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 I'm going to guess that in this room there's a lot of you that have something in common with me when I was a kid.

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 As a little child, and I'm not going to tell you how long it took me to get over it, I was afraid of the dark.

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 And sometimes I would wake up in the middle of the night because I thought I heard something.

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 And we lived out in the country and we didn't have air conditioning, so in the summer, really late spring, summer, this time of year, we always slept with the windows up.

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 And when you're sleeping with the windows up and you hear something outside, you're a little kid, you get scared.

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 A lot of nights I can remember getting scared.

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 But then I would hear a sound, a familiar sound coming from the next room that I really liked.

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 That was my dad snoring.

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 Snoring loud.

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 But you know, as a little kid, hearing my dad snore in the next room did not keep me awake.

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 That helped me to sleep.

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 Because it really did make me feel secure.

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 It was comforting.

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 Wasn't any booger going to get me with my dad in the next room.

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 In Psalm 139, David had a better source of comfort, knowing he was not just in the next room, but that he was with him everywhere he went.

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 David talks about the comfort he found in knowing God, knowing that he was always with him, that he knew everything about him.

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 And as we're going to see this morning, that God made him.

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 Psalm 139 is one of the most comforting chapters in all the Bible.

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 It teaches us a lot about just who God is, how he is.

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 What I want us to see is, as a part of this series, why we're focusing on Psalm 139.

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 It's really written in four different sections, four different thoughts.

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 Thoughts.

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 We're in the third one today.

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 It teaches us why we can and should trust God instead of worrying about life's uncertainties, life's hardships.

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 You know, life's that way.

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 There's times in our lives when we just have sort of a, we're anxious because we don't know what's going to, about to take place.

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 We're anxious about some people or situations.

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 And sometimes we're stressed out because we're going through a hard time personally or because of somebody we are close to, we love, who's going through that hard time.

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 Well, David found great comfort in all such situations in knowing who God was, how he was, how he was so involved in his life.

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 I want you to look at the first two things we have seen in Psalm 139.

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 Show you what I'm talking about.

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 We're not going to go through any of this.

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 I just want to show you the statements.

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 In verses 1 through 6, David tells us about God's knowledge, about how God knows everything.

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 But as you read that, David made it personal, so we're going to make it personal.

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 God doesn't just know everything.

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 God knows me.

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 That's how we need to think.

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 God knows me and everything about me.

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 Then in the next section, 7 through 12, David writes about God's presence.

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 God is everywhere.

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 As we looked at last week, we need to make this personal.

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 God is with me.

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 Always.

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 We can always count on him.

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 No matter where we go.

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 Even if we want to escape him, we cannot.

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 God is always with me.

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 Well, the third section, verses 13 through 18, really tells us how God knows us so well

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 and can always be wherever we are.

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 Let's read it together.

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 Psalm 139, verse 13.

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 For you formed my inward parts.

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 David is writing, writing a poem, writing a song about how God is so involved in his life.

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 For you formed my inward parts.

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 You knitted me together in my mother's womb.

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 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

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 Wonderful are your works.

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 My soul knows it very well.

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 My frame was not hidden from you when I was being made in secret,

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 intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

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 Your eyes saw my unformed substance.

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 In your book were written every one of them,

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 the days that were formed for me,

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 when as yet there was none of them.

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 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God.

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 How vast is the sum of them.

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 If I would count them, they are more than sand.

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 I awake, and I am still with you.

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 The source of David's comfort and praise in these verses is God's power.

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 God can do anything.

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 And the way he makes it personal,

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 and the way that we need to make it personal is to think this.

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 God made me.

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 God made you.

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 We're going to look at what that means.

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 The description of how God made us is comprehensive here in these verses.

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 God created each of us according to who he wanted us to be.

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 God made you according to who he wanted you to be,

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 and according to the life he had planned out for you.

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 Let's look at it.

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 First, think this way.

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 Think about this.

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 God made us.

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 David describes that in verses 13 and 15.

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 Let's look at verse 13 again.

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 For you formed my inward parts.

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 You knitted me together in my mother's womb.

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 I want you to look at how Chuck Swindoll describes God's work of forming and knitting us together

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 in his paraphrase of that verse.

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 Look at it.

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 For God alone, none other, originated my vital organs.

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 You knitted my inner being together in the womb of my mother.

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 David is trying to tell us.

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 God made us from the inside out.

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 And then in verse 15, look at it.

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 My frame was not hidden from you.

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 When I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

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 Now that last phrase, don't let it throw you off, in the depths of the earth,

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 that's a poetic description of a child being formed in secret,

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 as he just said, in the mother's womb.

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 Poetic expression.

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 He uses a lot of imagination to try to help us understand the work of God.

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 The mother's womb is a dark, hidden, secret place.

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 Look again at Swindoll's paraphrase of this verse.

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 My skeleton and bones were not hidden from you

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 when I was made in that concealed place of protection.

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 When my veins and arteries were skillfully embroidered together

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 in variegated colors like fine needlepoint.

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 Now let's think about what we've read, verses 13 and 15 together.

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 David is describing how God carefully, and like an artist,

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 skillfully created each individual human being.

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 God created our inner parts and our outward form.

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 This includes your physical features and your psychological makeup.

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 In other words, think like this.

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 God made your basic personality.

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 And God made you, your form, your structure,

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 how you are, high, you know, tall, short, whatever.

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 God made your physical appearance to be as it is.

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 Now, let's make some quick corrections or adjustments here.

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 The fact that God made us this way does not mean that we should not try

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 to look as good as we can.

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 For the benefit of some people, let me say that again.

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 Just because God made us a certain way

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 does not mean we should not try to look a little bit better

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 in every way, to act a little bit better.

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 But here's the real point.

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 You are who you are by God's design, personality, overall structure,

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 and you can't change who you really are.

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 You can't change the way God made you in this kind of specific way.

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 If you're six feet five, you cannot be five feet five.

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 If you are wired in such a way that, you know,

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 you're just the kind of person who's always alert,

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 you're sort of a type A, you know, everything matters,

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 you can work on it,

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 but you're never going to be just a laid-back,

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 K, Sera, Sera kind of guy or girl.

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 If you ever do the Myers-Briggs type indicator,

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 you can go online and do that.

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 That's a great personality test,

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 sort of figure out who you are, why you are the way you are,

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 and that's just you.

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 Every couple ought to do that.

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 Understand who you are by God's design,

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 who it is you've married.

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 You can't change who you married.

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 It's not your job to change who you married.

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 Just like it's not who you married,

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 it's not their job to change you.

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 God made us.

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 Now, along this line,

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 every person should have a healthy sense of self-worth

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 or self-esteem for at least three reasons.

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 Number one, God created us in His own image.

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 Out of all the creation,

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 only human beings were created in God's image.

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 I want you to look at a verse of Scripture

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 that I know you're familiar with.

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 We've looked at it in days gone by.

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 I've done studies about this.

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 But just look at Genesis 127.

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 So God created man in His own image.

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 In the image of God, He created him.

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 Male and female, He created them.

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 Men and women equally are created in the image of God.

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 And for if no other reason,

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 you ought to think,

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 I am of worth and value as a human being in this world

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 because I am created in the image of Almighty God.

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 Number two, God created us as the person we are.

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 That's what we just read in verses 13 and 15.

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 You are not an accident.

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 You are not a mistake.

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 Every single one of us in here,

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 we can think, we can look around and think to ourselves,

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 I wish I was like that person.

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 I wish I was built like that person.

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 I wish I had the personality of that person.

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 I wish I could be more laid back.

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 Or I wish I could be more assertive.

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 See, there's always somebody

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 that you think, I'd like to be like them.

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 And a lot of times they're your opposite.

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 God has a reason for you being you.

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 So be you.

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 Be your best you.

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 But be you.

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 Number three,

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 God sent His Son to save us

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 in spite of all of our sins,

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 our flaws,

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 and our failures.

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 In case I don't say it at the proper time later on,

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 I hope I do.

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 Nobody has it all together.

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 We all are messed up in some way.

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 A lot of times we want to do our way

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 instead of God's way.

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 Life's all about me

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 and my glory,

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 not God and His will and His glory.

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 We need to understand

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 that we are sinful people.

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 We've come short,

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 far short,

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 of God's standards,

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 God's expectations,

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 God's commands,

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 God's glory.

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 And the penalty for sin is death.

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 We don't deserve anything from God

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 except death,

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 separation from Him.

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 We should reap what we sow.

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 But the good news,

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 look at Romans 5, 8.

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 But God shows His love for us

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 in that while we were still sinners,

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 rebels,

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 selfish,

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 arrogant,

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 while we were still sinners

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 of whatever kind,

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 Christ died for us.

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 God did something we did not deserve.

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 He provided a way for us

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 to be forgiven of our sins,

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 made right with Him,

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 made children of Him

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 through the actual merits

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 of what Jesus did,

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 living His righteous life

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 and dying on the cross

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 to pay the penalty for our sins.

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 All of us,

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 we should accept who we are

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 by God's design

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 and then seek to be

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 the best that we can possibly be,

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 living according to

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 God's owner's manual.

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 God made us as we are

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 and He's given us

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 an instruction book,

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 His Word,

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 the Bible,

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 to guide us

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 in everything

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 of importance in life

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 in terms of what we should believe

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 and how we should live.

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 How we should live

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 in a relationship to God

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 and how we should live

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 in a relationship

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 with other people,

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 people we go to school with,

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 work with,

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 and especially we live with.

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 Now,

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 God's not only given us

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 instructions

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 on how He wants us to live

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 as the person He created us,

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 but if we're Christians,

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 if you truly are

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 trusting in Christ

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 as your Savior and Lord,

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 when that took place,

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 when you first believed,

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 when you were born again,

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 God put His Spirit in you,

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 living in every Christian,

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 every Christian,

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 He will enable us

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 to better understand

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 God's owner's manual.

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 He will help us

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 to believe it.

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 He will help us

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 to put it into practice.

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 Because we still have

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 this sinful nature,

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 we're not going to put it

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 into practice perfectly,

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 but He's going to help us,

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 He's going to give us

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 the desire

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 and the ability

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 to grow

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 and actually make progress

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 in living like God's people.

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 God not only made us,

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 but I want you to look

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 further in verse 16,

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 God planned our life.

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 Look at it.

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 Your eyes saw

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 my unformed body.

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 All the days ordained

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 for me were written

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 in your book

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 before one of them

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 came to be.

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 That's out of the NIV translation.

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 David's telling us,

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 listen to what he's saying,

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 before God formed us,

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 he planned out our life.

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 God made us for a purpose.

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 That's another way

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 to look at it.

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 The prophet Jeremiah

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 understood that.

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 Prophet Jeremiah understood

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 that God didn't just make him,

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 but God made him

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 for a specific purpose,

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 a reason.

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 One big one.

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 Probably a lot of little ones,

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 but one big one.

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 Look at how he describes it

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 in Jeremiah chapter one.

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 He said,

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 the Lord gave me this message.

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 I knew you

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 before I formed you

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 in your mother's womb.

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 Before you were born,

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 I set you apart

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 and appointed you

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 as my prophet

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 to the nations.

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 Jeremiah is saying,

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 before I was ever a thought

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 in my father's mind,

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 before my mother and father

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 even knew one another,

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 God knew me.

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 He knew that I was going

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 to come to be

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 at a certain place

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 at a certain time

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 and God planned

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 what I was to do

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 in terms of serving

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 his purpose

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 in this world.

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 He understood that.

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 Here's what I want us

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 to think.

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 God has a plan

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 for every person

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 he creates.

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 God has a plan

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 for all of us.

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 He works in all

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 the details

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 of our life

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 to bring it about.

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 Now, I don't want you

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 to get the wrong

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 impression here.

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 Everybody's not called

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 to be a great prophet

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 of God

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 like Jeremiah.

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 Everybody's not called

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 to do something

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 that the world

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 will sit up

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 and take notice.

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 But everybody

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 has been made

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 by God

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 the way they are

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 to fulfill

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 the purpose

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 God has for them.

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 And that purpose

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 includes being

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 a certain kind

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 of father

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 and mother

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 and husband

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 and wife,

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 child,

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 employer,

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 employee,

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 student,

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 whatever.

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 God has a purpose

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 for our lives

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 really at various

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 stages.

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 sometimes it takes

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 a lot of time

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 for us to figure

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 some things out,

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 doesn't it?

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 Sometimes it takes

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 a lot of us

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 trial and error.

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 Sometimes we have

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 to learn things

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 the hard way.

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 I've learned

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 a whole lot of

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 lessons in my life

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 the hard way.

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 There's been a lot

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 of things in my life

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 that I needed

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 to be there

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 but I went

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 around this way

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 to get there.

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 Can you identify?

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 Some more

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 than others.

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 God,

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 let's give you

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 an example.

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 God planned

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 for the Apostle Paul

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 as we know him today.

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 If you read

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 through the book

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 of Acts

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 and a lot

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 of the New Testament,

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 it's his letters.

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 God planned

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 for Paul

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 to be the world's

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 greatest missionary.

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 He planned

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 for Paul

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 to plant

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 churches

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 throughout the

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 Roman world

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 in the first century.

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 God planned

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 for Paul.

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 Part of his purpose

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 was to

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 so,

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 do these things,

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 be a missionary,

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 plant churches

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 and later on

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 write letters

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 to these churches

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 that became

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 a large part

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 of our New Testament.

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 God planned

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 to use Paul

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 to write

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 Scripture.

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 But how did

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 Paul begin

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 his life?

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 A lot of you know.

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 Most of you know.

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 Paul didn't begin

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 as the great

00:20:34.060 --> 00:20:35.300
 believer and follower

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 of Jesus.

00:20:36.320 --> 00:20:37.080
 Paul began,

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:38.060
 at least what we

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 learned of him,

00:20:39.120 --> 00:20:39.740
 he was a religious

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 man,

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 very devout,

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 but he didn't

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 believe anything

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 about Jesus.

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 He hated

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 followers of Jesus.

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 He was the

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 world's leading

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 persecutor

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 of Christians

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 before he became

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 the world's

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 greatest

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 preacher,

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 establisher

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 of churches.

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 How did

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 that change

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 come about?

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 Well,

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 for Paul,

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 God had to

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 literally

00:21:08.179 --> 00:21:09.039
 knock him

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 down one day

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 and blind

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 him

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 to wake him

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 up,

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 to get his

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.759
 attention,

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:17.059
 to do what

00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:18.740
 God intended

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 to do

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 with his life.

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 For Paul,

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 it was a painful

00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:23.059
 lesson,

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 but he learned

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 the lesson

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 and he got

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 on board

00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:29.599
 and he fulfilled

00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:30.519
 God's purpose.

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 God has a way

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.640
 of just working

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:35.259
 in people's

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.720
 lives and

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 if we took

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:38.660
 the time,

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 I bet there's

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:39.579
 a lot of people

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 in this room,

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 you could stand

00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:41.279
 up and tell us

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:42.299
 about your

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.980
 story,

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 about how you

00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:45.819
 started out one

00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:46.700
 way or you

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.460
 started out in a

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.720
 way so unlikely

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.339
 to be where you

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 are today.

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 Let me give you

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:50.880
 another example.

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 I know everybody

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.700
 here doesn't like

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.640
 Clemson University,

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.940
 everybody doesn't

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.580
 like football,

00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:56.220
 everybody doesn't

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:56.780
 like Davos

00:21:56.780 --> 00:21:57.120
 Swinney,

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 but I'm going

00:21:58.980 --> 00:22:00.000
 to guess that

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.860
 most people in

00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:01.460
 this room,

00:22:02.300 --> 00:22:02.920
 you know the

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:03.800
 story of Davos

00:22:03.800 --> 00:22:04.060
 Swinney.

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:06.140
 You know his

00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:07.200
 childhood,

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:08.960
 teen years,

00:22:09.020 --> 00:22:09.540
 even college

00:22:09.540 --> 00:22:09.980
 years,

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:12.120
 nothing desirable,

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:14.380
 had nothing,

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.060
 family had

00:22:15.060 --> 00:22:15.380
 nothing,

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:16.920
 took care of

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.560
 his own mother

00:22:17.560 --> 00:22:18.520
 in his dorm

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.579
 or in his

00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:21.200
 college place.

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:24.779
 As a coach,

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.920
 he was never

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.539
 a defensive

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.160
 coordinator,

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:30.079
 never an

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:30.500
 offensive

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.160
 coordinator.

00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:34.639
 As a coach,

00:22:35.639 --> 00:22:36.539
 he was a

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.359
 receiver's coach.

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.259
 He was down

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.660
 to pecking

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:40.240
 order on any

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:41.480
 college level

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.579
 coaching staff.

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:44.039
 And before he

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:45.519
 came to Clemson

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:47.000
 as the receiver's

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.279
 coach,

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:49.099
 coach,

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:50.660
 he'd quit coaching.

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:50.920
 Out of it all together.

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.579
 But God so

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.559
 worked in his life,

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.639
 and I'm not

00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.359
 saying Davos was

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:58.039
 running from God

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.420
 or rebelling,

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:59.220
 anything like that.

00:22:59.399 --> 00:22:59.740
 I'm just saying

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.660
 the circumstances

00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:02.579
 were such.

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:05.399
 But God worked

00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:06.139
 in his life

00:23:06.139 --> 00:23:08.259
 in a tremendous

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.000
 way

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:11.799
 to elevate him

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.460
 to a position

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.139
 where now

00:23:13.139 --> 00:23:14.559
 he's one of this

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.359
 nation's most

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 popular coaches.

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:20.160
 he is one of

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:22.339
 the best

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:23.339
 paid coaches

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:24.700
 in this country.

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:26.920
 And like it

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.299
 or not,

00:23:27.379 --> 00:23:28.000
 non-Clemson

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.480
 fans,

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.440
 he is one of

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:29.720
 the most

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.879
 successful coaches

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.839
 in this country.

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.480
 Head coaches.

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 what I want us

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.920
 to see is

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:41.660
 it may not

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:42.099
 be ever

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:43.480
 on the news

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.120
 or in the paper

00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:44.680
 or anybody

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.319
 talk about it

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:45.819
 in a sermon

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.400
 illustration,

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:48.360
 but God has

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:49.019
 a plan for our

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.519
 lives.

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.740
 And where you

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.460
 are now

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:54.640
 is important,

00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:57.000
 but it's not

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.460
 where you're going

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:57.900
 to be

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.400
 later.

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.420
 Truth is,

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:05.000
 all of us

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.640
 are still

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.799
 in process.

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:07.680
 We're all

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.220
 still on that

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.620
 journey.

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.460
 There's a lot

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.120
 of young people

00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:10.360
 in here.

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.720
 You're just

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:11.180
 getting started

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.900
 in your life.

00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:13.759
 And there's

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.160
 just a lot

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.319
 of,

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.500
 it's like life

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:15.640
 is,

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:15.980
 you need to

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.340
 think of what

00:24:16.340 --> 00:24:16.660
 we're talking

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:16.900
 about here.

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.000
 Life is an

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.420
 adventure.

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:18.799
 You don't know

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.220
 what God's

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.819
 planned for you.

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:21.880
 If you're a

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.240
 Christian,

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:22.880
 you're his

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.400
 child.

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.120
 He has some

00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:24.579
 good things

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.680
 planned for you.

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.240
 It may not be

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.819
 to be wealthy

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.400
 or famous.

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.220
 He's got a

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:29.019
 good plan for

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.940
 you if you'll

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.559
 be faithful to

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:30.960
 seek it,

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.539
 to follow it,

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:31.859
 to put it

00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.519
 into practice.

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.660
 A lot of

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.120
 people here,

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.079
 let's say it

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.299
 this way,

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:38.480
 a lot of

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.759
 people here

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.259
 are old.

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.200
 I see a

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.519
 woman back

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:40.700
 there,

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.400
 old as I

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:41.599
 don't know

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:41.880
 what.

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.480
 But if

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.599
 we're alive,

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:50.480
 life is not

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:50.740
 over.

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.259
 And we

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.539
 don't know

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.200
 what tomorrow

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.200
 holds for any

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.839
 of us.

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.359
 At any age.

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.839
 But if

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.559
 God is our

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.279
 heavenly father,

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:03.279
 we can trust

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.620
 him.

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.180
 That he is

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.960
 still at work

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.599
 in our lives,

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.180
 working out

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.819
 that plan,

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.839
 the good

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.539
 plan that he

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.900
 prepared for

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:11.380
 you.

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.859
 And he made

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.579
 you like you

00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:15.180
 are so that

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.680
 you will be

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:17.240
 successful at

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.240
 your plan

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:20.599
 that God has

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.039
 for you.

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:24.259
 if we'll be

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.680
 faithful to

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.019
 live life

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.759
 God's way

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:27.659
 and cooperate

00:25:27.659 --> 00:25:29.519
 with his

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.119
 indwelling

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:30.740
 spirit.

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.519
 We don't

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:32.859
 have to sit

00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.099
 around and

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.539
 worry about

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.279
 what God

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.700
 has planned

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.099
 for us.

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:35.960
 We just

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.319
 need to live

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.720
 faithfully

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.440
 day by day

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:39.119
 and just

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.920
 accept it as

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.619
 it comes.

00:25:42.139 --> 00:25:42.759
 And if we

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.220
 don't know

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.639
 something,

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.399
 we pray and

00:25:44.399 --> 00:25:44.740
 seek his

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.159
 wisdom,

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.579
 seek his

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:46.159
 direction.

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:47.820
 We just

00:25:47.820 --> 00:25:48.220
 seek his

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.519
 help.

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.440
 These verses

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.060
 show us that

00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:51.860
 God shapes

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.600
 each of us

00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:53.279
 to the person

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.840
 he wants us

00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:54.640
 to be in

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:54.860
 order to

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.340
 carry out the

00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:55.880
 purpose that

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.700
 he has for

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.519
 our lives.

00:25:57.840 --> 00:25:58.240
 And that's

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.660
 why we don't

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.000
 have to be

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.580
 anxious about

00:25:59.580 --> 00:25:59.860
 life.

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.120
 That's why we

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:02.519
 don't have to

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.300
 be all stressed

00:26:03.300 --> 00:26:04.400
 out and worried.

00:26:05.300 --> 00:26:05.960
 We have a

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.600
 heavenly father.

00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:07.500
 Remember what

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.040
 Jesus said in

00:26:08.040 --> 00:26:08.700
 Matthew 6?

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.759
 We have a

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.380
 heavenly father

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:11.019
 who knows us,

00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:11.560
 knows everything

00:26:11.560 --> 00:26:12.080
 that we need.

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.800
 We can trust

00:26:12.800 --> 00:26:13.220
 him to take

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.860
 care of us.

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:14.820
 We can trust

00:26:14.820 --> 00:26:15.120
 that he's got

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.620
 everything under

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:16.080
 control.

00:26:17.040 --> 00:26:17.500
 It does

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.900
 matter how

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.440
 we live.

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.500
 It does

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.200
 matter the

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.820
 choices we

00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:22.220
 make.

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.660
 So we need

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.100
 to be faithful

00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:24.460
 to do what

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.279
 we know God

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:25.779
 wants us to

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.000
 do.

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.160
 And as I

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.960
 said, pray

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.279
 about the

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:28.740
 things we

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.220
 don't.

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.860
 Seek God's

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.300
 wisdom.

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.620
 Seek his

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.259
 help.

00:26:33.820 --> 00:26:34.060
 But the

00:26:34.060 --> 00:26:34.460
 bottom line

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:34.920
 in all this

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.900
 is we can

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.320
 and must

00:26:36.320 --> 00:26:37.040
 trust God

00:26:37.040 --> 00:26:37.720
 if we want

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.000
 to be able

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.279
 to deal

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.880
 with life's

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.900
 hardships and

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:41.600
 uncertainties in

00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.320
 a healthy way.

00:26:42.820 --> 00:26:43.320
 But I want you

00:26:43.320 --> 00:26:43.680
 to note how

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.519
 David responded

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.140
 to all this.

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:46.560
 verses 14

00:26:46.560 --> 00:26:47.240
 and 17

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.840
 and 18.

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.100
 The thought

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:50.240
 of how God

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.160
 made him

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.920
 was just

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.820
 overwhelming.

00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:54.960
 And we need

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.280
 to think.

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:57.080
 The very thought

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:58.259
 about all this

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.800
 stuff we've been

00:26:58.800 --> 00:26:59.180
 looking at.

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.400
 How God made

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:00.560
 us.

00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:00.920
 How he's got

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.300
 a plan for

00:27:01.300 --> 00:27:01.800
 our lives.

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.980
 That should

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.560
 cause us to

00:27:04.560 --> 00:27:05.160
 praise God

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.640
 just as David

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:05.759
 did.

00:27:05.800 --> 00:27:06.120
 Look at verse

00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:06.560
 14.

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.820
 As he thought

00:27:07.820 --> 00:27:08.300
 about how God

00:27:08.300 --> 00:27:08.759
 made him.

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.240
 For you

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.759
 former

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.299
 Emerald

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.539
 Parks

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.039
 verse 13

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.720
 verse 14.

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.579
 I praise

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.180
 you for

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.420
 I am

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.019
 fearfully

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.779
 and wonderfully

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.299
 made.

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:15.779
 Wonderful

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.180
 are your

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.539
 works.

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.259
 My soul

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.700
 knows it

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.220
 very well.

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.400
 Verse 17

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:19.839
 and 18

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.400
 same way.

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:21.079
 How precious

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.379
 to me

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:21.579
 are your

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:21.839
 thoughts

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.160
 of God.

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:23.000
 How vast

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.420
 is the sum

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.720
 of them.

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:26.879
 David is

00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:27.299
 expressing

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:28.160
 praise and

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.960
 awe at

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.579
 God's

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.099
 greatness

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:31.019
 and goodness

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.819
 in general

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.900
 and specifically

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.480
 in his

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.900
 life.

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:36.240
 like David.

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.300
 If we'll

00:27:37.300 --> 00:27:38.120
 just sometimes

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:41.100
 just think

00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:42.960
 about how

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.640
 God made

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:43.920
 me.

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.460
 How God

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.080
 works in

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:46.480
 me.

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:47.540
 Works out

00:27:47.540 --> 00:27:48.060
 his plan

00:27:48.060 --> 00:27:48.800
 in my life

00:27:48.800 --> 00:27:49.800
 through good

00:27:49.800 --> 00:27:50.380
 times and

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:50.700
 bad.

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.300
 God's

00:27:52.300 --> 00:27:52.720
 sovereign.

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.340
 God's in

00:27:53.340 --> 00:27:53.880
 control.

00:27:55.580 --> 00:27:56.100
 It'll cause

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.940
 us to praise

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.220
 him.

00:27:57.560 --> 00:27:58.060
 It'll cause

00:27:58.060 --> 00:27:58.600
 us to be

00:27:58.600 --> 00:27:59.259
 in awe

00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:00.740
 that he

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.160
 could love

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.519
 us and

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.160
 bless us

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.800
 and do

00:28:02.800 --> 00:28:03.340
 in us

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:04.179
 the kinds

00:28:04.179 --> 00:28:04.839
 of things

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:06.099
 that he

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.480
 does.

00:28:07.179 --> 00:28:07.539
 But I

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.099
 want us

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.319
 to look at

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.859
 one final

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.399
 application

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:09.659
 of what

00:28:09.659 --> 00:28:10.139
 we've seen

00:28:10.139 --> 00:28:10.939
 in all

00:28:10.939 --> 00:28:11.919
 these verses

00:28:11.919 --> 00:28:12.459
 this morning.

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:14.319
 The fact

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.879
 that God

00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:15.919
 made us

00:28:15.919 --> 00:28:17.079
 and even

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.639
 planned out

00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:18.399
 our lives,

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.359
 that is

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.240
 foundational.

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:23.500
 Two things.

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.839
 As creator,

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.819
 God designed

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.720
 human life

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.099
 to be

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:28.639
 sacred.

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.279
 As David

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.019
 describes himself

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.500
 in verse

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.319
 13,

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:35.539
 he understood

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.899
 from the

00:28:36.899 --> 00:28:37.419
 time of

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:37.699
 my

00:28:37.699 --> 00:28:38.459
 conception,

00:28:38.459 --> 00:28:40.799
 he was a

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.559
 unique

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:43.119
 individual,

00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:45.379
 human being

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:46.899
 growing inside

00:28:46.899 --> 00:28:47.779
 his mother's

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.179
 womb.

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.619
 This shows

00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.220
 us clearly

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.220
 that every

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.659
 child,

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:53.019
 every single

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.720
 child

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:55.919
 conceived,

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.519
 growing in

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:59.159
 his or her

00:28:59.159 --> 00:28:59.899
 mother's womb,

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:02.100
 is a special

00:29:02.100 --> 00:29:02.940
 creation of

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.360
 God,

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.460
 a human

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.019
 being,

00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.360
 created in

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:07.180
 God's image

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:10.500
 of extreme

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.560
 worth and

00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:12.540
 value and

00:29:12.540 --> 00:29:13.120
 dignity.

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:14.259
 And that

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.980
 life in that

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.800
 womb should be

00:29:15.800 --> 00:29:16.340
 protected,

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.380
 should be

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:17.820
 honored,

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.500
 should be

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.519
 taken care of.

00:29:20.280 --> 00:29:20.840
 And you know

00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:21.340
 where I'm going

00:29:21.340 --> 00:29:21.860
 with this.

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:23.900
 This helps us

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.700
 see as clearly

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.180
 as any other

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.780
 passage in

00:29:25.780 --> 00:29:26.160
 Scripture,

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:28.840
 abortion is

00:29:28.840 --> 00:29:29.400
 murder.

00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:30.920
 It is the

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.700
 taking of a

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.600
 human life,

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.600
 a human life

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:34.200
 that is just as

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.940
 valuable on the

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.620
 side of God,

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.460
 inside the

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.100
 mother's womb,

00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:38.660
 as any life you

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.360
 can see here

00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:39.779
 right now,

00:29:39.820 --> 00:29:40.279
 this morning.

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:41.859
 we need to

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.960
 honor life from

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.859
 conception on.

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.639
 We need to

00:29:45.639 --> 00:29:46.180
 understand that

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.720
 that which is

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.519
 growing inside a

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.980
 woman is not

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.899
 just mere

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.420
 tissue.

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.359
 It is a

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:54.500
 human

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.680
 baby

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.819
 created in

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.379
 the image of

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.740
 God.

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.259
 God has a

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.079
 plan for that

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.440
 child.

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.000
 And we need to

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.480
 honor that

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:02.839
 life.

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.720
 Secondly,

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.839
 as creator,

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.119
 God determined

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:07.680
 human sex

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:09.099
 or gender

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:11.179
 to be fixed.

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:12.939
 I want you to

00:30:12.939 --> 00:30:13.319
 look one more

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:13.699
 time at

00:30:13.699 --> 00:30:14.439
 Genesis 127.

00:30:15.179 --> 00:30:15.740
 God created

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.299
 human beings

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.879
 like this.

00:30:17.219 --> 00:30:17.799
 So God created

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.219
 man in His

00:30:18.219 --> 00:30:19.000
 image and in

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.359
 the image of

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.579
 God He

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.119
 created them.

00:30:20.659 --> 00:30:21.539
 Male and

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.459
 female He

00:30:22.459 --> 00:30:23.159
 created them.

00:30:24.199 --> 00:30:24.799
 God created

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.759
 human beings

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:28.659
 in two ways.

00:30:30.939 --> 00:30:31.480
 Everybody's

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.839
 either a

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:34.419
 male or

00:30:34.419 --> 00:30:35.319
 they are a

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:36.339
 female.

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:36.480
 male.

00:30:37.679 --> 00:30:38.859
 One or the

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.119
 other.

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:41.319
 And our

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:42.139
 anatomy

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:44.199
 tells us

00:30:44.199 --> 00:30:45.319
 what sex

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:46.819
 or gender

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:48.279
 we are.

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:50.019
 If you have

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:51.159
 male anatomy,

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.859
 you are a

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.139
 male.

00:30:54.419 --> 00:30:55.679
 If you have

00:30:55.679 --> 00:30:56.759
 female anatomy,

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:58.639
 you are

00:30:58.639 --> 00:31:00.019
 a female.

00:31:01.459 --> 00:31:02.599
 Our bodies

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.419
 do not lie

00:31:03.419 --> 00:31:04.179
 to us.

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:06.560
 God made

00:31:06.560 --> 00:31:07.740
 us this

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.120
 way.

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.220
 If you have

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.560
 a problem

00:31:09.560 --> 00:31:10.620
 accepting that,

00:31:11.580 --> 00:31:13.400
 if you

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:13.940
 think,

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:15.940
 you look at

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.420
 yourself in

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:16.779
 the mirror,

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.400
 you know,

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.440
 I am

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.779
 made

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:21.140
 biologically

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:22.299
 a male.

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.039
 But I

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.580
 just feel

00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:26.580
 like I

00:31:26.580 --> 00:31:26.960
 should live

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.580
 my life as

00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:28.019
 a woman.

00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:28.440
 I feel like

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.920
 I'm a woman

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.400
 trapped in a

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.960
 male body.

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.320
 I want you

00:31:31.320 --> 00:31:31.740
 to understand,

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:33.319
 you do

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:33.640
 not have

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.099
 a physical

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.519
 problem.

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:35.960
 You have

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.480
 a psychological

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.120
 problem.

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.920
 I want you

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.319
 to understand

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.519
 that.

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.220
 Same thing

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.640
 goes true.

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.279
 If you

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.640
 are

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.579
 biologically

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:44.539
 a female,

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.079
 but you

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.559
 just think,

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.160
 I just feel

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:48.480
 like I've

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:48.859
 got to live

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.420
 my life as

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:49.779
 a male,

00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:51.019
 you're

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:51.700
 confused.

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.539
 Here's what

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:52.779
 I want you

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.240
 to understand.

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.339
 Now,

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:59.200
 if you have

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.620
 these kind

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.259
 of feelings,

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:05.619
 you need

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:06.519
 to seek

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.539
 true

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:09.879
 help

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:11.479
 from

00:32:11.479 --> 00:32:11.859
 committed

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.399
 Christians

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:14.799
 who understand

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.299
 Scripture,

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:17.479
 who have

00:32:17.479 --> 00:32:18.219
 a good

00:32:18.219 --> 00:32:18.699
 understanding

00:32:18.699 --> 00:32:19.079
 of what

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.379
 the kind

00:32:19.379 --> 00:32:19.659
 of thing,

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:19.939
 the kind

00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:20.319
 of issues

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.659
 you're

00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:20.899
 dealing

00:32:20.899 --> 00:32:21.299
 with,

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:23.419
 and will

00:32:23.419 --> 00:32:23.879
 try to

00:32:23.879 --> 00:32:24.839
 actually help

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.159
 you.

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:27.819
 One thing

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.599
 that we're

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.059
 doing a study

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.579
 in my Sunday

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.279
 school class

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.460
 talking about

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:31.980
 male,

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.700
 female stuff,

00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:33.539
 and Matt

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.299
 Chandler is

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.119
 the actual

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:35.720
 teacher on

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.059
 video,

00:32:36.899 --> 00:32:37.259
 and one

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.579
 thing he

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.000
 said in

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.379
 our last

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:38.980
 week's study

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.619
 that just

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:39.980
 stood out

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.299
 to me

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.839
 that's so

00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:41.179
 true,

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.539
 the church

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:42.960
 of Jesus

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.779
 Christ needs

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.379
 to be a

00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:45.559
 safe haven

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:48.339
 for every

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:49.039
 human being

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.379
 with any

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:49.700
 kind of

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.139
 problem.

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.599
 And I

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:52.859
 want you

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.099
 to hear

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:53.440
 that.

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.240
 If you

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.700
 struggle

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.419
 with your

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:58.720
 sex or

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.160
 gender

00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:00.000
 identity,

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:02.980
 if you

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.440
 don't know

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.580
 someone to

00:33:04.580 --> 00:33:04.860
 try to

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:05.400
 help you,

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.500
 you talk

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.940
 to me,

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:09.180
 and I'm

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.560
 not going

00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:10.279
 to berate

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.940
 you or

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.620
 do anything

00:33:11.620 --> 00:33:12.120
 negative,

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.580
 say anything

00:33:12.580 --> 00:33:13.000
 negative to

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.080
 you.

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.680
 I will

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.019
 try to

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.580
 help you.

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.440
 The

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:18.120
 church,

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:19.800
 we will

00:33:19.800 --> 00:33:20.240
 try to

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.920
 help you,

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.380
 but it is

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:23.000
 not helping

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.779
 you to say

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.360
 to you,

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:25.419
 you just

00:33:25.419 --> 00:33:25.839
 be whatever

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.799
 you feel

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:28.059
 you ought

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.399
 to be.

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:29.000
 That is

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.659
 a lie.

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.419
 That will

00:33:31.419 --> 00:33:31.859
 lead to

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:32.439
 even more

00:33:32.439 --> 00:33:33.439
 confusion and

00:33:33.439 --> 00:33:34.579
 misery because

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:34.919
 you'll be

00:33:34.919 --> 00:33:35.379
 living your

00:33:35.379 --> 00:33:35.939
 life according

00:33:35.939 --> 00:33:37.039
 to the

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.579
 opposite of

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:37.719
 the way

00:33:37.719 --> 00:33:38.500
 God designed

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.059
 you to

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.379
 live.

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.979
 It is

00:33:41.979 --> 00:33:43.459
 not our

00:33:43.459 --> 00:33:44.479
 choice as

00:33:44.479 --> 00:33:44.659
 to whether

00:33:44.659 --> 00:33:45.219
 we live as

00:33:45.219 --> 00:33:45.639
 male or

00:33:45.639 --> 00:33:45.919
 female.

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.559
 God

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:47.159
 designed

00:33:47.159 --> 00:33:47.479
 that.

00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:47.899
 God

00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:48.859
 determined

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.379
 that when

00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:50.019
 He created

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.559
 us,

00:33:50.939 --> 00:33:51.619
 either male

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:53.259
 or female.

00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:55.819
 And if

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.119
 you have

00:33:56.119 --> 00:33:56.739
 confusion

00:33:56.739 --> 00:33:57.319
 about that,

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.879
 doubts

00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.559
 about that,

00:33:59.319 --> 00:34:00.479
 you need

00:34:00.479 --> 00:34:00.899
 to seek

00:34:00.899 --> 00:34:01.799
 help.

00:34:02.479 --> 00:34:03.279
 It is a

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.000
 psychological

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.959
 problem

00:34:04.959 --> 00:34:07.359
 that can

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.119
 be addressed,

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.119
 that you

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.659
 can be

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.179
 helped,

00:34:11.299 --> 00:34:11.859
 but you've

00:34:11.859 --> 00:34:12.139
 got to

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.659
 seek it.

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.719
 And the

00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:13.940
 way to

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.359
 begin is

00:34:14.359 --> 00:34:14.619
 saying,

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.400
 God is

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.799
 God.

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.319
 He is

00:34:16.319 --> 00:34:16.880
 the creator.

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.719
 He determines

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.359
 these things,

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.619
 not me.

00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:20.420
 I'm the

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.000
 creation.

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.460
 And I

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.599
 will

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.239
 submit to

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.539
 the

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.219
 authority

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:25.019
 and the

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.599
 things that

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.359
 God says

00:34:26.359 --> 00:34:27.179
 as my

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.639
 creator.

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.480
 Let's go

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:28.739
 back to

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.059
 the main

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.359
 point of

00:34:29.359 --> 00:34:29.679
 these verses

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.259
 to conclude.

00:34:31.359 --> 00:34:31.759
 God has

00:34:31.759 --> 00:34:32.599
 created and

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.339
 shaped each

00:34:33.339 --> 00:34:33.900
 of us

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.579
 into the

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.359
 person He

00:34:35.359 --> 00:34:35.859
 wants us

00:34:35.859 --> 00:34:36.339
 to be

00:34:36.339 --> 00:34:37.279
 in order to

00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:37.880
 carry out

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.460
 the purpose

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:39.019
 He has

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.420
 for our

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:39.900
 lives.

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.679
 He made

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:42.940
 us.

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.000
 He's got a

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.460
 purpose for

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:44.699
 us.

00:34:45.759 --> 00:34:46.059
 And the

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.480
 question is,

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:46.799
 are you

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:47.519
 cooperating with

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:47.960
 God about

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.259
 this?

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:49.920
 Are you

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.460
 seeking to be

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.880
 the person

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.619
 He created

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:52.039
 you to

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.940
 be with

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.519
 His help?

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.760
 Are you

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.300
 seeking to

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:58.320
 do His

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:59.619
 will and

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.200
 serve the

00:35:00.200 --> 00:35:00.740
 purpose He

00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:01.720
 created you

00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:02.559
 for?

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.800
 And just

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.220
 start where

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:06.700
 you are.

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:08.980
 Start where

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.380
 you are in

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.940
 your home,

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:10.700
 where you

00:35:10.700 --> 00:35:11.180
 work,

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:11.940
 in this

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.559
 church,

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:14.300
 where you

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:14.619
 are in

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.079
 life.

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.380
 Be faithful

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.800
 to be the

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:17.220
 person that

00:35:17.220 --> 00:35:17.680
 God's called

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:18.059
 you to be

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.720
 there.

00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:19.840
 Fulfill that

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.340
 purpose at

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:20.620
 this point

00:35:20.620 --> 00:35:20.780
 in your

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.100
 life.

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:22.519
 But the

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.780
 only way

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:23.079
 we can

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.620
 do this

00:35:23.620 --> 00:35:25.100
 is to

00:35:25.100 --> 00:35:25.680
 truly have

00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:26.340
 a right

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:27.160
 relationship

00:35:27.160 --> 00:35:28.059
 with Jesus

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.559
 Christ.

00:35:29.660 --> 00:35:30.160
 And if

00:35:30.160 --> 00:35:30.700
 you don't,

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:30.960
 if you

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.380
 don't know

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:31.680
 Him,

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:33.140
 I want to

00:35:33.140 --> 00:35:33.539
 encourage you

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.000
 right now,

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.100
 if you will

00:35:35.100 --> 00:35:35.519
 admit to

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.019
 God that

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.600
 you don't

00:35:36.600 --> 00:35:37.120
 know Him,

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.340
 that you

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:40.000
 are a

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.680
 sinner before

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:41.039
 Him,

00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:42.380
 you're seeking

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.820
 to live life

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:43.200
 your way

00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:43.480
 instead of

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.900
 His way,

00:35:44.200 --> 00:35:44.600
 if you'll

00:35:44.600 --> 00:35:45.120
 confess that,

00:35:45.160 --> 00:35:45.440
 if you'll

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.900
 repent of

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.059
 that,

00:35:46.160 --> 00:35:46.559
 turn from

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:46.820
 that,

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.980
 that mindset,

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.460
 that way

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.840
 of life,

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.380
 put your

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:50.840
 trust in

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:51.340
 Jesus Christ,

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.539
 that He

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:51.980
 actually paid

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.259
 the penalty

00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:52.579
 for your

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:52.900
 sins when

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.079
 He died

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.299
 on the

00:35:53.299 --> 00:35:53.579
 cross.

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.299
 If you'll

00:35:55.299 --> 00:35:55.659
 call upon

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:55.940
 Him to

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.460
 save you,

00:35:56.799 --> 00:35:57.400
 forgive you,

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:57.960
 He will.

00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.000
 In fact,

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.279
 God will

00:35:59.279 --> 00:35:59.539
 put His

00:35:59.539 --> 00:35:59.960
 Spirit in

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.119
 you,

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.539
 He'll

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.000
 make you

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.159
 new,

00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:01.799
 He'll

00:36:01.799 --> 00:36:02.199
 cleanse

00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:02.599
 you,

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:03.000
 He'll

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.239
 give you

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:03.659
 a fresh

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.059
 start.

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:06.239
 You might

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:06.719
 think to

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.119
 yourself this

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:07.279
 morning,

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:07.880
 I am a

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.119
 Christian,

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.480
 there's no

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:08.779
 doubt,

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.940
 I know what

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.340
 you're talking

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.679
 about,

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:12.119
 but I'm

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.739
 not as close

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:13.380
 to Him now

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:14.299
 as I used

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.740
 to be,

00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:15.620
 and really

00:36:15.620 --> 00:36:16.100
 as I want

00:36:16.100 --> 00:36:16.380
 to be.

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.539
 I haven't

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.019
 been so

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:20.080
 concerned here

00:36:20.080 --> 00:36:20.880
 lately about

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:22.360
 serving the

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.260
 purpose that

00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:24.060
 He has for

00:36:24.060 --> 00:36:24.320
 me,

00:36:24.640 --> 00:36:25.080
 because I've

00:36:25.080 --> 00:36:25.320
 been too

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:26.039
 busy serving

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.560
 my own

00:36:26.560 --> 00:36:27.019
 purpose.

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.420
 That's a

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.840
 problem.

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.440
 That's a

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.000
 rebellion.

00:36:32.160 --> 00:36:33.240
 That's you

00:36:33.240 --> 00:36:33.680
 trying to live

00:36:33.680 --> 00:36:34.019
 as the

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.660
 Creator instead

00:36:34.660 --> 00:36:35.140
 of God.

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.200
 And the

00:36:36.200 --> 00:36:37.140
 way to solve

00:36:37.140 --> 00:36:37.780
 that problem

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.620
 is to admit

00:36:38.620 --> 00:36:40.260
 your sin and

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:40.700
 repent of

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:41.039
 that.

00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:42.500
 Come back to

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.019
 Christ in

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.360
 renewed

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.980
 commitment,

00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:44.539
 faith,

00:36:45.160 --> 00:36:45.620
 surrender.

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.960
 Tell God,

00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:50.620
 I've made a

00:36:50.620 --> 00:36:50.900
 mess of

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:51.320
 things living

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:51.820
 life my

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.099
 way.

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:53.460
 I want to

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:53.820
 come back

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.440
 to you and

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:55.559
 start one

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:55.940
 day at a

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:57.120
 time living

00:36:57.120 --> 00:36:58.079
 life your

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.400
 way.

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:00.960
 Listen to

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:02.660
 the Lord and

00:37:02.660 --> 00:37:03.079
 do whatever

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.960
 it is He tells

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.740
 you to do in

00:37:04.740 --> 00:37:05.460
 response to

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:06.519
 His Word this

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:06.820
 morning.

00:37:07.160 --> 00:37:07.500
 Would you pray

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:07.900
 with me?

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:08.960
 Dear God,

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:10.480
 help us to

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:12.599
 see now how

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.039
 we need to

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:14.920
 respond in

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.360
 light of the

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:15.719
 fact that

00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:16.179
 you've made

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:16.440
 us and

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.860
 you've made

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:17.320
 us for a

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:17.779
 purpose.

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.360
 Help us,

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:20.800
 Father, to

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:21.360
 see how we

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:21.599
 need to

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:25.199
 respond so

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:25.639
 that we can

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.559
 demonstrate to

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.000
 you that we

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:29.699
 trust you in

00:37:29.699 --> 00:37:30.539
 the details of

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:30.960
 life.

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:34.980
 Help us,

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.519
 dear God,

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:39.099
 to quit being

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:41.519
 so anxious and

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:42.420
 stressed out

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:44.079
 about everything

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.719
 going on around

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:45.380
 about us.

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:48.139
 Help us to

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:50.079
 truly trust that

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.819
 you are our

00:37:50.819 --> 00:37:51.420
 Heavenly Father.

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:53.759
 You know us

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:54.139
 better than

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:54.659
 anyone because

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:55.380
 you made us.

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:57.400
 And help us to

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.940
 trust you that

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.559
 you're working out

00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:59.360
 your good purpose

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:00.159
 in our lives,

00:38:00.839 --> 00:38:02.739
 in the bad

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:03.480
 times as well

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:03.880
 as good.

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:08.300
 in an attitude

00:38:08.300 --> 00:38:08.760
 of prayer,

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:09.300
 you just do

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.640
 what God

00:38:09.640 --> 00:38:10.160
 tells you to

00:38:10.160 --> 00:38:10.619
 do and

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:12.200
 He'll be

00:38:12.200 --> 00:38:12.940
 pleased if

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.400
 you're obedient

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:13.800
 to Him.

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:15.440
 I'd be happy

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:15.920
 to pray with

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.280
 you if you

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:17.160
 would like to

00:38:17.160 --> 00:38:17.680
 come forward

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:18.119
 during this

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:18.380
 time.

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.240
 Just listen to

00:38:20.240 --> 00:38:20.680
 the Lord and

00:38:20.680 --> 00:38:21.300
 obey Him.

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:21.720
 That's the

00:38:21.720 --> 00:38:22.280
 important thing.

00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:25.580
笑

00:38:25.580 --> 00:38:26.220
 of