 tells us

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.240
 exactly what it is

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.180
 from going

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.440
 around

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.079
 listening to

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.400
 the wrong

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:11.900
 people

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:15.680
 to

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:17.259
 put verse 1

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.700
 back up there

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.000
 for me

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.759
 I want them

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.340
 to see this

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:22.879
 to listen

00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:23.399
 to the wrong

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:23.839
 people

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.980
 that's counsel

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.399
 of the wicked

00:30:25.399 --> 00:30:27.319
 to stopping

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.819
 and taking in

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.339
 what sinners

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.839
 are doing

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:31.299
 that's standing

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.619
 in the way

00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:32.019
 of sinners

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:34.379
 to then plopping

00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:35.019
 down and making

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.720
 yourself at home

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.159
 with people

00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:37.199
 who are sarcastic

00:30:37.199 --> 00:30:39.259
 people who are

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.759
 negative

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:41.899
 people who are

00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:42.639
 dismissive

00:30:42.639 --> 00:30:44.480
 people who are

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.159
 unbelieving

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:46.380
 I've heard it

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:46.840
 said this

00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:47.340
 this way

00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:48.560
 scoffing is

00:30:48.560 --> 00:30:49.360
 unbelief that

00:30:49.360 --> 00:30:49.920
 laughs

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:51.259
 so it does

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.900
 not have to

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.340
 listen

00:30:52.340 --> 00:30:56.560
 that is

00:30:56.560 --> 00:30:57.440
 exactly the

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.900
 opposite

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:59.180
 of what God

00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.920
 wants for you

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.320
 and me

00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:01.220
 in 2026

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:04.600
 he wants us

00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:05.040
 listening

00:31:05.040 --> 00:31:07.060
 applying

00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:08.920
 and living

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.180
 it

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:11.180
 and if

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.820
 we lack

00:31:11.820 --> 00:31:12.340
 God's

00:31:12.340 --> 00:31:12.600
 word

00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:13.120
 it will

00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:13.380
 not

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:13.840
 happen

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:16.320
 so if

00:31:16.320 --> 00:31:16.580
 you want

00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:16.980
 to grow

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:19.200
 and make

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:20.060
 2026

00:31:20.060 --> 00:31:20.700
 a year

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.180
 to sprout

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.580
 new

00:31:21.580 --> 00:31:22.039
 spiritual

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.580
 growth

00:31:22.580 --> 00:31:23.799
 in your

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.320
 life

00:31:24.320 --> 00:31:25.680
 begin

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:27.799
 with the

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.100
 word of

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:28.440
 God

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:32.019
 start

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.259
 out

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.720
 right

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:35.380
 and I'll

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.940
 be clear

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:38.560
 nobody's

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.119
 keeping a

00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:39.559
 record

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:42.639
 this is

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:43.139
 between you

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:43.599
 and God

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:49.139
 it really

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:49.659
 don't start

00:31:49.659 --> 00:31:50.019
 there

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:53.079
 that's a

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.559
 continuation

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.299
 of something

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.639
 that should

00:31:54.639 --> 00:31:54.940
 have already

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.339
 started

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:58.839
 if you

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.379
 close out

00:31:59.379 --> 00:31:59.879
 this year

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.079
 and you

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.379
 look at

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:00.919
 your life

00:32:00.919 --> 00:32:01.200
 and you

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.599
 realize

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.019
 that there's

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.500
 never been

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.899
 a time

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.179
 in your

00:32:03.179 --> 00:32:03.639
 life

00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:04.679
 when you

00:32:04.679 --> 00:32:04.960
 surrender

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.339
 your life

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:05.919
 to Jesus

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:08.379
 if you

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:08.640
 look at

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.080
 your life

00:32:09.080 --> 00:32:09.340
 and you

00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:09.640
 realize

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:09.860
 there's

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:10.060
 never

00:32:10.060 --> 00:32:10.300
 been a

00:32:10.300 --> 00:32:10.500
 time

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:10.740
 when you

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:10.840
 have

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:11.040
 asked

00:32:11.040 --> 00:32:11.280
 the Lord

00:32:11.280 --> 00:32:11.560
 Jesus

00:32:11.560 --> 00:32:12.120
 to forgive

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.340
 you of

00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:12.660
 the sin

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:12.900
 in your

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:13.200
 life

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.480
 and you've

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:13.840
 acknowledged

00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:14.600
 that you've

00:32:14.600 --> 00:32:15.140
 done wrong

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:17.780
 and you've

00:32:17.780 --> 00:32:18.300
 never asked

00:32:18.300 --> 00:32:18.580
 him to

00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:19.000
 forgive you

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.300
 of that

00:32:19.300 --> 00:32:19.640
 sin

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:21.700
 and to

00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.160
 come into

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:22.700
 your life

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.280
 and empower

00:32:23.280 --> 00:32:23.860
 you to not

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.360
 do the same

00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:24.740
 things you

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.300
 used to do

00:32:25.300 --> 00:32:26.600
 and to

00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:27.120
 change your

00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:27.640
 life to

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.080
 live for

00:32:28.080 --> 00:32:28.480
 his honor

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:28.880
 and glory

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.260
 and to

00:32:29.260 --> 00:32:30.080
 decide that

00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:30.360
 you don't

00:32:30.360 --> 00:32:30.560
 want to

00:32:30.560 --> 00:32:30.900
 make your

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:31.080
 own

00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:31.460
 decisions

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:31.820
 anymore

00:32:31.820 --> 00:32:32.140
 that you

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:32.460
 want him

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:32.740
 to make

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.220
 the decisions

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.640
 for you

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:33.900
 and you'll

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.440
 follow his

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:34.800
 lead

00:32:34.800 --> 00:32:36.400
 if you've

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:36.759
 never

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.180
 surrendered

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.680
 your life

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:37.880
 to the

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.019
 Lord

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.300
 Jesus

00:32:38.300 --> 00:32:39.060
 if you've

00:32:39.060 --> 00:32:39.460
 never

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.380
 asked God

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:41.019
 to save

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.400
 you

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.540
 I want you

00:32:42.540 --> 00:32:42.660
 to know

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:42.960
 there's not

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.340
 a better

00:32:43.340 --> 00:32:43.780
 way for you

00:32:43.780 --> 00:32:44.100
 to close

00:32:44.100 --> 00:32:44.660
 out a year

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:47.940
 than to say

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.400
 Lord Jesus

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.300
 I give you

00:32:49.300 --> 00:32:49.920
 my life

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:54.680
 and I ask

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.120
 you to save

00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:55.380
 me

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:58.820
 and if you've

00:32:58.820 --> 00:32:59.180
 never done

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.500
 that we're

00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.640
 going to

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.040
 stand in

00:33:00.040 --> 00:33:00.400
 just a

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:00.560
 moment

00:33:00.560 --> 00:33:00.759
 we're

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:00.920
 going to

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.140
 sing

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.860
 and as

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.380
 we sing

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:02.800
 I don't

00:33:02.800 --> 00:33:03.040
 want you

00:33:03.040 --> 00:33:03.580
 to hesitate

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.799
 they'll

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.139
 let you

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.419
 out

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:05.919
 I promise

00:33:05.919 --> 00:33:06.199
 you

00:33:06.199 --> 00:33:06.699
 they'll

00:33:06.699 --> 00:33:06.980
 get out

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.399
 your way

00:33:07.399 --> 00:33:09.519
 step

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.899
 down

00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:11.699
 and say

00:33:11.699 --> 00:33:12.159
 pastor I

00:33:12.159 --> 00:33:12.339
 need to

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.859
 be saved

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:15.399
 and if

00:33:15.399 --> 00:33:15.699
 you have

00:33:15.699 --> 00:33:16.259
 done that

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:18.079
 but that's

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.619
 a private

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:19.279
 matter for

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:19.639
 you

00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:20.960
 and you've

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.299
 never

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.899
 acknowledged

00:33:21.899 --> 00:33:22.779
 that publicly

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:25.699
 I'll tell

00:33:25.699 --> 00:33:26.220
 you there's

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:26.500
 nothing

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.919
 biblical

00:33:26.919 --> 00:33:27.740
 about having

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.339
 a private

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:28.899
 faith

00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:31.659
 as a matter

00:33:31.659 --> 00:33:31.819
 of fact

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.480
 Jesus said

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:32.759
 if you're

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.079
 saying to

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.220
 me

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.579
 before

00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:34.019
 men

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.240
 I'll

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.620
 be ashamed

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:34.819
 of you

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.039
 before

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.240
 my

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.559
 father

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:35.799
 in other

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:35.920
 words

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.360
 it's

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:36.640
 not

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.240
 real

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:39.519
 if you

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:39.660
 don't

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:39.860
 tell

00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.120
 others

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.680
 about it

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:42.339
 if it

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.539
 don't

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.880
 show

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:45.220
 and Jesus

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.700
 by his

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.120
 commission

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.559
 and by

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:46.740
 his

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.079
 example

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.559
 tell us

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.039
 that the

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.600
 first steps

00:33:48.600 --> 00:33:49.180
 of obedience

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:49.839
 is to

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.660
 follow that

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.259
 with baptism

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.960
 to publicly

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.519
 acknowledge

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.039
 a private

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.559
 faith

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.100
 through

00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:54.600
 baptism

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:55.140
 and if

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.420
 you've

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:55.720
 never

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.019
 been

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.440
 baptized

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.779
 baptized

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:59.160
 as a

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.500
 believer

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:02.680
 as we

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:02.940
 stand

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.259
 to sing

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.580
 I want

00:34:03.580 --> 00:34:03.799
 you to

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.059
 come

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.380
 and say

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.660
 pastor

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:04.920
 I need

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.100
 to be

00:34:05.100 --> 00:34:05.380
 baptized

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:06.100
 I want

00:34:06.100 --> 00:34:06.519
 to begin

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.140
 the year

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:08.019
 with

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.360
 baptism

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:08.679
 we're not

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.059
 going to do it

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.420
 today

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.200
 we'll line

00:34:10.200 --> 00:34:10.599
 it up

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:10.880
 but

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:12.000
 you come

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:14.400
 maybe you're

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:14.719
 here and

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.239
 God's

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:15.920
 led you

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.059
 to

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.239
 First

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.539
 Baptist

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.840
 Church

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.059
 and you

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.199
 know

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:17.480
 that

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.860
 you've

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.199
 worshipped

00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:19.639
 with us

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:19.860
 you've

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.039
 never

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:20.440
 committed

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:20.760
 to be

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.099
 a part

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.219
 of

00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:21.420
 here

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.679
 but

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.260
 you

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.559
 know

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:22.800
 this

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:22.940
 is

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.099
 where

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.340
 God

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.500
 would

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.719
 have

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:23.820
 you

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:23.940
 to

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.159
 be

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:26.480
 I

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.840
 encourage

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:26.940
 you

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.039
 to

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.320
 come

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:28.159
 obey

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.440
 God

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.719
 start

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:29.059
 the new

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.340
 year

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.619
 out

00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:29.780
 with

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:29.880
 a

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.019
 new

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.360
 church

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.579
 that

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.599
 you

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:31.940
 know

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.179
 this

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.320
 is

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.480
 where

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:32.719
 God

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:32.880
 would

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.079
 have

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.179
 you

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:33.280
 to

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:33.420
 be

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:33.420


00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.639
 we'll

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:33.940
 guide

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.139
 you

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.300
 in

00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:34.480
 what

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:34.739
 all

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:34.900
 that

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.320
 means

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:38.539
 and

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:38.740
 for

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:39.200
 everybody

00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:39.840
 here

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:43.500
 let's

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.800
 pause

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.100
 a moment

00:34:44.100 --> 00:34:46.500
 Brian

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:46.880
 wants you

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.180
 to sing

00:34:47.180 --> 00:34:47.440
 but you

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:47.559
 don't

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.019
 have to

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.840
 okay

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:51.039
 you can

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.420
 bow your

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:51.700
 head and

00:34:51.700 --> 00:34:52.019
 pray

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:53.920
 and say

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.380
 God let

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:54.760
 me in

00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:55.220
 this year

00:34:55.220 --> 00:34:55.600
 right

00:34:55.600 --> 00:34:56.920
 start

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.280
 the new

00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:57.440
 one

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.180
 right

00:34:58.180 --> 00:35:00.120
 if you

00:35:00.120 --> 00:35:00.300
 need to

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:00.539
 come to

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:00.960
 this altar

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.400
 do that

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:01.700
 you do

00:35:01.700 --> 00:35:01.940
 that

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.120
 if you

00:35:02.120 --> 00:35:02.340
 need a

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.559
 pastor

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:02.800
 to pray

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.039
 for you

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.200
 I'll

00:35:03.200 --> 00:35:03.320
 be

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:03.519
 happy

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:03.800
 to pray

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.160
 for you

00:35:04.160 --> 00:35:04.559
 if you

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:04.760
 can do

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:04.920
 that

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.079
 where

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.220
 you

00:35:05.220 --> 00:35:05.380
 are

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:05.519
 you

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.659
 do

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:05.760
 it

00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:05.860
 where

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:05.980
 you

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.079
 are

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:09.280
 you

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:09.500
 don't

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:09.740
 get

00:35:09.740 --> 00:35:09.940
 too

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.119
 many

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.740
 opportunities

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:10.960
 to

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.180
 start

00:35:11.180 --> 00:35:11.579
 right

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:14.940
 so

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.240
 praise

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:15.480
 God

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:15.740
 let's

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:15.960
 start

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.139
 out

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.559
 right

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:18.539
 start

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:18.860
 anew

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.200
 amen

00:35:19.200 --> 00:35:20.420
 amen

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.820
 Lord

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.119
 Jesus

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.519
 thank

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:21.720
 you

00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:22.539
 for

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:22.720
 your

00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:23.139
 love

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.280
 and

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.440
 for

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:23.599
 your

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.000
 lesson

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.780
 help

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:24.940
 us

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.099
 to

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.500
 respond

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:25.619
 to

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:25.720
 your

00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:26.260
 obedience

00:35:26.260 --> 00:35:26.480
 in

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:26.740
 Jesus

00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:27.099
 precious

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.500
 name

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.539
 amen