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 Over the years, I've had two secretaries that were pastors' wives.

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! One of them loved ministry, and she's all in.

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 She understood it. She got it. She's great at it.

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 The other, oh me.

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 Her husband was a pastor. Her dad had been a pastor.

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 And those years of ministry had hardened her.

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 And she told me one day, she said, if you don't watch out for yourself,

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 no one else is going to watch out for you in the church.

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 I never forgot that statement.

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 It told me a lot.

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 Let's look at Mark 9, verse 30.

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 It says, they went on from there, speaking of Jesus and his apostles.

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 And they passed through Galilee, and Jesus did not want anyone to know,

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 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them,

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 the Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him.

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 And when he's killed, after three days he'll rise.

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 But they didn't understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him.

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 And they came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house, he asked them,

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 what were you discussing on the way?

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 But they kept silent.

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 For on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

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 And he sat down and called the twelve, and he said to them,

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 if anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.

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 And he took a child and put him in the midst of them.

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 And taking him in his arms, he said to them,

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 whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,

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 and whoever receives me receives not me, but him who sent me.

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 After the Mount of Transfiguration, the ministry of Jesus began changing.

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 After he had spent much of his ministry in the Galilean region and the surrounding area,

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 he did go up through the Decapolis, and he did go up north to Tyre and Sidon.

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 But after that, he now began, in this passage, he begins heading toward Jerusalem.

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 And he needs time with his disciples.

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 He needs to prepare them for what's to come

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 and for what they need to do after he is physically gone from their presence.

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 And what he tells them in verse 31 is to prepare them

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 when he says the Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men,

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 and they will kill him.

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 And when he's killed after three days, he will rise.

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 Now, he's already told them that before the Transfiguration.

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 He will tell them that again in a little while.

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 But he reemphasizes it here.

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 And notice what it says.

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 They didn't get it.

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 Verse 32 says,

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 We need to learn some things from this passage.

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 One is, look out for yourself.

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 My former secretary had it right.

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 You do need to look out for yourself, whether anyone else is or not.

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 But she meant it the wrong way.

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 I think you need to watch out for yourself.

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 Even more so, you need to watch out for self.

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 Because that can easily get in the way.

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 Jesus is telling them for the second time that he's going to surrender their life.

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 And he's going to surrender his life.

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 And their conversation, however, is about securing their rightful place.

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 He's teaching them about how to count the cost of discipleship and faithfulness.

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 But they're looking to the advantages of following him.

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 The setting almost has to play into this.

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 Think about this now.

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 James, John, and Peter have just come off the Mount of Transfiguration

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 and have experienced something that is absolutely unimaginable.

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 While they were doing that, the nine other disciples were in the valley

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 trying to cast out a demon unsuccessfully.

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 And that spurred a conversation about which of them would be the greatest.

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 And so Jesus asked them, what were you discussing on your way?

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 He didn't really ask that to get information.

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 God never asks us questions because he does not know the answer.

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 He asks us questions so that we'll hear the question.

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 So that we'll answer the question.

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 I don't know if Christ heard what they were discussing or not,

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 but I do know that he knew what they were concerned about.

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 And the reality is they were concerned about the wrong thing.

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 There are questions that we need to ask ourselves.

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 For one, what is it that you love to talk about?

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 What is it that you're most concerned about?

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 What are you focused in on?

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 You're not comparing yourself to other people, are you?

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 You're not asking what's in it for me, are you?

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 You're not asking what can I get from it, are you?

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 I mean, any time we sense those questions down deep within,

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 if it's God, he's not asking us because he wants the answer.

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 He already knows the answer.

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 We need to know the answer.

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 And we need to deal with that.

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 And Jesus asked the apostles, and they were silent.

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 They got caught.

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 They were silent in their shame.

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 I agree with my former secretary.

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 We better look out for ourselves,

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 but I think we need to make sure that we're not thinking first of ourselves.

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 That we're not ignoring the message of Christ, the gospel.

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 The fact that he died, rose again, and is coming back, to be honest,

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 ought to dictate our lives and our conversations.

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 So let's look out for ourselves.

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 And one of the best ways to look out for ourselves is first to look back to the cross.

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 It's what Christ's conversation was about.

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 It says in verse 31 that he was teaching.

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 That does not mean that he just brought this up three times,

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 as Mark specifically tells us.

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 Teaching there is an imperfect tense,

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 which means that this was not a one-time deal,

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 that it was an ongoing deal.

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 He was consistently sharing with them,

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 this is what's going to happen.

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 It was his concentration.

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 It needs to be our concentration.

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 It needed to be theirs.

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 It needs to be ours as well.

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 And the best way for us to look out

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 and to get ourselves out of the way

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 and to look out for ourselves

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 is to look back to the cross of Christ.

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 He was pointing them forward to the cross,

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 but since his death we now look back to the cross.

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 And I know I'm picking on her a lot,

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 but I heard the comment over 25 years ago,

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 and I've never forgot it.

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 If I don't look out for myself, no one else will.

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 There's a Greek word for that.

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 Baloney.

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 I can look back to the cross

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 and see one that's looking out for me.

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 We can look back to the cross

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 and see one that's looking out for us

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 because when we have Christ,

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 we're secure in Christ.

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 Our identity is found in Christ.

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 Our worthiness is found in Christ.

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 Our role of importance is found in Christ.

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 We do need to look out for number one,

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 but we need to make sure that he is number one

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 and he has our backs.

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 And he has often shown me that

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 through God's people

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 without me ever having to look out for myself.

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 If we keep the cross, the focus,

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 it'll work out,

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 but we just got to look back to the cross

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 and keep looking back to the cross.

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 However, we also need to look around for others.

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 Notice what he goes on to say in verse 35.

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 It says,

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 And he sat down

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 and called the twelve

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 and he said to them,

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 If anyone would be first,

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 he must be last of all

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 and servant of all.

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 It's only natural for us

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 to look out for ourselves.

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 It's only supernatural

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 for us

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 to look out for others.

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 And this was not a passing thought.

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 It says that he sat down.

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 That means it was a rabbinical teaching.

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 That's the way rabbis taught.

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 They sat him down.

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 Come here, boys.

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 Let's sit down a minute

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 and talk about this.

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 And what he tells them

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 is backwards to everything in their culture.

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 There was always rank.

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 There was rank at a dining room table.

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 There was rank in worship.

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 There was rank in social life.

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 People knew where they were to sit.

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 Who was to speak first?

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 They could walk in a room

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 and know who was the most honorable.

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 And Jesus is turning the tables already,

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 at least on this thought.

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 I want you to hear a parable that he spoke.

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 In Luke 14, verse 8-11, it says this.

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 When you are invited by someone

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 to a wedding feast,

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 do not sit down in the place of honor,

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 lest someone more distinguished than you

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 be invited by him.

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 And he who invited,

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 go and sit in the lowest place

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 so that when your host comes,

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 he may say to you,

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 friend, move up higher.

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 Then you will be honored

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 in the presence of all

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 who sit at the table with you.

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 The reality for everyone

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 who exalts himself will be humbled,

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 and he who humbles himself

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 will be exalted.

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 This is a parable,

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 but it speaks of much more than a meal.

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 And I always take this seriously.

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 There was a time in my life

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 when I was foolish enough

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 to be the chairman of a school board.

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 At the same time,

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 I was the chaplain for the football team,

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 and I was the PA announcer

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 for the football team,

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 which I normally do here.

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 And I was invited to the football banquet

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 to give the invocation

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 so they could eat the steak.

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 And when I got there

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 and was trying to sit down,

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 somebody told me,

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 you need to go up there

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 to the head table and sit down

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 by the podium.

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 So I went up there and sat down.

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 A few minutes later,

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 another school board member came in,

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 saw me, walked up beside me,

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 said, I guess this is where we're sitting.

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 I didn't say anything.

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 I don't know if I should have or not.

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 He just sat down.

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 Football coaches don't care

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 if you're on the school board.

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 They don't know the difference.

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 They're worried about their opponent

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 next Friday.

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 Administration, they're concerned

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 about the school board.

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 But football coaches are not.

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 They're concerned about somebody praying

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 so they can eat.

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 That's what they're concerned about.

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 The rest of everybody else

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 at the head table

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 were coaches

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 and their wives.

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 So there was a lack of seating now

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 because they had

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 not given an extra chair.

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 And he soon found out

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 and he

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 got up

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 and walked away

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 and tried to find a seat

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 in a full room

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 because

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 in the time

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 that he had been there

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 the room had already filled up.

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 And I thought of this parable.

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 Take the seat that's left.

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 Eat last.

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 Put others first.

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 Greatness is not about

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 having people serve us.

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 It's about us serving others.

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 When they went in the upper room

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 and there was a basin of water

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 and a towel

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 that was in the upper room

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 I bet the disciples

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 were looking around

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 going who's going to do that?

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 And then Jesus

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 kneeled down in front

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 of their nasty feet

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 and washed them.

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 He was the most important one

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 in the crowd.

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 So I ask you

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 how are you serving others?

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 A great place to practice

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 is in the church.

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 How are you serving in the church?

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 I feel sure

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 you've been served today.

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 You were greeted

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 when you came in.

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 If you were not greeted

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 it's because you avoided them

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 probably

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 because they try to greet you.

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 If you wanted coffee

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 there was coffee made for you

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 and that was made before

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 we got here this morning.

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 There's homemade treats

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 over there.

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 Each week

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 somebody

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 fixes

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 each and every week

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 so that we can have them.

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 There are servants

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 that are running

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 this screen show.

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 There are

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 servants on

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 the sound board.

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 There are

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 servants

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 perfecting the online worship

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 for those who can't be

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 with us in person.

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 We have security

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 that is watching

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 much more

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 than you think they are

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 that are unseen.

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 We have people

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 who are working

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 with children.

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 We have people

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 who are working

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 with youth.

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 We have people

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 who shuttle you

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 in the parking lot

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 if you need to be shuttled.

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 We've been blessed

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 by this choir.

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 We've been blessed

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 by this orchestra

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 and I hate

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 giving lists like this

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 because I left somebody out

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 and don't come to me

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 and tell me I left you out

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 because it is not

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 an exhaustive list.

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 because I want

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 to be clear

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 there's a ton

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 of places

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 to serve around here

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 and every one of us

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 has that responsibility

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 to do that.

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 When God

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 lays upon your life

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 to be a part

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 of a church

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 you need to be

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 a part of that church.

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 You don't need

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 to run alongside

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 of it.

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 You don't need

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 to stay unaffiliated.

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 I want you

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 to be clear

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 of what God

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 wants you to do

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 but once God

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 tells you to do it

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 do it.

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 Be a part

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 of that church

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 and then

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 find a way

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 to serve

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 in the church.

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 That kind

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 of service

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 to others

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 is not limited

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 to the church

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 though.

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 We're to serve

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 all.

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 So please

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 don't misunderstand

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 me.

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 There's nothing

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 wrong with

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 properly minded

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 ambition.

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 The problem

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 is what

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 are we ambitious

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 about?

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 Jesus said

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 you ought

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 to be ambitious

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 about serving

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 others.

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 And the word

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 for serving

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 there comes

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 from the word

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 diakonos

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 in the Greek.

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 does that

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 ring an air

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 of familiarity

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 to you at all?

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 Because that's

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 where we

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 transliterate

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 the word

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 and make it

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 deacon.

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 Our deacons

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 serve

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 in a variety

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 of ways.

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 Before you

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 got here

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 this morning

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 there were

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 deacons

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 preparing

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 this plant.

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 all during

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 the week

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 in order

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 for things

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 to work

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 correctly

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 and to

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 move right

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 all during

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 the week

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 there are

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 deacons

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 serving.

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 After we

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 leave here

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 today and

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 this building

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 is almost

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 abandoned

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 there will

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 still be

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 guys working

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 to make

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 sure it

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 gets done.

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 They have

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 a lot of

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 responsibility

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 responsibility

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 and

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 all

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 major

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 decisions

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 of this

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 church

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 are

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 vetted

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 by the

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 deacons

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 before it

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 ever moves

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 to the

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 church.

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 Just a

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 side note

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 that's why

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 you ought to

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 agree with it

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 when it's

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 presented

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 because it's

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 been properly

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 vetted by

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 men who's

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 prayed over

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 it and

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 who's

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 considered

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 it and

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 sometimes

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 hashed it

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 over many

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 times.

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 They take

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 it seriously.

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 But

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 their great

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 service is

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 service and

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 there are

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 servant

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 leaders and

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 we ought to

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 follow their

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 lead and

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 we ought to

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 thank them

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 along the

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 way.

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 One of the

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 best ways

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 to look out

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 for ourselves

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 is by

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 looking around

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 for others.

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 But there's

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 one more

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 way to do

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 it.

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 we also

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 need to look

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 forward to

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 the next

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 generation.

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 I want you

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 to see what

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 he says in

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 verse 36

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 and 37.

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 It says

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 and he took

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 a child

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 and put him

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 in the midst

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 of them and

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 taking him in

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 his arms he

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 said to them

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 whoever receives

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 one such child

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 in my name

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 receives me

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 and whoever

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 receives me

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 receives not

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 me but him

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 who sent

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 me.

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 Remember

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 Jesus is

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 talking about

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 the place

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 of honor

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 where the

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 attention should

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 go and he

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 picks up a

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 child.

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 A child who

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 has no

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 social standing

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 at all in

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 that environment.

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 Now I don't

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 want you to

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 misunderstand me

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 their families

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 dearly love

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 them but the

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 world didn't

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 center around

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 that child.

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 It didn't.

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 Still shouldn't

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 quite honestly

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 but it

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 ought to

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 center around

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 Christ and

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 it ought to

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 center around

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 pointing those

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 children to

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 Christ not to

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 participation

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 trophies and

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 not to

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 fulfilling every

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 want that they

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 have and not

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 failing to say

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 no to them

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 along the way

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 but point them

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 to Christ.

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 That'll make

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 some hard

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 decisions at

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 times.

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 Jesus picked

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 up a

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 dependent

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 that could do

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 nothing to aid

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 them or benefit

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 the apostles and

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 said this is who

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 you need to

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 bend over

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 backwards for.

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 This is who

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 you need to

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 receive.

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 This is who

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 you need to

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 work to

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 make an

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 impact to

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 bring people

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 to Christ.

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 This is who

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 we welcome.

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 This is who

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 we value.

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 This is where

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 we place our

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 care.

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 we learn

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 their names.

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 We listen

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 to them.

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 We volunteer

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 to lead

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 them.

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 We share

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 the gospel

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 with them.

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 We provide

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 a safe

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 godly

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 enriching

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 environment

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 for them.

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 We take

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 care of

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 the vulnerable

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 and that

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 does not

00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:39.579
 only apply

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 biblically

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 to children.

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 James tells

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 us not to

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 neglect the

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 widows and

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 the orphans.

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 He also

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 tells us not

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 to let the

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 one with

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 shabby

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 clothes sit

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:52.540
 in the bad

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 seats.

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 But instead

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 to honor

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 them.

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 Jesus said

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 love your

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 neighbor as

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 yourself.

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 That's not

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 just the one

00:21:06.380 --> 00:21:06.740
 that lives

00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.480
 right beside

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:07.960
 you.

00:21:10.520 --> 00:21:11.380
 Sesame Street

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 taught me who

00:21:12.020 --> 00:21:12.380
 my neighbor

00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:12.759
 was.

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 who are the

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:17.839
 people in

00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:17.960
 your

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 neighborhood?

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.259
 In your

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.700
 neighborhood.

00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:23.920
 In your

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 neighborhood.

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.680
 Who are the

00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.579
 people in your

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.039
 neighborhood?

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:31.099
 They're the

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 people that you

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 meet when you're

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 walking down the

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 street.

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 They're the

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 people that you

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 meet each

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 day.

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 They're the

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 people that

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 will serve you

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 in a little

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 while when you

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 leave here.

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 If you go

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 eat.

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 They're the

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 people that

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 when you fly

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 through a gas

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 station or

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 dollar general

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 or grab

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 something real

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 cheap that

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 are standing

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 there serving

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 you.

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 They're the

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 people that

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 walk these

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 streets.

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 looking for a

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 place to lay

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 their heads.

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 They're the

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 people God

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 placed in

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 front of us

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 to serve.

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 When I was a

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 kid I heard

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 a phrase that's

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 always stuck out

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 to me.

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 It was the

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 title of an

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 autobiography of

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 Gail Sayers.

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 Gail Sayers was

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 the Kansas

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 Comet.

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 He was a

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 fast,

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.759
 elusive running

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 back that

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 played at the

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 University of

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 Kansas,

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 set records,

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 went on to be

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 in the College

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 Football Hall

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.379
 of Fame,

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 was drafted

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 in 1965 by

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 the Chicago

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 Bears and

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 only played

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 for the

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 Chicago Bears

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 and is in

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 the Pro

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 Football Hall

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:01.599
 of Fame.

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 At the time

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 he was the

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 youngest to

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 be inducted

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.500
 in the

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:06.559
 Pro Football

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.220
 Hall of Fame.

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 He writes

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 about a

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:13.099
 devastating knee

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.779
 injury that he

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 experienced and

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.599
 his recovery from

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 that knee

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 injury and how

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 he, an

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 African-American,

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 had a white

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 roommate named

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 Brian Piccolo

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 who helped him

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 with his recovery

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 from his knee

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 injury.

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 injury.

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 Then the

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.940
 tables turned

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 and Brian was

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 diagnosed with

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 cancer, a

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 very invasive

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 metastasized

00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:49.440
 cancer that

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 took his life

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 at the age of

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 26 years old.

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 and Sayers was

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 by his side

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 teaching us

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 valuable lessons

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 about relations

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 during tense

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 days and how

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 to support a

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 friend through a

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 life battle.

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 And the title of

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:16.519
 that book is

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 I Am Third.

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 That saying

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.519
 came from Sayers

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.679
 College track

00:24:23.679 --> 00:24:25.979
 coach that

00:24:25.979 --> 00:24:26.279
 said,

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 the Lord is

00:24:26.919 --> 00:24:27.459
 first,

00:24:28.659 --> 00:24:29.819
 my friends are

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 second,

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 and I am

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:32.759
 third.

00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:36.139
 Gail Sayers is

00:24:36.139 --> 00:24:36.419
 one of the

00:24:36.419 --> 00:24:36.919
 greatest football

00:24:36.919 --> 00:24:37.459
 players to ever

00:24:37.459 --> 00:24:38.659
 play, but today

00:24:38.659 --> 00:24:39.439
 he's as known for

00:24:39.439 --> 00:24:40.319
 that book and

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:41.239
 that motto and

00:24:41.239 --> 00:24:42.500
 that attitude as

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.359
 he was his game.

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:44.359
 I know that it

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:44.979
 always stuck out

00:24:44.979 --> 00:24:45.740
 to me and I

00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.259
 don't think I've

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.159
 ever seen Gail Sayers

00:24:47.159 --> 00:24:48.259
 play, except

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.039
 maybe on film.

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:57.039
 Gail, nor his

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:59.639
 coach, came up

00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.119
 with that.

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.419
 Jesus did.

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:10.179
 With a child in

00:25:10.179 --> 00:25:10.779
 his arms.

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:13.759
 Look out,

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.240
 folks.

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.740
 Mainly, let's

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.559
 watch out for

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.259
 ourselves.

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.659
 Because we may,

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.259
 in fact, be the

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:24.299
 greatest hindrance

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:26.719
 that we have from

00:25:26.719 --> 00:25:28.679
 being everything that

00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:29.759
 God wants us to

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.059
 be.

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.059
 With every head

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.539
 bowed and every

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.139
 eye closed, I

00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:35.719
 want to ask you

00:25:35.719 --> 00:25:38.419
 this morning, what

00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:39.099
 is it that you

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:40.059
 need to give over

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.679
 to God that

00:25:40.679 --> 00:25:41.699
 stands as a

00:25:41.699 --> 00:25:42.399
 hindrance in your

00:25:42.399 --> 00:25:42.719
 life?

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:46.579
 It could be that

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.099
 you're here this

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:47.959
 morning and you've

00:25:47.959 --> 00:25:51.419
 never had a

00:25:51.419 --> 00:25:52.079
 relationship with

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.559
 Christ.

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.519
 There's a

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:54.959
 relationship with

00:25:54.959 --> 00:25:55.579
 the church,

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.240
 there's an

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:58.559
 attendance at the

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.259
 church, but there's

00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:00.159
 never been a time in

00:26:00.159 --> 00:26:02.240
 your life when you've

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.219
 surrendered your life

00:26:03.219 --> 00:26:04.159
 to follow Christ.

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.319
 To say, Lord, I

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.279
 know I'm a sinner and

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.819
 I know I've done

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:10.679
 wrong and I want to

00:26:10.679 --> 00:26:11.740
 be right with you and

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.619
 so I ask you to come

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:13.419
 into my life and to

00:26:13.419 --> 00:26:14.219
 forgive me and to

00:26:14.219 --> 00:26:15.919
 change me from this

00:26:15.919 --> 00:26:16.319
 day forward.

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:17.039
 And from this day

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:18.179
 forward, I commit my

00:26:18.179 --> 00:26:19.259
 life to follow you.

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.639
 If that's never

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:23.979
 happened to you, I

00:26:23.979 --> 00:26:24.819
 want you to know

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:31.899
 today's the day to

00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:32.719
 give him your all.

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:35.160
 God's grace to

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.559
 God.

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.420
 Or maybe you're here

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.160
 and you've done that

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:38.400
 privately in your own

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.299
 heart, but you've never

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.960
 acknowledged that

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.500
 publicly.

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.940
 And Jesus, by his

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.740
 commission and by his

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.740
 example, show us that

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.440
 we're to follow that

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:46.039
 with baptism.

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:49.299
 Or maybe God's

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.120
 drawing in, and we're

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.920
 not baptizing this

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.620
 morning, but we will

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:52.860
 be soon, and so if

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:54.019
 God's leading you to do

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:55.860
 that, we will arrange

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.000
 that.

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.759
 You just come and say,

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.440
 Pastor, I've never

00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:58.299
 been baptized as a

00:26:58.299 --> 00:27:00.000
 believer, and I need to

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.359
 be baptized.

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.720
 Or maybe you're here

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.539
 this morning and God

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.740
 is leading you to

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.539
 Pickens First Baptist

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.119
 Church.

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.559
 I don't think that's a

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.579
 rough decision by any

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.980
 means, and I never, I'm

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.839
 not a high-pressure guy,

00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:15.500
 I don't believe in that

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.000
 kind of stuff.

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:18.500
 But I will say that if

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.579
 God's leading you and

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.980
 you get clarity in that,

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:22.079
 that it's disobedient not

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:23.039
 to follow him in that.

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:25.399
 So I encourage you to

00:27:25.399 --> 00:27:26.420
 follow the Lord's will as

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:28.700
 he leads, whatever he'd

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.259
 have you to do.

00:27:30.159 --> 00:27:31.000
 Or maybe you're here

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:32.859
 this morning and you

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:34.599
 realize from this passage

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:35.740
 of Scripture, you just

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.359
 think too much of

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:36.839
 yourself.

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.619
 You need to lay some

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.319
 things aside.

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.039
 You need to put some

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.700
 people forward.

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.920
 You need to serve.

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.619
 And I will tell you,

00:27:49.659 --> 00:27:50.379
 when we walk out these

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:51.339
 doors in a few minutes,

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:53.779
 moments, and the volume

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:55.359
 of the world hits us,

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:58.599
 we'll forget a lot of

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.779
 things that we've been

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:01.039
 concerned about in this

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.339
 hour.

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.899
 So the reason why I

00:28:05.899 --> 00:28:07.059
 drill down at the end of

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:09.619
 our hour together is for

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:11.359
 us to do commitment

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.579
 business with God before

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.539
 we ever leave this room.

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:17.319
 Whether that be in your

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:18.599
 own heart where you stand,

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:20.319
 or whether it be at an

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:21.319
 altar praying, or whether

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:22.339
 the pastor praying with

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:24.299
 you, however that is,

00:28:24.399 --> 00:28:25.500
 let's just make sure that

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.740
 we do what God's told us

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.159
 to do.

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.879
 That's the full circle of

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.139
 worship.

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.539
 That's what it's all

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:32.859
 about.

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:36.000
 Heavenly Father, I love

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:38.319
 you, and I thank you for

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.980
 the example that Christ has

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.859
 set for us.

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:43.119
 Help us to live by it.

00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:49.619
 Lord, that begins by coming

00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.899
 into a relationship with you

00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:53.579
 and then living wholeheartedly

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.179
 for you.

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:56.119
 So God, help us to lay the

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:58.059
 matters down before us that we

00:28:58.059 --> 00:29:01.599
 prioritize too much and put you

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.599
 in proper place.

00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:08.719
 in Jesus' precious name.

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.819
 Amen.

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.279
 Stand and