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 Good morning. Good to see you all.

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! So, someone's last words or last moments can be profound, even sacred.

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! A friend of mine had the tragic experience of his teenage sister getting cancer and then dying.

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 And the family of Christians and the whole way through they sought God, prayed until they had no words left.

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 And they were all gathered together in the last moments of her life.

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 And the cancer really ravaged her severely and she'd gone blind at this point.

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 And so they stood around just waiting, knowing it wouldn't be long.

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 And somehow his sister had just kept her faith.

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 And so it doesn't change the truth about who Jesus is for all of us.

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 And then there was this moment he described that she suddenly opened her eyes, looked at the corner of the room, smiled this enormous smile, and her face lit up.

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 And then she died.

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 And he said he could just feel the presence of the Holy Spirit in the room.

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 And just earlier than the reading Deb has done, we hear Jesus' last words to his disciples.

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 Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father has promised, which you have heard me speak about.

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 That John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

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 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you.

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 And you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea, Samaria, to the ends of the earth.

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 And after this, after he said this, he was taken up before their eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

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 So you can see this foretelling, Jesus saying, this is what is going to happen next.

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 Wait, and the Holy Spirit will come for you.

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 This incredible narrative of Jesus dying, breaking the power of sin and death, rising again, spending some time with the disciples over these 40 days.

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 And then the final words, the Holy Spirit is coming.

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 And we have recently referenced in the talks, John 14 and 16, of Jesus saying,

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 I must go so the Holy Spirit can come to be with you.

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 The counsellor.

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 Now, Russ, last week, talked about meet the Holy Spirit.

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 How many of you were here last week and heard Russ or heard him online?

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 So a good number of us.

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 Great.

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 And then not long ago, Rob Scott Cook talked about faithfulness in prayer and the experience of the Holy Spirit.

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 How many of you were here on that particular day?

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 So a good number as well.

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 Great.

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 So Russ was saying, well, the Holy Spirit is God's gift so that we can encounter and the revelation of who Jesus is and experience Jesus move in our lives.

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 Bringing the peace, fulfilness, grace, forgiveness, healing that we might need.

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 And he reminded us in Ephesians 5, it says, where he should be filled continuously.

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 So initial encounter of being filled with the Holy Spirit, but then successive moments and experiences of being filled with the Holy Spirit.

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 Rob, when he spoke, said he believes that we need to expect a fresh wave of God's Spirit at Christ's church through prayer.

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 And here we are in a month where we're leading up to our 48 hours of prayer at the month.

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 He also describes the Holy Spirit as a birthright for all Christians.

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 A birthright.

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 And so here in this story of Acts 2, this remarkable moment of the Holy Spirit being poured out on this group of disciples as they waited.

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 It seems to be both corporate, they're all experiencing it, and individual and immensely personal for them as well as they then speak out in tongues.

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 And then you start to see that then spreading to the 3,000.

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 And so for me as I read this, I just see this image of what God's heart is for church, for us gathering, that we should be encountering God in a profound way.

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 And then able to take something of God's life and love to those around us in our community.

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 And here we are, gathered together.

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 Here may be, as I talked about last time, coming not with empty hands, but with our wrestle and when we're wrestling with sin and repentance.

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 Here with our pain as well.

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 Here with our praise and our thanks.

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 Here with others on our minds to pray for, those in this town.

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 Maybe those you know in the pub, or your club, or your schools, or in the workplace, or those you don't know yet but have a heart for in this town.

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 And all those prayers are really a request for the Holy Spirit to move.

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 So as I prepared for this morning, I really asked God, what is it you actually want to say?

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 Not what I like to say.

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 It's generally a good start.

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 I love how God say very clearly to me, give me space, I will work.

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 I then sent the plan to Kate saying, here's my plan.

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 And he just said that at the top with an empty page, which he was highly amused by.

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 Your usual level of preparation, Alex, she said.

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 So I just want to touch on something briefly, and then we're going to take time to pray.

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 And just have a bit of space to allow the Holy Spirit to really move.

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 I just want to touch on how the Holy Spirit has, is, and I think will be moving amongst.

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 I mentioned last week that I grew up in the Catholic Church.

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 And I had this experience of going to Mass, of communion, going and telling the priests my sins,

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 asking for forgiveness, all this sort of rhythm of experience.

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 But it was very much external.

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 It was all outside of me.

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 It was kind of this ritual.

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 And when I had the experience of meeting this revelation of who Jesus was,

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 this revelation of when you're a Christian, it's actually giving your life to Jesus

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 and asking the Holy Spirit to fill you.

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 In that moment, I experienced being filled with a peace, a life,

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 just an incredible sense of completeness.

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 And when I opened my eyes, I looked at the world differently.

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 Then it became this internal experience, where it moved from ritual to relationship and encounter,

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 and a sense of the Holy Spirit meeting with me and then filling me.

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 And that's our hope for us as a church community.

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 And that's why in our vision and our plan for the church going forward is renewal in the Holy Spirit.

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 That we would know that encounter deeply, frequently, bringing life, peace, and healing to us.

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 Russ gave the same narrative, as he taught last Sunday, about that encounter of the Holy Spirit,

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 just a sense of internal experience of God's love and in meeting with him.

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 Now, sometimes the Holy Spirit, I think, moves in quite dramatic ways,

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 and sometimes in very ordinary, gentle ways.

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 I want to tell you a couple of stories of each.

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 After having this encounter with God,

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 one evening I was cycling across Cheltenham.

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 And it was a really hot evening, and I put my helmet in my bag because it was that warm,

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 which is a really stupid thing to do.

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 And as I came up to a junction, someone drove round a blind corner on the wrong side of the road,

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 my right of way, and drove into me.

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 And I went straight through the windscreen, head first.

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 And I still have the memory of the steering wheel in my back,

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 looking up this way,

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 and seeing the face of the driver,

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 looking a little startled.

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 And I swung myself out of the, underneath the top of the windscreen,

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 slid off the bonnet, brushed all the glass off me,

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 and went, oh, I think I'm okay.

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 The driver wasn't so okay.

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 But it serves them right, really.

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 And I wasn't very gracious.

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 And I called my friend Andrew and said,

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 oh, you can't believe what happened to me yesterday.

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 He said, was that at 10 o'clock at night?

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 I said, yes.

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 He said, I felt the Holy Spirit prompt me,

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 pray for Alex's safety.

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 I said, I prayed for you about 20 minutes,

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 thought, I think he's all right now.

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 And then stopped.

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 But a sense of the Holy Spirit just working amongst us,

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 prompting us, nudging us.

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 I want to read something from this book by Henry Cloud.

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 A reader of Henry Cloud?

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 He's a Christian psychiatrist,

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 and a prolific writer,

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 and a pretty remarkable person.

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 Here's a short story from him.

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 It was the end of the day.

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 I was in my office after seeing patients,

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 and my pager went off.

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 I called my answering service,

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 and they patched me through to a woman on the phone,

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 calling from a phone booth.

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 I knew who she was.

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 A new patient I'd been seeing just for a couple of weeks,

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 but she was pretty depressed.

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 I discussed with her the possibility of a hospital

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 if the depression got worse,

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 and she'd resisted.

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 Hey, I said, what's happening?

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 Nothing, she said,

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 in what I could tell was a voice that did not sound good.

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 But I wanted to call you,

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 and thank you for trying to help me.

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 I know you want to,

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 but I just can't do this.

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 I just can't.

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 So thank you anyway.

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 And she hung up.

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 I was afraid.

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 In fact, I knew,

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 well, what this meant.

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 She said she was not planning on killing herself,

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 and had promised me

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 she would call me if she ever felt that way.

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 But I knew at that moment,

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 something had happened,

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 and she'd changed and made a decision

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 she was going to do it.

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 I had no idea where she was,

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 how to get to her or find her.

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 This is before cell phones.

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 I called her home,

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 but no one was there.

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 I was totally in the dark

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 and very scared.

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 When I feel scared,

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 I pray.

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 So I did.

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 I asked God to keep her safe.

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 There's nothing else I could do

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 until,

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 until I felt prompting

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 to get in my car

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 and look for her.

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 But it made no sense.

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 I had no idea

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 where she would be.

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 Southern California

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 is a big place,

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 and I'd not know where to begin.

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 But I followed this urge.

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 I went to my car.

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 I felt a nudge

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 from somewhere

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 to drive to the South Coast Plaza,

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 a really large shopping center

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 in Costa Mesa, California,

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 about 15 minutes away.

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 I truly do not remember why.

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 If it just came to my mind,

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 or if I felt a leading from God,

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 or I had wondered maybe

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 she was shopping there,

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 I don't remember.

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 I had no idea whether or not

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 she'd be there.

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 What I do know

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 is that there was no way

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 to find her,

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 even if that was right.

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 It is massive.

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 It has over 250 stores

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 and what seems like miles

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 of parking lots and streets

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 in many directions.

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 Even if she was there,

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 how could I find her?

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 The entrants are in several streets

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 and different blocks.

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 No way to know

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 where to begin.

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 But I began driving.

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 When I got to the general area,

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 when the turn-off started,

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 and there are various

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 parking lot options,

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 think basically like Disneyland,

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 I just felt guided

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 to the next turn.

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 A nudge to turn here,

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 and then there.

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 Different lots

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 and different complexes,

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 and rows and rows of cars.

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 Each stop would be

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 like that.

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 Not knowing what to do

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 other than get

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 an internal nudge

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 to go this way or that.

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 Exactly like the day,

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 years before,

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 when God led me

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 to a pastor.

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 Different great story.

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 I turned down

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 a new row of cars,

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 and there it was,

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 her car.

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 I recognised it

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 from seeing her

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 in the parking lot.

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 It was hers for sure.

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 I drove up to it

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 and didn't see anyone in it.

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 I got out,

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 and there she was,

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 lying on the back seat,

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 staring at her space,

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 pretty detached.

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 She had pills

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 and was ready

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 to take them.

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 Tragedy averted.

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 God has saved her.

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 An incredible

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 sense of the Holy Spirit

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 prompting

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 and nudging

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 and saving a life.

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 But the Holy Spirit

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 moves in really

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 ordinary,

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 simple ways as well.

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 Just this week,

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 I felt prompted

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 to text a friend.

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 I don't often text him.

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 I've known him

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 for about 15 years.

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 I think I sent him

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 one verse once before

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 in that time,

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 but I just felt

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 this particular verse

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 for him.

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 It said,

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 hey,

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 I was just thinking

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 about you.

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 I think this verse

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 might be relevant.

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 He texted back immediately

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 saying,

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 another friend

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 has just sent me that.

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 So you know,

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 just a prompt

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 from the Holy Spirit.

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 In the ECC this week,

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 this was our church council

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 if you're not familiar

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 with it,

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 sort of in the background

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 helping,

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 trying to make things

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 run well,

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 and we just stopped

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 on a topic

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 we were talking about.

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 we need to pray.

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 we waited five minutes

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 and then we checked

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 in with each other.

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 What's the Holy Spirit

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 saying?

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 We need God's guidance.

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 And then I was talking

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 to a friend here

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 in Christ Church.

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 He was just talking

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 about their experience

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 when Rob Scott Cook spoke.

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 They came forward

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 for prayer

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 really felt,

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 filled the Holy Spirit.

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 Spoke in tongues,

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 which they haven't done

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 for a long time.

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 And I said,

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 and what was your experience?

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 And they said,

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 it was wonderful.

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 It's like coming home.

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 This incredible sense of

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 when we open our hearts

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 up to the Holy Spirit,

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 then it's a safe place

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 to go.

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 We want to take

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 a bit of time now

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 just to pray,

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 to wait on the Holy Spirit.

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 And let's start that now.

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 Lord,

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 we just come before you.

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 All of us

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 from different places,

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 different contexts,

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 different situations,

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 we open our hearts to you.

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 We thank you

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 for those stories

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 of you on the move,

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 Holy Spirit.

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 We thank you

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 for that image

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 of your church,

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 of you,

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 Holy Spirit,

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 pouring out

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 on the disciples

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 and then spreading

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 into that group

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 of 3,000.

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 We thank you

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 for that encounter

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 with you,

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 which is so personal,

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 but also

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 for all of us

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 together.

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 So Lord,

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 as we wait on you now,

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 would you lead us,

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 Holy Spirit?

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 Would you fill

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 this place

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 and meet with us all?

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 In your name,

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 Lord Jesus.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you, God.

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