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 Okay, well, thanks so much, Aaron. Great to see everyone. My name's Graeme. I'm the pastor here. Great to welcome you this morning. This is your first Sunday with us. Maybe you're visiting. And because that's true, you may be thinking, what on earth are we reading in the Bible this morning? Consciousness for a lot of us, we're joining halfway through this series. And just to put you at ease, we don't do this every Sunday, okay?

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 But it has been fantastic spending some time in the Song of Songs over the last couple of weeks. We're kind of at the halfway point. We've got two more to go. This portion of God's Word in the Bible that's wisdom literature. It's all about how we live in God's way, in God's world, for our good and for his glory.

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 And this is a book that celebrates the marital and sexual love that exists between a man and a woman in a covenant relationship of marriage. And it's been fantastic just to hear how God has been at work in our lives as we've traveled through this letter together, this letter together, this book together. It's a song. It's the song of songs.

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 So we're excited to get back into chapter five today. 17 years ago, I was an usher at a friend's wedding in Vancouver in Canada on a place called Thetis Island, which is just off the mainland.

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 Now, I found a picture of it online. This isn't the actual wedding I went to, but it is the exact venue. Do you want to see it? You ready for this? Promise you won't get envious.

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 Look at that. Isn't that amazing?

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 It felt like a celebrity in a kilt over there. It's incredible. To this day, the most stunning wedding backdrop I've ever seen. The weather was everything that you'd expect from North America.

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 Everyone was looking fabulous. There wasn't a dry eye in the house as the couple were at the front making their vows to each other.

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 And once everybody had composed themselves and sat down, the pastor then proceeded to give his message to the couple on their wedding day.

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 He said, Dave and Amanda, as you set out on your married life today, I want you to know straight off the bat that there's two things wrong with your marriage.

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 And he pointed at both of them and he said, you and you.

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 Now, let you react to that for a moment. I wonder if somebody said that on your wedding day, how you'd react.

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 Two things wrong with this marriage, you and you.

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 And what he perhaps lacked in reading the moment and going with the Disney-esque setting to this wedding,

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 he more than made up for in his loving pastoral insight that he wanted to share with this couple who he'd walked with in the weeks up to their big day.

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 Here's what he proceeded to say. He said, don't let this day in all its beauty,

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 that's really just a decorated doorway to the rest of your lives,

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 lull you into thinking that married life is going to be this constant stream of marital bliss.

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 It's not always slow dancing in the kitchen to Michael Bublé.

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 Roses don't arrive every day from Interflora.

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 Valentine's Day does not become the new Groundhog Day when you get married.

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 Because marriage is two sinners living side by side in a Genesis 3 world.

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 And because that's true, you will experience times of frustration, of miscommunication,

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 not seeing eye to eye, and your married life together will be,

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 at times it's going to be really, really hard.

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 Less like fire and more like fridge.

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 There's going to be times when it's red hot.

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 There's going to be times when it's cool.

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 And it's hard.

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 And that's precisely where the couple in this song are at today.

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 They're in one of those seasons.

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 And I really hope, just if you're thinking about tapping out at this point,

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 let me give you two things maybe to help you tap in for the rest of this over the next 20 minutes or so.

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 I hope this does two things for us today as a church family.

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 Because we're all at different seasons in our lives when it comes to this stuff.

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 And this series, as it's tracked along, has maybe spoken into different seasons of our lives.

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 And particularly maybe today, it's speaking to those, particularly of those of us who are married.

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 And here's the first thing I hope this does.

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 I really hope this helps some of us come up for air.

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 And here's what I mean by that.

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 So often I think we feel like we have to come in these doors on a Sunday,

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 maybe during the week, maybe your growth group, whatever it is you go to,

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 and pretend everything is great.

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 And that four-letter word that we always use to describe how we're doing, we're doing fine.

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 And I hope this is permission for many of us in this room today

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 to know that it's okay to not be okay.

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 I always love what C.S. Lewis said about friendship.

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 To paraphrase, he said,

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 Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to the other person,

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 What, you too?

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 I thought I was the only one.

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 And so may this passage today help us as a church family make and find friends who know what it's like.

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 And the ultimate friend is the Lord Jesus.

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 And this is the second thing I hope this helps us see today.

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 It helps us see that this point's beyond married life.

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 And it shows us, secondly, where to run for help.

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 Right?

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 And here's what I mean by that.

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 If what I'm saying, if this whole less fire, more fridge,

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 it is easy for us to do that in terms of our love for Jesus.

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 And what this is going to do today is help us see how wonderful,

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 how willing, how available, and how brilliant a Savior Jesus is.

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 Ready for this?

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 I'm going to go with that silence and go for yes.

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 Okay?

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 Brilliant.

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 Come with me to the passage.

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 Let's see how this works together.

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 Last week, we saw this couple on their wedding day.

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 Do you remember it?

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 JT did a wonderful job taking us through that last section.

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 That wedding day, a moment that ended,

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 if you see the text, verse 1 of chapter 5.

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 Do you see it?

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 With their friends egging on this couple to eat, drink, and be drunk with love.

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 And that sounds like Taylor Swift lyrics if ever I've heard them, right?

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 Eat, drink, be drunk with love.

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 And you could almost picture them, couldn't you?

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 Setting off into the sunset in their car, tin cans rattling in the back.

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 I don't know whether people still do that or not today,

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 but with the words just married emblazoned on the back windscreen.

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 And they're there in the car, and they're taking a selfie of themselves,

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 the couple sharing it on Instagram.

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 Everyone's liking it, heart emojis everywhere.

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 And I thought to myself, wouldn't that be a great place to end the song?

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 No.

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 Because maybe like you, like me,

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 I remember reading that the first time I came across it,

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 and I'm thinking to myself, seriously?

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 From the west of Scotland,

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 cheese factor 100.

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 I thought this was church, not Disney.

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 Surely this is way more idealism than it is realism.

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 Well, if you're like me, if that was maybe your thought when we did it last week,

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 this today is life after the honeymoon.

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 And picking up the song again at verse 2,

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 to quote that 60s classic,

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 they've lost that loving feeling.

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 Now, what does she tell us?

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 Come with me to the text and see it.

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 She says,

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 I slept, but my heart was awake.

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 Do you see it in the text?

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 Which I think is her way of telling us that she's had another dream.

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 Remember she had a dream a few chapters ago?

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 Here she is having another dream.

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 And given this is a dream,

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 it's quite hard to work out exactly what's going on here,

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 but here's my best shot.

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 I think her dream is revealing what's playing on her mind.

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 You ever had a dream like that?

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 Just your subconscious kind of brings stuff out in a dream,

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 and it's really weird,

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 but actually it's what's going on in your mind.

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 I think that's kind of what's going on here.

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 Her dream is revealing what's going on in her subconscious,

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 what she's worried about.

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 And in her case,

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 it's revealing a tension

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 that I think she senses in the back of her head

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 is snowballing and developing in their relationship together.

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 Come and see how this works.

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 She says,

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 In her dream,

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 my beloved knocked.

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 Do you see it?

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 Which is just another way of saying

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 he's in the mood for love.

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 However,

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 look at how she responds to his advances.

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 Verse 3,

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 he's knocking on that door.

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 You've got to clock that knock

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 for where we're going to finish.

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 He's knocking on that door,

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 and she responds,

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 verse 3,

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 I put off my garment.

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 How could I put it on again?

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 I'd bathe my feet.

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 How could I spoil them again?

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 Which is her way of saying,

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 for whatever reason,

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 I'm just not in the mood.

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 It's too much hassle.

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 And by verse 5,

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 do you see by the time she does feel in the mood,

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 and notice the three times repeated phrase,

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 but,

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 there at verse 6.

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 But,

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 but,

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 but,

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 her man

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 was no longer there.

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 And again,

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 remember,

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 likely still in this dream,

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 she goes in this all-out search for him,

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 around the city,

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 no one's seen him.

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 Where is he?

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 And I think the beating that she's described

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 as having received at verse 7,

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 friends,

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 I think it's a metaphor.

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 Remember,

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 this is a dream,

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 that it's expressing the fact

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 that this tension in the relationship

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 is making her feel

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 like the stuffing

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 has been completely knocked out

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 of her in life.

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 Right?

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 My kids love the bear factory.

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 Have you ever been there?

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 Princess Street,

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 you know,

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 it's still there.

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 You just get these bears

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 who are just lifeless.

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 Right?

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 Just all this stuffing

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 has been taken out.

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 That's what she's saying.

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 She feels like life

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 has just knocked the stuffing out of me.

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 So,

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 do you see what's going on?

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 Put these two things together.

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 He wants to spend time with her.

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 She's not really up for it.

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 But then she wants to spend time with him.

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 And he's not there.

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 Which,

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 bring that together,

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 means Houston,

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 we've got a problem.

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 And let me just pause at this moment

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 and make two quick applications

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 as we see this tension

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 in their marriage.

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 And here's number one.

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 And it's to those of us

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 who would maybe love to be married,

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 but aren't.

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 Let me,

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 let you hear me say,

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 friends,

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 those desires are not wrong.

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 But,

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 they are misguided

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 if,

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 deep down,

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 you think

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 that getting married

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 is going to be the answer

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 to all your problems.

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 I think in Christian circles

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 in particular,

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 we can subtly elevate marriage

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 as the thing

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 to which we all aspire.

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 I think we've got to be so careful,

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 haven't we,

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 that we never project

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 that idea

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 even subconsciously

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 in our church culture.

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 It is not the be-all

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 and end-all.

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 Particularly when you think about

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 where this is going to end

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 this morning.

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 It's certainly not

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 where we find our identity.

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 Speaking as one

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 who is happily married,

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 and you do the math,

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 so there's one

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 punching well above his weight.

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 I remember when I got married,

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 just discovering

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 a whole host

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 of different problems

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 in my life,

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 90% of which

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 was just my own sin

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 being revealed

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 in new ways.

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 marriage isn't going

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 to solve all your problems.

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 But here's number two,

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 speaking particularly

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 to those of us

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 who are married.

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 You know,

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 there will be seasons

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 in married life

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 when it's harder

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 to find time together,

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 right?

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 Been there, done it.

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 And there's all sorts

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 of reasons

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 why finding time

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 to be together

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 is going to be difficult.

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 Maybe it's

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 a really busy season

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 at work.

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 Maybe it's just

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 night shifts galore.

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 Maybe you're

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 traveling a lot.

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 Maybe it's

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 looking after

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 family members.

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 It's one of those seasons.

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 Maybe kids have come along

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 and your energy levels

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 are taking an absolute

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 pounding and it's just

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 baby brain

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 everywhere.

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 Different seasons

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 come and go in life.

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 But that said,

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 if in our marriages

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 we keep finding ourselves

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 using the phrase,

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 the one on the screen,

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 you know the one

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 that we always use,

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 like ships in the night,

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 is at least worth

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 asking ourselves

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 the question,

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 is this a season

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 or is it a pattern?

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 And,

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 I'm speaking from

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 my own mistakes here,

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 be aware that you

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 might not see that

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 as a problem.

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 But it is entirely

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 possible that your

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 spouse might.

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 And the encouragement

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 here is to talk

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 to one another.

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 You know,

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 we live in a world

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 that is increasingly

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 saying that if you're

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 in a marriage to someone

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 and you're no longer

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 feeling it,

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 it's no longer doing it

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 for you,

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 it's no longer

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 scratching that itch,

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 then it might be time

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 to start looking

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 elsewhere.

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 And I think that's why

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 that the statistics

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 are telling us

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 that more and more

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 people in our world

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 are delaying marriage

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 or even dismissing it

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 as a viable option

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 entirely because

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 why would you want

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 to restrict yourself

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 like that?

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 I'm so conscious

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 I still like to think

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 I can kick it at 39.

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 I'm still on my

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 football team

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 WhatsApp group.

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 There are,

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 I think,

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 almost just short

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 of 80 guys

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 on that group.

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 I'm so conscious

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 that there are

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 maybe three or four

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 of us that are married

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 in that group.

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 And I'm certainly

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 the only one I think

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 with more than one kid.

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 But it's what's going

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 on in our world

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 isn't it right now?

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 Statistics will tell you

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 that.

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 But come to Jesus

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 and hear him say

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 that if you're primarily

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 in a relationship

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 for you

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 and what you can get

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 out of it

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 rather than in it

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 to serve the other

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 person sacrificially

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 then you've got it

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 the wrong way around.

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 We follow a saviour

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 who calls us

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 to die to self

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 to take up our cross

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 to follow him.

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 It's not about

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 self-serving.

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 Remember we thought

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 about this in week one

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 what this book

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 is telling us

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 is marriage life

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 is not about

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 self-serving

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 it's about radical

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 self-giving

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 and the promise

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 that Jesus makes

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 that it is there

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 as we follow

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 our saviour

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 as we die to ourselves

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 as we live

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 to serve him

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 and live to serve his people

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 that that's the place

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 that we'll find ourselves.

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 And that's why

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 because that's the

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 the noise out there

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 that is why

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 remember we said this

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 a few weeks ago

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 we need to turn down

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 the world's song

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 and we need to turn up

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 the voice of God

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 as we hear it

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 in the song of songs.

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 Out with our affection for

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 and our walk with Jesus

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 is where we're going to finish.

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 There is no more

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 important thing

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 than we can be

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 giving ourselves to

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 if we're married

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 than investing

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 in the health

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 of our marriages

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 and so this is an invitation

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 to get proactive

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 to get creative

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 in stoking the fire.

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 Here's a question for you

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 if you are married

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 and I ask myself

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 that all the time

00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:18.340
 because Alex's

00:16:18.340 --> 00:16:19.500
 love language is time

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 when was the last time

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 you spent quality time together?

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 You know we are so grateful

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 for the many people

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 in this church family

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 who over the years

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 have babysat for Alex and I

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 and have allowed us

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 just to go out

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 for a meal together.

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 You know often those meals

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 are based around

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 cheap it is on deals

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 with a burger

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 because we're British

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 and we love a bargain

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 but do you know what

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 they have proved to be

00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:47.399
 priceless times

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 for our relationship

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 and if you're here

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 and you may be thinking

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 actually we'd love

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 a bit of that

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 reach out for babysitters.

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 I love the fact

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 that we're in a church family

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 where people are so willing

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 to do that

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 and let me just say as well

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 if you're here

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 and you're thinking

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 this isn't where I'm at

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 remember we thought

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 about last week

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 don't think that this

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 doesn't affect you

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 because a church family

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 we're invested in each other

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 and so if you're maybe thinking

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 I'm not married

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 let me just say

00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:17.960
 that you have got a stake

00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:19.339
 in the health

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 of the marriages

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 of the people

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 that are in this church family.

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 Thank you for those

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 who pray for us.

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 Because here's what

00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:28.299
 I want you to see

00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:28.879
 if you come with me

00:17:28.879 --> 00:17:29.579
 to verse 9

00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:30.500
 on that note

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 it's the input

00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:35.759
 of her friends

00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:38.519
 that change the game.

00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:41.000
 So don't think

00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:41.619
 you've not got a role

00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:42.319
 to play here

00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:43.079
 if you're from the outside

00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:44.299
 looking into people

00:17:44.299 --> 00:17:44.759
 that are married

00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.220
 in this church

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:46.099
 you've got such a role

00:17:46.099 --> 00:17:46.500
 to play

00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:47.339
 you have a stake

00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:48.279
 and verse 9

00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:49.299
 tells you that you do.

00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:50.500
 Remember this song

00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:51.240
 remember the friends

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:51.960
 who are in the background

00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:52.680
 of this song

00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:53.579
 here's what they say

00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:56.299
 how is your beloved

00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:57.179
 better than others?

00:17:57.619 --> 00:17:58.960
 How most beautiful

00:17:58.960 --> 00:17:59.460
 of women

00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.399
 question mark

00:18:00.399 --> 00:18:02.220
 how is your beloved

00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:03.059
 better than others

00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:04.919
 than you so charge us?

00:18:05.399 --> 00:18:05.899
 Do you see how

00:18:05.899 --> 00:18:07.259
 that's not a closed question?

00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:09.339
 Do you see how

00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:10.399
 it's an open question?

00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:11.539
 One that invites

00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:12.419
 a response.

00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.740
 Can I paraphrase it?

00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:17.039
 Tell us again

00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:17.699
 why you love him.

00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:19.480
 Yeah?

00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:20.799
 Tell us what

00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:22.319
 made you fall in love

00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:23.480
 with him in the first place.

00:18:23.859 --> 00:18:24.960
 And see if last week

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:26.539
 was all about him

00:18:26.539 --> 00:18:28.059
 pouring out compliments

00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:28.859
 on her

00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:31.079
 well from verse 10

00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:32.059
 she is now

00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:32.720
 pouring out

00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.700
 the compliments

00:18:33.700 --> 00:18:35.319
 on him.

00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:37.000
 Now

00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:38.119
 see them

00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:39.159
 from verse 10

00:18:39.159 --> 00:18:41.519
 and remember

00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:42.359
 this is a different

00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:43.119
 generation

00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:44.919
 from ours

00:18:44.919 --> 00:18:45.839
 remember the

00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:46.319
 images

00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:47.299
 are very much

00:18:47.299 --> 00:18:47.740
 different

00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:48.539
 but go with it

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:48.839
 okay

00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:50.299
 she says

00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:51.759
 his heads

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.519
 so do you see what

00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:52.879
 she says

00:18:52.879 --> 00:18:53.819
 this guy's like a

00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:54.339
 just for men

00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:55.179
 hair dye model

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 it is jet black

00:18:56.379 --> 00:18:58.799
 his eyes

00:18:58.799 --> 00:19:00.240
 his cheeks

00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:01.220
 his lips

00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:03.480
 so he's a just for men

00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:03.939
 hair model

00:19:03.939 --> 00:19:04.699
 he's a Nivea

00:19:04.699 --> 00:19:05.720
 lip balm model

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.139
 as well

00:19:06.139 --> 00:19:06.599
 do you see

00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:07.679
 they are like the lilies

00:19:07.679 --> 00:19:08.919
 they are red and kissable

00:19:08.919 --> 00:19:10.039
 that's what she's saying

00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:11.740
 his arms

00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.480
 his body

00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:13.159
 so he's clearly

00:19:13.159 --> 00:19:13.699
 no stranger

00:19:13.699 --> 00:19:14.359
 to the gym

00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:15.119
 and just in case

00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:15.959
 we're in any doubt

00:19:15.959 --> 00:19:16.759
 verse 15

00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:18.200
 he's not skipped

00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:19.180
 leg day either

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:19.839
 do you see it

00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:21.859
 but do you see

00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:22.640
 what she's doing

00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:23.119
 do you see what

00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:24.019
 she's conveying

00:19:24.019 --> 00:19:24.900
 to all those

00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:25.619
 who will listen

00:19:25.619 --> 00:19:26.720
 she's using

00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.839
 poetic language

00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.660
 and this is so

00:19:28.660 --> 00:19:29.460
 important for where

00:19:29.460 --> 00:19:30.279
 we're going to finish

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:31.720
 poetic language

00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.579
 to describe

00:19:32.579 --> 00:19:33.799
 the strength

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.579
 the stability

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:35.200
 the majesty

00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:36.039
 and the beauty

00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:36.640
 of the man

00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.200
 who's captured

00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:37.859
 my heart

00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:42.660
 but see what

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:43.559
 she also says

00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:45.240
 and I love this

00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:48.019
 what else

00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:49.059
 is he

00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:50.099
 to her

00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:51.279
 verse 16

00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:52.140
 do you see it

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 my beloved

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:53.980
 and

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:56.220
 my friend

00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:59.720
 and so here's the thing

00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:01.039
 as much as David Hasselhoff

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.640
 as this guy

00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:02.680
 might like to be

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:05.440
 all that stuff's

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.019
 going to fade

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:09.440
 it's true in life

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:09.980
 isn't it

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:11.279
 all our looks

00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:12.019
 are going to fade

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:13.379
 they're going to go

00:20:13.379 --> 00:20:15.240
 turn 40 on Tuesday

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:16.660
 I'm so aware of it

00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:17.440
 getting old

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:18.619
 but do you know what

00:20:18.619 --> 00:20:19.400
 friendship

00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:20.839
 won't

00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:24.000
 and so her friends

00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:24.680
 ask her again

00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.680
 at chapter 6

00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:28.839
 where is he

00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:32.240
 and I think we're

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:32.799
 meant to understand

00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:33.460
 at this point

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:34.119
 from

00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:36.000
 chapter 6

00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.759
 she awakens

00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.440
 from her dream

00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:39.059
 remember she's been

00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:39.319
 in a dream

00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:39.879
 she can't find him

00:20:39.879 --> 00:20:40.339
 she's panicking

00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:41.519
 she awakens from her dream

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:44.220
 and her man's been there

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.879
 the whole time

00:20:44.879 --> 00:20:47.579
 and then we get that

00:20:47.579 --> 00:20:48.299
 repeated refrain

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:48.919
 verse 3

00:20:48.919 --> 00:20:49.779
 I am his

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:51.539
 and my beloved

00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.079
 is mine

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:53.139
 and we're meant to

00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:54.059
 understand that there's

00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:54.720
 a glorious

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:56.240
 reunion here

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:57.319
 they are back together

00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:59.799
 and they're looking

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.919
 each other in the eye

00:21:00.919 --> 00:21:04.399
 and so as we

00:21:04.399 --> 00:21:05.279
 see their union

00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:06.119
 together just at the

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:06.679
 end here

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:09.779
 this passage

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.880
 invites all of us

00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:11.779
 married or not

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.960
 however you would

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.880
 describe yourself

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.320
 today

00:21:14.320 --> 00:21:16.140
 to something

00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:16.940
 way

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:17.820
 bigger

00:21:17.820 --> 00:21:20.080
 and so let me

00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:20.600
 take you to the

00:21:20.600 --> 00:21:21.580
 only place in the

00:21:21.580 --> 00:21:22.100
 New Testament

00:21:22.100 --> 00:21:23.320
 I think you can

00:21:23.320 --> 00:21:23.960
 make a case

00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:25.100
 that the Song of Songs

00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:26.840
 is alluded to

00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:27.840
 and we find it

00:21:27.840 --> 00:21:28.259
 in

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:29.380
 Revelation

00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:30.560
 chapter 3

00:21:30.560 --> 00:21:33.779
 and what's going on

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.039
 there

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:35.600
 Revelation chapter 3

00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:36.799
 Jesus speaking

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:38.159
 to the church

00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:40.359
 these seven churches

00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:41.659
 he's speaking

00:21:41.659 --> 00:21:42.579
 to the church

00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:44.219
 in Laodicea

00:21:44.219 --> 00:21:46.859
 and in this church

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:48.000
 in Laodicea

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:50.599
 it is full of people

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.459
 who were once on

00:21:51.459 --> 00:21:52.699
 fire for Jesus

00:21:52.699 --> 00:21:53.139
 right

00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:54.179
 all they wanted to

00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:54.699
 talk about

00:21:54.699 --> 00:21:55.339
 was Jesus

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.659
 but now

00:21:56.659 --> 00:21:57.399
 with the passing

00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:58.199
 of time

00:21:58.199 --> 00:22:01.339
 they've just kind of

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:01.779
 settled

00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:02.779
 for this

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:04.079
 cold

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.699
 orthodoxy

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.500
 orthodoxy

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:08.860
 Jesus is

00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:09.720
 oh they still

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.259
 like him

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:12.420
 but he's kind of

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:13.000
 just this

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:15.039
 weekend hobby

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:17.700
 that is kind of

00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:18.380
 the veneer

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:18.980
 on this

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:20.100
 religious

00:22:20.100 --> 00:22:21.259
 looking life

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.720
 that's like

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.140
 one of those

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:23.200
 chocolate Easter eggs

00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.680
 that just looks

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.299
 great on the outside

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:24.940
 but it's hollow

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.819
 on the inside

00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:28.600
 their spiritual

00:22:28.600 --> 00:22:29.840
 life's airplane

00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:31.180
 mode is well

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:32.580
 and truly on

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.779
 not all that

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.519
 fussed with

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.099
 Jesus

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:37.740
 remember back

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.159
 to where we

00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:38.599
 started

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.819
 once fire

00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:42.740
 now fridge

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:46.139
 yeah

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:50.220
 and to rouse

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.519
 them

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.980
 from their

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.720
 spiritual

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.960
 sleepiness

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:56.519
 Jesus says

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:56.980
 do you know

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.980
 how you taste

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:59.339
 to me

00:22:59.339 --> 00:23:04.640
 lukewarm

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:09.420
 can you taste

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:09.620
 it

00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:10.500
 lukewarm

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:12.079
 you know

00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:13.779
 I love

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.240
 two types

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.759
 of coffee

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:17.660
 I love

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.420
 frappuccinos

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:20.839
 cold

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:22.140
 really cold

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.940
 incredible

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:25.400
 the other

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.039
 type of coffee

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.920
 boiling hot

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:28.120
 latte

00:23:28.120 --> 00:23:30.420
 really really hot

00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:30.900
 but you know

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.320
 what's the worst

00:23:31.320 --> 00:23:32.000
 taste ever

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:33.980
 so you've got

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.560
 a really hot

00:23:34.560 --> 00:23:35.019
 coffee

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:36.519
 and you've just

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.100
 forgotten about it

00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:37.779
 for half an hour

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:39.200
 and then you

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:40.140
 quickly take a sip

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:41.019
 and bleh

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:42.700
 disgusting

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.680
 it's the same

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:43.960
 with the

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.620
 frappuccino

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.259
 when you've left

00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:46.039
 it for half an hour

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:47.060
 and it's kind of

00:23:47.060 --> 00:23:47.680
 warmed up a little

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:47.900
 bit

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.360
 bleh

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:49.220
 that's what

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:50.000
 Jesus is saying

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.860
 can you taste it

00:23:50.860 --> 00:23:52.460
 you're neither

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.820
 hot nor cold

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:57.240
 and maybe you're

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.740
 asking yourself

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.359
 how do I know

00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:59.099
 if I'm lukewarm

00:23:59.099 --> 00:24:00.879
 and I've asked

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.720
 myself that often

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.519
 over the years

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.119
 you know my

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.799
 greatest fear in

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.139
 life

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:08.639
 is that I get

00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:09.139
 really good at

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:09.659
 this job

00:24:09.659 --> 00:24:12.359
 I get really

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:13.299
 comfy in church

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:15.740
 and I just get

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.500
 bored with Jesus

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:20.539
 how do I know

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:20.839
 friends

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.559
 have you lost

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.160
 the joy

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:23.660
 of knowing

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.039
 him

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:27.500
 has bible

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.220
 reading become

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.859
 routine

00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:31.539
 has prayer

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.019
 become

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.779
 token

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:34.000
 has coming

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.559
 to church

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:35.039
 just become

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.519
 a thing

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:35.839
 that

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.640
 kills

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:37.619
 and fills

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.720
 a bit of

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.039
 time

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.539
 on a Sunday

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.059
 morning

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:41.359
 have you

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:41.759
 lost

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.000
 maybe

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.380
 the

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:43.619
 joy

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.720
 of serving

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.079
 him

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:46.059
 have you

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.519
 noticed

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.039
 inside

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.559
 of you

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:49.220
 I often

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.839
 catch myself

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.379
 doing this

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:51.579
 there's a

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.460
 critical spirit

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.199
 that's developing

00:24:53.199 --> 00:24:54.119
 inside of you

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:54.960
 you're so aware

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.500
 in church

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.079
 of the things

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.879
 that aren't

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:57.359
 going well

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:57.740
 the things

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.019
 that are

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.480
 lacking

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:59.599
 rather than

00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.019
 looking for

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.480
 the signs

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.119
 of the spirit

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:01.980
 at work

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:03.159
 if you

00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:03.759
 recognize

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.480
 any of

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.279
 those signs

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:07.399
 and you

00:25:07.399 --> 00:25:07.779
 want to

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.419
 change

00:25:08.419 --> 00:25:11.859
 then here's

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.119
 a great

00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:12.579
 place to

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.000
 start

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:15.339
 and

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:15.660
 taking

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.059
 a cue

00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:16.480
 from the

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:16.880
 friends

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.359
 in this

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:17.779
 song

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:21.460
 what made

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.819
 you fall

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.099
 in love

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.519
 with Jesus

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:22.880
 in the

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.099
 first

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.579
 place

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:27.480
 you know

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:27.720
 was it

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.059
 his

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:29.720
 his

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.180
 boundless

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:30.839
 compassion

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:32.680
 for

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.259
 utterly

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.680
 helpless

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.180
 people

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:36.619
 was it

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:36.980
 his

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:38.519
 unrivaled

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:38.839
 wisdom

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.619
 to any

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.279
 question

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:42.059
 that people

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.599
 put to

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:42.859
 him

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.539
 was it

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.099
 the way

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.980
 that people

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.599
 said of

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:45.879
 him

00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.240
 that he

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.799
 does all

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.240
 things

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.740
 well

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:49.799
 was it

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.180
 the way

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.519
 that he

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.799
 saw

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.139
 and remember

00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:51.539
 this for

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:51.980
 me was

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.220
 one

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.740
 that he

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.279
 perfectly

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.019
 diagnosed

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.519
 the human

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.000
 heart

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:56.700
 the world

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:56.920
 that he

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.559
 was describing

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:57.980
 was the

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.480
 one that I

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:58.920
 was looking

00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.420
 in and

00:25:59.420 --> 00:25:59.879
 seeing

00:25:59.879 --> 00:26:01.460
 was it

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:01.819
 his

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:03.980
 unhurried

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:05.559
 love and

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.039
 pursuit

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:07.859
 of

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.399
 flustered

00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:08.859
 people

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.420
 was it

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.159
 the barriers

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:11.359
 he was

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.859
 willing to

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.519
 cross to

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:12.799
 reach

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.500
 societies

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.240
 outcasts

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.700
 and nobodies

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.819
 was it

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.019
 his

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.680
 sacrificial

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.079
 death

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.339
 on the

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:17.779
 cross

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:21.019
 as he

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.379
 took our

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:21.819
 sin and

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.299
 shame on

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.799
 himself

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.139
 as he

00:26:23.139 --> 00:26:23.339
 said

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:23.680
 father

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.339
 not my

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:24.599
 will

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:25.139
 but your

00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:25.639
 will be

00:26:25.639 --> 00:26:25.980
 done

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:27.379
 friends

00:26:27.379 --> 00:26:27.839
 what first

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.180
 drew you

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:28.680
 to Jesus

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:31.259
 what made

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.659
 you fall

00:26:31.659 --> 00:26:31.960
 in love

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.460
 with him

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:36.220
 I've loved

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.799
 it the last

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.880
 couple of

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:38.420
 weeks hearing

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.500
 testimonies

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.019
 of people

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:41.600
 I love a

00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.000
 testimony

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:43.799
 it is like

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.480
 hearing from

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.400
 someone who

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:45.880
 has just

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.259
 gone on

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.660
 their first

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:46.980
 date with

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.299
 the person

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.539
 they're going

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:47.860
 to marry

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.100
 in the

00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:48.340
 future

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:48.779
 isn't it

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:50.140
 right I

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.500
 remember at

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.920
 uni having

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.519
 that experience

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.059
 my flatmate

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.660
 Ben came

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.700
 home we're

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.180
 up to like

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.920
 three in the

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.460
 morning telling

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.700
 me about

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.039
 this girl

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.500
 Nikki that

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.019
 he'd met

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.779
 and in the

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.100
 weeks to

00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.480
 follow I

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.779
 could hear

00:26:58.779 --> 00:27:00.660
 him on the

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.019
 phone tower

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.259
 in the

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.819
 bedroom doing

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.140
 the whole

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.580
 you hang

00:27:02.580 --> 00:27:02.880
 up no

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.280
 you hang

00:27:03.280 --> 00:27:04.080
 up I

00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:04.460
 will come

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.759
 in there

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:04.980
 and hang

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.280
 on that

00:27:05.280 --> 00:27:05.640
 phone if

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:05.820
 you don't

00:27:05.820 --> 00:27:06.300
 hang up

00:27:06.300 --> 00:27:10.600
 but what

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.100
 first drew

00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:11.400
 you to

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:11.940
 Jesus in

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.320
 the first

00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:12.740
 place do

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.120
 you need

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.620
 this morning

00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:14.040
 some of

00:27:14.040 --> 00:27:14.480
 us to

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:17.060
 regain

00:27:17.060 --> 00:27:19.340
 that wonder

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:19.660
 at who

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.180
 he is

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:24.640
 just like

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:24.940
 in the

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.540
 man the

00:27:25.540 --> 00:27:25.880
 man in

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.420
 the song

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:28.100
 here's the

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:28.440
 wonderful

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:28.820
 bit

00:27:28.820 --> 00:27:30.980
 Jesus is

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.360
 knocking

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:34.159
 here I

00:27:34.159 --> 00:27:34.619
 am I

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:34.979
 stand

00:27:34.979 --> 00:27:35.259
 this is

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.539
 what he's

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:35.779
 saying to

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.099
 the church

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:36.619
 in Laodicea

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.099
 here I

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.879
 am I

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.419
 stand at

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:38.719
 the door

00:27:38.719 --> 00:27:39.219
 and knock

00:27:39.219 --> 00:27:39.979
 if anyone

00:27:39.979 --> 00:27:40.659
 hears my

00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:42.299
 voice and

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:43.259
 opens the

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.240
 door I

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.699
 will come

00:27:44.699 --> 00:27:45.079
 in and

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.479
 eat with

00:27:45.479 --> 00:27:46.139
 that person

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:46.559
 and they

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:46.899
 with me

00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:47.339
 he moves

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:48.079
 from warning

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.939
 why does

00:27:48.939 --> 00:27:49.240
 he give

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.559
 them the

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:49.939
 warning

00:27:49.939 --> 00:27:50.659
 because he

00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:51.179
 then moves

00:27:51.179 --> 00:27:51.919
 to wooing

00:27:51.919 --> 00:27:53.319
 and this

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.619
 is the

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.159
 Jesus that

00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:54.839
 we have

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:56.639
 today and

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:56.859
 you know

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.099
 what the

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:57.419
 wonderful

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:58.099
 thing is

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.679
 if you

00:27:58.679 --> 00:27:59.099
 just take

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.799
 it straight

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.179
 from the

00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:00.659
 text

00:28:00.659 --> 00:28:02.959
 like the

00:28:02.959 --> 00:28:03.319
 man in

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.000
 this song

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:05.539
 when the

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.359
 woman wakes

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:08.639
 and finds

00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:09.139
 him right

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.619
 there with

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:09.980
 her

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:12.079
 do you know

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.359
 what we all

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:12.819
 need to know

00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.199
 today

00:28:13.199 --> 00:28:15.000
 when we turn

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.759
 back to him

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.500
 when we fix

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.099
 our eyes on

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.859
 who he is

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.619
 however

00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:19.419
 spiritual

00:28:19.419 --> 00:28:20.779
 sleepy we

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.359
 might be

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:21.980
 and whatever

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.559
 season of

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:23.259
 life we

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.719
 might be

00:28:23.719 --> 00:28:24.679
 in we

00:28:24.679 --> 00:28:25.159
 need to

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:25.619
 know

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.959
 that Jesus

00:28:26.959 --> 00:28:28.159
 is going

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:29.299
 nowhere

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:33.279
 have you

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.799
 lost

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.659
 sight

00:28:34.659 --> 00:28:36.159
 of how

00:28:36.159 --> 00:28:36.899
 wonderful

00:28:36.899 --> 00:28:39.179
 how

00:28:39.179 --> 00:28:39.919
 brilliant

00:28:39.919 --> 00:28:41.099
 how

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.659
 committed

00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:42.179
 and how

00:28:42.179 --> 00:28:42.879
 available

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.739
 a saviour

00:28:43.739 --> 00:28:44.519
 we have

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:46.199
 in Jesus

00:28:46.199 --> 00:28:48.619
 turn to

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.099
 him this

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.459
 morning

00:28:49.459 --> 00:28:50.579
 turn to

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:50.799
 him

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.179
 you know

00:28:51.179 --> 00:28:51.419
 I found

00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:51.939
 so helpful

00:28:51.939 --> 00:28:52.259
 over the

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.119
 last month

00:28:53.119 --> 00:28:53.719
 or so

00:28:53.719 --> 00:28:54.799
 just looking

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.079
 for a

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.419
 quick

00:28:55.419 --> 00:28:55.740
 thing

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.279
 to do

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.019
 you know

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.399
 John's

00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:57.799
 gospel

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:59.779
 21

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.500
 chapters

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:02.899
 days of

00:29:02.899 --> 00:29:03.159
 the week

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:03.659
 7

00:29:03.659 --> 00:29:05.079
 7 divided

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.379
 by

00:29:05.379 --> 00:29:06.079
 21

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.399
 divided

00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:06.659
 by

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:07.159
 7

00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:07.539
 3

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:09.379
 just

00:29:09.379 --> 00:29:09.680
 found it

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.099
 so helpful

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.639
 every night

00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:10.940
 during the

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.240
 week to

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.799
 read 3

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.559
 chapters of

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:12.960
 John's

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.299
 gospel

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.720
 get it

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:13.980
 done in

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.319
 a week

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:15.180
 go back

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.399
 to the

00:29:15.399 --> 00:29:15.700
 beginning

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.659
 read 3

00:29:16.659 --> 00:29:17.180
 chapters of

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.500
 John's

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.799
 gospel

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.180
 get to

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.480
 the end

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:18.859
 go back

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.059
 to the

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.220
 beginning

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.960
 and see

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.359
 the things

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:20.579
 that you

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.159
 notice

00:29:21.159 --> 00:29:22.740
 in a book

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:22.960
 that you

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.339
 thought you

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.700
 knew

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:26.740
 I love

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.000
 the

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:28.000
 intentionality

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.539
 of this

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:28.759
 woman

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.039
 when she

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.460
 realizes

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:29.840
 he's

00:29:29.840 --> 00:29:30.120
 knocking

00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:30.460
 she's

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.740
 going

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.080
 she's

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:31.500
 looking

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.759
 I wonder

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.120
 if the

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:33.460
 Lord by

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:33.920
 his spirit

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.500
 would stir

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:34.819
 in us

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.360
 that same

00:29:35.360 --> 00:29:36.200
 intention

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:37.580
 to pursue

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:38.660
 Jesus

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.100
 today

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:40.580
 you know

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:41.100
 just as we

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.500
 close

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.840
 let me just

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.140
 leave us

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:43.440
 with this

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:43.680
 thought

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:43.900
 because I

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.120
 think this

00:29:44.120 --> 00:29:44.519
 is the

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:47.340
 the spirit

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:47.900
 inspired

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.720
 response that

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.000
 we need to

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.259
 make to

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.740
 this text

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:49.980
 today

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.279
 you know

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.880
 before Alex

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.080
 and I

00:29:51.080 --> 00:29:51.460
 moved back

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.840
 to Edinburgh

00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:52.460
 in 2012

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.140
 we used

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:53.579
 to live

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.840
 in Bristol

00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:56.860
 and there

00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:57.319
 was a street

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:57.759
 in Bristol

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.539
 called

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.840
 Muller Road

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:02.180
 and I

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.620
 had a friend

00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:03.180
 called Amy

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.600
 who used

00:30:03.600 --> 00:30:03.900
 to live

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.279
 in a big

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.700
 house in

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.259
 Muller Road

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.640
 and her

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.400
 and her

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.819
 flatmates

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.400
 nicknamed

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:07.940
 it Fruit

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.360
 Corner

00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:08.960
 which if you

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.259
 know your

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.759
 yogurts I

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.140
 thought was

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:11.299
 quite funny

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.500
 but Muller

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.259
 Road was

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.880
 named after

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.600
 this man

00:30:14.600 --> 00:30:15.120
 called

00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:16.299
 George Muller

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:18.860
 George Muller

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.700
 famous Christian

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.400
 evangelist

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:21.180
 best known

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:22.680
 for building

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.640
 five houses

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:24.600
 for orphaned

00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:25.060
 children

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:26.220
 in which

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.420
 10,000 children

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:27.980
 were cared

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.580
 for before

00:30:28.580 --> 00:30:29.180
 his death

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.620
 right

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.560
 he's celebrated

00:30:30.560 --> 00:30:31.160
 in the city

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.860
 George Muller

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:33.880
 so many things

00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.480
 going on in his

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.680
 life

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.120
 if you're looking

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:36.340
 for a biography

00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:37.140
 to read

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:39.040
 of somebody

00:30:39.040 --> 00:30:39.620
 maybe over the

00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:39.820
 summer

00:30:39.820 --> 00:30:40.860
 fantastic one

00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.420
 to get your

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:42.240
 your hands on

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.019
 George Muller

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:44.560
 somebody once

00:30:44.560 --> 00:30:44.980
 asked him

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.460
 with so many

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.259
 things pressing

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.860
 against his

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.519
 to-do list

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.160
 how he did

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.420
 it

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:51.120
 and he

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.680
 said this

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.300
 he said

00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:53.660
 the first

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.100
 great and

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.860
 primary business

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.360
 to which I

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.660
 ought to

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.220
 attend every

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.580
 day

00:30:56.580 --> 00:30:58.580
 is to have

00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:59.100
 my soul

00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.860
 happy in

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.320
 the Lord

00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:02.660
 I love

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:02.940
 that

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:04.840
 have my

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:05.640
 soul happy

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.420
 in the Lord

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:06.960
 you know I've

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.580
 tried to be

00:31:07.580 --> 00:31:08.019
 I want to be

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.680
 better at this

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:10.539
 first thing

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.039
 getting up in

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.460
 the morning

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.800
 putting away

00:31:12.800 --> 00:31:13.259
 the phone

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:14.820
 and picking

00:31:14.820 --> 00:31:15.400
 up the word

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:17.060
 here is the

00:31:17.060 --> 00:31:17.560
 saviour who's

00:31:17.560 --> 00:31:17.880
 knocking

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:19.760
 friends have

00:31:19.760 --> 00:31:20.320
 you forgotten

00:31:20.320 --> 00:31:20.980
 how wonderful

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.840
 he is today

00:31:21.840 --> 00:31:23.600
 let me pray

00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:27.080
 Jesus

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:28.440
 what a

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.440
 beautiful name

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:31.780
 son of God

00:31:31.780 --> 00:31:32.860
 son of man

00:31:32.860 --> 00:31:33.660
 lamb that

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.420
 was slain

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:36.420
 joy and

00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:36.920
 peace

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:38.040
 strength and

00:31:38.040 --> 00:31:38.480
 hope

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.940
 grace that

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.980
 blows all

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.780
 fear away

00:31:41.780 --> 00:31:42.320
 Jesus

00:31:42.320 --> 00:31:43.780
 what a

00:31:43.780 --> 00:31:44.660
 beautiful name

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.040
 and so

00:31:45.040 --> 00:31:45.540
 father I

00:31:45.540 --> 00:31:46.100
 pray this

00:31:46.100 --> 00:31:46.460
 morning

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.920
 whatever

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.500
 this has

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.059
 landed

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:49.720
 on our

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.079
 hearts

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.380
 and in

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:50.519
 our

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:50.920
 lives

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:52.740
 that you

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:52.980
 would

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.840
 help us

00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:54.299
 Lord to

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.640
 lift our

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.039
 eyes to

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.559
 Jesus

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:57.400
 father thank

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:57.640
 you that

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.019
 there is

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.799
 more grace

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.340
 in him

00:31:59.340 --> 00:31:59.759
 than there

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.180
 is sin

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.600
 in us

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.980
 and so

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.399
 father I

00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:03.599
 pray for

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.659
 those of

00:32:04.659 --> 00:32:05.000
 us here

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.679
 today who

00:32:05.679 --> 00:32:07.219
 are married

00:32:07.219 --> 00:32:07.980
 father who

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.399
 are maybe in

00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:08.899
 relationships

00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:09.379
 where it's

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:09.799
 tough

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.219
 lord I

00:32:10.219 --> 00:32:10.980
 pray that

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.439
 you would

00:32:11.439 --> 00:32:12.359
 help

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:13.299
 lord in

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.599
 those

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.319
 situations

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.740
 thank you

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.019
 that you

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.759
 are available

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.179
 thank you

00:32:17.179 --> 00:32:17.459
 that we were

00:32:17.459 --> 00:32:18.000
 singing at

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.379
 the start

00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:18.679
 that you

00:32:18.679 --> 00:32:19.079
 are a

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.639
 refuge

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:20.519
 lord you

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:20.759
 are a

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.419
 very present

00:32:21.419 --> 00:32:21.899
 help in

00:32:21.899 --> 00:32:22.299
 times of

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.659
 trouble

00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:24.159
 but father

00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:24.579
 we pray

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:24.839
 that you

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.199
 would lift

00:32:25.199 --> 00:32:25.619
 our eyes

00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:26.099
 to Jesus

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.740
 his greatness

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.299
 today

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:29.319
 father thank

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:30.539
 you for

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.099
 your word

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:31.519
 thank you

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.719
 that we

00:32:31.719 --> 00:32:32.179
 have it in

00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:32.799
 our language

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.159
 thank you

00:32:33.159 --> 00:32:33.359
 that we

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.740
 can read

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.119
 it pick

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:34.779
 up understand

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.719
 and learn

00:32:35.719 --> 00:32:36.859
 but father

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:37.259
 thank you

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.699
 most of

00:32:37.699 --> 00:32:37.980
 all that

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.619
 through it

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:39.119
 we can

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.719
 know

00:32:39.719 --> 00:32:40.480
 Jesus

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:40.839
 for

00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:41.519
 ourselves

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:43.019
 so father

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.659
 thank you

00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:44.959
 be with us

00:32:44.959 --> 00:32:45.559
 just as we

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.000
 close our

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.599
 time together

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.119
 we pray

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:48.119
 in Jesus

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:48.519
 name

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.500
 amen