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 Good morning, Watermark. It's good to see you all here this morning.

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 Last week, we started looking at what it means to abide in God,

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 and this week we continue in the same passage.

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 So I hope that you've been enjoying the Bible reading plan

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 and have been abiding in God's Word.

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 Today's reading comes from John chapter 15, starting in verse 1.

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 We read,

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 I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

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 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away,

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 and every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

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 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

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 Abide in me, and I in you.

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 As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine,

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 neither can you unless you abide in me.

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 I am the vine, you are the branches.

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 Whoever abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit,

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 for apart from me you can do nothing.

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 If anyone does not abide in me, he is thrown away like a branch and withers,

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 and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

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 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you,

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 ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

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 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit,

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 and so prove to be my disciples.

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 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.

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 Abide in my love.

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 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love,

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 just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

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 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you,

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 and that your joy may be full.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Great, thank you.

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 So let's pray together as we come and consider this passage.

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 Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus Christ, precious Holy Spirit,

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 we come before you this morning.

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 We come to your word because we need you.

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 We need your word to speak to us.

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 God, we want to encounter you, the living God, in your living word.

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 And so, Father, this morning we don't come just to hear ideas.

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 We don't hear just for a prep talk, just to get us going for another week.

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 We come to, in our weakness, in our shame, in our joys, in our trials,

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 we come to you, the fountain of life, the fountain of living water.

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 We come because our souls are dry apart from you,

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 and you alone can satisfy us.

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 So, God, I pray, won't you open the eyes of our hearts to behold wonders in your word.

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 God, won't you help us to see what you want us to see.

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 Won't you both challenge and encourage us.

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 And most importantly, Jesus, come and speak to us this morning.

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 We pray this in your wonderful and your gracious name.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you, Celeste, for reading.

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 Well, as Celeste said, we are spending a couple of weeks in John 15,

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 this very wonderful, very famous passage of Scripture,

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 where Jesus essentially tells us that the source of life,

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 the source of the abundant life, is found in Him.

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 He says that we are not the center of our lives.

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 Jesus is not an accessory to our lives.

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 He is the source and the root of the abundant, the flourishing life.

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 And that life, we only flourish as we come to Him

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 and embed our lives in Him, as we are united in Him.

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 The word He uses is abide in Him.

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 And so, verse 4 and 5 is kind of the main idea of this passage.

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 Jesus says,

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 Abide in me as I abide in you.

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 As a branch cannot bear fruit unless it abides in the vine,

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 neither can you unless you abide in me.

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 I am the vine, you are the branches.

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 Whoever abides in me and I in him,

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 he it is that bears much fruit, or she it is that bears much fruit.

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 For apart from me, you can do nothing.

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 And Jesus says He's not just like a branch,

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 one of the many branches in our lives.

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 We've got a financial branch and a religious branch and a family branch.

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 He's not just an accessory to our lives.

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 He is the source of life, and we find life as we embed ourselves in Him.

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 And in many ways, we've said that as a church,

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 we feel like the Scripture is so important for us this year.

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 This year, what are we going to do this year?

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 What are we going to give ourselves to?

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 There's so much of this year which is beyond our control.

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 We're not able to predict.

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 Who knows what the next 12 or 18 or 24 months looks like.

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 But the one thing we can do, if you're a follower of Jesus,

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 the one thing we must do is be abiding in Christ,

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 rooted in Christ, finding our life in Christ.

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 And so today and next Sunday,

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 we're going to kind of drop that down a little

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 and get a little bit more granular and say,

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 okay, well, what does that actually mean?

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 What does that look like?

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 And it's not going to be extremely practical,

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 but it's hopefully going to be one level down,

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 a little bit more granular.

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 And in John 15, there's two things that Jesus tells us.

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 We're going to look at one of them this week,

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 one of them next week, okay?

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 So, but before we dive in, let me ask you a question.

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 Whose voice has most shaped your life and your worldview?

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 What word that somebody has spoken to you or spoken over you

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 has most shaped your life and the person that you are today?

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 It could be for positive or for negative,

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 a word of encouragement, a word of criticism,

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 a word of a parent, a teacher, a friend.

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 Whose word, whose voice has most shaped your life?

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 And in what way in particular has that word

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 made you the person that you are today?

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 As you think about that, John 15, Jesus says,

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 abide in me as I in you.

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 A branch cannot bear fruit in this that abides in me,

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 and neither can you.

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 But then look at what Jesus says in verse seven.

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 Jesus tells us what that actually means

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 and what that looks like.

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 He says in verse seven,

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 let me just get it in my Bible here.

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 Sorry.

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 Jesus says,

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 if you abide in me and my words abide in you,

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 ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you.

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 So how do we abide in Christ this year?

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 Or to use the imagery from last week,

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 how do we not just plug our lives into Jesus now and then

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 for a quick 20 minute recharge,

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 but rather embed the circuit board of our lives into Christ

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 so that he is the one that's sustaining us and carrying us?

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 How do we do that?

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 Jesus says,

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 one of the ways we abide in Christ

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 is by abiding in his word.

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 You see that?

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 Abide in me,

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 and if my words abide in you,

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 ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you.

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 Now,

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 today we're going to look at this verse

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 and there's three things that are surprising about this verse.

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 The first one is the second half.

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 Look at what he says.

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 Jesus says,

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 if you do this,

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 ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you.

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 That sounds like a unusual blank check, right?

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 Jesus says,

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 whatever you wish,

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 ask,

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 your wish is my command.

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 Okay?

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 Second thing that's unusual is,

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 look at how the first half of the verse

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 is almost identical to verse four,

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 except there's one change.

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 Look at verse four.

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 Jesus says,

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 abide in me and I in you.

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 Now verse seven,

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 Jesus says,

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 if you abide in me and my words abide in you.

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 So what's Jesus saying here?

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 It almost seems like what Jesus is saying

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 is that his words are synonymous with Christ himself,

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 which is an unusual thing to say

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 and almost blasphemous in some ways.

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 You think of the eternal,

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 uncreated,

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 sovereign God,

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 the one who spoke creation and the universe into being,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 and now Christ elevates something else

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 almost to the same level as him.

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 If I abide in you,

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 abide in me and I abide in you,

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 now he says,

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 abide in me and let my words abide in you.

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 It seems unusual.

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 And yet,

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 actually throughout scripture,

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 this is something we see again and again,

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 that God says,

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 what his word does is what he does.

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 God again and again throughout scripture

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 almost raises his word to the status of God himself.

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 Very,

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 we often quote Psalm 29.

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 You might have heard it before.

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 It says,

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 the word of the Lord breaks the cedars.

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 In other words,

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 strongholds.

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 The next line says,

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 God himself breaks the cedars.

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 What God's word does is what God does.

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 A few weeks ago,

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 Neil preached on Psalm 107.

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 Psalm 107 talks about these various scenarios

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 when people are in a difficult situation

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 and they cry out to God

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 and God delivers them.

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 Look at verse 19.

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 They cried out to the Lord in their trouble.

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 He delivered them from their distress.

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 He sent out his word

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 and he healed them.

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 He delivered them from their destruction.

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 Now the psalmist is not saying

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 that God sent them a Bible,

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 but he's saying that he sent them his word,

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 his word of hope,

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 his word of redemption.

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 God revealed who he was

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 and that delivered them.

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 It saved them.

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 It's amazing that scripture

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 plays such high emphasis

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 on God's word,

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 his instructions,

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 his promises,

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 his teaching,

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 what he reveals about himself.

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 And yet if you think about that,

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 that actually makes sense

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 because that's true

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 of most of our relationships.

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 If I say to my kids,

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 please will you pick up your towel

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 after you shower

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 and hang it up

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 so that it dries

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 and my kids look at me

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 and say,

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 nah.

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 Okay.

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 Why do I take such offense at that?

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 They're not just rejecting my words,

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 they're actually rejecting me.

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 If you say to somebody at work,

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 listen,

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 please don't do this

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 and then they go

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 and do that exact thing,

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 they're not just rejecting your words,

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 they're showing disdain for you,

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 right?

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 In the same way,

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 Jesus here

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 says that his words

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 are so important

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 because it's one of the ways

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 that we encounter Christ himself.

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 Think of Hebrews chapter four,

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 it says God's word

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 is living and active.

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 Part of what that means

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 is the way that God works

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 is through his word

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 but also it's the way

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 that God presences himself,

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 the way he reveals himself to us

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 is through his word

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 which is why

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 when we come to God's word

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 what we hope to do

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 is actually to encounter

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 the living God himself

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 not just read words on a page.

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 And so Jesus says the same thing,

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 he says,

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 how do you relate to me?

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 To my words,

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 what it says is actually

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 how do you relate to me?

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 And Charles Spurgeon

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 in typical fashion

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 says this,

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 if Christ's words

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 will not abide in you

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 both as belief and practice,

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 you are not in Christ.

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 Christ and his gospel

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 and his commands are one.

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 If you will not have Christ

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 and his words,

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 neither will he have you

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 nor your words.

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 And so Jesus says,

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 abide in me

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 and let my words abide in you.

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 To be frivolous

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 or dismissive

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 about what Jesus says

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 is to be frivolous

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 or dismissive

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 about Jesus himself.

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 But thirdly,

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 notice the third thing

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 that's interesting

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 about this verse.

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 And this is what I want us

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 to spend a bit of time

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 thinking about.

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 A few months ago

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 when we planned

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 this kind of preaching series,

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 we thought,

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 okay, we'll do John chapter 15

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 verse one.

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 Week two,

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 we'll do something

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 on the Bible

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 and how to have devotions

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 and long words

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 and long devotions

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 because Jesus says,

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 abide in me

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 and abide in my words,

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 right?

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 But this week

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 as I started

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 to think about

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 and study it,

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 I actually saw

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 that's not what Jesus says.

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 Jesus doesn't say,

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 abide in me

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 and abide in my words.

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 What does he say?

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 Abide in me

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 and let my words

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 abide in you.

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 You see the difference

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 between those two?

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 They're very similar,

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 but there's a difference.

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 What is Jesus saying?

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 Jesus is not just telling us

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 to do more stuff,

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 to be more disciplined,

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 to be more devoted,

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 to if you normally spend

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 five minutes in devotions

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 and not to spend

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 ten minutes in devotions.

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 Jesus is not just telling us

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 what to do.

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 He says,

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 let his words,

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 which means his teachings,

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 his instructions,

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 his promises,

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 but most importantly,

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 his revelation

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 of who he is,

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 let that so reside in us,

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 so abide within our hearts,

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 as the psalmist says,

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 to hide it deep

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 within our hearts

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 that it shapes

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 our worldview,

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 our life,

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 our motivations,

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 our responses to situations.

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 It shapes our hearts.

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 Jesus doesn't just say,

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 spend more time

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 reading my Bible.

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 He says,

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 let my words,

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 in other words,

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 let who I am,

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 abide in your heart

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 in such a way

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 that it shapes you

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 and the person

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 that you become.

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 So Jesus is not just calling us

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 to be better disciplined.

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 He's calling to let Christ himself

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 to reside in us

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 so that he shapes our life,

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 our worldview.

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 His voice becomes

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 the most powerful

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 and shaping voice

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 in our lives.

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 So to come back

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 to the question

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 we said earlier,

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 whose voice,

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 whose word

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 has most shaped you

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 in your life?

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 whose word,

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 whose voice

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 has shaped your worldview,

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 how you see the world

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 and how you see yourself?

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 Maybe for some of us,

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 it was a parent

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 or a grandparent,

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 a teacher,

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 maybe a caregiver,

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 maybe a sibling

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 or a boss

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 or a friend.

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 Friends,

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 whose words

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 have you taken

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 so deeply into your heart

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 that they've lodged

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 in your heart

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 and shaped the way

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 that you see the world

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 and see yourself?

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 for positive

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 or negative.

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 Maybe some of us

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 had a parent

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 who,

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 when we were younger,

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 said to us,

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 you'll never amount

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 to anything.

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 Or maybe you had a teacher

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 who called you lazy

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 or stupid

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 and you took that

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 deep in your heart

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 and it shaped the way

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 that you saw yourself.

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 Friends,

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 maybe it wasn't

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 anything specific

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 that somebody said.

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 Maybe it was just

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 a set of circumstances.

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 Maybe you went to

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 boarding school

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 at this young age

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 and you always

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 had to fend

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 for yourself.

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 And so the word

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 that shaped your heart

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 is nobody will ever

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 be there to protect you.

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 You're going to have

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 to fend for yourself

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 in this world.

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 Maybe it's just

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 the worldview

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 of Hong Kong's performance

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 and comparative culture

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 that deeply resides

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 in our hearts.

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 In order to be considered

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 not a failure,

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 a success in life,

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 you have to do something

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 that proves

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 that you're better

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 than those around you.

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 And so this word

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 drives you.

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 It drives your work performance.

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 It drives the way

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 you relate to others.

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 It drives you.

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 This word

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 that drives you.

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 Friends,

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 you see,

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 most of us here

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 are followers of Jesus

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 and yet what Jesus says here,

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 you can wake up

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 every morning,

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 have a devotion,

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 tick that off

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 on your list

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 and go off to work

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 and yet have some

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 other word

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 that's driving you

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 because something else

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 is the word

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 that's abiding

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 in your heart.

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 There's something else

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 that drives

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 your motivation.

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 It's what really

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 shapes your sense

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 of self-worth,

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 your behavior,

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 your relationships,

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 your idea of what

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 a successful life

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 looks like.

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 It's not who Christ is

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 and what Christ says

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 in his word.

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 It's what your boss says.

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 It's what your colleagues say.

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 It's what your parents say

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 or your teacher

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 or sibling

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 or a friend.

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 And you know

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 that it's possible

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 to live

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 driven by a word

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 even in reaction

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 to a word.

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 And so maybe

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 you're here this morning

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 and you said

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 I will never be

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 like my parents.

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 Do you see that

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 that word

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 is still controlling you?

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 It's the word

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 that's driving you.

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 And whatever I do

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 I won't be like my brother.

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 I won't be like my sister.

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 Jesus here says

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 that the way

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 to abide in Christ

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 is to have his word

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 abiding in our heart

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 to be the word

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 that shapes our lives

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 and permeates

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 our worldview

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 and who we are.

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 When I was growing up

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 my dad used to

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 say to me

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 and my brothers

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 fairly regularly

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 used to say

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 I want you to know

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 there's nothing

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 that you can do

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 in the entire world

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 that will stop me

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 loving you.

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 I may be angry

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 I may be disappointed

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 but there's nothing

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 that you can do

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 that will stop

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 my love for you.

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 Well for about

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 10 or 15 years

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 I never really

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 put that to the test.

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 And one day

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 when I was 18 years old

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 I was in boarding school

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 I was in my final year

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 of school

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 and I did something

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 really stupid

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 at school

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 and we were caught

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 and I was grounded

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 in the boarding house

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 for a month

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 I was a prefect

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 at school

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 and that was taken away

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 for the rest of term

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 and all the privileges

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 were taken away

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 and I knew

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 I had to go

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 and tell my dad

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 about what I had done.

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 And I was a little nervous

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 I knew there'd be consequences

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 I knew he'd be

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 pretty cross

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 but the one thing

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 I knew

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 was that for 15 years

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 he'd been telling me

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 there's nothing

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 that you can do

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 that will ever

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 make me question

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 my love for you.

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 And so while I had to

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 I can still remember

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 walking to my dad's study

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 one night

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 and telling him

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 what had happened

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 and one thing

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 I knew

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 I never for a second

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 guessed his love

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 or his commitment

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 or his affirmation

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 for me.

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 It's a word

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 that shaped my life.

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 Well you can imagine

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 what I try

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 and tell my kids

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 once a week

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 I try and tell my kids

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 Sierra, Shiloh

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 I want you to know

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 there's nothing

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 that you can do

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 that will stop

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 our love for you.

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 I want my kids

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 to be rooted

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 and grounded

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 in this word.

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 But actually

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 more than just

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 my love for them

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 I want my kids

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 to be rooted

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 and grounded

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 in who Christ

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 says about them

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 and Christ's word

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 for them.

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 And so one of the ways

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 that we do this

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 is I take my kids

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 to school every morning

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 in Light Ucock

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 and so we catch

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 the MTR

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 at 7 o'clock

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 from Admiralty Station

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 and go up to Light Ucock

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 and we've got 20 minutes

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 on the train.

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 And we don't do this

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 every day

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 but a couple of times

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 a month

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 we run through

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 this little routine

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 and I ask my kids

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 a bunch of questions.

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 I say

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 Sierra, Shiloh

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 what is the gospel?

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 They say

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 the gospel is

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 Jesus died

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 and rose again

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 that I can be forgiven

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 and included

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 in his family.

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 Sierra and Shiloh

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 who loves you most?

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 God loves me most.

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 Who loves you second most?

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 Mom and Dad

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 loves me second most.

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 Sierra and Shiloh

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 who does God the Holy Spirit

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 say you are?

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 One who is washed and cleaned.

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 Who does God the Son say you are?

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 One who is righteous and forgiven.

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 Who does God the Father say you are?

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 One who is loved and adopted.

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 Sierra and Shiloh

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 who are you?

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 I'm a sinner saved by grace.

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 And Sierra and Shiloh

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 what is grace?

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 God's undeserved mercy.

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 And what can you do

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 through his grace and power?

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 Hard things.

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 And so a couple of times a week

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 a couple of times a month

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 we run through this question.

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 And the reason is this.

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 Because I know at school

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 they're going to have difficult days.

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 A kid's going to be unkind to them.

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 They're going to bomb out

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 on an assignment.

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 Some teacher's going to give them

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 a bad grade.

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 Something's going to go wrong.

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 They're going to do something stupid

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 and face the consequences.

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 And in that moment

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 I want my kids

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 to be so rooted and grounded.

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 I want a word

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 that's abiding in their hearts.

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 It says

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 there is a God who loves me

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 and there's a mom and dad

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 who loves me.

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 And who am I?

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 Yes I'm a sinner

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 but I'm loved by grace.

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 And I can do hard things

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 by his grace and power.

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 Friends

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 but is that not true of us as well?

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 Friends

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 things are going to happen to us.

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 You're going to get overlooked

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 for a promotion

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 three years in a row.

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 Right?

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 You're going to apply for that job

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 and you're going to get turned down

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 for the tenth time.

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 You're going to fail an exam

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 at university.

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 Your boss is going to shout at you.

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 Things are going to happen.

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 Life happens.

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 What word is residing

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 and abiding in your heart

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 as you go through

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 the stuff of life?

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 Jesus says

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 there is a word

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 that you need

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 that's going to abide

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 in your heart.

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 If you're going to abide

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 in Christ this year

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 you need more than

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 just a five minute devotion.

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 You need his word

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 abiding in your life

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 and in your heart

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 shaping you

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 to who you become.

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 And maybe something

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 really good happens.

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 Right?

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 It's not only bad things.

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 Maybe you get

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 a double promotion.

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 Maybe you get

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 a huge bonus

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 and you got more money

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 than you know

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 what to do with.

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 Maybe you inherit

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 millions of dollars

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 from some family member

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 you didn't even know existed.

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 And now suddenly

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 you are the king

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 of the town.

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 How is that not going

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 to change you?

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 How are you not going

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 to become pride

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 and self-reliant?

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 You need a word

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 that's residing

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 in your heart.

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 You need to abide

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 in Christ.

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 You need Christ's word

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 to abide in you.

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 Jesus says this.

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 Jesus says

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 we'll never abide

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 in Christ deeply.

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 He'll never become

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 the source of our life

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 and the real stuff of life

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 the real matters of life

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 until his words

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 become the predominant

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 shaping voice

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 in our life.

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 The most active ingredient

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 that shapes who we are

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 and how we see the world

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 and see ourselves.

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 Jesus said

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 that if the son

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 sets you free

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 you are free indeed.

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 But you know

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 how the son

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 sets us free?

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 He gives us a word

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 that cuts against

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 all the lies

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 and the untruths

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 of the world.

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 And so the world

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 tells you

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 if you're ready

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 to be successful

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 you've got to get

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 that promotion

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 you've got to get

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 that job

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 you've got to hit

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 the status of society

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 and you become

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 a slave to that word.

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 Jesus says

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 I've come to set you free.

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 How?

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 By giving you another word

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 that says

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 your life is found in me.

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 Friends,

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 sometimes the world

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 tells you

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 you'll never amount

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 to anything

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 or your teacher

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 says something

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 or your colleague

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 says something

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 and you're a slave

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 to that word.

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 Jesus says

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 he's come to set you free.

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 How?

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 By giving you another word.

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 The word says

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 that your life

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 is found in him.

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 If you are to abide

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 in Christ

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 and to bear fruit

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 you must let

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 his word

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 abide in you.

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 Now

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 one of the best places

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 to see this

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 in scripture

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 is to go to

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 Psalm chapter 1.

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 If you've got

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 your bulletin

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 in front of you

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 you'll see

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 on the other side

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 of the scripture

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 reading is Psalm 1

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 and turn with me

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 there quickly.

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 I want us to

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 look at it.

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 Psalm 1 is amazing.

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 It's the first

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 of the Psalms

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 but it's not

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 the first of the Psalms

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 by chance.

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 It's the entry point

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 into all of the Psalms

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 and the way

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 that we read

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 and understand

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 if we listen

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 to the message

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 of Psalm 1

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 we really can listen

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 to all of the Psalms

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 but Psalm 1

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 compares

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 the life

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 that is shaped

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 by two different voices

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 and so look at

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 what he says

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 verse 1

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 he says

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 blessed is the man

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 or the woman

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 or the student

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 who walks

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 not in the

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 counsel of the wicked

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 nor stands

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 in the way of sinners

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 nor sits

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 in the seat

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 of scoffers

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 but his delight

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 is in the law

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 of the Lord

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 and on his law

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 he meditates

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 day and night.

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 Here we have this

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 Psalm 1

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 really is a sustained

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 contrast between

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 two lives

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 that are shaped

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 by two voices

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 two words

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 the voice

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 of those

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 that know God

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 or the voice

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 of God's word

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 and the voice

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 of those

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 that don't know God

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 and it's not just

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 knowing God's word

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 it's having God's word

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 deeply penetrating

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 our life

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 and shaping

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 our life.

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 Here

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 Psalm 1

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 the word

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 law

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 doesn't just mean

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 religious rules

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 and regulations

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 it means

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 in Hebrew

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 the word Torah

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 means God's

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 instruction to us

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 his revelation

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 of who he is

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 who we are

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 in him

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 how he's called

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 us to live

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 our lives

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 and the psalmist

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 here says

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 blessed

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 or flourishing

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 or happy

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 fruitful

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 abundant

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 is the person

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 who takes

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 on God's word

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 and delights

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 in it

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 who allows

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 God

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 who meditates

00:24:38.679 --> 00:24:39.259
 on God's word

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 who allows

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 God's word

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 into their heart

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 to shape them

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 who ponders it

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 and consumes it

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 and thinks

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 about it

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 Psalm 19

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 says

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 Psalm 119

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 says

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 the one

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 who hides

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 God's word

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 deep in his

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 heart

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 or as Jesus

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 says

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 the one

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 who allows

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.639
 God's word

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 to abide

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 in him

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 and look at

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 verse 3

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 he compares

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 these two

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 he says

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 the one

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 who's hidden

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 God's word

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 in his heart

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 that his life

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 is shaped

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 by it

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 this person

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 is like a tree

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 similar to

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.579
 John 15

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 right

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:11.039
 and he says

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.619
 it's a tree

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.419
 that's planted

00:25:12.419 --> 00:25:13.480
 by streams

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.519
 of living water

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.980
 who yields

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.539
 its fruit

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.220
 in the season

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:18.740
 whose leaf

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.180
 does not

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.539
 wither

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.720
 in all

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.100
 that he

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:21.600
 does

00:25:21.600 --> 00:25:22.440
 prospers

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:24.620
 what happens

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:25.160
 to a tree

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.819
 that's planted

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.720
 by streams

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.420
 of living water

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.900
 well two things

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.680
 it's steady

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.279
 and sturdy

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.880
 it's not

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.620
 blown over

00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:32.140
 in the wind

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:33.519
 and the trials

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.140
 and the storms

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:35.000
 because its root

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:36.059
 system is robust

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:37.259
 but the other

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.500
 thing is

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.100
 it's always

00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:38.600
 alive

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:39.039
 because it's

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.539
 plugged into

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.079
 the source

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.620
 of life

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:43.299
 Jeremiah 17

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.940
 has a similar

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.339
 picture

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.779
 it says

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.960
 it does not

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.399
 fear

00:25:46.399 --> 00:25:46.859
 when the

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.299
 drought

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.940
 comes

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:49.119
 when

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:50.539
 just imagine

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:50.920
 with me

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.680
 hypothetically

00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.619
 imagine

00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:53.099
 there's this

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:53.680
 worldwide

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.339
 pandemic

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:54.859
 right

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.759
 and for

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.799
 three years

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.720
 life is

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.299
 interrupted

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:59.480
 and school

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.119
 is online

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.799
 and church

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.359
 is online

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.059
 and community

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.899
 group is online

00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:04.059
 and you can't

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:05.200
 be community

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:06.879
 are you

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:08.299
 embedded

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:09.480
 close to the

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.099
 source of life

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.480
 do you know

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.779
 how to get

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.460
 God's word

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.180
 into you

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.079
 so that even

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.440
 when the

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:13.779
 drought

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.420
 and anxiety

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:14.820
 and the

00:26:14.820 --> 00:26:15.060
 fear

00:26:15.060 --> 00:26:15.300
 and the

00:26:15.300 --> 00:26:15.539
 heat

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.120
 comes

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.880
 you're

00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:17.360
 still able

00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:17.720
 to bear

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.360
 much fruit

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:19.500
 Jeremiah

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:19.980
 says

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.779
 he does

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.460
 not fear

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:21.900
 when the

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.200
 heat

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.640
 comes

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.060
 he is

00:26:23.060 --> 00:26:23.740
 not anxious

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.080
 in the

00:26:24.080 --> 00:26:24.340
 year of

00:26:24.340 --> 00:26:24.640
 drought

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.800
 his leaves

00:26:25.800 --> 00:26:26.940
 are always

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.860
 green

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:29.560
 always bearing

00:26:29.560 --> 00:26:30.000
 fruit

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:31.980
 but the point

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.440
 here in

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.900
 Psalm 1

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.720
 is that it's

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.500
 rock solid

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.080
 sturdy

00:26:35.080 --> 00:26:35.560
 when there's

00:26:35.560 --> 00:26:36.220
 trials and

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.700
 the storms

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.100
 come

00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:38.180
 when hardship

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:39.000
 and difficulty

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.560
 comes

00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:40.240
 it's not

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.980
 blown over

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:42.300
 now in

00:26:42.300 --> 00:26:42.800
 verse 3

00:26:42.800 --> 00:26:43.320
 where he says

00:26:43.320 --> 00:26:43.980
 he always

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.660
 prospers

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.360
 does that

00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:45.759
 mean that

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.339
 the follower

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:46.880
 of Jesus

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:47.500
 is just

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.299
 life is

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.940
 always rosy

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:50.099
 no trials

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.980
 no difficulty

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:52.599
 not at all

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.640
 it's saying

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.220
 that despite

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:55.220
 the difficulties

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:56.000
 despite the

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.380
 hardships

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:56.700
 when the

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.000
 hardship

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.620
 comes

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:58.700
 they won't

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.759
 overwhelm you

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.759
 because your

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.700
 roots are

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.759
 deeply embedded

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.339
 in the source

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:03.839
 of life

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:05.519
 and so look

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.220
 at verse 4

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:07.900
 he contrasts

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.299
 the wicked

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:08.920
 he says

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.660
 the one

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.140
 whose life

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:11.160
 is devoid

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.720
 of God's

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.120
 word

00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.980
 are not

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.240
 so

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.440
 they are

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.220
 like chaff

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.680
 that the

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.620
 wind drives

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.019
 away

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.500
 do you know

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:17.920
 what chaff

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.160
 is

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:19.180
 when a

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.519
 farmer

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:23.000
 sifts the

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.340
 wheat

00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:24.440
 the chaff

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:24.700
 is the

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:24.980
 kind of

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.880
 dry outer

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.360
 casing

00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:27.279
 that just

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.900
 gets blown

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.300
 away

00:27:28.300 --> 00:27:29.160
 and so you

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.500
 can keep

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.920
 the kernel

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.460
 it's like

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:31.240
 think of

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:32.360
 dry leaves

00:27:32.360 --> 00:27:32.660
 that just

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.259
 get blown

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.800
 in the

00:27:33.800 --> 00:27:34.120
 wind

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:35.300
 and so the

00:27:35.300 --> 00:27:35.700
 psalmist

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.279
 says here

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.920
 you have a

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.620
 tree that's

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:38.540
 deeply embedded

00:27:38.540 --> 00:27:38.980
 its root

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.480
 system has

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.279
 gone wide

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.140
 and here

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.480
 you have

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.299
 dry leaves

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.599
 that get

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.180
 blown away

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.440
 in the

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.740
 storm

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.900
 and the

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.279
 point is

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.839
 that when

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.279
 the heat

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.539
 comes

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.620
 when difficulty

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.440
 comes

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.579
 where is

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.440
 your root

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:50.900
 system

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:52.120
 what is

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.640
 abiding

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:52.819
 you

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.519
 what word

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.120
 is shaping

00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:54.579
 you

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:56.380
 Jesus

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:57.079
 says that

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.500
 to bear

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.180
 much fruit

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.860
 we must

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.519
 abide in

00:27:59.519 --> 00:27:59.839
 him

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.259
 and the

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.680
 way that

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.120
 we abide

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:01.620
 in him

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:02.599
 is by

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:03.039
 having his

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.680
 word

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.259
 abiding

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.920
 in us

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:07.519
 here is a

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.000
 man a

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:09.079
 woman a

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:09.400
 mother

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.560
 father a

00:28:10.560 --> 00:28:10.880
 son or

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.240
 daughter

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.700
 who are

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.320
 so rooted

00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:13.040
 themselves in

00:28:13.040 --> 00:28:13.340
 God's

00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:14.320
 word that

00:28:14.320 --> 00:28:14.900
 God's word

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.460
 has rooted

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.500
 them even

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:16.840
 in the

00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:17.320
 storms

00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:18.460
 and so

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:18.960
 come what

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.620
 may drought

00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:20.220
 or harvest

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.900
 good times

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.340
 or bad

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:21.940
 feast or

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.259
 famine

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.840
 promotion

00:28:22.840 --> 00:28:23.380
 or job

00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:23.759
 loss

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.800
 here is a

00:28:24.800 --> 00:28:25.900
 person who

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.180
 has let

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.759
 God's word

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.620
 shape them

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.720
 and anchor

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.759
 them and

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.440
 root them

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.360
 it's the

00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:32.120
 predominant voice

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:32.380
 in their

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:33.380
 life it's

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:34.019
 their security

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.840
 their identity

00:28:34.840 --> 00:28:35.540
 their worldview

00:28:35.540 --> 00:28:37.580
 now

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:39.299
 coming back

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.559
 to the

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:39.919
 first thing

00:28:39.919 --> 00:28:40.139
 that we

00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:40.519
 saw that

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.039
 are strange

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.319
 in this

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.779
 passage

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.159
 do you

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:42.740
 see why

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.599
 Jesus says

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.720
 if you

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.319
 abide in

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:46.720
 me and

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.159
 you let

00:28:47.159 --> 00:28:47.779
 my words

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.359
 abide in

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:49.480
 you ask

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.159
 whatever you

00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:51.039
 wish and

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.399
 it will be

00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:51.779
 done for

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.019
 you

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:53.019
 do you

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.319
 see why

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.819
 Jesus can

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.359
 say that

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.759
 Jesus is

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.139
 not just

00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:56.539
 saying that

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.139
 he is a

00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.939
 genie and

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.259
 he's giving

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:58.759
 you endless

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.359
 lamps to

00:28:59.359 --> 00:28:59.599
 run

00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.059
 right

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.819
 Jesus is

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.079
 not just

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.379
 saying he

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:01.579
 has a

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.119
 blank check

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:02.699
 ask whatever

00:29:02.699 --> 00:29:03.039
 you want

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.359
 you want to

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:03.799
 go to Japan

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.279
 this week

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:05.279
 just ask him

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.940
 right

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:07.799
 Jesus is

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.359
 saying that

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:08.940
 if you

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.639
 abide in

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:10.039
 Christ and

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.319
 you let

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:10.920
 his words

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.779
 so shape

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.480
 your worldview

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:12.819
 and who

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.339
 you are

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.399
 your identity

00:29:14.399 --> 00:29:15.160
 your security

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.759
 your hopes

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.279
 your fears

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.980
 your anxieties

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:18.200
 you'll become

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.720
 the kind of

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.339
 person that

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:20.579
 your prayers

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:22.019
 are so aligned

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.559
 to him

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.339
 that it will

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.899
 be safe for

00:29:23.899 --> 00:29:24.319
 him to give

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:24.579
 you whatever

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:25.139
 you ask

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:26.559
 your prayers

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:26.879
 will become

00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.279
 the kind

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.960
 of prayers

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.859
 that are

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.259
 the things

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:30.920
 that you'd

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.460
 pray if

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.799
 you were in

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.099
 heaven

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:33.879
 ask whatever

00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.279
 you wish

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.480
 and it will

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.960
 be done for

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.160
 you

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:36.220
 because your

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.820
 life will

00:29:36.820 --> 00:29:37.600
 see the

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:38.040
 world the

00:29:38.040 --> 00:29:38.340
 way that

00:29:38.340 --> 00:29:38.980
 Christ sees

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.240
 it

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.340
 your life

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:40.620
 will be

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:41.300
 shaped by

00:29:41.300 --> 00:29:41.980
 his word

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:43.220
 if you

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.740
 abide in

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.080
 me and if

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:44.519
 you let

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.140
 my words

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.700
 abide in

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.600
 you you

00:29:46.600 --> 00:29:47.000
 can be

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.540
 sure that

00:29:47.540 --> 00:29:48.019
 your prayers

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.320
 will be the

00:29:48.320 --> 00:29:48.660
 kind of

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.060
 prayers I

00:29:49.060 --> 00:29:49.380
 love to

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:49.740
 answer

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:54.120
 so practically

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.600
 how should

00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:54.860
 we do

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.200
 this

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:56.019
 what should

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.380
 we do

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:56.720
 well

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:58.279
 last week

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.580
 we gave

00:29:58.580 --> 00:29:58.960
 you four

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.220
 things

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.440
 can you

00:29:59.440 --> 00:29:59.660
 remember

00:29:59.660 --> 00:29:59.960
 what they

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.240
 were

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.960
 anybody

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:03.640
 daily

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:04.540
 decisively

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.399
 honestly

00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:07.039
 surrenderedly

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.420
 okay

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.259
 I was

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.799
 rebuked this

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.119
 week for

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.500
 not having

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:09.839
 the word

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.420
 finished with

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:10.899
 an ly

00:30:10.899 --> 00:30:11.619
 last week

00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:12.339
 so here's

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:12.759
 five more

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.039
 words

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.839
 how can we

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:14.799
 abide in

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.599
 Christ's word

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:16.319
 and let

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.859
 Christ's word

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.460
 abide in us

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.819
 this week

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.700
 daily

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:20.019
 openly

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:21.599
 communally

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.500
 memory

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.200
 family

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:24.019
 five words

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.519
 to remember

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.180
 daily

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:26.680
 we spoke

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.000
 about this

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.539
 last week

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.720
 the way to

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.420
 have Christ's

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.200
 word deeply

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.119
 abiding in us

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.699
 is to make

00:30:31.699 --> 00:30:32.119
 sure that

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.439
 we are

00:30:32.439 --> 00:30:32.859
 abiding

00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:33.439
 in Christ's

00:30:33.439 --> 00:30:33.639
 word

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:34.679
 we said

00:30:34.679 --> 00:30:35.559
 it earlier

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.359
 Jesus is

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:36.979
 not simply

00:30:36.979 --> 00:30:37.659
 asking us

00:30:37.659 --> 00:30:38.039
 just to

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.579
 tick off

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.399
 a daily

00:30:39.399 --> 00:30:39.779
 to-do

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.139
 list

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:40.959
 but he

00:30:40.959 --> 00:30:41.439
 is asking

00:30:41.439 --> 00:30:41.759
 us to

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.039
 daily

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.719
 start off

00:30:42.719 --> 00:30:43.179
 our day

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:43.839
 by having

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.779
 Jesus Christ

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.279
 and who he

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.579
 is

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.799
 shape us

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.259
 and our

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.699
 worldview

00:30:47.699 --> 00:30:48.859
 and friends

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.699
 it's impossible

00:30:49.699 --> 00:30:50.199
 to have

00:30:50.199 --> 00:30:51.000
 Christ's word

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.919
 saturate our

00:30:51.919 --> 00:30:52.319
 hearts

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:53.039
 unless we're

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.979
 allowing it

00:30:53.979 --> 00:30:54.859
 to saturate

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.159
 us

00:30:55.159 --> 00:30:56.419
 and so here's

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:57.059
 the challenge

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:58.259
 each day

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:59.299
 preferably

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.059
 each morning

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.579
 before your

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.279
 day starts

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:02.379
 get up a

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:03.019
 little earlier

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:04.059
 get into

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.700
 God's word

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.799
 and let

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.599
 who Jesus

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.539
 is shape

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.039
 you by

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.700
 his word

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.779
 let him

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.400
 tell you

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:10.759
 what is

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.339
 true and

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:11.680
 real

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.539
 let him

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.039
 tell you

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.680
 who he

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.240
 is

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.920
 as you

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.279
 go into

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.720
 your day

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.599
 and let

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.099
 him tell

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.539
 you who

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:18.259
 you are

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.980
 in him

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.599
 as you

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:19.940
 go into

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.379
 your day

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:21.299
 and so that

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.619
 as you

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.160
 walk into

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.759
 the office

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.599
 the word

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.359
 that's residing

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:24.680
 in your

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.039
 heart

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.539
 is not

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.279
 you better

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.819
 not stuff

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.339
 up today

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:28.159
 the word

00:31:28.159 --> 00:31:29.000
 is my

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.559
 life is

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.220
 in Christ

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.740
 my life

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.220
 is hidden

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.819
 with Christ

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.099
 and my

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:32.480
 hope is

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:32.899
 in him

00:31:32.899 --> 00:31:33.759
 and so

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.639
 every day

00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:35.459
 start off

00:31:35.459 --> 00:31:35.980
 the day

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:37.379
 letting God's

00:31:37.379 --> 00:31:37.740
 word

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.779
 abide in

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.019
 you

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.819
 okay

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.679
 now if you

00:31:40.679 --> 00:31:41.059
 don't know

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.559
 how to do

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:41.879
 that

00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:43.480
 ask somebody

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.179
 ask one of

00:31:44.179 --> 00:31:44.500
 the elders

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:46.059
 ask Celeste

00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:47.139
 ask a mature

00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:47.759
 follower of

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.119
 Jesus

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:48.839
 Henry and

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.159
 Florence

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:49.839
 will love to

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.179
 help you

00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:50.619
 I'm sure

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:51.939
 Colin and

00:31:51.939 --> 00:31:52.459
 Kristen would

00:31:52.459 --> 00:31:52.939
 be great

00:31:52.939 --> 00:31:54.059
 ask somebody

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.399
 that's a

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:55.059
 mature follower

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.439
 of Jesus

00:31:55.439 --> 00:31:56.399
 how do I

00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:56.939
 have a daily

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.440
 devotion

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:58.380
 Frank and

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:58.980
 Teresa have

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.720
 helped hundreds

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.180
 of people

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.820
 over the years

00:32:00.820 --> 00:32:02.360
 get into

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:03.059
 God's word

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:04.440
 join us on

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:05.080
 the watermark

00:32:05.080 --> 00:32:05.700
 bible reading

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.080
 plan

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:06.680
 okay if you

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.279
 haven't started

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:08.880
 350 days to

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.240
 go still

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.840
 you can join

00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:10.360
 us it's not

00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:10.759
 too late

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.920
 get into

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.600
 God's word

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:13.299
 each day

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:14.860
 but you've

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.180
 got to do

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.580
 more than

00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:15.940
 that

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.640
 okay

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.860
 you've got to

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:18.360
 not just

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:19.279
 abide in

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.640
 God's word

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.000
 you've got to

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.620
 let God's word

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:21.279
 abide in you

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:22.559
 so the second

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.059
 thing is not

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:23.620
 just daily

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.320
 openly

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:25.439
 what do I

00:32:25.439 --> 00:32:25.759
 mean by

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.059
 that

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.980
 what I

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.339
 mean by

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:27.740
 that is

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.159
 you've got

00:32:28.159 --> 00:32:28.539
 to not

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.419
 just read

00:32:29.419 --> 00:32:30.019
 God's word

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.379
 you've got

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:30.720
 to let

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.539
 God's word

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:32.439
 read you

00:32:32.439 --> 00:32:33.659
 okay

00:32:33.659 --> 00:32:34.899
 what I

00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:35.220
 mean by

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.519
 that is

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:35.819
 this

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:36.519
 in other

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.819
 words you

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.200
 have to

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.939
 allow God's

00:32:37.939 --> 00:32:38.319
 word to

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.359
 challenge you

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:40.839
 to examine

00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:41.339
 you

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:43.539
 to question

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.019
 you

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:45.439
 to scrutinize

00:32:45.439 --> 00:32:46.019
 your life

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:47.179
 you've got to

00:32:47.179 --> 00:32:47.799
 read God's

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.500
 word and let

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.119
 God's word

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:49.879
 read you

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:51.100
 so let me

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:51.420
 give you an

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.920
 example this

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.580
 morning from

00:32:52.580 --> 00:32:53.320
 our Bible

00:32:53.320 --> 00:32:53.860
 reading plan

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.440
 this morning

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:55.080
 if you're with

00:32:55.080 --> 00:32:55.460
 us you would

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:55.740
 have read

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.620
 Psalm 9

00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:57.040
 right

00:32:57.040 --> 00:32:57.860
 Psalm 9

00:32:57.860 --> 00:32:58.360
 starts off

00:32:58.360 --> 00:32:58.760
 like this

00:32:58.760 --> 00:32:59.120
 I give

00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.800
 thanks to

00:32:59.800 --> 00:33:00.160
 the Lord

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.480
 with my

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:01.240
 whole heart

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.560
 well just

00:33:02.560 --> 00:33:03.140
 stop there

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:04.180
 am I the

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:04.800
 kind of person

00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:05.360
 that knows

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.700
 how to give

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.340
 thanks to

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.660
 the Lord

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:06.960
 with my

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.720
 whole heart

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.780
 when life

00:33:08.780 --> 00:33:09.220
 is good

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.600
 when life

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.200
 is bad

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.360
 when trials

00:33:11.360 --> 00:33:11.880
 and storms

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.240
 come

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:15.080
 when everything's

00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:15.520
 going well

00:33:15.520 --> 00:33:15.920
 when everything's

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.480
 going bad

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.740
 do I know

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.300
 how to give

00:33:18.300 --> 00:33:18.960
 thanks to

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.500
 God with my

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.140
 whole life

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:21.380
 well here's

00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:21.740
 one from

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.319
 this week

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:23.200
 I think on

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.579
 Thursday

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.279
 if you're with

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.920
 us we read

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:25.799
 Luke chapter 6

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.940
 at the end of

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:27.360
 Luke 6

00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:28.059
 it says this

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.880
 love your

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:29.299
 enemies

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:30.220
 do good

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.740
 and lend

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.400
 expecting

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:32.079
 nothing from

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.559
 those that

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.640
 you lend

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:33.900
 to

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.900
 you'll be

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.759
 like your

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.559
 sons of

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:36.860
 the most

00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:37.200
 high

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.920
 who is

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.799
 kind to

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.519
 the ungrateful

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:40.120
 and to

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.620
 the evil

00:33:40.620 --> 00:33:42.180
 when I read

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.519
 that that

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.140
 just arrested

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.400
 me

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:44.079
 God is

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.960
 kind to

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:45.900
 the ungrateful

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.880
 and to

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.279
 the wicked

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:48.440
 and then he

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:48.660
 says

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:49.480
 you be

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.320
 likewise

00:33:50.320 --> 00:33:51.900
 well friends

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:53.440
 to read

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:53.900
 God's word

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.320
 openly

00:33:54.320 --> 00:33:54.820
 means

00:33:54.820 --> 00:33:55.540
 God

00:33:55.540 --> 00:33:56.040
 am I

00:33:56.040 --> 00:33:56.720
 kind

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.220
 to those

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:57.460
 that are

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:57.940
 ungrateful

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:59.120
 let me just

00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.400
 tell you

00:33:59.400 --> 00:33:59.980
 I'm not

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.880
 okay

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.680
 I don't

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.040
 have a lot

00:34:02.040 --> 00:34:02.560
 of patience

00:34:02.560 --> 00:34:03.400
 for people

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:03.680
 that are

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.120
 ungrateful

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:05.540
 but here

00:34:05.540 --> 00:34:05.960
 God is

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.180
 saying

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:06.640
 Kevin

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.900
 are you

00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:08.059
 going to

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.559
 let my

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:08.900
 word

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.260
 abide

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:09.599
 in you

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.000
 are you

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.159
 going to

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.440
 let it

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:11.099
 scrutinize

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.360
 you

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:12.380
 why am

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:12.539
 I

00:34:12.539 --> 00:34:13.019
 impatient

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.260
 with

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.559
 people

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.920
 well it's

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.099
 because

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.280
 I'm

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:14.820
 selfish

00:34:14.820 --> 00:34:15.579
 and I'm

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.380
 self-righteous

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:17.059
 and I'm

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.780
 opinionated

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.539
 and I

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:18.860
 think I'm

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.240
 better than

00:34:19.240 --> 00:34:19.640
 others

00:34:19.640 --> 00:34:20.619
 and that

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:20.920
 means I

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.140
 need to

00:34:21.140 --> 00:34:21.500
 get on my

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:21.780
 knees

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:21.980
 and I

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:22.180
 need to

00:34:22.180 --> 00:34:22.579
 confess

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:22.860
 and I

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.119
 need to

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.800
 let Jesus

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.059
 say

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.460
 Christ

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.840
 I'm so

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.200
 sorry

00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:26.280
 come and

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:26.640
 have your

00:34:26.640 --> 00:34:26.960
 way in

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.300
 my life

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:27.640
 Jesus

00:34:27.640 --> 00:34:28.099
 I want

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.300
 to be

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.760
 more like

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.079
 you

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:30.320
 okay so

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:31.019
 read God's

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.280
 word

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.740
 daily

00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:32.220
 read it

00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:32.599
 openly

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.220
 thirdly

00:34:33.220 --> 00:34:34.119
 read it

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.920
 communally

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:36.480
 you know

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:36.860
 up until

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.760
 500 years

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.079
 ago

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:39.460
 nobody had

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:39.980
 their own

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.500
 individual

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.980
 Bibles

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:42.220
 we only

00:34:42.220 --> 00:34:42.519
 got our

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:42.680
 own

00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:43.079
 individual

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.480
 Bibles

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:43.820
 when the

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:44.119
 printing

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.480
 press

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:44.699
 was

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:45.059
 invented

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:45.900
 and when

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.659
 the Bible

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.300
 was translated

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:48.000
 from Latin

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.679
 into everyday

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.340
 language

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:50.240
 and so

00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:50.659
 up until

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:51.400
 500 years

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:51.539
 ago

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:52.079
 for most

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.440
 of church

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:52.800
 history

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.260
 the way

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:53.840
 that people

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.880
 knew God's

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.079
 word

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.519
 and got

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:55.940
 the Bible

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.500
 into them

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:57.699
 was communally

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.460
 they'd have

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.059
 others read

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.599
 it to them

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.420
 others explain

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:00.900
 it to them

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.519
 they would

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:02.159
 discuss it

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.440
 they would

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:03.119
 debate it

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.679
 they would

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.260
 allow one

00:35:04.260 --> 00:35:04.740
 another to

00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:05.500
 question them

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.639
 and so

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.960
 read the

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.199
 Bible

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.840
 communally

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.119
 in other

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.579
 words who

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.099
 in your

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.920
 life is

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.639
 showing you

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.019
 God's

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.159
 word

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:12.820
 opening it

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.079
 up to

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:13.159
 you

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:13.460
 but also

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:13.980
 questioning

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.299
 you

00:35:14.299 --> 00:35:15.480
 you know

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:15.839
 in the

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:16.719
 18th

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.019
 century

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.519
 during the

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:18.119
 great

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.599
 awakening

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.139
 revival

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.339
 in

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:19.639
 England

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.420
 John

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.779
 Wesley

00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:21.119
 in his

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.460
 church

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:21.699
 he

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.440
 organized

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.000
 everyone

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.239
 in his

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:23.539
 church

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:23.859
 in what

00:35:23.859 --> 00:35:24.219
 he called

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:24.899
 bands

00:35:24.899 --> 00:35:25.440
 groups of

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.920
 four to

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.139
 eight

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.579
 people

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:27.399
 and they

00:35:27.399 --> 00:35:27.739
 would meet

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.099
 sometimes

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.539
 once a

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.799
 week

00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:29.480
 and they

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:29.940
 would ask

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.279
 each other

00:35:30.279 --> 00:35:30.659
 bunch of

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.239
 questions

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:32.239
 one of the

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:32.500
 questions

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:32.960
 they'd ask

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.219
 is

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:33.879
 is God

00:35:33.879 --> 00:35:34.539
 being alive

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.019
 and real

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.500
 to you

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:37.420
 how are

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.839
 you seeing

00:35:37.839 --> 00:35:38.219
 are you

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.980
 loving people

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.599
 more this

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:39.960
 week than

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.299
 you were

00:35:40.299 --> 00:35:40.960
 last week

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.980
 what area

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.239
 of your

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:42.579
 life are

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:42.719
 you're

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.319
 confessing

00:35:43.319 --> 00:35:44.319
 but one

00:35:44.319 --> 00:35:44.539
 of the

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:44.880
 questions

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.340
 that they'd

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:46.039
 always ask

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.440
 each other

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.940
 is is

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.360
 scripture

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:48.199
 alive and

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.639
 real to

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:48.880
 you

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.799
 is scripture

00:35:49.799 --> 00:35:50.460
 speaking to

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.659
 you

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:51.860
 what promises

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.420
 of scripture

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.579
 are reassuring

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:54.179
 you and what

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:54.960
 challenges of

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.500
 scripture are

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.319
 challenging you

00:35:56.319 --> 00:35:57.319
 and so they'd

00:35:57.319 --> 00:35:57.960
 ask each other

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.679
 these questions

00:35:58.679 --> 00:36:00.039
 in other words

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.319
 they were

00:36:00.319 --> 00:36:01.039
 allowing the

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.819
 community of

00:36:01.819 --> 00:36:02.460
 brothers and

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.539
 sisters to

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.360
 speak God's

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.719
 word to

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:04.940
 them

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:06.119
 and you know

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:06.759
 in my life

00:36:06.759 --> 00:36:07.440
 most of the

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.059
 scriptures that

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:08.559
 are most

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.319
 precious to

00:36:09.319 --> 00:36:10.219
 me are

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.759
 scriptures that

00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:11.380
 other people

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:11.880
 have shared

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.460
 with me

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.500
 at times of

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:14.039
 great need

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.599
 or just out

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.200
 of encouragement

00:36:15.200 --> 00:36:16.400
 and with

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.880
 someone a

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.480
 brother shares

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:17.860
 the scripture

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.380
 and it comes

00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:19.599
 alive it has

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.180
 like it roots

00:36:20.180 --> 00:36:20.840
 itself in my

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:22.180
 heart and so

00:36:22.180 --> 00:36:22.700
 read the

00:36:22.700 --> 00:36:23.720
 scripture daily

00:36:23.720 --> 00:36:24.800
 openly

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.960
 community

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:27.260
 fourth thing

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:28.960
 memory okay

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.440
 I know it

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:29.820
 doesn't make

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:30.380
 sense to say

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:30.960
 read scripture

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.599
 memory but

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.320
 you're with me

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.780
 it's got to

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.160
 end in a

00:36:33.160 --> 00:36:33.760
 why right

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.519
 memory

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:37.420
 I want to

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:37.940
 challenge you

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.980
 here to

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.480
 memorize

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.199
 scripture

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:41.920
 to memorize

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.619
 scripture

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:44.659
 one of the

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:45.440
 best ways to

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.079
 get scripture

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:47.219
 inside of you

00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:48.179
 is to not

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:49.019
 just read it

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:50.300
 but to try

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:50.780
 and memorize

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:52.000
 it to say

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.759
 it over and

00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:53.420
 over and

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.179
 over again

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:55.179
 so that it

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:55.699
 drops from

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.320
 your head

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:57.239
 to your

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:57.659
 heart

00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:59.079
 I've done

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.500
 this over

00:36:59.500 --> 00:36:59.880
 the years

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.199
 when I was

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:00.599
 a student

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:01.460
 I tried to

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.400
 memorize the

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.800
 Sermon on

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.219
 the Mount

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:03.619
 and the

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:03.900
 book of

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.460
 Ephesians

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:05.139
 and the

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.460
 book of

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:06.039
 Colossians

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:07.079
 and these

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:07.260
 have been

00:37:07.260 --> 00:37:07.579
 some of

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.199
 the richest

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:08.900
 times as

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.519
 I've just

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:10.340
 spent hours

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:11.000
 going over

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.599
 God's word

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:11.900
 and so I

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.079
 want to

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:12.519
 encourage you

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:12.780
 I want to

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.280
 challenge you

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:13.679
 when you're

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:13.840
 on the

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.119
 bus

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.440
 when you're

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:14.599
 on the

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:14.960
 MTR

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:16.000
 delete that

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.579
 social media

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:16.880
 app

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.159
 you don't

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.679
 really need

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:17.940
 it

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:19.099
 get into

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.519
 God's

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:19.840
 word

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.900
 reading it

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.280
 thinking

00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:21.800
 about it

00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:22.420
 memorizing

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:23.240
 it

00:37:23.240 --> 00:37:23.599
 and so

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.380
 here's a

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:24.699
 challenge

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:24.880
 for you

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.119
 if you're

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.440
 a student

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:25.679
 any

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.460
 students

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:26.720
 here

00:37:26.720 --> 00:37:27.980
 okay

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:28.199
 one

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:28.340
 two

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:28.559
 okay

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:28.880
 Tess

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.320
 the only

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:29.639
 student

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:29.900
 here

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:31.300
 if you're

00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:31.659
 a student

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.059
 here's a

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.399
 challenge

00:37:32.399 --> 00:37:32.699
 okay

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.239
 I want to

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:33.639
 challenge you

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:34.339
 this year

00:37:34.339 --> 00:37:35.639
 to memorize

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.420
 a hundred

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.219
 verses of

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.559
 scripture

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:37.940
 okay

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.159
 a hundred

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:38.399
 is not

00:37:38.399 --> 00:37:38.819
 that long

00:37:38.819 --> 00:37:39.539
 it's like

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:39.799
 the book

00:37:39.799 --> 00:37:40.460
 of Colossians

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:40.960
 or the book

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.719
 of Philippians

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.259
 it's only

00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:42.920
 four chapters

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.799
 the book

00:37:43.799 --> 00:37:44.219
 of James

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:44.659
 is a hundred

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:45.159
 verses

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:46.199
 later this

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:46.480
 year we're

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:46.619
 going to

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:47.019
 preach through

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.379
 James

00:37:47.379 --> 00:37:48.619
 if you can

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:49.239
 memorize

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:49.659
 the book

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:50.199
 of James

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:50.819
 or a hundred

00:37:50.819 --> 00:37:51.480
 verses by

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:51.739
 the end

00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:51.960
 of this

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:52.199
 year

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:53.119
 Oscar will

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:53.440
 take you

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:53.679
 out for

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:53.899
 dinner

00:37:53.899 --> 00:37:54.460
 okay

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:55.079
 no no

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:55.239
 no

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:55.460
 no

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:57.420
 I will

00:37:57.420 --> 00:37:57.819
 take you

00:37:57.819 --> 00:37:58.079
 out for

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.279
 dinner

00:37:58.279 --> 00:37:58.539
 okay

00:37:58.539 --> 00:37:58.879
 here's a

00:37:58.879 --> 00:37:59.259
 challenge

00:37:59.259 --> 00:37:59.599
 this is

00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:00.000
 recorded

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:00.920
 if you

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.119
 can

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:01.500
 memorize

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.079
 a hundred

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.539
 verses

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:03.099
 this year

00:38:03.099 --> 00:38:03.980
 I will

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.360
 take you

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:04.599
 out for

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:04.880
 dinner

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.619
 at the

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:05.760
 end

00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:05.880
 of

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.400
 2023

00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:06.880
 okay

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:09.300
 because

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:10.159
 students

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.440
 can't

00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:10.639
 afford

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:10.920
 dinner

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.239
 that's

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.380
 why

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:12.300
 no no

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:12.400
 no

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:13.300
 anybody

00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:14.320
 that

00:38:14.320 --> 00:38:14.940
 memorizes

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.320
 the book

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:15.860
 of James

00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:16.940
 I will

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:17.280
 take you

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.519
 out for

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:17.679
 dinner

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:17.900
 okay

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.199
 by the

00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:18.320
 end

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:18.539
 of the

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:18.659
 year

00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:18.860
 it's

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:18.980
 a

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:19.440
 challenge

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:21.059
 but

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.559
 seriously

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:21.800
 I

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:22.340
 really

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:22.579
 want to

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:22.940
 encourage

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.199
 you

00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:24.139
 memorize

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.840
 scripture

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.420
 get it

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:25.699
 into

00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:26.139
 you

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:26.960
 Dawson

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.400
 Trotman

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:27.619
 who

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:28.000
 started

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:28.179
 the

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.739
 navigators

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:29.079
 used to

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:29.360
 memorize

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:29.719
 one

00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:30.000
 verse

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.380
 a day

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:30.799
 every

00:38:30.799 --> 00:38:31.119
 single

00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:31.460
 day

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:32.219
 before

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:32.360
 he

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:32.559
 started

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.099
 navigators

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.239
 he

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:33.340
 was

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:33.500
 a

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:33.719
 truck

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:34.099
 driver

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:34.420
 and so

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:34.500
 you

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.679
 just

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:34.960
 drive

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.079
 his

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.259
 truck

00:38:35.259 --> 00:38:35.759
 memorizing

00:38:35.759 --> 00:38:36.139
 scripture

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:37.139
 and after

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:37.900
 10 years

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.799
 that's

00:38:38.799 --> 00:38:39.279
 three and a

00:38:39.279 --> 00:38:39.960
 half thousand

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:40.319
 verses

00:38:40.319 --> 00:38:40.619
 of the

00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:40.920
 bible

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.719
 it's like

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:42.400
 half the

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.539
 new

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:42.940
 testament

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:44.340
 you can

00:38:44.340 --> 00:38:44.639
 do it

00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:45.079
 memorize

00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:45.559
 scripture

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:45.819
 okay

00:38:45.819 --> 00:38:46.539
 here's

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:46.940
 the last

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.239
 one

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:48.259
 family

00:38:48.259 --> 00:38:49.579
 family

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:50.380
 friends

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:50.699
 for those

00:38:50.699 --> 00:38:50.920
 of us

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.139
 that are

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:51.679
 parents

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:52.679
 can ask

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:52.840
 us

00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:53.159
 what

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:53.980
 words

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.219
 are

00:38:54.219 --> 00:38:54.779
 shaping

00:38:54.779 --> 00:38:55.219
 our

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:55.599
 kids

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.139
 lives

00:38:56.139 --> 00:38:57.179
 what

00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:57.619
 words

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:57.880
 are we

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.259
 speaking

00:38:58.259 --> 00:38:58.500
 to

00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:58.739
 them

00:38:58.739 --> 00:38:59.459
 what

00:38:59.459 --> 00:38:59.819
 words

00:38:59.819 --> 00:39:00.000
 are we

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.319
 sending

00:39:00.319 --> 00:39:00.539
 our

00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:00.779
 kids

00:39:00.779 --> 00:39:01.019
 into

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.639
 school

00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:01.839
 or

00:39:01.839 --> 00:39:02.359
 university

00:39:02.359 --> 00:39:02.639
 or the

00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:03.000
 workplace

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.419
 with

00:39:03.419 --> 00:39:04.279
 when we

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:04.679
 put them

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.139
 to sleep

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:05.500
 at night

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:05.799
 when we

00:39:05.799 --> 00:39:06.139
 are around

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:06.719
 the table

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:07.119
 at dinner

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:07.519
 time

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:08.279
 when we

00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:09.000
 wake up

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.199
 in the

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:09.459
 morning

00:39:09.459 --> 00:39:09.819
 is it

00:39:09.819 --> 00:39:09.979
 the

00:39:09.979 --> 00:39:10.339
 wonder

00:39:10.339 --> 00:39:10.539
 of

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:10.859
 Jesus

00:39:10.859 --> 00:39:11.699
 is it

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:11.819
 the

00:39:11.819 --> 00:39:12.639
 magnificence

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:12.759
 of

00:39:12.759 --> 00:39:13.039
 God's

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.159
 word

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:13.419
 is what

00:39:13.419 --> 00:39:13.699
 Henry

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:14.000
 shared

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.199
 this

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:14.479
 morning

00:39:14.479 --> 00:39:14.679
 that

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:15.339
 God

00:39:15.339 --> 00:39:15.519
 is

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:16.039
 utterly

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:16.559
 glorious

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:16.819
 more

00:39:16.819 --> 00:39:17.199
 glorious

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:17.359
 than

00:39:17.359 --> 00:39:17.739
 all

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:18.259
 creation

00:39:18.259 --> 00:39:18.959
 and yet

00:39:18.959 --> 00:39:19.099
 he

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:19.399
 knows

00:39:19.399 --> 00:39:19.579
 our

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:19.859
 name

00:39:19.859 --> 00:39:20.059
 we

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:20.179
 are

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:20.359
 not

00:39:20.359 --> 00:39:20.719
 specks

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:20.859
 of

00:39:20.859 --> 00:39:21.239
 dust

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:22.000
 and

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.219
 what

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:22.699
 word

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:23.039
 to go

00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:28.979
 friends

00:39:28.979 --> 00:39:29.219
 are we

00:39:29.219 --> 00:39:29.519
 speaking

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:29.739
 that

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:30.079
 word

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.319
 over

00:39:30.319 --> 00:39:30.539
 our

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:30.899
 kids

00:39:30.899 --> 00:39:32.059
 is it

00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:32.219
 the

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:32.500
 wonder

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:32.679
 of

00:39:32.679 --> 00:39:32.959
 Jesus

00:39:32.959 --> 00:39:33.139
 and

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:33.279
 his

00:39:33.279 --> 00:39:33.839
 faithfulness

00:39:33.839 --> 00:39:34.159
 is it

00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:34.319
 his

00:39:34.319 --> 00:39:34.819
 amazing

00:39:34.819 --> 00:39:35.179
 grace

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:35.339
 and

00:39:35.339 --> 00:39:35.479
 his

00:39:35.479 --> 00:39:35.979
 everlasting

00:39:35.979 --> 00:39:36.459
 love

00:39:36.459 --> 00:39:37.379
 or are

00:39:37.379 --> 00:39:37.479
 we

00:39:37.479 --> 00:39:37.679
 just

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.119
 reminding

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.439
 our

00:39:38.439 --> 00:39:39.179
 kids

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:39.699
 like an

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:39.939
 echo

00:39:39.939 --> 00:39:40.179
 of the

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:40.579
 culture

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:41.199
 do

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:41.439
 well

00:39:41.439 --> 00:39:41.599
 at

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:41.899
 school

00:39:41.899 --> 00:39:42.479
 don't

00:39:42.479 --> 00:39:42.599
 be

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:42.759
 a

00:39:42.759 --> 00:39:43.099
 failure

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:43.579
 be

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:43.879
 better

00:39:43.879 --> 00:39:44.079
 than

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.500
 others

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.279
 don't

00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:45.459
 bring

00:39:45.459 --> 00:39:45.779
 shame

00:39:45.779 --> 00:39:45.899
 on

00:39:45.899 --> 00:39:46.039
 our

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.479
 family

00:39:46.479 --> 00:39:47.319
 friends

00:39:47.319 --> 00:39:47.419
 are

00:39:47.419 --> 00:39:47.779
 reminding

00:39:47.779 --> 00:39:47.959
 our

00:39:47.959 --> 00:39:48.139
 kids

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:48.319
 that

00:39:48.319 --> 00:39:48.479
 God

00:39:48.479 --> 00:39:48.599
 is

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:48.779
 a

00:39:48.779 --> 00:39:49.139
 faithful

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:49.479
 rock

00:39:49.479 --> 00:39:49.719
 he's

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:49.899
 the

00:39:49.899 --> 00:39:50.219
 sovereign

00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:50.500
 God

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:50.739
 upon

00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:50.979
 which

00:39:50.979 --> 00:39:51.239
 they

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:51.399
 can

00:39:51.399 --> 00:39:51.619
 build

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:51.779
 their

00:39:51.779 --> 00:39:52.179
 lives

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:54.019
 Deuteronomy

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.320
 six

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:54.539
 says

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:54.719
 this

00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:54.900
 we'll

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.139
 close

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:55.320
 with

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:55.639
 this

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:56.360
 love

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:56.539
 the

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:56.719
 Lord

00:39:56.719 --> 00:39:56.880
 your

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.099
 God

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:57.280
 with

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:57.739
 all

00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:57.920
 your

00:39:57.920 --> 00:39:58.280
 heart

00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:58.759
 all

00:39:58.759 --> 00:39:59.019
 your

00:39:59.019 --> 00:40:00.199
 soul

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:00.360
 and

00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:00.500
 all

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:00.679
 your

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:01.119
 strength

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:01.800
 and

00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:02.119
 these

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:02.440
 words

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:02.719
 that I

00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:03.139
 command

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:03.320
 you

00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:03.579
 today

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:03.820
 shall

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.059
 be

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:04.239
 on

00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:04.420
 your

00:40:04.420 --> 00:40:05.059
 heart

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.519
 not

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:05.699
 just

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:05.840
 your

00:40:05.840 --> 00:40:06.059
 mind

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:06.219
 but

00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:06.320
 in

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:06.440
 your

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:06.800
 heart

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:07.480
 it

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:07.639
 says

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:08.019
 teach

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.219
 them

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:08.320
 to

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:08.500
 your

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:08.920
 children

00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:09.679
 talk

00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:09.840
 of

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:09.980
 them

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.119
 when

00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:10.239
 you

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:10.440
 sit

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:10.679
 around

00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:10.840
 the

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.159
 house

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:11.639
 when

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:11.780
 you

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:12.079
 walk

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:12.199
 on

00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:12.340
 the

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:12.639
 path

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:12.820
 when

00:40:12.820 --> 00:40:12.940
 you

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:13.300
 drive

00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:13.440
 in

00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:13.559
 the

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:13.860
 car

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:14.340
 when

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:14.480
 you

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:14.740
 lie

00:40:14.740 --> 00:40:15.019
 down

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.119
 and

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:15.280
 when

00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:15.440
 you

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:15.840
 rise

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:16.539
 write

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:16.719
 them

00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:16.840
 on

00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:16.980
 the

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:17.179
 door

00:40:17.179 --> 00:40:17.519
 posts

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:17.699
 of

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:17.820
 your

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:18.199
 houses

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:18.400
 and

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:18.539
 of

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:18.659
 your

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:18.960
 gates

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:19.199
 that

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:19.500
 they

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:19.719
 will

00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:19.940
 be

00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.099
 in

00:40:20.099 --> 00:40:20.240
 your

00:40:20.240 --> 00:40:20.639
 heart

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:21.820
 friends

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 if

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 you're

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 a

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 parent

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 today

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 what

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 words

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 are

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 you

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 sending

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 your

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 children

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 to

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 the

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 world

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 with

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 let

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 them

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 abide

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 in

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 Christ

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 by

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 having

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 Christ's

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 word

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 abide

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 in

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 them

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 Jesus

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 says

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 abide

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 in

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 me

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 as

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 I

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 abide

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 in

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 you

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 I

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 am

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 the

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 you

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 are

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 the

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 branch

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 apart

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 from

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 me

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 you

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 can

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 do

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 nothing

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 abide

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 in

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 me

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 and

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 let

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 my

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 words

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 abide

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 in

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 you

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 and

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 if

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 you

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 do

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 that

00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:45.360
 ask

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:45.699
 anything

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:45.820
 in

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 my

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 name

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 and

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 this

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 will

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 be

00:40:47.279 --> 00:40:47.579
 done

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:48.139
 for

00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:48.400
 you

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:49.460
 let's

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:49.619
 pray

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:50.079
 together

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:53.679
 Lord

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:53.940
 Jesus

00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:54.199
 this

00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:54.460
 morning

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:54.800
 we've

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 really

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 just

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 looked

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 at

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 one

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 verse

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 half

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 a

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 verse

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 really

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 and

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:00.860
 yet

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 God

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 it

00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:01.460
 is

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:02.079
 challenging

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 Father

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.239
 if

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 we

00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:04.559
 are

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.000
 honest

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:06.239
 many

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:06.400
 of

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:06.579
 us

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:06.759
 our

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 lives

00:41:07.179 --> 00:41:07.340
 are

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:07.659
 shaped

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 by so

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:08.360
 many

00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:08.579
 other

00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:08.880
 words

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:09.219
 many

00:41:09.219 --> 00:41:09.400
 other

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:09.920
 voices

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:10.960
 the

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 voices

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:11.259
 of

00:41:11.259 --> 00:41:11.400
 our

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:11.759
 parents

00:41:11.759 --> 00:41:11.980
 the

00:41:11.980 --> 00:41:12.279
 voices

00:41:12.279 --> 00:41:12.679
 of

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:14.159
 some

00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:14.259
 of

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 the

00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:14.800
 caregiver

00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:15.199
 a

00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:15.500
 teacher

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:15.800
 a

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.159
 friend

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:16.440
 a

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:16.880
 spouse

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:18.679
 but

00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:18.900
 actually

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.099
 God

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:19.440
 for many

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:19.699
 of us

00:41:19.699 --> 00:41:19.860
 it's

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.019
 the

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.239
 voice

00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:20.360
 of

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:20.500
 our

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:20.920
 culture

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:22.279
 it's

00:41:22.279 --> 00:41:22.400
 the

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:22.619
 voice

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:22.739
 of

00:41:22.739 --> 00:41:22.860
 the

00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:23.139
 office

00:41:23.139 --> 00:41:23.539
 place

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:23.739
 it's

00:41:23.739 --> 00:41:23.860
 the

00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:24.099
 voice

00:41:24.099 --> 00:41:24.279
 that

00:41:24.279 --> 00:41:24.519
 says

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:24.800
 do

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:25.099
 more

00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:25.420
 be

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:25.739
 more

00:41:25.739 --> 00:41:26.159
 try

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:26.659
 harder

00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:27.719
 earn

00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:27.880
 your

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:28.159
 lot

00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:28.300
 in

00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:28.639
 life

00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:30.779
 Jesus

00:41:30.779 --> 00:41:31.440
 we

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:31.779
 need

00:41:31.779 --> 00:41:31.940
 to

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:32.159
 hear

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:32.420
 your

00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:32.779
 word

00:41:32.779 --> 00:41:34.420
 you

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:34.800
 speak

00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:34.980
 a

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.159
 better

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:35.559
 word

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:35.940
 God

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:37.000
 a

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.199
 better

00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:37.480
 word

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:37.619
 than

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:39.799
 the

00:41:39.799 --> 00:41:39.940
 word

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:41.559
 of

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:42.000
 grace

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:42.239
 God

00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:42.420
 you

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:42.699
 speak

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:42.880
 to

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:43.019
 our

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.380
 hearts

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:43.659
 you

00:41:43.659 --> 00:41:43.960
 tell

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:44.159
 us

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:44.339
 that

00:41:44.339 --> 00:41:44.500
 we

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:44.659
 are

00:41:44.659 --> 00:41:45.299
 yours

00:41:45.299 --> 00:41:48.679
 Father

00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:48.900
 God

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:49.039
 I

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:49.400
 pray

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:49.619
 for

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:49.900
 every

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:50.099
 one

00:41:50.099 --> 00:41:50.199
 of

00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:50.339
 my

00:41:50.339 --> 00:41:50.619
 brothers

00:41:50.619 --> 00:41:50.859
 and

00:41:50.859 --> 00:41:51.139
 sisters

00:41:51.139 --> 00:41:51.339
 here

00:41:51.339 --> 00:41:51.579
 this

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:51.920
 morning

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:52.659
 that

00:41:52.659 --> 00:41:52.920
 we

00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:53.119
 will

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:53.420
 be

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:54.219
 individuals

00:41:54.219 --> 00:41:54.739
 and

00:41:54.739 --> 00:41:54.859
 we

00:41:54.859 --> 00:41:54.900
 will

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:55.019
 be

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:55.159
 a

00:41:55.159 --> 00:41:55.500
 church

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:56.179
 that

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:56.299
 has

00:41:56.299 --> 00:41:56.460
 your

00:41:56.460 --> 00:41:56.759
 word

00:41:56.759 --> 00:41:57.179
 abiding

00:41:57.179 --> 00:41:57.380
 in

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:57.599
 us

00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:57.900
 God

00:41:57.900 --> 00:41:59.239
 God

00:41:59.239 --> 00:41:59.559
 come

00:41:59.559 --> 00:41:59.799
 and

00:41:59.799 --> 00:42:00.460
 let

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:00.799
 your

00:42:00.799 --> 00:42:01.539
 word

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:02.400
 flood

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:02.599
 our

00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:03.000
 hearts

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:05.019
 help

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:05.199
 us

00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:05.400
 God

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:05.539
 to

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:05.639
 do

00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:05.859
 Lord

00:42:05.859 --> 00:42:06.000
 I

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:06.219
 pray

00:42:06.219 --> 00:42:06.319
 as

00:42:06.319 --> 00:42:06.440
 we

00:42:06.440 --> 00:42:06.739
 go

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:07.279
 into

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:08.180
 work

00:42:08.180 --> 00:42:08.380
 this

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:08.519
 week

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:08.640
 as

00:42:08.640 --> 00:42:08.760
 we

00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:08.880
 go

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.040
 into

00:42:09.040 --> 00:42:09.160
 the

00:42:09.160 --> 00:42:09.280
 city

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:09.420
 of

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:09.560
 Hong

00:42:09.560 --> 00:42:09.780
 Kong

00:42:09.780 --> 00:42:09.940
 and

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:10.180
 God

00:42:10.180 --> 00:42:10.720
 next

00:42:10.720 --> 00:42:10.920
 week

00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:11.060
 as

00:42:11.060 --> 00:42:11.200
 we

00:42:11.200 --> 00:42:11.380
 have

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:11.800
 family

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:13.080
 reunion

00:42:13.080 --> 00:42:13.540
 dinners

00:42:13.540 --> 00:42:13.740
 and

00:42:13.740 --> 00:42:14.060
 Chinese

00:42:14.060 --> 00:42:14.240
 New

00:42:14.240 --> 00:42:14.420
 Year

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:15.100
 time

00:42:15.100 --> 00:42:15.640
 God

00:42:15.640 --> 00:42:15.780
 that

00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:15.940
 can

00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:16.320
 sometimes

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:16.500
 be

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:16.920
 stressful

00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:17.120
 and

00:42:17.120 --> 00:42:17.380
 sometimes

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:17.580
 can

00:42:17.580 --> 00:42:17.680
 be

00:42:17.680 --> 00:42:18.180
 difficult

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:19.059
 God

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:19.239
 I

00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:19.579
 pray

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:20.919
 God

00:42:20.919 --> 00:42:21.719
 God

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:22.940
 God

00:42:22.940 --> 00:42:23.699
 God

00:42:23.699 --> 00:42:24.359
 Christ

00:42:24.359 --> 00:42:24.480
 God

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.960
 God

00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:26.460
 we

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:26.819
 are

00:42:26.819 --> 00:42:27.299
 we

00:42:27.299 --> 00:42:27.719
 are

00:42:27.719 --> 00:42:28.059
 and

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.179
 we

00:42:28.179 --> 00:42:28.279
 will

00:42:28.279 --> 00:42:28.759
 encounter

00:42:28.759 --> 00:42:29.099
 you

00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:29.239
 in

00:42:29.239 --> 00:42:29.379
 your

00:42:29.379 --> 00:42:29.619
 word

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:29.739
 and

00:42:29.739 --> 00:42:29.919
 the

00:42:29.919 --> 00:42:30.139
 word

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:30.239
 of

00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:30.359
 our

00:42:30.359 --> 00:42:30.759
 parents

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:30.879
 and

00:42:30.879 --> 00:42:31.000
 the

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:32.679
 word

00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:33.419
 of

00:42:33.419 --> 00:42:33.559
 our

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:34.519
 heart

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:34.699
 the

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:34.940
 word

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.079
 of

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:35.519
 Christ

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:35.659
 will

00:42:35.659 --> 00:42:35.779
 be

00:42:35.779 --> 00:42:35.919
 our

00:42:35.919 --> 00:42:36.179
 word

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:37.419
 Jesus

00:42:37.419 --> 00:42:37.659
 we

00:42:37.659 --> 00:42:37.919
 pray

00:42:37.919 --> 00:42:38.199
 come

00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:38.319
 and

00:42:38.319 --> 00:42:38.500
 have

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:38.659
 your

00:42:38.659 --> 00:42:39.000
 way

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:40.039
 we

00:42:40.039 --> 00:42:40.279
 pray

00:42:40.279 --> 00:42:40.480
 this

00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:40.579
 in

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:40.679
 your

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:41.139
 wonderful

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:41.980
 and

00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:42.099
 your

00:42:42.099 --> 00:42:42.419
 gracious

00:42:42.419 --> 00:42:42.919
 name

00:42:42.919 --> 00:42:43.559
 Amen

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:44.219
 I

00:42:44.219 --> 00:42:44.719
 say

00:42:44.719 --> 00:43:14.699
 Thank you.