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 Well, we can turn back together to look at our reading in Philippians chapter 2.

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 We're particularly focusing on the last part of the chapter, verse 19 down to verse 30.

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 We have Timothy, a fellow servant who we hear quite a bit of throughout Paul's writings.

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 He was very close with Timothy, a younger servant in the Lord to what Paul was and very much

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 alongside Paul in the ministry.

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 But we also have this man Epaphroditus mentioned.

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 And it's him that we're kind of focusing on this evening in the sense of one who is only

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 mentioned in this letter and just very briefly mentioned.

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 And he's very much maybe an unsung hero.

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 So that's what we're going to be thinking about this evening.

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 But as you work your way through the letter to the Philippians as a whole, as you're looking

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 at the letter, you can read through it very quickly.

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 It's not a long letter, but it's so worthwhile going back to again and again.

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 It's a beautiful letter inspired by God that Paul writes to the church at Philippi.

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 There's so much we can learn from it.

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 And as you read through it, you find there's so much richness in the sense of theology that

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 we learn.

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 We're learning all about God and the wonder of God and what Christ has done for us.

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 But mixed in with that is also what it's like to live as a Christian on a day-to-day experience.

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 And the danger is of saying it like that, you separate the two things.

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 That we see one part of learning about theology, learning about God.

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 There may be things that are hard to understand, so we maybe leave that for some people.

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 And then we might take other parts that are more practical.

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 And it can work the other way around as well.

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 But what you find is that the two go together.

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 Both are just as important as each other.

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 We need the theology and we need to live that out in our lives on a day-to-day experience.

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 Professor Donald MacLeod in his book, Behold Your God, he has a great quote in that book

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 where he says,

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 It is impossible to honour God as we ought unless we know him as he is.

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 And that really reminds us how the two things just go together so perfectly.

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 We need to know God, we need to know him as he is in order to honour him as we live out our lives.

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 So it's not just a case of looking at the important things as the big theological things we can learn here.

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 And the practical things are less important.

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 That's not it at all.

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 Because we think of our Christian lives and how we live on a day-to-day basis.

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 What's more important for us?

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 Is it coming to church on a Sunday?

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 That's more important than the other six days that we live?

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 Or are the other days important that we class the church as maybe less important?

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 It's neither.

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 It's the two.

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 It's important for us to gather together for worship on the Lord's Day, on a Sunday,

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 to learn more about God, to learn about his word.

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 But the other six days, they're not mundane and unimportant.

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 That's where we live out all that we've learned.

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 How we live out in a practical way, an experience of the God we're getting to know more.

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 Or the Christ we're coming to serve.

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 Or how the Spirit works in our midst.

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 How we call upon him in prayer to help us.

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 It all goes together.

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 And this morning we were thinking about having a king over us.

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 In 1 Samuel chapter 8, we were looking at the desire of the people there.

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 When Samuel was getting old, people came with this request.

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 Give us a king over us like all the other nations.

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 We're asking, well, who is to be our king?

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 And is the Lord Jesus our king?

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 Well, this evening we're sort of following up on that.

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 How do we live then with Jesus as our king?

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 And what we see here is examples of how people live with Jesus as their king.

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 The example of Paul.

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 Paul who had that amazing conversion.

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 The conversion that so many people look for in their own experience, but so few get.

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 So you have Paul that is often raised up.

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 And we maybe strive to long for something like that.

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 But you have Timothy, who was brought up by a loving mother and a grandmother,

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 who cared for him and nurtured him quite gently,

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 but helped him to grow up in the knowledge of God.

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 And then you have Epaphroditus here.

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 Someone who's just almost in the background, who knows very little about.

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 And you see here there's a variety of different people.

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 But they are all living to serve their king.

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 They are all a people who have come to know the Lord Jesus in a very personal way.

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 And living for him with all their different gifts and their talents.

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 Paul was no maverick.

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 He was no individual.

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 He just went out and did things by himself in his own way.

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 He always had people around him who helped him.

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 And together they worked for the glory of God.

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 And as you read through Paul's letters,

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 as you read through them, you find he crossed paths with so many different people.

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 So many different individuals.

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 And so many of them were a great blessing to his life and to his ministry.

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 And what you find is in nearly all his letters,

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 he ends with a personal note of thanksgiving

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 for those who have been so helpful to him in the ministry.

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 In the last chapter of the book of Romans, for example,

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 chapter 16, almost a whole chapter is taken up to naming individuals

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 who have been with them and who have helped them.

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 Men and women along the way.

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 And there's at least 35 people named in that chapter

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 who have been precious to him.

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 And I think of a recent AGM just over a week ago.

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 And an AGM in a congregation is a time when we often think of

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 all the different work that goes on in the congregation.

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 And the pity is that we don't have the AGM with this number of people.

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 Because there's so many people who need to hear a word of thanksgiving

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 for all that is going on in the congregation.

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 And so as we're thinking this evening of Epaphroditus, an unsung hero,

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 it's not with a view to a plea for service to the church.

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 It's not that at all, and I hope it doesn't come across like that,

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 asking for more.

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 It's with a sense of thanksgiving that together we are serving our Lord and our King.

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 That here in our own congregation we have many who are like Epaphroditus,

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 who we maybe hear very little of, but who we can encourage

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 because they are encouragers in all that is done in the name of the Lord here.

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 Young and old alike, men, women, boys, girls,

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 so many people even here this evening who are involved,

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 are tuning in online tonight,

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 who are involved in the work of the congregation in so many different ways.

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 And it all comes from having that servant mentality,

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 a servant outlook on everything.

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 And that's what Epaphroditus had.

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 It's what Paul and Timothy had too.

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 But we're reflecting more on Epaphroditus this evening.

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 He very much had, first of all, as we see, a servant's heart.

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 He had a servant's heart.

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 And from the little we learn of him here, you can see that.

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 When we are called by Christ,

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 when we come to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 it's just the beginning of a life being lived for him.

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 And we need to grow in our knowledge of him,

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 to see Jesus Christ,

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 to love him more,

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 to know him more,

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 to serve him more.

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 And it begins by seeing him as he was,

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 in all that he did for us.

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 And you think,

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 as we mentioned this morning,

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 Jesus came into this world.

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 He was a king.

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 But he didn't come to be served.

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 As the Gospel of Mark says,

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 he didn't come to be served,

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 but to serve and to give his life

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 as a ransom for many.

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 That was the way our king came,

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 to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.

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 So the more we know Jesus in that way,

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 the more that we see what he has done for us,

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 the more that we see his grace and his love

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 towards us as sinners,

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 the more that we understand of all of these things,

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 the more we see what a privilege it is

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 to serve our king.

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 That we are no longer serving the things of this world,

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 that we are no longer serving in the darkness of this world,

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 but that we are serving with a servant heart

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 that the Lord Jesus Christ has given to us.

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 That's what we see with Paul and Timothy and Epaphroditus

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 and so many others that Paul mentions

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 as he is giving thanks for those who helped in his ministry.

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 We are to cultivate this heart of a servant

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 and to grow in Christ.

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 When we are young,

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 we are often encouraged to have good role models.

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 And I'm sure there's many of the young people

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 here this evening,

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 you're being encouraged maybe

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 to look up to somebody else,

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 maybe someone in the family

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 or someone in the community

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 and saying,

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 there's a good example to follow.

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 There's someone you can look at

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 and see how they're living their lives

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 and you follow that example.

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 You come alongside these people

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 and learn from them.

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 And it's so good when in a congregation

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 of God's people,

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 these kinds of things happen naturally.

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 When we see our young people coming in

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 and the older people,

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 we can just come alongside in a natural way

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 and encourage.

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 Ask them questions.

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 Ask how their wake has gone.

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 And that the young people can ask

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 about their experience.

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 How long have you been a Christian?

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 What's it like being a Christian?

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 We learn from one another.

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 It comes from that kind of servant heart.

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 We were learning by examples.

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 And Paul was very much an example to Timothy,

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 as he was to Epaphroditus.

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 But they learned from each other as well.

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 It was a two-way interaction.

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 They all had this servant heart

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 where they recognized

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 they were in this together.

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 Because their greatest example was

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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And you see that in the beginning

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 of chapter 2

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 where Paul is speaking about

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 Christ's example of humility.

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 humility.

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 To think on all the things

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 that Jesus has done for us.

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 To think of how he humbled himself.

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 And that's the basis of our servant heart as well.

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 The foundation of ourselves

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 growing together,

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 young and old alike.

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 You see it with Paul

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 how he has developed

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 over the years.

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 You see it here

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 even in chapter 2

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 verse 19

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 where he says,

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 I hope

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 to send Timothy

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 to you soon.

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 Well that's not what he says,

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 is it?

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 He says,

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 I hope

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 in the Lord Jesus

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 to send Timothy

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 to you soon.

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 You see,

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 he's learning.

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 And then he says

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 in verse 24,

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 24,

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 and I trust

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 that shortly

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 I myself

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 will come also.

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 No,

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 he says,

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 I trust

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 in the Lord

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 that shortly

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 I myself

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 will come also.

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 So he's adding

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 these little things.

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 He's showing

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 his focus

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 is on the Lord Jesus

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 in doing

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 his will.

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 And that's

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 the servant heart

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 that he has.

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 That's the way

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 that he is living.

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 And that's the example

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 that he's giving

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 to Epaphroditus

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 and to Timothy

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 as well.

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 And they are

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 learning this

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 together.

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 Look at the way

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 he describes

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 Epaphroditus

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 in verse 25.

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 I thought it

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 necessary to send

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 to you,

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 Epaphroditus,

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 my brother

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 and my fellow

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 worker

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 and fellow

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 soldier.

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 Three different

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 ways

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 he describes

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 him.

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 My brother,

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 my fellow

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 worker,

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 and my

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 fellow soldier.

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 And so he's

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 showing us here

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 the kind of

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 servant heart

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 that Epaphroditus

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 had.

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 He was

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 a brother

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 in the Lord.

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 What a wonderful

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 privilege it is

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 for us

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 to have brothers

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 and sisters

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 in the Lord.

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 To have those

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 who are alongside

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 us in this work

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 encouraging each

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 other,

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 praying for each

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 other,

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 looking out for

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 each other.

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 what a wonderful

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 privilege it

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 is.

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 So we have

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 brothers and

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 sisters.

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 We have

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 fellow workers.

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 We have those

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 who are working

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 with that same

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 heart,

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 that same

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 mind.

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 It is to serve

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 Christ as our

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 king.

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 And we are

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 fellow soldiers.

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 We are in this

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 battle,

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 because it is a

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 battle at times.

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 We are battling

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 against the powers

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 of this world,

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 but we are not

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 doing it alone.

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 We are doing it

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 together.

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 And so we can

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 look around this

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 evening and see

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 we are brothers

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 and sisters

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 in Christ.

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 We are fellow

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 workers in the

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 gospel.

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 We are fellow

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 soldiers in this

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 battle.

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 We need to be

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 united in all

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 of these things.

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 John Wesley

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 once learned

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 a very harsh

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 lesson in terms

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 of judging

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 others.

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 There was this

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 man who had

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 been converted.

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 But ever since

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 he had been

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 converted,

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 John Wesley

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 had kind of

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 looked down

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 on him.

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 He had seen

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 him as someone

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 who he thought

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 was greedy,

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 who wasn't

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 generous with

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 what he had.

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 And one day

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 when they were

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 having a collection

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 for a special

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 cause,

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 John Wesley

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 saw this man

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 put so little

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 into the

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 collection that he

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 openly criticized

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 him.

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 In front of

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 others he

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 criticized him

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 for the little

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 that he put

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 in.

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 It was challenging

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 him,

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 rebuking him.

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 But after that

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 the man went

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 to John Wesley

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 privately and

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 spoke to him.

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 And this

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 suddenly opened

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 John Wesley's

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 eyes.

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 Because what

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 the man said

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 to him was

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 that for the

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 last number

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 of months

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 he'd been

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 living off

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 only parsnips

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 and water.

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 That's all

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 he was living

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 off.

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 And he

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 wasn't buying

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 himself anything.

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 And he

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 explained it

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 in this way

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 before his

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 conversion

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 he had found

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 himself in

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 debt to so

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 many different

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 people.

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 And because

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 he had no

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 thought,

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 nothing was

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 convicting his

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 conscience,

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 he didn't think

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 anything of being

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 in debt to

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 these people

00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:02.700
 and he wasn't

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 paying it back.

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 But he

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 said,

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 when he

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 became a

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 Christian,

00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:10.279
 Christ made

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 me an

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 honest man.

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 And he

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 recognized that

00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:14.539
 he had to

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 pay back

00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:16.339
 all of his

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 debts.

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 So every

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 spare penny

00:17:19.460 --> 00:17:19.759
 he said,

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 after my

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 tithe I

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 have so

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 little left,

00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:22.900
 I pay

00:17:22.900 --> 00:17:23.740
 my debts.

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 And all

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 of a sudden

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 John Wesley

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 realized this

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.519
 heart,

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 the man's

00:17:29.460 --> 00:17:29.960
 heart was

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 for the

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 Lord.

00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:31.900
 In

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 recognizing

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 what he

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 owed to

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 others.

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 And how

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 he was

00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:35.799
 living his

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 life honoring

00:17:36.919 --> 00:17:37.700
 the Lord.

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 Doing it

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 quietly,

00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:40.579
 hidden in

00:17:40.579 --> 00:17:41.279
 many ways,

00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:42.480
 and yet

00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:43.460
 criticized by

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:43.899
 others.

00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:45.460
 But John

00:17:45.460 --> 00:17:45.940
 Wesley

00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:47.859
 apologized to

00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:48.279
 the man.

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 And we

00:17:49.919 --> 00:17:50.700
 can't judge

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 those around

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 us.

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 We don't

00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:53.079
 know what's

00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:53.619
 going on in

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 people's

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 lives.

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 But we

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 should be

00:17:56.159 --> 00:17:57.339
 thankful that

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 we see the

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 servant heart

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 that there is

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 in so many.

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 In so many

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 years,

00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:03.719
 together

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 here,

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 just like

00:18:05.639 --> 00:18:06.500
 Epaphrodite

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:06.899
 is with

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 Paul and

00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:07.980
 Timothy,

00:18:08.439 --> 00:18:09.119
 all having

00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:09.939
 that servant

00:18:09.939 --> 00:18:10.399
 heart,

00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:10.899
 fellow

00:18:10.899 --> 00:18:12.119
 brothers,

00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:13.559
 fellow

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.500
 servants,

00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:15.240
 fellow

00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.000
 soldiers

00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:17.259
 in the

00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:17.619
 Lord.

00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:18.859
 We have

00:18:18.859 --> 00:18:20.019
 much to

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:20.659
 be thankful

00:18:20.659 --> 00:18:22.039
 for in

00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:22.839
 that sense.

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 So we

00:18:23.219 --> 00:18:23.679
 have the

00:18:23.679 --> 00:18:24.379
 servant's

00:18:24.379 --> 00:18:24.759
 heart.

00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:26.119
 The second

00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:26.539
 thing we

00:18:26.539 --> 00:18:27.240
 see here

00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:28.240
 is the

00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:29.359
 servant's

00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:29.799
 burden.

00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:29.859
 burden.

00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.259
 We see

00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:31.519
 the

00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.259
 servant's

00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:33.139
 burden.

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 Why was

00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.940
 Paul feeling

00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:36.279
 it so

00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:37.079
 necessary to

00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:37.500
 send

00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:38.539
 Epaphroditus

00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:39.200
 back?

00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:39.500
 Well,

00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:40.279
 when we

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.700
 read on

00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:41.119
 in verse

00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:41.960
 25,

00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:42.919
 well,

00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.279
 he was a

00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:43.919
 fellow worker

00:18:43.919 --> 00:18:44.240
 and a

00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:44.980
 fellow soldier,

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:46.000
 your messenger

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.839
 and minister

00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:47.359
 to my

00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:47.619
 need.

00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:48.559
 They had

00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:49.359
 sent him.

00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.819
 But it

00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:51.139
 says in

00:18:51.139 --> 00:18:51.960
 verse 26,

00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:52.259
 he has

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:52.900
 been longing

00:18:52.900 --> 00:18:53.819
 for you

00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:54.900
 all and

00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:55.319
 has been

00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:56.079
 distressed

00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:56.880
 because you

00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:58.279
 heard that

00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:58.759
 he was

00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.240
 ill.

00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:01.000
 And you

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:01.620
 see here

00:19:01.620 --> 00:19:02.779
 the burden

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:04.579
 that Epaphroditus

00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.220
 had.

00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:06.740
 His burden

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:08.100
 was towards

00:19:08.100 --> 00:19:09.340
 his people.

00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:11.420
 It wasn't

00:19:11.420 --> 00:19:12.160
 about

00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:13.000
 himself.

00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.920
 It wasn't

00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:15.640
 looking very

00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:16.660
 selfishly at

00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:17.000
 himself.

00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:17.779
 He was

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.600
 distressed

00:19:18.600 --> 00:19:20.600
 because of

00:19:20.600 --> 00:19:21.220
 others.

00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:23.460
 And what

00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:24.079
 we find

00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:25.640
 is the

00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:26.480
 servant's

00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:26.799
 burden,

00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:27.240
 as we

00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:28.380
 believe in

00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:28.740
 the Lord

00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:29.220
 Jesus,

00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:30.360
 there is a

00:19:30.360 --> 00:19:31.539
 burden that

00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:32.600
 grows in

00:19:32.600 --> 00:19:33.019
 us.

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 When we

00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.079
 think of

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:35.340
 fellow workers

00:19:35.340 --> 00:19:36.700
 and fellow

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:37.340
 soldiers,

00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:38.579
 as Paul has

00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:39.600
 described there,

00:19:40.100 --> 00:19:41.019
 it reminds us

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.500
 that we are

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:42.620
 always learning

00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:43.720
 in this

00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:44.160
 life.

00:19:44.360 --> 00:19:44.660
 That through

00:19:44.660 --> 00:19:45.200
 all our

00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:45.559
 different

00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:46.539
 experiences,

00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:47.460
 we are

00:19:47.460 --> 00:19:47.900
 learning.

00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:49.660
 Soldiers

00:19:49.660 --> 00:19:50.240
 go through

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:51.039
 boot camp.

00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:51.420
 They go

00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:51.680
 through

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:53.180
 training so

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:53.400
 that they

00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:53.920
 can endure

00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:54.860
 hardships when

00:19:54.860 --> 00:19:55.100
 they go

00:19:55.100 --> 00:19:55.500
 into the

00:19:55.500 --> 00:19:56.000
 battlefield.

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:56.980
 It's

00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.440
 something they

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:57.940
 have to

00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:58.620
 go through.

00:19:59.380 --> 00:19:59.960
 And that's

00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:00.680
 what Paul

00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:01.660
 is saying

00:20:01.660 --> 00:20:02.360
 here as

00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:02.740
 well.

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.320
 When he

00:20:03.320 --> 00:20:03.960
 speaks of

00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:05.320
 it in

00:20:05.320 --> 00:20:06.100
 verse 22,

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:06.680
 he speaks

00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.240
 of Timothy,

00:20:07.360 --> 00:20:07.640
 but you

00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:07.900
 know,

00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:08.860
 Timothy's

00:20:08.860 --> 00:20:09.660
 proven

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.660
 worth.

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:11.980
 That

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.500
 proven

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.259
 worth means

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:13.940
 approved

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:15.220
 by testing.

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.160
 He has

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 gone through

00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.920
 his own

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 trials.

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 And you

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.080
 see it here

00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:22.319
 with

00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:21.240
 Epaphroditus.

00:20:21.679 --> 00:20:21.980
 He has

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.240
 been

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:22.879
 ill.

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 Indeed,

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 it says

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 in verse

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 27,

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 indeed,

00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:26.919
 he was

00:20:26.919 --> 00:20:27.839
 ill near

00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.699
 to death.

00:20:29.659 --> 00:20:29.939
 He has

00:20:29.939 --> 00:20:30.699
 gone through

00:20:30.699 --> 00:20:31.519
 this trial,

00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:33.019
 this experience.

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.339
 experience.

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 But what

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:35.480
 has it

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:36.099
 taught him?

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 It's

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.259
 taught him

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.960
 to focus

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:40.059
 on others.

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:41.559
 And how

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.559
 many experiences

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.059
 have you

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.700
 gone through

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.500
 without

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.480
 understanding

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:45.799
 at the

00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.139
 time,

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.079
 what is

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.559
 it about?

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.619
 Why is

00:20:48.619 --> 00:20:48.819
 this

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.279
 happening?

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 But then

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.259
 later on,

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:51.680
 you're able

00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:52.180
 to help

00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:53.240
 others who

00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:53.779
 go through

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:54.319
 that very

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 similar

00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.759
 experience

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.900
 themselves.

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 And that's

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 what being

00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:01.720
 fellow

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.380
 Christians

00:21:02.380 --> 00:21:03.000
 together

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.460
 does.

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 That's

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 what a

00:21:04.320 --> 00:21:04.840
 community

00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.140
 of

00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:05.640
 believers

00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:06.300
 does.

00:21:06.540 --> 00:21:06.840
 How

00:21:06.840 --> 00:21:07.540
 quietly

00:21:07.540 --> 00:21:08.000
 and how

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.580
 subtly

00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:09.240
 things go

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:09.600
 on in

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 the

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.180
 background.

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 How

00:21:11.080 --> 00:21:11.340
 many

00:21:11.340 --> 00:21:11.980
 unsung

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:12.600
 heroes

00:21:12.600 --> 00:21:13.300
 are here

00:21:13.300 --> 00:21:14.040
 who will

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 just go

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.060
 and visit

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 someone

00:21:15.580 --> 00:21:16.160
 because

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:16.360
 they've

00:21:16.360 --> 00:21:16.680
 had a

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:16.980
 similar

00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.700
 experience,

00:21:17.800 --> 00:21:17.980
 whether

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.259
 it's

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 grief

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.420
 or

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:20.080
 illness

00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:20.620
 or

00:21:20.620 --> 00:21:21.060
 whatever

00:21:21.060 --> 00:21:21.820
 experience

00:21:21.820 --> 00:21:22.420
 people are

00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:22.720
 going

00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:23.200
 through.

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 They can

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 come

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 alongside.

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 and be

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:28.179
 brothers and

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 sisters

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 alongside

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 each other

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 because they

00:21:30.939 --> 00:21:31.399
 can say,

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 I know

00:21:32.439 --> 00:21:33.279
 what you're

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:34.039
 going through.

00:21:34.479 --> 00:21:35.299
 I have

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:35.959
 been there.

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 And that

00:21:37.219 --> 00:21:37.459
 we are

00:21:37.459 --> 00:21:37.919
 growing

00:21:37.919 --> 00:21:38.799
 together

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.879
 in that

00:21:39.879 --> 00:21:40.239
 way.

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.379
 And here

00:21:42.379 --> 00:21:42.839
 we see

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:44.000
 Epaphroditus.

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 He was

00:21:44.939 --> 00:21:46.039
 distressed,

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:46.719
 it says,

00:21:46.919 --> 00:21:47.639
 because you

00:21:47.639 --> 00:21:48.259
 heard that

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.619
 he was

00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:48.979
 ill.

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 And it's

00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:50.359
 interesting

00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:50.799
 that that

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.159
 word

00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:52.359
 distressed

00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:52.819
 is only

00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.399
 used

00:21:53.399 --> 00:21:54.479
 here

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:55.519
 and when

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:55.940
 Jesus

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.420
 is in

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:56.579
 the

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:56.980
 garden

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.700
 of

00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.460
 Gethsemane.

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 The

00:21:59.140 --> 00:21:59.440
 same

00:21:59.440 --> 00:21:59.779
 word

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.000
 there

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.200
 is

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:00.700
 used

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.819
 distressed

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.380
 as it

00:22:02.380 --> 00:22:02.720
 is in

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.019
 Matthew

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.860
 26

00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:04.140
 verse

00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:04.860
 37

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:05.539
 and

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.160
 38

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:06.360
 where

00:22:06.360 --> 00:22:06.460
 he

00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:06.759
 says

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.140
 Jesus

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.440
 was

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:07.980
 sorrowful

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.220
 and

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:09.039
 troubled.

00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:09.960
 Troubled

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.339
 is that

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:10.660
 same

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.039
 word

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:12.299
 distressed.

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.099
 And

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:14.539
 what is

00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:15.039
 that word

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.420
 meaning?

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:16.980
 Well

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.160
 it's

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:17.339
 meaning

00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:17.500
 that

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:17.620
 there

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:17.740
 is

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:17.860
 a

00:22:17.860 --> 00:22:18.599
 distress

00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:18.860
 a

00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:19.319
 trouble

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:19.960
 feeling

00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.440
 troubled

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.220
 because

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.519
 of the

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.000
 burden

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.680
 for

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.180
 others.

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 The

00:22:24.840 --> 00:22:25.220
 burden

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:25.539
 of the

00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:25.759
 Lord

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.259
 Jesus

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.560
 as he

00:22:26.560 --> 00:22:26.820
 was in

00:22:26.820 --> 00:22:27.500
 Gethsemane

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.580
 was as he

00:22:28.580 --> 00:22:29.039
 was saying

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.440
 to his

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:29.820
 father

00:22:29.820 --> 00:22:30.799
 not my

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.160
 will

00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:32.420
 but yours

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:32.960
 be done.

00:22:33.860 --> 00:22:34.460
 What was

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:34.980
 the burden?

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.220
 It was the

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.580
 burden

00:22:36.580 --> 00:22:37.460
 of the

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.220
 salvation

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.900
 of the

00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.240
 world.

00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:40.080
 The

00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:40.460
 redemption

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:40.820
 of his

00:22:40.820 --> 00:22:41.240
 people

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.940
 by going

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.740
 to the

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.240
 cross.

00:22:44.340 --> 00:22:44.940
 What a

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:45.480
 powerful

00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.500
 way he

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:46.740
 was

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.220
 troubled.

00:22:48.060 --> 00:22:48.460
 And it's

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:48.920
 saying here

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.980
 of Epaphroditus

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.720
 he was

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.380
 distressed

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:52.000
 because you

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.559
 heard he

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.240
 was ill.

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:53.960
 It doesn't

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.420
 seem to

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.059
 compare

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:56.019
 but it

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.740
 still says

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.120
 that there

00:22:57.120 --> 00:22:57.420
 is a

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:58.160
 burden

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.880
 towards

00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.660
 the

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.099
 people.

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.360
 A

00:23:00.360 --> 00:23:00.799
 genuine

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.960
 concern.

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.400
 His

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:02.960
 focus,

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:03.559
 his

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.140
 concern

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:05.140
 was on

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.759
 others.

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:07.819
 And it's

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.360
 a wonderful

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:09.200
 privilege when

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.440
 we have

00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:10.400
 people with

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.960
 that kind

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.680
 of mindset

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.860
 as well.

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.220
 One

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:14.440
 commentator

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.059
 was speaking

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.700
 about this

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:15.960
 in a

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.500
 situation

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:16.960
 where the

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.360
 church

00:23:17.360 --> 00:23:18.660
 didn't have

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.220
 this kind

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.819
 of nature,

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.539
 didn't have

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.579
 this kind

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.220
 of attitude.

00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:22.559
 And he

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:22.960
 said this,

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.339
 what a

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:23.940
 lesson for

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.680
 the church.

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.160
 How many

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:26.680
 of us can

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.259
 see no

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.380
 further than

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:28.860
 the end

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.200
 of our

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:30.059
 own noses?

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.019
 We are

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.759
 so caught

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.120
 up in

00:23:32.120 --> 00:23:32.480
 what is

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:32.920
 happening

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.539
 to us

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.220
 that we

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.680
 are unable

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:35.279
 to see

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:36.140
 the needs

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.900
 of those

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:38.299
 around us.

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:39.980
 That's

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.440
 not how

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.079
 the church

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.740
 should be.

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.100
 It's not

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.799
 just looking

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:45.120
 to ourselves.

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:46.460
 It's not

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.140
 just thinking

00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:48.559
 about ourselves

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.099
 but it's

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.819
 a burden

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:51.039
 for others.

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.419
 And the

00:23:52.419 --> 00:23:52.980
 blessing that

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.419
 we have

00:23:53.419 --> 00:23:53.919
 here is

00:23:53.919 --> 00:23:54.179
 that there

00:23:54.179 --> 00:23:54.539
 is that

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.159
 collective

00:23:55.159 --> 00:23:56.279
 burden

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:57.319
 for others

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:57.859
 in our

00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.240
 midst,

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.539
 of looking

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.079
 out for,

00:24:00.399 --> 00:24:01.139
 of sharing

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:02.299
 with one

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:02.679
 another.

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.099
 And in

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.679
 many ways

00:24:04.679 --> 00:24:05.240
 that is a

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:06.159
 sign of

00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:07.399
 maturing in

00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:08.019
 our faith

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.299
 and in

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.339
 our understanding.

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.659
 It's a

00:24:10.659 --> 00:24:11.000
 sign of

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.720
 maturing in

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.299
 our knowledge

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:13.399
 of God

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:13.839
 and his

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.440
 cause,

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.179
 of what

00:24:15.179 --> 00:24:15.960
 Christ has

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.759
 done for

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.220
 us.

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:18.859
 When you

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.339
 see it

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.259
 here in

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:22.339
 the beginning

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.779
 of chapter

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.059
 2,

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.339
 maybe

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:23.900
 especially

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.640
 verse 4,

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.720
 let each

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.079
 of you

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.619
 look not

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.119
 only to

00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:27.720
 his own

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.319
 interests

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.440
 but also

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:29.859
 to the

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.379
 interests

00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:31.180
 of others.

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.339
 And then

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.559
 it goes

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:32.859
 on to

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.279
 speak of

00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.920
 have this

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.379
 mind

00:24:34.379 --> 00:24:34.740
 among

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.379
 yourselves

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:36.279
 which is

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.700
 yours

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.319
 in Christ

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.879
 Jesus

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.900
 who thought

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.420
 he was,

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.319
 who though

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.619
 he was in

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.079
 the form

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.519
 of God

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 did not

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 count

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 equality

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 with God

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 a thing

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 to be

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 grasped

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 but made

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 himself

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 nothing

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 taking the

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 form

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 of a

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 servant.

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 There is

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 our example

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 of humility

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 of being

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 concerned

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 for others.

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 It comes

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 from knowing

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 Christ

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 knowing

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 our King

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 more

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 and more

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 and so

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 do we have

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.980
 that

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:10.099
 servant's

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.500
 burden?

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 we do

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 but let's

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 keep

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 cultivating

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 that

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 burden

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 so it

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 doesn't

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 just stay

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 within

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 these

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 walls

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 but it

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 goes out

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 beyond

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 these

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 walls.

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 It reaches

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 out to

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 our

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 community

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 all around

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 us

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 to those

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 who are

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 burdened

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 and troubled

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 in so

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 many different

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 ways around

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 us

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 that we

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 would have

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 that

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 burden

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 for them.

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 And you

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 notice

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:37.539
 Epaphroditus

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 how he's

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 mentioned

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 towards the

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 end here

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 because

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 of the

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 burden

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 that he

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 had for

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 others.

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 Look at

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 how others

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 looked

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 to him.

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 In

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 verse 28

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 and 29

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 what does

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 it say?

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 I am

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 more eager

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 to send

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 him

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 therefore

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 that you

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 may rejoice

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 at seeing

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 him again

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 and that I

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 may be less

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 anxious.

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 So receive

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.380
 him in the

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:02.019
 Lord with

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 all joy

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:04.519
 and honour

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.620
 such men.

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 He sees

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 here that

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 here is

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 one

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 who is

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 a great

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.099
 example

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:11.419
 of

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 humility.

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 A

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.519
 great

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.079
 example

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.519
 of what

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.239
 a servant

00:26:15.239 --> 00:26:15.639
 and a

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:15.959
 brother

00:26:15.959 --> 00:26:16.299
 in the

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:16.559
 Lord

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.339
 looks like.

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 And there

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.659
 is such

00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:19.359
 encouragement

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:20.339
 in him

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:21.119
 coming back

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 that he

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 would be

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.500
 well

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.239
 received

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 because he

00:26:24.739 --> 00:26:25.199
 had that

00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:25.679
 burden

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.579
 for his

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 people.

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.099
 And if we

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:30.039
 have that

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.559
 burden

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.419
 for one

00:26:31.419 --> 00:26:31.739
 another

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 what does

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.759
 it do?

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 it means

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:34.839
 that we

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 are encouraged

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.480
 when we

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.619
 are in

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:36.819
 each

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.180
 other's

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.640
 company.

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 It means

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.140
 we are

00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:39.839
 encouraged

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.480
 when we

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.940
 are together

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.319
 in the

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.819
 things of

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.240
 the Lord.

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:42.680
 Whatever

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.339
 service

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:44.099
 we are

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:44.400
 given,

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:44.819
 whatever

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.900
 little

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.519
 things we

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:46.799
 might be

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.299
 doing for

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.740
 the Lord

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.339
 here.

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:48.960
 There is

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.460
 so much

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:49.900
 that goes

00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.319
 on with

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.759
 our young

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.099
 people,

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.440
 with our

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.740
 old

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.240
 people,

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:52.940
 with the

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.519
 doors being

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.900
 opened

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.339
 throughout

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.839
 the week

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 for different

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.500
 people to

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.000
 come and

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.319
 go and

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.500
 everyone is

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.500
 playing their

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 part.

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.480
 Everyone

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.099
 has

00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:02.559
 something

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.460
 to do

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.620
 and that

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:04.920
 we are

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.920
 in that

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.460
 sense of

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:06.660
 being

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.180
 together

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.519
 in it,

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:07.819
 we are

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:08.680
 having that

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.900
 joy and

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.380
 that being

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:11.279
 together in

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.480
 it,

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.299
 we are

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:13.019
 encouraging

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:14.220
 one another.

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:15.779
 And so let

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.500
 us keep

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.660
 doing so.

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.299
 The unsung

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.700
 heroes,

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.019
 they don't

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.740
 want to be

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.420
 to the

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:21.779
 fore,

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.839
 but we

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.220
 just get

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.599
 on with

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.460
 it because

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:25.860
 of our

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:26.440
 love for

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.920
 Christ and

00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.500
 our love

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.500
 for one

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.880
 another.

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:31.920
 So we

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:32.400
 have that

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:33.140
 servant's

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:33.720
 burden that

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.240
 we see

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:36.220
 in Epaphroditus

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.760
 and Timothy

00:27:36.760 --> 00:27:37.400
 and Paul

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.000
 as well.

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:39.120
 The final

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:39.480
 thing we

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:39.700
 want to

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.160
 see here

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.700
 is the

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.480
 servant's

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:41.760
 honour.

00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:44.560
 Why do

00:27:44.560 --> 00:27:44.900
 they do

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.260
 what they

00:27:45.260 --> 00:27:45.540
 do?

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.700
 Why does

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:49.160
 Paul travel

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.860
 around so

00:27:49.860 --> 00:27:50.420
 many different

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:50.800
 places?

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.300
 Why does

00:27:51.300 --> 00:27:52.560
 Timothy seek

00:27:52.560 --> 00:27:53.080
 to learn

00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:53.580
 from him?

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.460
 Why is

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.500
 Epaphroditus

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.380
 just quietly

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:57.020
 going about

00:27:57.020 --> 00:27:57.780
 his business?

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:59.599
 it's for

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:00.139
 the glory

00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:00.819
 of God.

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.240
 We don't

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.700
 do it

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.480
 for honour,

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:06.839
 but we

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.420
 know too

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.180
 that the

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.700
 Lord will

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.019
 honour

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.879
 those who

00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:10.139
 honour

00:28:10.139 --> 00:28:10.500
 him.

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.259
 It says

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.680
 that in

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.359
 1 Samuel

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:14.059
 chapter 2

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.700
 verse 30,

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.200
 those who

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.759
 honour me

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:17.339
 I will

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:17.680
 honour.

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.200
 And it

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.680
 tells us

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.019
 in 2

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.940
 Timothy 4

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.819
 verse 8

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.339
 he reward

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:23.299
 every faithful

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.940
 servant with

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.500
 a crown

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.879
 of righteousness.

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.100
 righteousness.

00:28:27.340 --> 00:28:28.120
 We're not

00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:28.680
 doing it

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.580
 for these

00:28:29.580 --> 00:28:30.120
 things,

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:31.820
 but we

00:28:31.820 --> 00:28:32.520
 are encouraged

00:28:32.520 --> 00:28:33.120
 to know

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:34.140
 that we

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.500
 are doing

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:34.820
 it for

00:28:34.820 --> 00:28:35.340
 the Lord

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:36.680
 and at

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.020
 the end

00:28:37.020 --> 00:28:37.240
 of the

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.520
 day

00:28:37.520 --> 00:28:38.440
 it will

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.420
 all be

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:40.100
 worth it.

00:28:41.760 --> 00:28:42.080
 Any

00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:42.580
 hardship

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.240
 we suffer

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.160
 now serving

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.820
 Christ,

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.540
 any challenges

00:28:46.540 --> 00:28:47.240
 we come up

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.560
 against,

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.760
 any disappointments

00:28:48.760 --> 00:28:49.620
 that come

00:28:49.620 --> 00:28:50.200
 our way,

00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:51.300
 we can

00:28:51.300 --> 00:28:52.020
 keep on.

00:28:52.800 --> 00:28:53.500
 We keep

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.100
 on going

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:55.459
 because the

00:28:55.459 --> 00:28:56.359
 Lord is

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:57.019
 with us.

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.299
 The

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:59.359
 Lord is

00:28:59.359 --> 00:28:59.859
 on our

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.279
 side.

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.179
 And

00:29:01.179 --> 00:29:01.859
 whatever we

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.279
 do for

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:02.799
 the Lord

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.819
 it will

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.419
 be worth

00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:05.339
 it in

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:05.879
 the end

00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:07.059
 because the

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:08.099
 Lord is

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:09.259
 able to

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.699
 bless.

00:29:11.439 --> 00:29:11.859
 Paul

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.679
 here he

00:29:12.679 --> 00:29:13.119
 kind of

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:14.000
 honours

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.119
 Epaphroditus

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:15.799
 at the end

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.219
 of verse

00:29:16.219 --> 00:29:19.039
 29 when

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.579
 he says

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.079
 of him

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.839
 honour

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.599
 such

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.039
 men.

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:23.980
 give

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.259
 them

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.680
 their

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.180
 place,

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:25.480
 give

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:25.759
 them

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.420
 their

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.200
 encouragement

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:29.359
 and

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:29.599
 every

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.000
 one of

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.339
 you

00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:31.319
 be

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.980
 encouraged

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.339
 this

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:32.720
 evening

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.659
 as you

00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:34.299
 go on

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.000
 doing

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 for the

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 Lord,

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 praying

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 to the

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 Lord,

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 serving

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:40.099
 the

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 Lord,

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 encouraging

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 in the

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 name of

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 the

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:42.940
 Lord,

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 be

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 encouraged

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 yourselves

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 and

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 encourage

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 one

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 another.

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 we

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 don't

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 do it

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:51.860
 out of

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 selfishness

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.900
 or

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 empty

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.940
 conceit

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:56.000
 but

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.519
 going back

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 to the

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.180
 beginning

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 of this

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 chapter

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 do

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 nothing

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 at a

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 rivalry

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 or conceit

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 but in

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 humility

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 do all

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 things

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 looking

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 to the

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 Lord

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 Jesus.

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 He

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 is

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 king

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 and

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 if he

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 is

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 our

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 king

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 we

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 are

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 to

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 serve

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 him

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 and

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 if we

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 are

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 serving

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 him

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 we

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 can

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 be

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 thankful

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 that

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 we

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 seek

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 to

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 do

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 that

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 together

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 with

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 that

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 same

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 servant

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 heart

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 together

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 with

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 that

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 same

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 servant

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 burden

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 together

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 looking

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 to that

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 same

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 servant

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 honour

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 together

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 rejoice

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 give

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 thanks

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 for all

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 that's

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 going

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 on

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 in

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 the

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 name

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

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 learn

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 more

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 of

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 him

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 know

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 him

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 as

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 he

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 is

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 so

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 that

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 we

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 can

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 honour

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 him

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 with

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 all

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 that

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 we

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 are

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 let

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 us

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 pray

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 Lord

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 our

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 gracious

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 God

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 we

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 pray

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 that

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 you

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 will

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 unite

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 our

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.720
 hearts

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 in

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 that

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 way

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 of

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 being

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 servants

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 fellow

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 servants

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 for

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 you

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 fellow

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 workers

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 fellow

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 soldiers

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 in

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 this

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 work

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 of

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 the

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 gospel

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 that

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 we

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 are

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 involved

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 in

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 we

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 all

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 the

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 blessings

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 that

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 you

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 give

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 to

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 us

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 we

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 every

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 example

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 that

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 we

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 have

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 from

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 your

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 word

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 but

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 also

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 the

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 examples

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 and

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 encouragers

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 we

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 have

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 around

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 us

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 day

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 by

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 day

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 and

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 we

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 pray

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 Lord

00:31:29.679 --> 00:31:29.879
 that

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 together

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 we

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 will

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 know

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 your

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 hand

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 of

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 blessing

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 upon

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 us

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 that

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:33.979
 we

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 would

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 know

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 your

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 strength

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 with

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 us

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 in

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 all

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 that

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 we

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 seek

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:36.739
 to

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 do

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.700
 and

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:37.779
 that

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:37.879
 we

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.019
 would

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.180
 see

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 the

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 blessing

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 of

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 the

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 Lord

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.240
 in

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 our

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:40.779
 midst

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.000
 that

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.099
 we

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:41.259
 would

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.440
 see

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:41.619
 the

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:41.920
 name

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.599
 of

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 Jesus

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 lifted

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 high

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 and

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 praised

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 near

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 and far

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 as

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 we

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.740
 ask

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.059
 all

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.220
 in

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 his

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:48.819
 precious

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.259
 name

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 Amen

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 We're

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 going to

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.680
 conclude

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 by

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 singing

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:56.940
 to

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.420
 God's

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:57.920
 praise

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:59.660
 again

00:31:59.660 --> 00:31:59.920
 in

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.259
 Psalm

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.900
 30

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:02.120
 in

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:02.279
 the

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 Sing

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.180
 Psalms

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 Psalm

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 30

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:06.839
 in

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 the

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 Sing

00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:07.599
 Psalms

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 page

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 35

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 we'll

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 sing

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 from

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 verse

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 9

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 down

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 to

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 the

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 end

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 what

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.339
 gain

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 will

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 my

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.380
 destruction

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:14.779
 bring

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 if I

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.079
 descend

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.319
 to

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.640
 death

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:17.280
 will

00:32:17.280 --> 00:32:17.580
 thus

00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:18.100
 proclaim

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 your

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 faithfulness

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 or

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 praise

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 you

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 with

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 its

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 breath

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 hear

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 as

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 I

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 cry

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 O

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 Lord

00:32:23.320 --> 00:32:23.560
 my

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 God

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 and

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 listen

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 to

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 my

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 plea

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 come

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 to

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 my

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 aid

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 and

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 my

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 distress

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 have

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 mercy

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 Lord

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 on

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:30.700
 me

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 we'll

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 sing

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 from

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 verse

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 9

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 down

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 to

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 the

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 end

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:32.980
 of

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 the

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:33.500
 Psalm

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.080
 to

00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:34.520
 God's

00:32:34.520 --> 00:32:34.960
 praise

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.960
!

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:36.960


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 to

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:37.819
 God

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:39.539
 God

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:39.539


00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:39.539


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 him

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:41.559
 will

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:43.019
 hide

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.919
 his

00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:45.500
 passion

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:47.159
 bring

00:32:47.159 --> 00:32:47.159


00:32:47.159 --> 00:32:49.779
 If I

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:51.200
 descend

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:52.659
 to

00:32:52.659 --> 00:32:54.240
 death

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:55.659
 will

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:57.079
 trust

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:58.599
 you

00:32:58.599 --> 00:33:00.000
 your

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:02.259
 faithfulness

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:10.259
 or praise you with his bread.

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:19.259
 Hear us, I cry, O Lord my God,

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:26.259
 and listen to my plea.

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:36.220
 Come to my end in my distress,

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:43.500
 have mercy, Lord, on me.

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:52.660
 Turn my willy into dance,

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:59.900
 no longer was I sad.

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:04.580
 My sad cloth, God,

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:10.659
 you gave me those of joy,

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:16.039
 and I was glad.

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:25.519
 Therefore my heart will sing to you,

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:32.039
 and never cease to praise.

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:41.039
 To you it may, O Lord my God,

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 I will lift and always sing.

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:53.119
 After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my right.

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:54.599
 We'll close with the benediction.

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 Now may grace, mercy, and peace from God,

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 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

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 rest upon and abide with you all,

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 now and forevermore.

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.519
 Amen.

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:27.179
 Thank you, Father,

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:57.159
 Thank you.