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 So if I didn't get a chance to say hello before the service, welcome.

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 My name's Thomas.

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 I'm the pastor here.

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 Delighted that you've joined us for worship, especially if you're new.

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 I was thinking back recently to the birth of my oldest son.

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 He, it was a while ago now, but having never gone through that experience before,

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 we didn't know what to expect.

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 And I remember going in and going through the whole process.

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 And he was born.

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 He came out.

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 They handed him to us.

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 And he was beautiful.

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 And we had this moment of sort of bliss and celebration.

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 But then we noticed that he wasn't crying.

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 And I remember thinking, that's odd.

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 Don't they cry?

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 And then as we looked right before our eyes, he began to change color.

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 And he went from being a bright pink to becoming increasingly blue.

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 And I remember somebody calling a code.

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 And I remember the room filling with people.

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 And I remember somebody taking him out of our hands.

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 And I remember us just sort of being off to the side.

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 And it turned out that he had aspirated a bunch of fluid.

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 And after a few days in intensive care, he was released to come home with us.

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 And we're deeply thankful for that.

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 We realize not every family has that outcome.

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 But in that moment, when I was standing in the hospital room next to my wife,

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 who had just delivered our first baby,

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 I remember up to that point in my life,

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 I had never felt so much fear and so much powerlessness.

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 And that struck me.

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 It stays with me to this day.

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 I had no idea what was wrong.

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 I had no ability to help.

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 I could not protect him.

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 I could not protect my wife.

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 I felt completely powerless and useless and afraid and weak.

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 And experiences like that,

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 which I know some of you have maybe encountered things like that in your life along the way,

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 they really expose what we believe.

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 What we believe about God.

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 It's easy to say that you trust God when things are calm and when life is going smoothly.

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 But when the bottom drops out and when it feels like everything's coming apart,

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 what do we really believe about God?

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 What do we mean when we say we trust God?

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 The disciples in Matthew 14, this account that we just heard,

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 find themselves in a similar situation.

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 They're terrified and they're powerless.

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 I want to look at this because I think it shows us several things

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 that are worth internalizing about what it means to trust God,

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 not in the calm seasons of life,

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 but when things start to come apart.

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 So if you'll join me, let's pray,

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 and then we will open God's word together.

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 Our Lord, Heavenly Father, we thank you for your word.

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 And we thank you that we're not here just to rely on human words or wisdom,

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 but we're actually here to receive your living word.

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 And that it alone has the power,

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 not just to illuminate our path,

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 but to feed us and to nourish us and to actually change us.

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 And so, Lord, we pray, just as we sang a little while ago,

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 we pray that our hearts would be open

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 and the soil of our hearts would be tilled and softened

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 and receptive to what you have to say.

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 And we pray this for your good, for our good,

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 but ultimately, Lord, for your glory.

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 And it's in your son's name that we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So the disciples, if you're familiar with this account at all,

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 in Matthew chapter 14, they've had a very long day

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 because the disciples have just witnessed this miracle,

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 this unexpected miracle.

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 A bunch of people followed Jesus out into the wilderness

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 and the disciples want to send them home.

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 And Jesus says, no, you give them something to eat.

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 We looked at this last week

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 and they end up feeding thousands of people.

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 It could have been as many as 15, 20,000 people,

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 counting women and children.

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 So they've just seen that.

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 And then Jesus says, I want you to get on the boat

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 and I want you to go ahead where we're going.

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 And I'm going to spend some time praying alone.

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 And so Jesus leaves them.

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 He sends them out alone in the boat.

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 And so they're out for some time, the scripture says.

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 They spend some time.

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 By evening, they're probably two or three miles at least

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 out into the middle of the water.

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 And then a storm hits.

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 And it says that the wind is howling.

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 And then Matthew, when he talks about the waves,

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 he says that the waves were tormenting their boat.

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 I don't know if you've ever been in a situation like this

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 where the waves are just slamming into the side of the boat

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 and it feels like they're punching the side of the boat.

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 Like any minute, the boat's going to get swamped.

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 And it says that they're battling the storm

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 from evening until the fourth watch.

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 And if you know anything about timekeeping in the ancient world,

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 that means they were on the boat battling the storm

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 for about nine hours.

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 So I've roughly done anything in my life for nine hours.

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 And they're battling a storm for nine hours.

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 And it's worth stopping here and asking, I think,

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 a pretty important question if we want to understand the text.

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 Did Jesus know that the storm was going to come

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 when he told his disciples, actually commanded his disciples

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 to get in the boat and go out in the water?

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 Of course he did.

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 Right?

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 He's Jesus.

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 He knew the storm was coming.

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 And so you'd think, well, wouldn't we,

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 if he knew the storm was coming,

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 wouldn't he either stop the storm or wouldn't he say,

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 hey, let's hold off and then we'll go in the morning

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 after the storm passes?

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 No, all he says is, I want you to get in the boat,

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 go to the other side, I'll meet you there.

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 I think there's this realization that when we answer that question

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 and we say, what does it mean?

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 Well, apparently Jesus sometimes sends us into the storm.

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 Apparently that's what he was doing.

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 He was sending them into that storm for a reason.

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 And I think that's hard to swallow because I think commonly,

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 especially among, you know, with all due respect,

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 American evangelicals, there can be this assumption,

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 and I remember hearing this and coming across this

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 around the time I came to faith near the end of my time in college,

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 that if you give your life to Jesus and if you trust Jesus

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 and if you follow Jesus faithfully, you know,

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 there's even lots of songs out there in the Christian worship world

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 that sort of seem to say, well, Jesus is then going to,

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 he's going to satisfy all my needs.

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 And if I trust him that life is going to be rich and full,

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 and there's this sense that when I start following Jesus,

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 life should get easier.

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 Suffering should be reduced, right?

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 The amount of time I spend feeling satisfied

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 and feeling energized and motivated should go up, right,

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 because I'm following Jesus.

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 And isn't that the blessing that I should expect,

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 following Jesus?

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 I would suggest that, according to this passage,

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 that is not what it means to follow Jesus.

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 What we see here is that the disciples are in the storm

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 precisely because they obeyed Jesus.

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 I want to qualify storm.

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 When we talk about a storm,

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 we're not talking about just any suffering in life.

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 We're not talking about just any.

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 What we're talking about is a situation where obedience,

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 where trust is hard.

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 It's a situation that you find yourself in

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 where following Jesus and obeying Jesus is costly.

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 They're obeying Jesus, and as a result,

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 they're in the middle of the storm.

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 That's what a storm is.

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 And when you're sitting on a beach on a sunny afternoon,

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 it's easy to say you trust God.

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 When the wind and the waves are tearing the boat apart,

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 it's a very different story.

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 And so what we see here is that storms

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 actually create opportunities.

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 They create opportunities for our faith to grow

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 and to deepen.

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 They create opportunities for the superficiality

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 to be stripped away.

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 They create opportunities for simple answers

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 to be abandoned.

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 There's a stage of growth for many Christians

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 after you come to faith where simple answers work.

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 But then you reach a point where you find yourself

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 in a storm and none of the simple answers work anymore.

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 And you have to abandon those.

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 And you often find on the other side of that

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 an understanding of God and how God works

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 that is far more nuanced.

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 That there aren't easy answers to every question.

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 And that there are some things at the heart of our faith

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 that are deep, unfathomable mysteries.

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 Storms create opportunities for our too small view of God

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 to be blasted apart and displaced

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 by a much bigger and truer understanding

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 of who God is.

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 So storms bring those kinds of opportunities

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 into our lives.

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 And, you know, if you read all the great saints

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 and mystics throughout church history,

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 they all understood this.

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 Teresa of Avila, writing in the 16th century,

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 talks about the qualities of people

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 who are most spiritually connected to God.

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 And that's something we all,

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 that's something I want.

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 And you think, well, what,

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 do they read their Bible every day?

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 Do they pray every day?

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 Yeah, I mean, probably there's things like that.

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 But here's what she says.

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 Here's, just as other people prize gold and jewels,

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 so these persons prize and desire trials.

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 For they know quite well

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 that trials will make them rich.

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 Rich.

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 That's worth sitting with for a while.

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 That's worth contemplating.

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 Is that something that I could affirm and agree with?

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 So sometimes Jesus sends us into the storm

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 because there are things that we can only learn

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 in the storm.

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 There are qualities in us

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 that can only be brought out

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 on the far side of adversity.

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 So he does it because he wants us

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 to become more like him.

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 But here's the comfort in this.

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 He sends us into the storm,

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 but he never sends us alone.

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 So the first point is,

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 sometimes Jesus does send us into the storm,

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 but he never sends us alone.

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 We see the disciples,

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 they spend hours battling this storm.

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 They're exhausted.

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 And then they look out over the dark water

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 and they see this figure walking toward them.

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 And I just love this

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 because it's such a human response

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 to the situation, you know.

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 Up to this point,

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 they've not been afraid.

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 You know, they spend a lot of their life

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 around or on the water.

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 They kind of know how to handle themselves

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 to some degree.

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 But then when they say Jesus

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 walking toward them on the storm,

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 then they're terrified, right?

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 And they're not terrified of the storm.

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 They're terrified of Jesus

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 because they think he's a ghost,

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 which was a very common superstitious belief

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 back in this day.

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 And then Jesus speaks.

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 And you can imagine him,

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 his voice coming to them

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 across the water in the darkness.

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 Do not be afraid.

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 It's me, right?

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 Don't be afraid.

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 Take heart.

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 And so what we see here,

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 the second point is this.

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 Yes, Jesus sends us into the storm,

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 but Jesus also meets us in the storm.

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 And that is often where we have

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 our most powerful encounters of Jesus.

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 This is an incredibly powerful encounter.

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 It's a life-changing encounter with Jesus.

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 The question for us is,

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 if Jesus is the kind of person,

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 the kind of God,

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 who is willing to meet us

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 in the midst of a raging storm,

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 can we recognize the presence of Jesus

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 in the midst of the storm?

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 Because as we see,

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 Jesus draws near to the disciples.

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 The storm has so overwhelmed

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 their perception

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 that they not only fail to recognize him,

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 but they mistake him for another threat.

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 And have you ever noticed

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 that this is what fear does to us?

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 Right?

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 When you lock in on the things

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 that you're worried about or afraid of,

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 when you're ruminating on the things

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 that cause you fear and anxiety,

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 that tends to narrow our world.

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 It tends to narrow our perception.

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 And it primes us to recognize

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 and to perceive other things

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 as being threats.

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 So it's like it creates this filter

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 where if I'm in the threat detection mode,

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 I'm going to tend to see lots of things

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 as threats,

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 even things that aren't threats.

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 Even somebody that might be trying

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 to rescue me,

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 I'm going to see that as a threat.

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 And that's exactly what we see

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 with the disciples.

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 So this is why a crisis

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 can make one person feel closer to God than ever.

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 And the same crisis can lead another person

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 to believe that God

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 has completely abandoned them.

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 Right?

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 It deepens one person's faith

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 and it leads another person

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 to deconstruct and abandon their faith.

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 Right?

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 Because you can become so consumed

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 by the diagnosis

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 or the conflict

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 or the financial pressure

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 or the future that you can't control

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 that you struggle to recognize Jesus

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 even if he's standing

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 right in front of your face.

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 And what we've,

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 some of us have experienced this,

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 the same person can experience

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 both in the same day.

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 Right?

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 You can go through something

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 in the morning

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 and you're like,

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 that was so faith-building

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 and that was so encouraging.

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 And then by that late afternoon

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 you have another experience

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 and you're like,

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 where is God?

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 Like, I pray,

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 I never feel God's presence.

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 And that can be over the course

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 of about eight hours.

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 Right?

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 So if you ever feel that way,

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 I want you to take comfort

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 from this passage.

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 Even though the disciples

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 fail to recognize Jesus,

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 that does not stop him

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 from coming to them.

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 He still comes.

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 His presence with them in the storm

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 is not contingent

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 on their ability to recognize him.

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 So if you ever feel this way,

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 take heart.

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 Even when we fail to see Jesus,

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 he is always with us.

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 It's our ability

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 to recognize Jesus

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 that will make the difference

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 in how we experience

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 that storm though.

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 And so it does matter.

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 And the problem is that

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 our perception

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 is simply fragile.

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 And it's because

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 our perception,

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 the way we make sense of things,

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 hinges on our attention,

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 what we pay attention to.

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 If you know anything

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 about the research

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 on attention,

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 that really attention

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 functions like a spotlight.

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 Your attention is like a filter,

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 like to go back

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 to the earlier image.

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 So the point is,

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 we don't see everything.

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 You only see

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 what is in the spotlight,

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 what you're paying attention to,

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 and you tend to not see

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 everything else.

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 So there was a really famous

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 Harvard study done

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 on attention

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 where they brought

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 a bunch of people in

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 and had them passing

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 basketballs back and forth

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 and had different color shirts.

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 And they tell participants

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 to count the number of passes

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 between these people

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 and these people.

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 And at the end,

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 they bring them together

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 and they say,

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 well, how many passes

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 were there?

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 And most people get it right.

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 And then they ask

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 the real question of the study,

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 did you see the gorilla?

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 Yeah, yeah.

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 It turns out,

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 right in the middle of the video,

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 a person in a gorilla suit,

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 full-size gorilla suit,

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 comes out and kind of

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 dances around on stage

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 and then leaves.

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 And the vast majority

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 of participants say,

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 what gorilla?

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 It was right in front

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 of your face.

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 Why didn't you see it?

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 I wasn't paying attention to it.

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 Imagine how your perception

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 of reality changes

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 depending on what

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 you're paying attention to.

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 What is in that spotlight

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 and what is outside

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 of that spotlight

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 in the dark.

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 And how does that change

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 the assumptions you make

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 about the world,

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 about threats in your life,

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 about what you can trust,

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 about the character

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 and nature and presence

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 of God in your life?

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 It can radically change

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 depending on what

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 you're paying attention to.

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 So whatever holds

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 our attention

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 determines our perception

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 of reality.

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 You know,

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 big tech companies know this.

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 That's why they spend

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 billions of dollars

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 trying to figure out

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 how to better capture

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 our attention.

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 And just to reflect

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 on that for a minute,

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 the average person

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 these days spends

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 about 49 hours a week

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 engaging with social media

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 in some form,

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 meaning engaging

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 with the content

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 that the algorithm delivers,

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 which means we're spending

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 49 hours a week

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 on average being formed

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 by that content.

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 In other words,

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 it's determining

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 what we pay attention to.

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 The algorithm's single purpose

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 of its existence

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 is to figure out

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 what you tend

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 to pay attention to

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 and to give you

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 more of that.

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 So what's in the spotlight

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 and what's outside

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 of the spotlight?

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 And if I'm spending

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 49 hours a week

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 consuming like

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 hyper-politicized rhetoric

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 or self-optimization

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 life hacks,

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 then what is my natural

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 assumption going to be

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 and what is my natural

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 ability going to be

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 when it comes to

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 seeing Jesus in my life?

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 And I'm not going to see him

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 even if he's right there.

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 So what we need to do

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 is to think about

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 what am I paying attention to

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 and how is that

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 shaping my ability

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 to sense and experience

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 the presence of God

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 in my life?

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 I can't be on my phone

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 all day

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 and then fire a signal

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 flare up to heaven

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 and be like,

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 well, where's Jesus?

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 I just can't.

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 That's unrealistic

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 understanding

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 of the limitations

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 of my own attention,

00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:09.400
 right?

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 How do we keep

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 our attention focused

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 on Jesus

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 so that we will be able

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 to recognize

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 his presence

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 in our lives?

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 Well, the church

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 has always relied

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 on things,

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 tools,

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 practices

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 like scripture,

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 like prayer,

00:17:27.340 --> 00:17:28.000
 like coming

00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:28.680
 and gathering

00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:29.360
 for worship

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 at least once

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 if not multiple times

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 a week.

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 All of that

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 is designed

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 to retrain

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 our attention

00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:36.200
 to experience

00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:38.100
 Christ's presence.

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 We're not invoking

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 the presence

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 of we're not,

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 that's a pagan

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 understanding.

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 He's here with us.

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 All that we do here

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 is intended

00:17:48.419 --> 00:17:49.179
 to attune

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 our attention

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 to his presence,

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 to help us

00:17:52.099 --> 00:17:52.980
 recognize him

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 coming toward us.

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 This is why

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 monastics

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 structure their life

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 around rhythms

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 of daily prayer

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 and inspired by that

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 as Anglicans

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 we have a wonderful

00:18:02.719 --> 00:18:03.519
 tool in the toolbox

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 for this.

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 It's called

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 the Book of Common Prayer,

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 right?

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 Developed in the

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 16th century

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 aimed at this,

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 helping us

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 recognize

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 and attune

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 ourselves

00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:13.220
 to the presence

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:13.740
 of Christ

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 in our life.

00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:15.899
 Right?

00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:16.700
 So you wake up

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 in the morning

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 and instead of

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 scrolling your email

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 you begin with prayer.

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 You focus on Jesus.

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 Then you go through

00:18:21.439 --> 00:18:21.859
 your morning

00:18:21.859 --> 00:18:22.819
 and you're answering email

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 and you're getting

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 stressed out

00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:24.519
 and following me

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 and then at midday

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 you come back

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 and you refocus

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 on Jesus.

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 And then you go

00:18:29.419 --> 00:18:30.039
 through your afternoon

00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:30.859
 and you're in traffic

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 and you're thinking

00:18:31.379 --> 00:18:31.939
 about all the things

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 you didn't get done

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 and then in the evening

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 you refocus

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 on Jesus.

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 And then right

00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:38.519
 before you go to bed

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 instead of doom scrolling

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 and stressing about

00:18:40.380 --> 00:18:41.140
 the state of the world

00:18:41.140 --> 00:18:42.920
 you refocus

00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.819
 on Jesus.

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 And again

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 and again

00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:44.799
 and again

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 our attention

00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:46.299
 is pulled away

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 and then it comes back

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 and then it's pulled away

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 and then it comes back

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 and that's the purpose

00:18:50.140 --> 00:18:50.960
 of prayer, right?

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 Because we're humans

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 we can't just constantly

00:18:52.900 --> 00:18:53.740
 attune, right?

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 If we could

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 we wouldn't need grace.

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 But our attention

00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.460
 has to be brought back

00:18:59.460 --> 00:18:59.859
 again

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 and again

00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:01.160
 and again

00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:02.039
 Christ is here

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.759
 he's with you

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.279
 listen.

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 That's the purpose.

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 So you don't have to use

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.539
 the book of common prayer

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 there are a lot of great apps

00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:09.180
 and tools out there

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.240
 but what is your plan?

00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:12.440
 If you don't have a plan

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.680
 it's a great place to start.

00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:15.740
 Imagine if

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.539
 instead of spending

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:17.480
 49 hours a week

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:17.940
 being formed

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 by the algorithm

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 we allowed the voices

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 and the wisdom

00:19:20.859 --> 00:19:21.400
 of the saints

00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:22.460
 who came before us

00:19:22.460 --> 00:19:24.500
 to have a say

00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:26.279
 in what is forming

00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:26.740
 and shaping

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 and directing our attention.

00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.500
 How would that change

00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.140
 our experience

00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:29.859
 of a normal Tuesday?

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 So this is the second point

00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:34.159
 so Jesus

00:19:34.159 --> 00:19:35.599
 sends us sometimes

00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:36.479
 into the storm

00:19:36.479 --> 00:19:37.399
 but the good news is

00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:38.559
 he meets us

00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:39.439
 in the storm.

00:19:40.399 --> 00:19:41.399
 But there's a third

00:19:41.399 --> 00:19:42.259
 and final thing

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:43.379
 we need to see here

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 that I think is arguably

00:19:44.619 --> 00:19:45.779
 the most important point

00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:46.639
 of the whole text.

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:50.019
 Peter recognizes Jesus

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.899
 I also love this

00:19:50.899 --> 00:19:51.719
 because it's so how

00:19:51.719 --> 00:19:53.059
 I experience faith.

00:19:53.439 --> 00:19:54.539
 He recognizes Jesus

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:55.819
 and he gets this burst of faith.

00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.199
 Right?

00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:58.119
 And he says

00:19:58.119 --> 00:19:59.439
 if it's you

00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:00.019
 you know

00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:00.440
 this is kind of

00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:01.120
 a bold request

00:20:01.120 --> 00:20:03.000
 tell me to come to you

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.340
 and I will.

00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:03.559
 He's like

00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:04.059
 I want to do

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:04.480
 what you're doing.

00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:05.279
 Show me how to do that.

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:06.059
 I want to walk on water.

00:20:07.279 --> 00:20:08.120
 And Jesus says

00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:09.059
 come on.

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:11.039
 And imagine

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:12.120
 what that must have been like.

00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.299
 Right?

00:20:12.340 --> 00:20:12.920
 You're out in the middle

00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.259
 of the ocean.

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:13.900
 Have you ever heard

00:20:13.900 --> 00:20:14.240
 the phrase

00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:15.059
 thalassophobia?

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 It's it's

00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:17.680
 I learned it

00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.320
 because I have it.

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 It is

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 it's it's the fear

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:23.039
 of extremely

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:24.259
 deep dark water.

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 So like for me

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 one of my worst fears

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.279
 would be to be

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.920
 like the ship

00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:29.039
 goes down at sea

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:29.799
 and I'm just out

00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:30.579
 treading water

00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:32.000
 like Titanic style.

00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:32.519
 You know

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.019
 I'm like

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:34.139
 I'm just kind of

00:20:34.139 --> 00:20:35.279
 floating on wreckage

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 and there's just

00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:36.920
 nothing but like

00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:38.039
 miles of ocean

00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:38.659
 below me.

00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:39.599
 That just makes

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.299
 my knees weak.

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.740
 So imagine

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.619
 now it's not quite

00:20:42.619 --> 00:20:43.200
 that deep

00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:44.339
 in this sea

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:45.319
 but imagine

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:46.720
 it's still pretty deep

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 and it's at night

00:20:48.639 --> 00:20:49.659
 and the storm

00:20:49.659 --> 00:20:50.200
 is raging

00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:51.119
 and imagine

00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:51.639
 getting out

00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.139
 of that boat.

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 I mean

00:20:53.379 --> 00:20:53.700
 that took

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.879
 some serious boldness.

00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:56.960
 Peter gets

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.420
 out of the boat

00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:58.100
 one leg

00:20:58.100 --> 00:20:59.080
 then the other leg

00:20:59.080 --> 00:21:00.860
 he starts

00:21:00.860 --> 00:21:01.380
 to come

00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:02.440
 toward Jesus

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.860
 and there's

00:21:02.860 --> 00:21:03.220
 this kind of

00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:04.000
 pregnant moment

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.680
 where everybody's

00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:04.820
 just

00:21:04.820 --> 00:21:05.960
 he's actually

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.500
 doing it

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:06.760
 right?

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.260
 But then look

00:21:08.260 --> 00:21:08.740
 what happens

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.000
 it says

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.500
 then Peter

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.260
 got out of the boat

00:21:10.260 --> 00:21:11.240
 walked on the water

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:12.320
 and came toward Jesus

00:21:12.320 --> 00:21:13.300
 but when he saw

00:21:13.300 --> 00:21:13.880
 the winds

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.100
 right

00:21:14.100 --> 00:21:14.720
 his attention

00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.480
 shifts

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:15.700
 right

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.320
 he's focusing

00:21:16.320 --> 00:21:16.800
 on Jesus

00:21:16.800 --> 00:21:17.360
 and then his

00:21:17.360 --> 00:21:18.100
 attention shifts

00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:18.360
 away

00:21:18.360 --> 00:21:18.860
 and he starts

00:21:18.860 --> 00:21:19.260
 to focus

00:21:19.260 --> 00:21:19.640
 on the wind

00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:20.360
 and the world

00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:20.880
 narrows

00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:21.060
 right

00:21:21.060 --> 00:21:21.760
 and the spotlight

00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:23.240
 Jesus is in the shadows

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:24.160
 and he's spotlighting

00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:25.379
 the wind

00:21:25.379 --> 00:21:27.759
 and he begins

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.240
 to sink

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:30.200
 and all he can do

00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:30.819
 is cry out

00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.420
 Lord save me

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:31.960
 he's going down

00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:32.259
 into the water

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.900
 save me

00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:33.440
 right

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:34.500
 and then

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.900
 so we see

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.200
 right

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:36.980
 he has this burst

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.379
 of faith

00:21:37.379 --> 00:21:37.839
 but then his

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.539
 faith falters

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.960
 for a moment

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:40.319
 he's standing

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:40.740
 on the water

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.119
 but then his

00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:41.879
 attention shifts

00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:43.339
 his faith melts

00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:44.359
 he starts to sink

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:46.859
 I think this is

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.539
 extremely crucial

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:47.960
 because

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:50.299
 if Peter

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:50.779
 had simply

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.559
 gotten out of the boat

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.460
 and had enough faith

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.460
 and walked to Jesus

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:55.779
 then really

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.299
 the hero

00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:57.159
 of this story

00:21:57.159 --> 00:21:57.659
 would not

00:21:57.659 --> 00:21:58.480
 be Jesus

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.279
 it would be Peter

00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.460
 right

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.099
 and the point

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:01.799
 of this message

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.720
 which could be

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.679
 preached in any

00:22:03.679 --> 00:22:05.139
 religious institution

00:22:05.139 --> 00:22:05.619
 anywhere

00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:06.940
 would be

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.899
 be more like Peter

00:22:07.899 --> 00:22:09.119
 this is a great

00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:09.639
 example for you

00:22:09.639 --> 00:22:09.859
 to follow

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.539
 be more like him

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:10.839
 you should

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:12.700
 have more faith

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:14.200
 and then you'll be able

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:15.119
 to do amazing things

00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:17.559
 but that's not

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.139
 what happens

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:20.259
 this is not

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.700
 a story

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.319
 with a moral

00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:21.819
 that says

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:23.279
 be more

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.779
 like Peter

00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:25.500
 in this story

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.339
 Peter fails

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:28.039
 his doubt

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:29.139
 actually overwhelms

00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:29.480
 his faith

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:29.839
 he has this

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.519
 burst of faith

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.119
 but then it

00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:31.720
 melts away

00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.839
 and doubt

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:33.559
 overwhelms him

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.139
 and he starts

00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:34.579
 to sink

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:36.019
 and he can't

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.500
 save himself

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.079
 and all he can do

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.639
 is cry out

00:22:37.639 --> 00:22:38.759
 Lord save me

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.240
 and then I think

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:40.139
 this is the most

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.759
 beautiful word

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.599
 in the story

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:43.700
 immediately

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:46.299
 immediately

00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:48.000
 Jesus reaches out

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.379
 his hand

00:22:48.380 --> 00:22:49.540
 takes hold

00:22:49.540 --> 00:22:49.880
 of him

00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:50.780
 and lifts

00:22:50.780 --> 00:22:51.000
 him out

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.460
 of the depths

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:52.040
 right

00:22:52.040 --> 00:22:53.740
 and that's

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.060
 when they

00:22:54.060 --> 00:22:55.020
 really come

00:22:55.020 --> 00:22:55.480
 to see

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.160
 who Jesus

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:56.740
 is

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:58.060
 right

00:22:58.060 --> 00:22:58.900
 each of

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.640
 these encounters

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.480
 brings them

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:01.240
 closer and

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.840
 closer and

00:23:01.840 --> 00:23:02.200
 closer

00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:02.860
 and this

00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:03.320
 happens

00:23:03.320 --> 00:23:03.620
 and they

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:03.880
 say

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.560
 surely

00:23:04.560 --> 00:23:05.040
 you must

00:23:05.040 --> 00:23:05.300
 be

00:23:05.300 --> 00:23:05.900
 the son

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.200
 of God

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.500
 and they

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.040
 break into

00:23:07.040 --> 00:23:07.780
 spontaneous

00:23:07.780 --> 00:23:08.400
 worship

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:10.020
 right then

00:23:10.020 --> 00:23:10.400
 and there

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.740
 and so

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.340
 this third

00:23:12.340 --> 00:23:12.880
 point is

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.340
 crucial

00:23:13.340 --> 00:23:13.900
 yes he

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.400
 sends us

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:14.740
 into the

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:14.960
 storm

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.360
 sometimes

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:16.360
 he meets

00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:16.559
 us

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:16.840
 in the

00:23:16.840 --> 00:23:17.100
 storm

00:23:17.100 --> 00:23:17.720
 but ultimately

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.380
 Jesus is

00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:18.620
 the one

00:23:18.620 --> 00:23:19.180
 who carries

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:19.519
 us

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.240
 through

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:21.299
 the storm

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:22.720
 the decisive

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.539
 moment in this

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.299
 story is not

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:24.880
 when Peter

00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:25.420
 takes hold

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:25.920
 of Jesus

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.620
 it is when

00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:27.259
 Jesus takes

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.860
 hold of

00:23:27.860 --> 00:23:28.220
 Peter

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:29.720
 and this

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.140
 is really

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.680
 the heart

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.120
 of the

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.700
 Christian

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.240
 faith

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.759
 and this

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.100
 is something

00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:34.440
 that we

00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:34.779
 will say

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.160
 again and

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.460
 again and

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:35.940
 again until

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.380
 it sinks

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:36.720
 in

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.759
 it is not

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.620
 about the

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.340
 quality of

00:23:39.340 --> 00:23:39.900
 our faith

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:42.259
 it is not

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.620
 about the

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:43.340
 quantity of

00:23:43.340 --> 00:23:43.940
 our faith

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:45.519
 it is about

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.140
 the object

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.559
 of our

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:46.980
 faith

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:48.539
 the object

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.279
 of our

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.940
 faith is

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:51.059
 all that

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.640
 matters

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.620
 so you might

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.440
 have a weak

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.380
 and trembling

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:55.660
 faith that

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.480
 feels like it

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.140
 is barely

00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:57.980
 stitched

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.640
 together

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.700
 but if you

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.460
 place that

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.200
 weak and

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.640
 stitched

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.000
 together

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:02.600
 faith in

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:03.039
 the hands

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.700
 of a strong

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.200
 savior

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:06.640
 that's enough

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.840
 that's all

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:08.480
 you need

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:10.059
 because it's

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.680
 the savior

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.220
 not the

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.779
 strength of

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.559
 our believing

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.539
 who saves

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:13.920
 us

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:16.759
 and this

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.220
 is a good

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.740
 reminder

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.779
 that this

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.299
 is not

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.779
 just a

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.200
 story

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.940
 about

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.700
 surviving

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.320
 difficult

00:24:22.320 --> 00:24:23.080
 circumstances

00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:23.620
 in our

00:24:23.620 --> 00:24:23.820
 lives

00:24:23.820 --> 00:24:24.160
 it is

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.500
 about

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:24.920
 that

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:26.039
 and all

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.340
 of this

00:24:26.340 --> 00:24:26.720
 applies

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.220
 to that

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:28.880
 but this

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.380
 actually

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:30.100
 is pointing

00:24:30.100 --> 00:24:30.559
 to something

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.059
 beyond

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.559
 itself

00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:32.120
 this is a

00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:32.600
 story that

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.200
 points us

00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:33.779
 to the

00:24:33.779 --> 00:24:34.180
 heart of

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.539
 the Christian

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:34.940
 faith

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.680
 which is

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.000
 the good

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.279
 news

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.840
 of the

00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:37.259
 gospel

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.360
 because the

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:39.180
 larger story

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.600
 of scripture

00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:40.259
 tells us

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.799
 that we

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.340
 are all

00:24:41.340 --> 00:24:42.000
 caught in

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.420
 the midst

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.120
 of a

00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:44.000
 storm

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.620
 a kind

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:44.820
 of

00:24:44.820 --> 00:24:45.660
 spiritual

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.400
 storm

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:47.019
 it says

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.300
 that we're

00:24:47.300 --> 00:24:47.980
 all sinking

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.320
 beneath

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:49.140
 powers we

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.440
 cannot

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:49.980
 defeat

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.300
 right

00:24:51.300 --> 00:24:51.740
 what the

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.160
 bible calls

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.860
 sin and

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.140
 death

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.440
 that we're

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:54.320
 all caught

00:24:54.320 --> 00:24:54.880
 in that

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:56.340
 and we can't

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:56.720
 rescue

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.360
 ourselves

00:24:57.360 --> 00:24:58.440
 and if it's

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:59.240
 left up to us

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.800
 to do that

00:24:59.800 --> 00:25:00.759
 our faith is

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.420
 going to falter

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:01.620
 right

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.300
 our commitments

00:25:02.300 --> 00:25:03.300
 are going to

00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:04.220
 be abandoned

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.680
 we're going to

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.380
 be pulled

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.860
 under

00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:07.700
 and what this

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.200
 tells us

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.820
 is that Jesus

00:25:08.820 --> 00:25:09.340
 is not the

00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:09.740
 kind of

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.740
 being who

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.539
 stands away

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.059
 at a safe

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.519
 distance

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.200
 shouting

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.799
 instructions

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.339
 to us

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:14.539
 you know

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.240
 do more

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:15.839
 of this

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:17.120
 stop doing

00:25:17.120 --> 00:25:17.559
 that

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:17.819
 right

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.240
 that's not

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.519
 who we're

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.200
 dealing with

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.839
 we're dealing

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.259
 with a kind

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.640
 of person

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:21.359
 who enters

00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:22.059
 the storm

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:23.900
 who descends

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.940
 into our

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.980
 suffering

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.720
 and death

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.539
 this is really

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:28.240
 what you see

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.220
 on the cross

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.779
 you see

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.579
 Jesus

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.759
 allowing the

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.420
 waters to

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:33.180
 close over

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.740
 his head

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:36.259
 and then

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.900
 through his

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.559
 resurrection

00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:38.240
 resurrection

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.179
 the reason

00:25:39.179 --> 00:25:39.779
 the Christians

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.519
 celebrated

00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:40.879
 when they

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.399
 realized what

00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:41.839
 had happened

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.379
 that first

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:42.799
 Easter

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.419
 is because

00:25:43.419 --> 00:25:43.919
 they realized

00:25:43.919 --> 00:25:44.279
 what it

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.519
 meant

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.200
 he has

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.859
 broken

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.579
 the power

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.220
 of death

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:49.220
 he has

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:50.000
 overcome

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.759
 he has

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.599
 stilled

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.240
 the storm

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:54.279
 and so

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.859
 now

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.179
 in

00:25:55.179 --> 00:25:56.539
 because of

00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:56.779
 that

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.279
 everyone

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.980
 who cries

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.019
 Lord save

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.339
 me

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:00.200
 is met

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.700
 by his

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.240
 saving

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.720
 hand

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.700
 immediately

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.559
 right

00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.019
 when you cry

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.379
 if you've

00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:04.720
 never done

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.079
 that before

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.379
 and you

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:05.579
 were to

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.000
 pray that

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.480
 right now

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.899
 just in

00:26:06.899 --> 00:26:07.299
 your mind

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.279
 Lord save

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.460
 me

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.480
 I'm ready

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.299
 immediately

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:12.579
 Jesus takes

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:12.879
 hold

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:14.279
 he's not

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.960
 waiting for

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.259
 you know

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.059
 well a little

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.359
 more

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:16.859
 show me

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.139
 you really

00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:17.579
 mean it

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:19.079
 as soon

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.359
 as you

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:19.899
 cry out

00:26:19.899 --> 00:26:21.579
 he takes

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:21.919
 hold

00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:23.779
 and if

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.500
 we believe

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.159
 these things

00:26:25.159 --> 00:26:26.039
 they will

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.960
 transform

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.960
 how we

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.659
 experience

00:26:28.659 --> 00:26:29.659
 storms

00:26:29.659 --> 00:26:30.579
 I want to

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.039
 come back

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.339
 to that

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:31.720
 quote

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:33.519
 from

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:33.919
 Teresa

00:26:33.919 --> 00:26:34.059
 of

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.299
 Avila

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:35.460
 can you

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:35.980
 imagine

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.779
 being like

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.500
 those people

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:37.879
 that she

00:26:37.879 --> 00:26:38.420
 talks about

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:38.819
 the people

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.500
 who prize

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.099
 and desire

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.740
 trials

00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.299
 the way

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:41.920
 other people

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.839
 prize gold

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.460
 and jewels

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.519
 I mean that

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.059
 may sound

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.660
 fanciful

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.039
 that may

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.299
 sound

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.940
 idealistic

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:48.319
 I think

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.899
 it's possible

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:51.000
 the next

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.500
 time you

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.359
 find yourself

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.460
 in a storm

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.200
 that's an

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:54.799
 opportunity

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:56.420
 to take

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:56.879
 some of what

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.339
 we're talking

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:57.720
 about

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.480
 and to try

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:59.099
 to put it

00:26:59.099 --> 00:27:00.160
 into practice

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:01.119
 to recognize

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:01.680
 and to say

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.000
 okay

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.859
 if I'm

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.140
 in this

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.480
 storm

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.839
 I have

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.059
 to at

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.200
 least

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.900
 ask

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:07.079
 is it

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.559
 possible

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.039
 that Jesus

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.799
 has allowed

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.359
 this to

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:09.640
 happen

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.240
 has allowed

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.539
 me to

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:10.779
 come to

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.339
 this place

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.380
 because

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:12.980
 there are

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.400
 things that

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.740
 he's wanting

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.319
 to do

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:15.539
 in me

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:15.880
 sometimes

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.480
 my wife

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.700
 and I

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.000
 will use

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.359
 the phrase

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:17.859
 I feel

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.039
 like

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.700
 Jesus

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.180
 is taking

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.359
 me

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:19.740
 to school

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.640
 it's like

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:20.900
 he just

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:21.119
 kind of

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:21.599
 shows up

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:21.900
 and says

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.240
 it's time

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.460
 to go

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:22.839
 to school

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:24.059
 class

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.380
 is in

00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:24.680
 session

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.579
 and I'm

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:25.700
 like

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:25.960
 it's the

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.059
 middle

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.259
 of the

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.500
 summer

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.539
 and he's

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:27.759
 like

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.759
 not on

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:28.920
 my

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.259
 calendar

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.680
 and he's

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:30.799
 like

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.019
 let's

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.319
 get to

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.539
 it

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:31.940
 you know

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.359
 there's

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:32.640
 work

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.000
 he wants

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.279
 to do

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.539
 in my

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:33.819
 heart

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.140
 there's

00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:34.339
 work

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.640
 he wants

00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:34.900
 to do

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.119
 in my

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.559
 life

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:37.099
 sends

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.240
 me

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.359
 into

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:37.519
 a

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:37.819
 storm

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.240
 right

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.980
 and so

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.119
 you

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:39.460
 ask

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.319
 is it

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.720
 possible

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.000
 that I'm

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.180
 in a

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.379
 storm

00:27:41.379 --> 00:27:41.740
 right now

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.099
 because

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:43.039
 Jesus

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.700
 has

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.039
 called

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.160
 me

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.420
 to be

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:44.720
 here

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:46.140
 and

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:46.319
 then

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.500
 you

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:46.700
 draw

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.039
 comfort

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.240
 from

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.379
 the

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:47.619
 fact

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:47.799
 that

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.119
 that

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.980
 can

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.180
 only

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.319
 mean

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.519
 one

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:49.879
 thing

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.640
 that

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:50.920
 Jesus

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.259
 wants

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.440
 to

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:51.759
 meet

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:51.980
 me

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.259
 here

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.440
 in

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:52.539
 a

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:52.660
 new

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:52.960
 way

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:54.900
 he

00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:55.140
 wants

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.320
 me

00:27:55.320 --> 00:27:55.500
 to

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:55.920
 encounter

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.200
 him

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.500
 here

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:56.820
 in

00:27:56.820 --> 00:27:57.720
 maybe

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:57.960
 a

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.160
 way

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.340
 that

00:27:58.340 --> 00:27:58.480
 is

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:58.800
 deeper

00:27:58.800 --> 00:28:00.080
 maybe

00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:00.240
 a

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.360
 way

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:00.519
 that

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:00.700
 like

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:00.820
 I

00:28:00.820 --> 00:28:01.019
 said

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.420
 before

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.980
 requires

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.160
 me

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.280
 to

00:28:02.280 --> 00:28:02.400
 let

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:02.620
 go

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:02.780
 of

00:28:02.780 --> 00:28:02.960
 some

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.120
 of

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:03.259
 the

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.700
 simplistic

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.180
 aspects

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.440
 of

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.600
 my

00:28:04.600 --> 00:28:05.000
 faith

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:06.080
 maybe

00:28:06.080 --> 00:28:06.220
 it

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.480
 draws

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.660
 my

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:06.980
 attention

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.180
 to

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.300
 an

00:28:07.300 --> 00:28:07.460
 area

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:07.580
 of

00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:07.700
 my

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:07.960
 life

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.100
 where

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.280
 I've

00:28:08.280 --> 00:28:08.400
 been

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.840
 actively

00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.400
 resisting

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:09.740
 him

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:11.660
 but

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:11.800
 he's

00:28:11.800 --> 00:28:12.019
 wanting

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.300
 to do

00:28:12.300 --> 00:28:12.540
 something

00:28:12.540 --> 00:28:12.720
 he's

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:12.920
 wanting

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.040
 me

00:28:13.040 --> 00:28:13.160
 to

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.560
 encounter

00:28:13.560 --> 00:28:13.940
 him

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.280
 in

00:28:14.280 --> 00:28:14.840
 a

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:15.019
 new

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.240
 way

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.400
 and

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:15.860
 ultimately

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:16.120
 I

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:16.460
 realize

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.600
 me

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:17.899
 getting

00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.159
 through

00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:18.539
 this

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:18.939
 thing

00:28:18.939 --> 00:28:19.179
 is

00:28:19.179 --> 00:28:19.399
 not

00:28:19.399 --> 00:28:19.519
 going

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:19.639
 to

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:19.919
 hinge

00:28:19.919 --> 00:28:20.119
 on

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.399
 me

00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:20.919
 having

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.139
 what

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:21.279
 it

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.699
 takes

00:28:21.699 --> 00:28:23.079
 right

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.179
 I

00:28:23.179 --> 00:28:23.319
 think

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.439
 for

00:28:23.439 --> 00:28:23.679
 a lot

00:28:23.679 --> 00:28:23.779
 of

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.019
 us

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.579
 men

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.339
 maybe

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:25.959
 women

00:28:25.959 --> 00:28:26.139
 as

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.379
 well

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.500
 I

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:26.859
 think

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:27.039
 we

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.259
 have

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.419
 these

00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:27.679
 deep

00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.039
 fears

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.199
 that

00:28:28.199 --> 00:28:28.359
 can

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:28.679
 surface

00:28:28.679 --> 00:28:29.119
 do

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.240
 I

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.399
 have

00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:29.500
 what

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.599
 it

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:29.939
 takes

00:28:29.939 --> 00:28:30.919
 or

00:28:30.919 --> 00:28:31.159
 am

00:28:31.159 --> 00:28:31.319
 I

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.899
 worth

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:32.240
 loving

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.359
 am

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:32.459
 I

00:28:32.459 --> 00:28:33.139
 worth

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:34.059
 does

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.259
 anybody

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.639
 care

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:34.779
 about

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:34.919
 the

00:28:34.919 --> 00:28:35.059
 fact

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.179
 that

00:28:35.179 --> 00:28:35.259
 I'm

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.459
 in

00:28:35.459 --> 00:28:35.779
 this

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.039
 you

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.199
 know

00:28:36.199 --> 00:28:37.659
 and

00:28:37.659 --> 00:28:37.980
 ultimately

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:37.980


00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.159
 it's

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.319
 not

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:38.500
 about

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.639
 us

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:38.819
 getting

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:38.980
 it

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.199
 right

00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:47.740
 he

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:47.899
 will

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.240
 still

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.579
 every

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:48.959
 storm

00:28:48.959 --> 00:28:49.119
 in

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.259
 our

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.639
 life

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:51.319
 sometimes

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.740
 he

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.019
 saves

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.139
 us

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.299
 by

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.579
 calming

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:52.779
 the

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.000
 storm

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.539
 sometimes

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:53.899
 he

00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:54.179
 saves

00:28:54.179 --> 00:28:54.339
 us

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.659
 simply

00:28:54.659 --> 00:28:55.039
 by

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:56.000
 sustaining

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.259
 us

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.480
 through

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:56.819
 it

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:58.939
 you

00:28:58.939 --> 00:28:59.059
 know

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.679
 Johnny

00:28:59.679 --> 00:28:59.899
 Eric

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.379
 Santata

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:00.779
 who

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.139
 the

00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:02.159
 woman

00:29:02.159 --> 00:29:02.299
 who

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.439
 was

00:29:02.439 --> 00:29:02.719
 paralyzed

00:29:02.719 --> 00:29:03.000
 from

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.099
 the

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.240
 neck

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.519
 down

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:03.740
 I

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.039
 just

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.219
 I've

00:29:04.219 --> 00:29:04.379
 drawn

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:04.659
 so

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:04.839
 much

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.319
 inspiration

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.599
 from

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:05.839
 her

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.500
 over

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:06.659
 the

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:06.919
 years

00:29:06.919 --> 00:29:07.059
 and

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.219
 one

00:29:07.219 --> 00:29:07.319
 of

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:07.459
 her

00:29:07.459 --> 00:29:07.839
 phrases

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.079
 that

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.279
 always

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.559
 stays

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:08.679
 in

00:29:08.679 --> 00:29:08.819
 my

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.059
 mind

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.219
 is

00:29:09.219 --> 00:29:09.539
 sometimes

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:09.899
 God

00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:10.299
 allows

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:10.519
 what

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:10.679
 he

00:29:10.679 --> 00:29:11.059
 hates

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.579
 in

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:11.740
 order

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:11.940
 to

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.319
 accomplish

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.579
 what

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:12.720
 he

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.039
 loves

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:14.579
 there

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:14.700
 are

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:14.940
 things

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.059
 that

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.240
 God

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.359
 is

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:15.519
 wanting

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:15.680
 to

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.240
 accomplish

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.480
 so

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.880
 sometimes

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.299
 he

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.640
 saves

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:17.799
 us

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.039
 simply

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.240
 by

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.660
 sustaining

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:18.859
 us

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.039
 through

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.220
 that

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.480
 hard

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:19.859
 thing

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.279
 but

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.759
 ultimately

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.000
 what

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.259
 scripture

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.640
 says

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:21.880
 is

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.440
 through

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:22.640
 the

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.120
 resurrection

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:23.799
 Jesus

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.299
 is

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.559
 going

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:24.740
 to

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:24.940
 save

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.099
 us

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.259
 from

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.640
 every

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.039
 storm

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.920
 the

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.180
 wind

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.440
 will

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.700
 one

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:27.859
 day

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.259
 cease

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.460
 the

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.940
 waves

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.180
 will

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.440
 one

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:29.599
 day

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.099
 stop

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:30.799
 tormenting

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:30.960
 the

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.240
 boat

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.779
 he'll

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.019
 wipe

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.220
 away

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.559
 every

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:33.900
 tear

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:33.900


00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.079


00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.339
 all

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:34.740
 things

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:34.920
 will

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.039
 be

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.319
 made

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.640
 new

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:36.920
 and

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.200
 on

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.460
 that

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:37.700
 day

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.140
 Christ

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.360
 will

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:38.680
 bring

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:38.920
 his

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:39.300
 people

00:29:39.300 --> 00:29:39.840
 safely

00:29:39.840 --> 00:29:40.160
 home

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.540
 let's

00:29:41.540 --> 00:29:41.800
 pray

00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:45.100
 Lord

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.420
 may

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:45.900
 may

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.460
 these

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.080
 words

00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:48.220
 sink

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.660
 in

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:48.980
 what

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.140
 is

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:49.420
 of

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:49.720
 you

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.300
 Lord

00:29:50.300 --> 00:29:50.560
 may

00:29:50.560 --> 00:29:50.759
 it

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.200
 may

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:51.460
 it

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.940
 sink

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:52.940


00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.420
 deeply

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:54.560
 especially

00:29:54.560 --> 00:29:55.180
 for those

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.440
 of us

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:55.720
 who might

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:55.940
 be in

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.220
 a storm

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.420
 right

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:56.720
 now

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.900
 Lord

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.100
 we

00:29:58.100 --> 00:29:58.460
 pray

00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.040
 for

00:29:59.040 --> 00:30:00.960
 not

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.259
 just

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.580
 human

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.000
 wisdom

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:03.460
 or

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:03.780
 pat

00:30:03.780 --> 00:30:04.259
 answers

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.500
 Lord

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:04.860
 we pray

00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:05.040
 for

00:30:05.040 --> 00:30:05.620
 encounters

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:05.739
 encounter

00:30:05.739 --> 00:30:07.079
 this

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.439
 story

00:30:07.439 --> 00:30:07.579
 is

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:07.799
 about

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.439
 encounter

00:30:08.439 --> 00:30:09.379
 and

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:09.559
 so

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:09.719
 for

00:30:09.719 --> 00:30:09.959
 those

00:30:09.959 --> 00:30:10.059
 of

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.179
 us

00:30:10.179 --> 00:30:10.299
 who

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:10.459
 may

00:30:10.459 --> 00:30:10.579
 be

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:10.719
 in

00:30:10.719 --> 00:30:10.819
 the

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.019
 midst

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.139
 of

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:11.279
 a

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.539
 storm

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:11.799
 I

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.159
 pray

00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:12.500
 Lord

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:12.679
 that

00:30:12.679 --> 00:30:12.819
 there

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:12.979
 would

00:30:12.979 --> 00:30:13.239
 be

00:30:13.239 --> 00:30:13.719
 the

00:30:13.719 --> 00:30:14.179
 opportunity

00:30:14.179 --> 00:30:14.500
 to

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.000
 encounter

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.379
 you

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:17.039
 right

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.199
 to

00:30:17.199 --> 00:30:17.819
 experience

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.039
 your

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.379
 presence

00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:18.579
 in

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:18.859
 ways

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.059
 that

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.539
 change

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:19.739
 us

00:30:19.739 --> 00:30:20.099
 deeply

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:21.939
 Lord

00:30:21.939 --> 00:30:22.079
 I

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.339
 pray

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.519
 that

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:22.659
 through

00:30:22.659 --> 00:30:22.899
 these

00:30:22.899 --> 00:30:23.379
 experiences

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:23.579
 I

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:23.799
 think

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:23.959
 of

00:30:23.959 --> 00:30:24.379
 Peter

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:26.179
 years

00:30:26.179 --> 00:30:26.519
 later

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:26.859
 writing

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:27.099
 his

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.459
 epistle

00:30:27.459 --> 00:30:27.839
 telling

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.119
 his

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.399
 people

00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:28.639
 don't

00:30:28.639 --> 00:30:28.839
 be

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.639
 surprised

00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:29.859
 when

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.000
 the

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.259
 trial

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.519
 comes

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:30.799
 upon

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:30.979
 you

00:30:30.979 --> 00:30:31.099
 as

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.219
 though

00:30:31.219 --> 00:30:31.339
 to

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:31.579
 test

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:31.779
 you

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.959
 Lord

00:30:32.959 --> 00:30:33.240
 may

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.359
 we

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:33.519
 not

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:33.699
 be

00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:34.179
 surprised

00:30:34.179 --> 00:30:34.399
 may

00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:34.559
 we

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:34.799
 see

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.059
 in

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.279
 these

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.539
 even

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:35.759
 these

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:35.939
 hard

00:30:35.939 --> 00:30:36.299
 experiences

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.459
 of

00:30:36.459 --> 00:30:36.559
 our

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:36.879
 life

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.459
 may

00:30:37.459 --> 00:30:37.599
 we

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:37.740
 see

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:37.899
 your

00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:38.279
 love

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.459
 and

00:30:38.459 --> 00:30:38.599
 your

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:38.939
 mercy

00:30:38.939 --> 00:30:40.980
 may

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.099
 we

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.419
 encounter

00:30:41.419 --> 00:30:41.559
 you

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.019
 afresh

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.319
 we

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.480
 pray

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.659
 this

00:30:42.659 --> 00:30:42.779
 in

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 Jesus

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 Amen