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 I would encourage you to open up your Bibles, if you would please, to Acts chapter 1.

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!

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 Everywhere Jesus seemed to go, there were crowds that were in tow.

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 This excitement, this movement that was taking place.

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 And so when Jesus arrives in Jerusalem, that final week of His public ministry before the cross,

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 the disciples and everyone there who was present in seeing Christ's ministry teaching daily in the temple,

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 day by day He was there, and the crowds were hanging on every word,

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 there was this expectation that this was the moment.

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 Certainly this is what God had promised through the prophets so long ago.

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 The Messiah was here, and the evidence of that seemed to be so prominent in front of them.

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 And yet, now we turn the page to Acts chapter 1,

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 and we see now what was such electric crowds and momentum that seemed to be taking place.

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 The energy of Christ in the movement that was happening now seems to be a distant memory.

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 It's a reminder to us this morning that most of life's changing moments don't start in stadiums.

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 They begin in waiting rooms.

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 Stadiums feel powerful.

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 They feel full of energy.

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 There's momentum.

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 There's excitement.

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 There's something happening.

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 But in Jesus' ministry, people, while they were everywhere,

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 were going to see that now was a moment,

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 a moment that was taking place

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 when God would begin to change the hearts of people,

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 but He would do it in a way that was silent.

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 God was about to do something that would change everything.

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 And He often does that through times of quietness and solitude.

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 Things that were ordinary.

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 Away from the action.

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 Away from the noise.

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 Think of Noah and 120 years of waiting for the flood.

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 Think of Abraham and the 25 years that he waited

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 and patiently waiting for God to give him the promise of a son.

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 Think of Moses in the 40 years of waiting in the backside of a desert in Midian,

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 waiting for God to accomplish His purposes in delivering His people.

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 Or think of David and his patient waiting

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 from the time that he had been anointed king

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 to the time that God finally brought him out into the forefront

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 and established him as king over Israel.

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 You see, the waiting room is the time, I believe,

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 God delights most in accomplishing or beginning,

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 initiating His purposes in the hearts of His people.

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 And so that's where we find this work beginning.

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 In Acts chapter 1, verse 4,

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 Jesus ordered His disciples, remember,

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 He remembers that He ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem,

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 but to wait, to wait in Jerusalem for the power of the Spirit to come.

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 Here we are in Acts.

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 We're back in the waiting room.

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 Waiting rooms are strange places, aren't they?

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 They're a mix or a mingle of joy and sometimes a mix of sorrow.

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 Waiting rooms aren't always the place where you would expect to be

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 or even hope to be.

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 My guess is that most of you have been in a waiting room at some point or the other.

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 On six occasions through the years,

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 my wife and I have been in a waiting room

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 as we waited expectantly for the birth of a child,

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 a son or a daughter.

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 Those joyous occasions,

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 excitement,

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 maybe even worship and praise to the Lord for His provision for you.

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 There may be trembling,

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 there may be pain,

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 but it's all followed by delight

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 as in that waiting room you get to see

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 and hold that precious little child.

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 In all of this,

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 there's this real,

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 even unspoken,

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 understanding and awareness

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 that I can't control this.

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 I can't speed this up.

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 I can't determine the outcome.

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 I can only wait

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 and trust

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 and pray.

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 That's what God wants to accomplish

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 in the waiting rooms

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 to drive us to a place of dependence

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 on Him.

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 Well, many of you know

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 this has also been

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 a year of waiting rooms

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 for our family.

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 A different kind of waiting,

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 as it were,

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 as I've kind of gone through

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 the waiting rooms

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 of a heart surgery

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 and the waiting room

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 of an eye surgery

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 and the waiting room

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 of a stroke

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 and trying to decide

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 or figure out

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 what was taking place.

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 It was a different kind

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 of waiting room,

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 but accomplished

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 and was oriented

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 towards the same kind of purpose.

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 I can't control this.

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 I can't determine

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 the outcome of this.

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 I can't speed this up.

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 I can't slow this down.

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 I can only wait

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 and trust

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 and pray.

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 You see,

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 waiting rooms

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 strip away

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 the illusion

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 of control,

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 don't they?

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 And they strip away

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 the illusion

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 of strength

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 and they seek

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 to push us

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 into dependence

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 on God

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 where confidence

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 alone can come.

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 They teach us

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 dependence.

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 They confront

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 our limitations.

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 And in their own way,

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 they invite us back

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 to simple posture

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 of faith.

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 Lord,

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 if you don't act,

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 nothing will happen.

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 Now imagine,

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 here we are

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 in Acts chapter 1,

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 verse 14,

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 another waiting room.

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 A waiting room

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 that God delights

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 in driving home

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 those messages

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 of his power

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 and the dependence

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 of his people

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 that they need

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 to be on him.

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 The crowds are gone.

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 Jesus has ascended.

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 The mission

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 in front of these

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 disciples

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 is massive.

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 Go to the uttermost

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 parts of the world.

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 How will they accomplish

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 this?

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 Will they accomplish

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 this in the waiting room?

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 That's where it will begin.

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 They need to unite

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 under the banner

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 of God's power

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 in his plan

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 in order to enjoy

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 the benefits

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 of God's work

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 in their life.

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 We saw that

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 last week

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 that there was

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 obedience,

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 simple obedience

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 to the instructions

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 of God

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 that would begin

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 to activate

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 God's purposes

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 in their life.

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 Simple,

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 clear instructions.

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 Go back to Jerusalem.

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 Wait to the coming

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 I think all of us

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 could do that

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 and yet we see

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 this mission

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 in front of us

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 and we think,

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 how are we going

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 to accomplish

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 the mission?

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 Well,

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 we simply need

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 to obey

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 the instructions

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 that are in front of us

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 and let God

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 accomplish

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 his purposes,

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 his mission.

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 What if God

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 loves to start

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 his greatest work

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 in the waiting room?

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 As you're waiting

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 for him

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 to initiate

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 his plan.

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 As you're coupling

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 your heart

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 to the unity

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 and purpose

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 that he has set

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 before you.

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 As you are learning

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 to depend upon

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 the Spirit

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 for his power.

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 What if the most

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 powerful thing

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 a church can do

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 is not to rush

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 ahead

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 but is to wait

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 to gather

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 and to pray?

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 What if the Spirit's

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 power is not released

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 through hype

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 and hoopla,

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 through energy,

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 through movements,

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 great movements

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 but it's unleashed

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 to us through

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 the simple,

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 unified,

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 humble

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 expectancy?

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 That's what we're

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 going to see

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 this morning

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 as we unpack

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 Acts chapter 1

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 verse 14

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 and we see

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 how God begins

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 to do this

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 in hearts.

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 The hearts

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 of 120,

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 this meager group,

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 this small gathering,

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 the thousands

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 that had been there

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 are now reduced

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 to 120.

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 Here they are.

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 And we find

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 through this

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 that God does

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 his greatest work

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 through a unified

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 people.

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 That's our

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 first point

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 this morning.

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 God does

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 his greatest

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 work

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 through

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 a unified

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 people.

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 Notice this,

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 Acts chapter 1

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 verses 12 to 14

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 says this,

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 Then they returned

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 to Jerusalem

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 from the

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 Mount Colt

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 Olivet,

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 which is near

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 Jerusalem,

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 a Sabbath day's

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 journey away.

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 And when they

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 had entered,

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 they went up

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 to the upper room

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 where they were

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 staying,

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 Peter and John

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 and James

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 and Andrew,

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 Philip and Thomas,

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 Bartholomew and Matthew,

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 James the son of

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 Alphaeus,

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 and Simon the

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 zealot,

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 and Judas the son

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 of James.

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 And here it is.

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 All these,

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 with one accord,

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 were devoting

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 themselves to

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 prayer together

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 with the women

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 and Mary,

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 the mother of

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 Jesus,

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 and his brothers.

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 God does

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 his greatest work

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 through a unified

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 people.

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 And here we see,

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 first of all,

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 the picture of

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 their oneness.

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 Notice their

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 oneness.

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 It's represented

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 for us in a

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 number of different

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 ways here.

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 In this short

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 verse,

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 the picture

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 of their

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 oneness

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 is captured

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 for us

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 in the words

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 of Luke.

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 We move

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 through this

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 book and we

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 see one of

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 the central

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 realities of

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 a church

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 that will

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 enjoy the

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 benefits of

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 the Lord

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 and that is

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 this,

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 this predominance

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 of unity.

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 We'll see it

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 time and time

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 and time again

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 as we work

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 our way through

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 this little

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 book.

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 It's the

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 preeminent

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 feature of

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 this gathering.

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 They're gathering

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 and they're

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 unified.

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 Notice the

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 words that Luke

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 uses in these

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 verses.

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 They returned.

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 They entered.

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 They went up.

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 They were staying.

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 All these with

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 one accord

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 were devoting

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 themselves to

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 prayer together

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 with the women

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 and Mary,

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 the mother of

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 Jesus.

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 Luke labors

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 in these short

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 verses to draw

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 out and

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 emphasize the

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 oneness in

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 the community

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 of this

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 gathering.

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 How many

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 times does he

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 have to

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 emphasize the

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 togetherness?

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 You see,

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 he begins with

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 all these

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 with one

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 accord.

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 What a

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 beautiful word

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 this little

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 word all

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 is.

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 Simple and

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 beautiful.

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 Every,

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 it really is

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 the simple

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 meaning,

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 every,

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 describing the

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 totality and

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 the wholeness

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 of this

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 group.

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 No one

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 was missing.

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 It's especially

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 important given

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 the fact that

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 this was such a

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 meager group,

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 such a small

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 group.

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 Given the

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 enormity of

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 the massive

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 size of the

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 crowds and

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 Luke begins

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 with all.

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 All are

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 together.

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 As with the

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 disciples,

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 this group is

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 here in the

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 upper room.

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 And a

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 movement that

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 had consistently

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 numbered in the

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 thousands was

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 now reduced to

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 120.

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 But Luke wants

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 us to know

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 they're all

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 here.

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 The group is

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 complete,

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 at least for

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 now.

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 And God's

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 purposes have

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 not failed.

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 Everyone that

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 God needs to

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 activate his

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 purposes is

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 present for

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 this work.

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 No one is

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 missing.

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 There's a group

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 that God is

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 going to use to

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 launch the

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 church age and

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 they're all

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 present and

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 accounted for.

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 Notice they

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 gather with one

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 accord and this

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 also signifies

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 this unified

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 heart.

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 They belong

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 together.

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 They're not

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 fractured.

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 This Greek word

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 is a compound

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 word which

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 essentially means

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 one and the

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 same, is the

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 first piece,

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 and thumos

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 which is

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 temperament or

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 mind.

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 They all had

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 the same

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 spirit, the

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 same mind,

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 the same

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 purpose.

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 They all had

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 the same

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 heart.

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 One of the

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 prevailing

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 features of

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 this movement,

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 this one

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 accord,

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 purpose that

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 is seen

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 throughout the

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 book of

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 Acts.

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 This heavy

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 emphasis, 11

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 times this

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 word one

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 accord is

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 used throughout

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 the New

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 Testament and

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 ten of those

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 times find

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 their way in

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 the book of

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 Acts.

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 We see it

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 here in Acts

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 chapter 1

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 verse 14.

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 We see it in

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 Acts chapter 2

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 verse 1.

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 When the

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 day of

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 Pentecost

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 had come,

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 they were

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 all in

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 one accord

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 in one

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 place.

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 In chapter

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 2 verse 46

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 it says,

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 So continuing

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 daily with

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 one accord

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 in the

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 temple breaking

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 bread.

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 In chapter 4

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 verse 24,

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 So when they

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 heard, they

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 raised their

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 voice to God

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 with one

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 accord and

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 said.

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 In chapter

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 5 verse 12,

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 And through

00:13:42.360 --> 00:13:42.960
 the hands of

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 the apostles,

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 many signs and

00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:44.860
 wonders were

00:13:44.860 --> 00:13:45.580
 done among the

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 people, and

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 they were all

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 with one accord

00:13:48.560 --> 00:13:49.399
 on Solomon's

00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:49.660
 porch.

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 The togetherness,

00:13:50.779 --> 00:13:51.860
 the unity, the

00:13:51.860 --> 00:13:52.740
 one heart, one

00:13:52.740 --> 00:13:53.419
 spirit, one

00:13:53.419 --> 00:13:54.279
 mind, one

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 purpose, propelling

00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:57.139
 them as a

00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:58.480
 collective group

00:13:58.480 --> 00:13:59.559
 into the mission

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 that God had

00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:00.419
 called them to

00:14:00.419 --> 00:14:00.600
 be.

00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:02.439
 They're also

00:14:02.439 --> 00:14:02.860
 together.

00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:03.659
 Notice that

00:14:03.659 --> 00:14:04.120
 word, this

00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:05.139
 simple Greek

00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:05.959
 word which is

00:14:05.959 --> 00:14:06.299
 the word

00:14:06.299 --> 00:14:07.360
 sun, which is

00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:07.679
 the word

00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:08.000
 with.

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 With or

00:14:09.459 --> 00:14:09.839
 together.

00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:11.639
 A group of

00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:12.500
 incredible

00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:14.139
 diversity, men

00:14:14.139 --> 00:14:14.679
 and women,

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 undoubtedly

00:14:16.059 --> 00:14:16.759
 young and

00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:18.139
 old, fishermen

00:14:18.139 --> 00:14:19.139
 and zealots,

00:14:19.659 --> 00:14:21.100
 wealthy and

00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:22.779
 poor, different

00:14:22.779 --> 00:14:23.980
 experiences, different

00:14:23.980 --> 00:14:25.139
 backgrounds, different

00:14:25.139 --> 00:14:26.679
 economic status, and

00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:27.860
 here they are, all

00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:30.279
 together, all

00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:30.759
 represented.

00:14:32.059 --> 00:14:33.039
 Next we see the

00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:34.379
 purpose of their

00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:34.799
 oneness.

00:14:35.299 --> 00:14:36.019
 The purpose of

00:14:36.019 --> 00:14:36.500
 their oneness.

00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:37.959
 You see, Christ had

00:14:37.959 --> 00:14:38.799
 given the eleven

00:14:38.799 --> 00:14:39.819
 apostles some very

00:14:39.819 --> 00:14:41.740
 clear commands, and

00:14:41.740 --> 00:14:42.639
 he had told them

00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:43.860
 precisely what they

00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:45.039
 were meant to do

00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:45.500
 when they went

00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:46.439
 back to Jerusalem.

00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:48.640
 Acts 1, 1 and 2,

00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:49.780
 in the first book,

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 O Theophilus, I

00:14:50.560 --> 00:14:51.340
 have dealt with all

00:14:51.340 --> 00:14:51.780
 the things that

00:14:51.780 --> 00:14:52.360
 Jesus began to

00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:53.800
 teach until the

00:14:53.800 --> 00:14:54.440
 day when he was

00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:55.720
 taken up after he

00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:57.020
 had given commands

00:14:57.020 --> 00:14:57.900
 through the Holy

00:14:57.900 --> 00:14:59.100
 Spirit to the

00:14:59.100 --> 00:15:00.220
 apostles whom he

00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:00.660
 had chosen.

00:15:00.760 --> 00:15:02.380
 Notice, commands to

00:15:02.380 --> 00:15:02.940
 the eleven

00:15:02.940 --> 00:15:03.420
 apostles.

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 What were they to

00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:04.380
 do?

00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:06.160
 Well, verses 4 and

00:15:06.160 --> 00:15:07.360
 5, we've already

00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:08.240
 read this a couple

00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:08.700
 of times.

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 They're to wait in

00:15:09.500 --> 00:15:11.120
 Jerusalem until

00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:11.840
 they receive power.

00:15:12.760 --> 00:15:13.200
 That's what they

00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:13.580
 were to do.

00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:14.800
 And they were

00:15:14.800 --> 00:15:15.700
 given a clear

00:15:15.700 --> 00:15:16.520
 promise in Acts

00:15:16.520 --> 00:15:17.139
 chapter 1, verse

00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:17.440
 8.

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 You will receive

00:15:19.139 --> 00:15:19.940
 power when the

00:15:19.940 --> 00:15:20.480
 Holy Spirit has

00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:21.200
 come upon you.

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 You will be my

00:15:22.420 --> 00:15:23.080
 witnesses in

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 Jerusalem and

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 Judea and Samaria

00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:26.139
 and to the ends

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 of the earth.

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 You will be

00:15:27.660 --> 00:15:28.060
 witnesses.

00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:29.200
 You will receive

00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:29.540
 power.

00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:33.240
 In this chapter,

00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:34.100
 the apostles are

00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:35.180
 promised power.

00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:36.600
 They're promised

00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:37.220
 to be witnesses.

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 And as we kind

00:15:39.680 --> 00:15:40.980
 of look back for a

00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:42.040
 moment to the

00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:42.939
 gospel records,

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 even in the time

00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:46.259
 right after the

00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:47.240
 resurrection to the

00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:48.219
 time of the

00:15:48.219 --> 00:15:49.179
 ascension, those

00:15:49.179 --> 00:15:50.179
 same kinds of

00:15:50.179 --> 00:15:50.980
 commands were given

00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:51.879
 to the eleven.

00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:53.379
 In Matthew

00:15:53.379 --> 00:15:54.439
 chapter 28, verse

00:15:54.439 --> 00:15:56.519
 16, now the eleven

00:15:56.519 --> 00:15:57.519
 disciples went to

00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:58.559
 Galilee, to the

00:15:58.559 --> 00:15:59.519
 mountain which Jesus

00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:00.399
 had directed them,

00:16:00.659 --> 00:16:01.860
 and what comes next

00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:02.659
 is this great

00:16:02.659 --> 00:16:03.500
 commission promise.

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 You're going to be

00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:04.719
 witnesses.

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 Go, make disciples

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 of all nations.

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 I'm going to give

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 you power.

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 My power is going

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 to go before you.

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 I'm going to give

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 you all authority

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 because I'm going

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 to be with you.

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 In Luke chapter

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 24, verses 44

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 to 49, this is

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 the moment in

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 the upper room.

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 Again, Jesus is

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 just with the eleven.

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 24, verses 48

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 and 49.

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 You are witnesses

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 of these things,

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 and behold, I am

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 sending the promise

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 of my Father upon

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 you, but stay in

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 the city until you

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 are clothed with

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 power from on

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 high.

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 In John's account,

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 it's much the same

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 thing.

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 John chapter 21,

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 verses 19 to 22.

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 On the evening

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 of that day,

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 the first day

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 of the week,

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 this is the time

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 of the resurrection,

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 the doors were

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 locked, the disciples

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 gather, and Jesus

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 says, peace be with

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 you.

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 Verse 20, when he

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 had said this, he

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 showed them his

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 hands and his side,

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 and the disciples

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 were glad.

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 Verse 21, he says

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 to them again,

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 peace be with you.

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 As the Father has

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 sent me, so I am

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 sending you.

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 And when he had

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 said this, he

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 breathed on them

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 and said to them,

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 receive the Spirit.

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 This was a symbolic

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 gesture.

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 This is something

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 that was coming.

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 This is something

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 they could expect.

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 In John chapter 14,

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 26, Jesus helps

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 the disciples to

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 understand that the

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 Spirit is going to

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 come.

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 The helper, the Holy

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 Spirit, whom the

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 Father will send in my

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 name, he will teach

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 you all things and

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 bring to your

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 remembrance all that

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 I have said to you.

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 Peace I leave with

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 you.

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 My peace I give to

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 you.

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 Not as the world

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 gives to you do I

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 give to you.

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 Let not your heart be

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 troubled, neither let

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 them be afraid.

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 And so, here we are

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 again in the upper

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 room and Jesus says,

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 peace be to you.

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 It would have been a

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 flash of recollection

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 of what had happened

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 just a couple of days

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 before where Jesus is

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 seeing them on the

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 night before he's

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 crucified.

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 This promise of the

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 Spirit.

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 It's striking that in

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 every example that we

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 find, these direct

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 promises of God's

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 power coming on the

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 people is to the

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 eleven.

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 So why are the

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 hundred and twenty

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 here?

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 Why are they gathered?

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 The promises are to

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 the apostles.

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 Well, there have been

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 indications that God's

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 power would be given

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 to them as well.

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 In the ministry of

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 John the Baptist, in

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 Luke chapter 3, verse

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 16, John says, he will

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 baptize you with the

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 Holy Spirit and fire.

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 And then in Luke, as

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 Jesus is talking about

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 the need for the eleven

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 apostles to pray, he

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 says, ask and I, or

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 excuse me, I tell you,

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 ask and it will be

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 given to you.

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 Seek and you will find.

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 Knock and it will be

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 opened to you.

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 If you then who are

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 evil know how to give

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 good gifts to your

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 children, how much

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 more will the

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 heavenly Father give

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 the Holy Spirit to

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 those who ask?

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 Ask.

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 Again, another

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 indication that when

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 we pray and ask that

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 a benefit of that will

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 be the blessing of the

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 Spirit.

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 And of course, this new

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 covenant community, this

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 new covenant expectation

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 in Ezekiel 36 about the

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 Spirit who's coming.

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 But while there are

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 indications of a larger

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 work, the specific

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 command that Jesus has

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 given in the time of his

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 resurrection and the time

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 of his ascension are

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 specifically given to the

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 apostles.

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 So why are the 120 here?

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 I think this is really

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 significant.

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 Because I think the

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 disciples, the apostles,

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 knew the promise.

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 But they believed that

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 that promise was going to

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 be carried out to the

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 apostles alone.

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 So why are they here?

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 Well, they're here because

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 they knew that God is

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 about to do something and

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 they're supporting the

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 work of God even though

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 as far as they're concerned

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 they're not going to be

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 immediate beneficiaries.

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 They knew that God in

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 some way would send power

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 on the apostles and that

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 this work would break

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 forth and it would break

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 into the uttermost parts

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 of the earth.

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 But I'm inclined to think

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 that as they gathered,

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 they did not understand the

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 extent of God's promise to

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 the apostles.

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 They had no idea that they

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 also would be beneficiaries.

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 Because this gathering was

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 not about what's in it for

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 me but what is God about

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 to do?

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 I want to support the work

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 of God, whatever that work

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 is.

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 So what was God doing?

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 Well, as they prayed, as a

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 unified people, they begin

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 to understand that God's gift

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 was so much bigger than their

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 expectations.

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 God's grace blew away their

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 categories.

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 We're going to see this in a

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 couple of weeks.

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 That God would exceed their

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 expectations.

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 They were faithful.

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 They expected and knew that

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 God would work.

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 But God happened to have

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 something in mind that they

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 would also be able to

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 participate in experiencing

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 the power of God working

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 through them as well and not

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 just through the apostles.

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 You know, what if obedience

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 comes before clarity?

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 It's so easy as we look at

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 the scriptures.

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 We kind of look at it with a

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 hindsight.

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 We don't expect or even

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 anticipate that sometimes

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 these things that God will do

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 wasn't necessarily what the

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 people at the time expected.

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 And yet our obedience to the

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:45.979
 Lord needs to be obedience

00:21:45.979 --> 00:21:47.879
 because we believe his

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 purposes are best, whether or

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 not I am a personal

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 specific beneficiary.

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 That God's glory is in view.

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 That God's purposes are my

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 highest goal.

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 And so we see that happening

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 here with this group of 120.

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 Then we also see the priority

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 of their oneness.

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 The priority of their oneness.

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 This unity of this body was a

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 clear priority for the Lord.

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 As we work through the

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:20.419
 gospel of John, we see this

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 upper room, all of these

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:25.019
 commands that God gives to

00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:28.099
 these disciples in this upper

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 room to strengthen and secure

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 and help to fan into flame the

00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.879
 unity that they would have.

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:38.399
 John 13, 34 and 35, a new

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:40.580
 commandment I give to you that

00:22:40.580 --> 00:22:43.180
 you love one another just as I

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 have loved you.

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 You also are to love one

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 another.

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 By this all people will know

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 that you are my disciples if you

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 have love for one another.

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 John 15, verse 12.

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 This is still this upper room

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 discourse.

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 Jesus says, this is my

00:22:58.460 --> 00:23:00.000
 commandment that you love one

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 another as I have loved you.

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:04.019
 John 15, 17.

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 These things I command you so that

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 you will love one another.

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 And then the high priestly prayer,

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 John 17, 11.

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 I'm no longer in the world but

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 they are in the world and I am

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 coming to you.

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 Holy Father, keep them in your

00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:20.899
 name which you have given me that

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 they may be one even as we are

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 one.

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 And then in John 17, 20 to 23.

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 I do not ask for these only but

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 I ask for those who will believe

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 in me through their word that

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 they may be one just as you

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 Father are in me and I in you

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 that they also may be in us so

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:39.859
 that the world may believe that

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.659
 you have sent me.

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:43.899
 The glory that you have given me

00:23:43.899 --> 00:23:46.059
 I have given to them that they

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 may be one even as we are one.

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:51.659
 I in them and you in me that

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:54.000
 they may become perfectly one so

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:55.940
 the world may know that you sent

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:58.539
 me and loved them even as you

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 loved me.

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 You get the sense that Jesus

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:03.519
 cares a little bit about unity?

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:05.960
 You get the sense that Jesus

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:08.840
 cares a lot about God's people

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:12.580
 demonstrating not just lip service

00:24:12.580 --> 00:24:15.140
 to love but true authentic

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:17.880
 loyalty to God and devotion to

00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:19.880
 him by loving the people that

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:21.380
 God has put them in community

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:21.779
 with.

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:26.139
 As a priority God has gifted the

00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:28.460
 church with leaders and those

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.839
 leaders are to strengthen and

00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:31.200
 reinforce that unity.

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:33.099
 We see that in Ephesians chapter

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:34.859
 4 verses 11 to 13.

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 It says,

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:38.759
 And he gave the apostles and

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:40.759
 prophets, the evangelists, the

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:42.579
 shepherds, and the teachers to

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.960
 equip the saints for the work of

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:45.859
 ministry for building up the body

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:47.940
 of Christ until we all attain the

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:49.440
 unity of faith and the knowledge of

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:52.059
 the Son of God to the mature manhood

00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:54.680
 to the measure of the stature of the

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.600
 fullness of Christ.

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:58.480
 Here is how important unity is.

00:24:58.759 --> 00:25:02.019
 That God has gifted the church with

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:04.980
 leaders, pastors, teachers to

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 strengthen, reinforce, and cultivate

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 unity among his people.

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 He cares about the unity of this

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 church.

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 He cares about the unity of this

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 congregation.

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 And notice this is not the unity of

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 the world.

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 The unity of the world which is to

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 rally around a common cause or to

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 fight a common enemy or to demand

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 conformity by silencing dissent in

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 some way or to stay peaceful by

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 avoiding conflict.

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 This is not a unity at the expense of

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 truth.

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 This is unity that comes because of

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 truth.

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 Notice.

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 God has gifted the church with

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 leaders and what do they do?

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 They not just strengthen it, they

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 teach it.

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 They are there to equip the saints for

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 ministry and it happens as they're

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 attaining the unity of the faith.

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:06.299
 There is a theological doctrinal source

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 for their unity.

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:09.160
 This unifying teaching that's

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:12.120
 happening by the pastors and

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:14.259
 teachers that God has gifted a

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.759
 congregation.

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:17.019
 They're strengthened.

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.059
 They grow.

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 They grow in doctrine.

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 They grow in knowledge and they

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 grow in likeness to Christ but they

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 don't do it in isolation.

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 They don't do it independently.

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 They do it because of the gifting of

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 God to strengthen unity among his

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:37.359
 people through the gift of pastors and

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 teachers.

00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:37.759
 leaders.

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 It's not an independent venture but a

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 collaborative journey.

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 We're all moving together because we're

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 committed to the truth of God's word

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 together not independently.

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 Now we see that God not just works

00:26:53.820 --> 00:26:55.480
 through a unified people but God does

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:57.480
 his greatest work through a praying

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 people.

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 You see that here too.

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 All these with one accord were devoting

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.940
 themselves to prayer.

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 Devoting themselves to prayer.

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 We see this picture of their dependence

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:12.920
 here in verse 14.

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 They're waiting in Jerusalem.

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 It did not mean inactivity.

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 It did not mean boredom.

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 It did not mean passivity.

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 They're not just waiting and twiddling

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 their thumbs.

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 They're waiting purposefully.

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 They're waiting prayerfully.

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 They're worshiping.

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 They're seeking God.

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 They're pursuing.

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 They're praying.

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.000
 Waiting.

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 This word for devoting is a present active

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 participle and all that really means is

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 that it was a current reality in their

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 life that was a consistent theme as long

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 as they were there in Jerusalem.

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 Waiting.

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 Devoting.

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 This word devoting occurs ten times

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:57.959
 throughout the New Testament and six of

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 those times happen here in the book of

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 Acts.

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 This was a serious group.

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 A devoted group.

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 An expectant group.

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 Time and time again we see that as a quality

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:12.940
 of their personhood.

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:16.700
 This unified group devoting themselves to

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:19.559
 prayer here in verse 14.

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:23.819
 We also see the pattern of their dependence.

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:27.839
 Acts chapter 1 verse 14 again devoting

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.759
 themselves to prayer.

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:31.059
 They were a group that had learned the lesson

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:32.480
 the disciples had missed.

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:36.019
 When Jesus says men ought always to pray

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:37.000
 and not lose heart.

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:40.640
 Remember that Jesus in the night of his

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 crucifixion before he's taken away

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:45.980
 he's encouraging the disciples watch and

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:48.140
 pray that you enter not into temptation.

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 And here we find a pattern of dependence

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:54.440
 that is coming through this group of

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.019
 individuals.

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 And a number of times throughout the book of

00:28:58.460 --> 00:29:01.099
 Acts where prayer becomes this constant

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:03.500
 this constant pattern of life.

00:29:03.619 --> 00:29:06.599
 I've put a number of those examples in your

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.619
 in your outlines.

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:11.240
 You see it in Acts chapter 1 verse 24

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 and they prayed for wisdom concerning

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:13.799
 leadership.

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:17.420
 In chapter 2 verse 42 devoting themselves

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:20.660
 to teaching and prayer and time and time again.

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:25.720
 This posture of prayer is a pattern for this church.

00:29:25.820 --> 00:29:28.540
 There's no wonder why God used them mightily

00:29:28.540 --> 00:29:31.019
 because they anchored their hopes.

00:29:31.320 --> 00:29:32.440
 They anchored their purposes.

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:35.620
 They anchored their activity in the power of God

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.940
 and not in human effort.

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:40.980
 They trusted in him from start to finish.

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:45.420
 This word for prayer is a general term

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:47.720
 that helps us recognize the significance

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:49.920
 of their posture before the Lord.

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:53.380
 It was prayer that activated God's promises.

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:57.200
 It was prayer that would be the ongoing mark

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:59.200
 of their dependence on the Lord.

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:03.220
 And finally, we find the purpose of their dependence.

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:05.400
 The purpose of their dependence.

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:08.640
 Why do they depend on the Lord through prayer?

00:30:09.300 --> 00:30:11.240
 What amplified this?

00:30:11.320 --> 00:30:12.720
 What motivated this?

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:14.440
 What prompted this?

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:17.100
 Well again, if we look back

00:30:17.100 --> 00:30:20.240
 at the example of our Lord Jesus

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:23.420
 and the way that he encouraged his disciples

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:26.660
 and he emphasized the significance of prayer

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:28.279
 the night before he was crucified,

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:30.380
 well, maybe we'll begin to understand

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:32.259
 how important this would become

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:34.940
 to this new group of individuals

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:37.059
 who were meeting together in Acts chapter 1.

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:40.160
 On four occasions, Jesus,

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:45.300
 in this short span of this upper room supper

00:30:45.300 --> 00:30:46.060
 that they were having,

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:48.259
 emphasizes the significance of prayer.

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:51.140
 In John chapter 14, verse 13,

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:52.160
 Jesus says this,

00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:54.900
 Whatever you ask in my name,

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:56.080
 this I will do.

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:59.000
 That the Father may be glorified in the Son.

00:30:59.300 --> 00:31:02.320
 If you ask me anything in my name,

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.240
 I will do it.

00:31:04.540 --> 00:31:05.360
 Are you listening?

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:07.380
 Okay, if you're not listening,

00:31:07.540 --> 00:31:09.200
 disciples, let me say it again.

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:11.559
 John 15, verse 7,

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.180
 If you abide with me

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:14.420
 and my words abide in you,

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:16.500
 ask whatever you wish,

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.940
 it will be done for you.

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:21.360
 By this, my Father is glorified,

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:23.000
 that you bear much fruit

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:24.860
 and prove to be my disciples.

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.539
 Are you listening?

00:31:27.840 --> 00:31:28.380
 Is it clear?

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.740
 Let me say it again.

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.920
 John 15, 16,

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.779
 You didn't choose me,

00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:35.279
 but I chose you and appointed you

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:37.400
 that you should go and bear fruit

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:39.140
 and that your fruit should abide

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:41.720
 so that whatever you ask the Father

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.440
 in my name,

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:44.340
 He may give it to you.

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.759
 Are you listening?

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.620
 Did you get the message?

00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:49.180
 That's three times.

00:31:49.280 --> 00:31:49.860
 How about one more?

00:31:50.600 --> 00:31:52.240
 John 16, verse 23,

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:55.000
 In that day you will ask

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:56.560
 nothing of me.

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:58.360
 Truly, truly I say to you,

00:31:58.759 --> 00:32:00.759
 whatever you ask the Father

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:02.000
 in my name,

00:32:02.860 --> 00:32:04.120
 He will give it to you.

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:05.919
 Until now you have asked

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:06.699
 nothing in my name.

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:08.739
 Ask and you will receive

00:32:08.739 --> 00:32:10.659
 that your joy may be full.

00:32:11.219 --> 00:32:12.379
 Is there any wonder

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:14.799
 why these disciples now

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.839
 in returning to Jerusalem

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.279
 are praying?

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:19.079
 Shouldn't be any wonder at all.

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:21.199
 Jesus not only set the example

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:22.179
 of His confidence

00:32:22.179 --> 00:32:23.839
 in the Father through prayer,

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:25.239
 He helped the disciples

00:32:25.239 --> 00:32:27.399
 to understand time and time again

00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:28.819
 the exact same night.

00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:30.479
 Pray to the Lord

00:32:30.479 --> 00:32:31.899
 for His work to happen.

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.359
 So what are they praying?

00:32:34.199 --> 00:32:36.119
 We understand the purpose.

00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:37.559
 They're praying

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.319
 because they've been

00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:39.179
 instructed to pray.

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:41.459
 But what is helping to amplify

00:32:41.459 --> 00:32:44.240
 and fuel and guide their prayer?

00:32:45.479 --> 00:32:46.279
 And again,

00:32:46.439 --> 00:32:47.899
 we could go and spend

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.539
 a lot of time

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:50.099
 working through

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:52.639
 this upper room discourse.

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:54.740
 And I have there in your notes,

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.619
 I think there are

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:57.279
 ten different things

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:58.899
 that Jesus wants

00:32:58.899 --> 00:33:00.199
 and says He wants

00:33:00.199 --> 00:33:01.639
 to accomplish in them.

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:03.240
 and this would then be

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:04.840
 the fuel that they would use

00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:05.560
 to know

00:33:05.560 --> 00:33:07.120
 this is what He wants.

00:33:07.300 --> 00:33:08.300
 This is His will.

00:33:08.540 --> 00:33:09.660
 Then this is what we need to pray.

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.800
 For example, humility.

00:33:12.860 --> 00:33:14.740
 John chapter 13, verse 14.

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:16.620
 If then

00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:18.660
 your Lord and teacher

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:20.440
 have washed your feet,

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:22.839
 you also ought to wash

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:23.660
 one another's feet.

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:26.039
 Be men

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:27.120
 and women

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:28.220
 of humility

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:28.960
 and service.

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.500
 So, O Lord,

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.039
 help us to be humble.

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:34.099
 Lord, help us to be willing

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:36.299
 to wash the feet,

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:37.759
 the dirty, stinky feet

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:39.180
 of the people around us.

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.539
 May we follow

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.120
 your lead.

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:42.160
 May we walk

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:43.039
 after your example.

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:44.700
 May we exemplify

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.519
 the humility

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.259
 of our Savior.

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.160
 O Lord,

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:48.740
 please make us humble.

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.700
 Or since your love.

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:52.440
 John 13, 34.

00:33:52.840 --> 00:33:53.580
 A new commandment

00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:54.080
 I give to you

00:33:54.080 --> 00:33:55.200
 that you love one another

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:56.500
 just as I have loved you.

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:58.080
 You are to love

00:33:58.080 --> 00:33:58.560
 one another.

00:33:58.840 --> 00:33:59.960
 By this we'll all know

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:00.940
 that you are my disciples

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.620
 if you have love

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.160
 for one another.

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:02.980
 O Lord,

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:04.220
 please help me love

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.840
 this way.

00:34:06.320 --> 00:34:06.740
 O God,

00:34:06.820 --> 00:34:07.759
 help me to recognize

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.559
 the significance

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:10.260
 of the community

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:11.360
 that you have put together.

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:13.199
 Your work in their life

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:15.340
 because of the beauty

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:16.880
 and the work

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.619
 of our Lord

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.420
 and Savior Jesus

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:20.000
 who has made us one.

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.619
 O God,

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.579
 please help us

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.900
 to be unified

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:24.159
 and full of love

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:25.559
 for our brothers

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:26.179
 and sisters.

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.039
 Or,

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.679
 we pray for the Father

00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.440
 to be glorified.

00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:32.920
 John 14, 13.

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.239
 Whatever you ask

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.679
 in my name,

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.360
 this I will do.

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:35.719
 Why?

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.980
 That the Father

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:38.480
 may be glorified

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.099
 in the Son.

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:39.900
 O God,

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.639
 I want

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:42.599
 the glory of God,

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:44.639
 the glory of the Father

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:46.559
 to shine forth,

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:48.099
 to be so clear,

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:49.039
 to be so evident

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.880
 in this world.

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.740
 O God,

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.860
 may you

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:53.460
 make your Son

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:54.820
 glorified

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:56.019
 in this world.

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.780
 How about the coming

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.320
 of the Spirit?

00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:00.679
 John 14, 16-17.

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:02.219
 I will ask the Father,

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:03.420
 He will give you

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.440
 another helper

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:05.960
 to be with you forever,

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:07.659
 even the Spirit

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.840
 of truth.

00:35:10.700 --> 00:35:11.360
 O Lord,

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:12.519
 thank you for your Holy Spirit.

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:14.539
 Thank you for the promise

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.220
 that you have given

00:35:15.220 --> 00:35:16.179
 that everyone

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:17.380
 who comes to faith

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:17.840
 in you

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.940
 receives the gift

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.700
 of the Spirit.

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:21.179
 You indwell me

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:23.019
 and you empower me

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:24.280
 and you activate

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:25.200
 in my life

00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:25.780
 the ability

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:27.380
 to then serve others.

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:27.940
 O Lord,

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.900
 may the fruit

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.960
 of your Spirit

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.880
 be so evident

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.519
 in my life.

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.320
 O God,

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:33.300
 may your Spirit

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:35.159
 have His way

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:36.239
 in my life.

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:37.840
 How about

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:39.059
 for revelation

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.739
 of truth?

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:41.960
 John 14, 26.

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.480
 But the helper,

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.179
 the Holy Spirit,

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.980
 whom the Father

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.619
 will send in my name,

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.960
 He will teach you

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.800
 all things

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:48.099
 and bring to your

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.619
 remembrance

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:50.039
 all that I

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:51.219
 have said to you.

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:52.500
 Lord,

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:53.519
 thank you for your truth.

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:55.059
 Thank you for your Spirit

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:56.460
 that makes your truth

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:58.639
 so real in me

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.460
 that illuminates

00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:00.420
 my heart and mind,

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:01.880
 that makes it clear.

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:03.700
 And when your Word

00:36:03.700 --> 00:36:04.300
 is clear,

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.019
 O God,

00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:05.820
 may I do

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.900
 what your Word says.

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:08.900
 Inform my heart

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.519
 of the truth

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.159
 that you've given.

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:11.180
 Help me

00:36:11.180 --> 00:36:12.119
 in the power

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.760
 of your Spirit

00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:13.579
 to work that out.

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.460
 Or peace.

00:36:16.180 --> 00:36:17.260
 John 14, 27.

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:18.400
 Peace I leave with you.

00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.860
 My peace I give to you.

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.740
 Not as the world

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:21.380
 gives,

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.119
 give I to you.

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:23.220
 Let not your heart

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:23.720
 be troubled,

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:25.059
 neither let them

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.760
 be afraid.

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:27.019
 O Lord,

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.920
 I'm so inclined

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:29.240
 to fear.

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:31.740
 I'm so timid

00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:32.220
 and afraid.

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:33.880
 I'm not courageous

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.920
 as I should be.

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:36.099
 I'm not bold

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:36.940
 as I should be.

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:38.280
 I'm anxious

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:39.260
 about many things.

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:39.800
 O Lord,

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:41.340
 may your Spirit

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:42.440
 help me to enjoy

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.180
 peace.

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:45.159
 Peace and courage.

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:47.139
 Or fruitfulness.

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.940
 John 15, 4 and 5.

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.639
 Abide in me

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.860
 and I in you

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.500
 as the branch

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:53.240
 cannot bear fruit

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:54.200
 by itself

00:36:54.200 --> 00:36:55.280
 unless it abides

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:55.820
 in the vine,

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:57.119
 neither can you

00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:58.380
 unless you abide in me.

00:36:58.380 --> 00:37:00.099
 I am the vine.

00:37:00.660 --> 00:37:01.519
 You are the branches.

00:37:01.660 --> 00:37:02.980
 Whoever abides in me

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.880
 and I in him,

00:37:04.200 --> 00:37:04.619
 he it is

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.559
 that bears much fruit

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:06.440
 for apart from me

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.720
 you can do nothing.

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:09.039
 O Lord,

00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:10.820
 please make me fruitful.

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:13.059
 Whatever it takes.

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.380
 Understand

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:15.880
 that in order

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:17.099
 to enjoy fruitfulness,

00:37:17.220 --> 00:37:18.119
 I need to be connected

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.579
 to you.

00:37:19.220 --> 00:37:20.079
 Connected to the vine.

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.640
 And everything

00:37:21.640 --> 00:37:22.440
 and anything

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:24.000
 that would sever

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:25.240
 that connection.

00:37:26.240 --> 00:37:26.760
 Strengthen

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:27.760
 my grip

00:37:27.760 --> 00:37:28.360
 on you

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:29.059
 and help me

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:30.159
 to obliterate

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:30.860
 those things,

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.760
 those patterns,

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.659
 those sins

00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:33.360
 from my life

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:34.400
 so I can enjoy

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:35.159
 the harvest,

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:36.220
 the fruitfulness

00:37:36.220 --> 00:37:37.900
 in my life personally

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:39.360
 and super abounding

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:40.019
 for the people

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.940
 that you put me

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:42.240
 in community with.

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:44.760
 On and on

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.380
 we could go

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:47.119
 for boldness

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:48.720
 in John 15, 26.

00:37:48.719 --> 00:37:50.519
 When the Spirit comes

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.980
 whom I will send to you

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:52.959
 from the Father,

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:53.839
 the Spirit of truth

00:37:53.839 --> 00:37:54.879
 who proceeds

00:37:54.879 --> 00:37:55.739
 from the Father,

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:57.019
 he will bear witness

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.639
 about me

00:37:57.639 --> 00:37:59.379
 and you also

00:37:59.379 --> 00:38:00.779
 will bear witness

00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:02.119
 because you have been

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.639
 with me

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:03.500
 from the beginning.

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:04.259
 O God,

00:38:04.399 --> 00:38:05.579
 may the witness

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:06.619
 and the testimony

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:08.039
 that is so real

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:09.000
 in my own heart,

00:38:09.339 --> 00:38:11.179
 may it not be silent,

00:38:11.779 --> 00:38:12.679
 a silent witness.

00:38:12.819 --> 00:38:13.799
 May it be a public,

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:15.439
 bold proclamation

00:38:15.439 --> 00:38:17.000
 of who you are

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:18.219
 and what you have done.

00:38:18.719 --> 00:38:19.219
 The goodness

00:38:19.219 --> 00:38:20.199
 of the Lord.

00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:21.559
 Finally,

00:38:22.359 --> 00:38:22.719
 unity.

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:24.099
 As we read

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:26.139
 in John 17, 20 and 21,

00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:27.879
 I do not ask

00:38:27.879 --> 00:38:28.379
 for these only

00:38:28.379 --> 00:38:29.379
 but for those

00:38:29.379 --> 00:38:29.879
 who will believe

00:38:29.879 --> 00:38:30.699
 in me through their word

00:38:30.699 --> 00:38:32.000
 that they may be one

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:33.500
 just as you, Father,

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:34.159
 are in me

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:34.939
 and I in you

00:38:34.939 --> 00:38:36.259
 that they also

00:38:36.259 --> 00:38:36.879
 may be in us

00:38:36.879 --> 00:38:37.379
 so the world

00:38:37.379 --> 00:38:37.980
 may believe

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:39.599
 that you have sent me.

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:40.159
 O God,

00:38:41.379 --> 00:38:42.500
 so many things

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:43.779
 are in my way

00:38:43.779 --> 00:38:44.500
 keeping me

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:45.359
 from unity

00:38:45.359 --> 00:38:46.119
 with others.

00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:47.839
 There's bitterness

00:38:47.839 --> 00:38:48.619
 in my life

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.920
 there's unforgiveness

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.519
 in my life,

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:51.039
 there's hurt

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:52.179
 in my life,

00:38:52.319 --> 00:38:52.880
 there are people

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:53.880
 who have injured me.

00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:54.480
 O God,

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:55.279
 I pray that you would

00:38:55.279 --> 00:38:55.699
 help me

00:38:55.699 --> 00:38:57.000
 to blow those away,

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.900
 to lay those

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.500
 at your feet,

00:38:58.839 --> 00:38:59.960
 to help you do

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:01.259
 this work in my life

00:39:01.259 --> 00:39:02.139
 so I can enjoy

00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:03.139
 the unity

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:03.980
 that you have

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:05.299
 obtained

00:39:05.299 --> 00:39:06.679
 on my behalf

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:08.019
 because of the work

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.579
 of Christ.

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:10.579
 You have made

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:11.900
 unity possible.

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:13.880
 help me not

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.840
 to be so foolish

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:15.660
 as to push it away.

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:18.000
 Help me to embrace it,

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:18.940
 help me to pursue it,

00:39:19.220 --> 00:39:19.619
 help me

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:21.220
 to strengthen

00:39:21.220 --> 00:39:21.960
 unity

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.700
 for the sake

00:39:22.700 --> 00:39:23.760
 of witness.

00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:26.240
 Notice

00:39:26.240 --> 00:39:28.340
 this unity

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:29.200
 in verse 21,

00:39:29.660 --> 00:39:30.519
 they may all

00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:30.960
 be one

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.539
 just as you,

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:31.780
 Father,

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:32.320
 are in me

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:33.480
 and I in you

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:34.619
 that they may be one

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:36.000
 so that the world

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:37.119
 may believe

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:38.160
 that you sent me.

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:39.099
 Do you understand

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:40.339
 the significance

00:39:40.339 --> 00:39:41.400
 of unity there?

00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:44.500
 Our unity

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.759
 strengthens

00:39:45.759 --> 00:39:46.339
 our witness

00:39:46.339 --> 00:39:47.940
 and confirms

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.900
 that the gospel

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:49.839
 is true.

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:53.500
 This is a sketch

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:53.980
 perhaps

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.460
 of things

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:55.139
 that they prayed for.

00:39:55.259 --> 00:39:56.900
 I imagine

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.819
 there were other things too

00:39:57.819 --> 00:39:59.360
 but this was on

00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:00.920
 the Savior's heart

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.980
 the night before

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:02.619
 he was crucified.

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:03.239
 This was

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:04.500
 what sent him

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:05.139
 to the cross.

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:06.420
 This was his mission

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:07.119
 to accomplish

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:08.940
 for the people

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:10.099
 that he was

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:11.079
 standing in front of

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.900
 and the people

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:13.039
 he would be crucified for.

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.559
 Jesus has a heart

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:17.059
 for this.

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:19.039
 Do we have a heart

00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:19.559
 for it as well?

00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:22.400
 I appreciate

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:23.260
 what E.M. Bounds

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:23.760
 says.

00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:25.079
 He says,

00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:26.099
 prayer does not

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.940
 fit us

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:28.300
 for the greater work.

00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:30.300
 Prayer is

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:31.619
 the greater work.

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:33.280
 Are we people

00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:34.240
 who have committed

00:40:34.240 --> 00:40:34.780
 ourselves

00:40:34.780 --> 00:40:35.720
 to prayer?

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:37.360
 You know,

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:38.099
 I imagine

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.480
 that there are

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:38.960
 many of you

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.480
 even now

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:39.920
 that are in

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.480
 the waiting room.

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:43.039
 And if you're

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.659
 anything like me,

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:45.079
 you don't like it.

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:46.940
 Waiting rooms

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:47.659
 are not

00:40:47.659 --> 00:40:48.360
 the place

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:48.980
 that I like

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.480
 to hang out.

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:51.260
 I don't want

00:40:51.260 --> 00:40:51.840
 to be in a place

00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:52.639
 of having to

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:54.159
 wait for

00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:54.980
 things to happen.

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:55.519
 I want to be

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:55.900
 the one

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.820
 making things

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:57.139
 happen.

00:40:57.240 --> 00:40:57.740
 But that's not

00:40:57.740 --> 00:40:58.679
 how God

00:40:58.679 --> 00:40:59.420
 designed it.

00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:00.679
 That's not

00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:01.119
 how it's

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:01.860
 supposed to work.

00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:03.059
 That God

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:03.840
 has made

00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:04.699
 the waiting room

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:06.079
 for the purpose

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:07.299
 of helping

00:41:07.299 --> 00:41:08.539
 to reinforce

00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:09.619
 and to push

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:10.679
 right out in the

00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:10.899
 front,

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.279
 forefront.

00:41:11.839 --> 00:41:12.739
 You cannot

00:41:12.739 --> 00:41:13.159
 do it.

00:41:13.299 --> 00:41:13.980
 It does not

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:14.739
 depend on you.

00:41:14.879 --> 00:41:15.739
 It depends on me.

00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:18.460
 Praise the Lord

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:19.179
 for the waiting room.

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:20.519
 In whatever

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:21.259
 waiting room

00:41:21.259 --> 00:41:22.079
 you are in

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:22.579
 right now,

00:41:23.419 --> 00:41:24.179
 whatever thing

00:41:24.179 --> 00:41:24.739
 that you

00:41:24.739 --> 00:41:26.019
 are seeking

00:41:26.019 --> 00:41:26.639
 for God

00:41:26.639 --> 00:41:27.379
 to accomplish,

00:41:27.799 --> 00:41:28.419
 whatever

00:41:28.419 --> 00:41:29.919
 challenges

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:30.800
 you face,

00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:31.360
 even whatever

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:32.420
 joys that

00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:32.760
 you are

00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:33.519
 anticipating,

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:35.420
 instead of

00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:36.059
 pushing that

00:41:36.059 --> 00:41:36.500
 forward,

00:41:36.659 --> 00:41:37.099
 instead of

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:38.260
 forcing your

00:41:38.260 --> 00:41:38.740
 way,

00:41:39.680 --> 00:41:40.059
 instead of

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:40.599
 getting it

00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:41.000
 done,

00:41:42.260 --> 00:41:42.720
 is there a

00:41:42.720 --> 00:41:43.220
 response of

00:41:43.220 --> 00:41:43.500
 your heart

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:43.800
 to say,

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:44.039
 Lord,

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.639
 I'm waiting

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:45.960
 for your

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:46.260
 timing.

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:47.579
 I'm waiting

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:47.920
 for your

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.320
 best.

00:41:49.260 --> 00:41:49.860
 And in

00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:50.559
 the process

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:50.980
 of waiting,

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:51.320
 I'm going

00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:51.740
 to pray that

00:41:51.740 --> 00:41:52.119
 you will

00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:52.619
 accomplish

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:53.539
 your purposes

00:41:53.539 --> 00:41:54.159
 in me

00:41:54.159 --> 00:41:54.980
 and through

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:55.820
 me for

00:41:55.820 --> 00:41:56.200
 others.

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:58.340
 What a

00:41:58.340 --> 00:41:59.019
 blessing it is

00:41:59.019 --> 00:41:59.760
 to be in

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.040
 the waiting

00:42:00.040 --> 00:42:00.300
 room.

00:42:00.740 --> 00:42:01.200
 Let's pray.

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:07.940
 Father,

00:42:08.060 --> 00:42:08.580
 we understand

00:42:08.580 --> 00:42:08.940
 the waiting

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.620
 room is hard

00:42:09.620 --> 00:42:10.240
 sometimes,

00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:12.440
 but you do

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:12.900
 your greatest

00:42:12.900 --> 00:42:14.080
 work there

00:42:14.080 --> 00:42:15.660
 because it

00:42:15.660 --> 00:42:16.340
 drives us

00:42:16.340 --> 00:42:17.380
 to dependence.

00:42:18.140 --> 00:42:19.040
 It drives us

00:42:19.040 --> 00:42:19.780
 to rest,

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.760
 not to

00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:21.200
 striving,

00:42:21.720 --> 00:42:22.060
 not to

00:42:22.060 --> 00:42:22.480
 working,

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:23.160
 not to

00:42:23.160 --> 00:42:23.660
 get things

00:42:23.660 --> 00:42:24.060
 done,

00:42:24.620 --> 00:42:25.000
 not to

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:25.580
 strategies,

00:42:26.120 --> 00:42:26.480
 not to

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:26.940
 performance,

00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:28.420
 but to

00:42:28.420 --> 00:42:29.720
 dependence on

00:42:29.719 --> 00:42:29.980
 you.

00:42:31.239 --> 00:42:31.599
 Oh,

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:31.739
 Lord,

00:42:31.779 --> 00:42:32.000
 I pray

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.219
 that we

00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:32.519
 would learn

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:33.099
 this lesson,

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:35.000
 that you

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:35.619
 delight in

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:36.319
 waiting rooms.

00:42:37.299 --> 00:42:37.759
 And instead

00:42:37.759 --> 00:42:38.219
 of us trying

00:42:38.219 --> 00:42:38.539
 to hurry

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:39.219
 things along,

00:42:39.959 --> 00:42:40.159
 may we

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:40.500
 learn in

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:41.079
 the process

00:42:41.079 --> 00:42:42.139
 to trust

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:43.639
 you with

00:42:43.639 --> 00:42:44.759
 others in

00:42:44.759 --> 00:42:45.079
 prayer.

00:42:45.799 --> 00:42:46.259
 In Jesus'

00:42:46.459 --> 00:42:46.599
 name,

00:42:46.799 --> 00:42:47.000
 amen.

00:42:47.819 --> 00:42:48.319
 God bless

00:42:48.319 --> 00:42:48.439
 you.

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:48.899
 Have a great

00:42:48.899 --> 00:42:49.139
 week.

00:42:49.139 --> 00:43:19.119
 God bless you.