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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 Jesus, draw us close and teach us to abide.

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 Help us, Holy Spirit.

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 We're not very good at this.

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 Thank you, our good Father.

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 Even now for your word, we give you thanks in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Remember, we are with Jesus in the upper room as he gives his final marching orders to his disciples that he's sending out into the world.

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 And on that final night before the cross, Jesus gives his followers one final I am statement.

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 A revelation of his unique identity.

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 For the first time in all of these series of statements, it's followed by an explanation of someone else's identity.

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 The Father has a role in this image, and we do too.

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 It's an image that they were just singing about.

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 It's at the absolute heart of what it means to be a follower of Jesus.

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 It's so crucial.

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 We're going to spend a couple weeks here seeking to understand and apply what Jesus tells us.

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 But for now, we'll pick up Jesus' commissioning words.

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 At verse 1 of John 15, we're going to read the first eight verses.

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 I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

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 Every branch of mine that does not bear fruit, he takes away.

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 And every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes that it may bear more fruit.

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 Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

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 Abide in me, and I in you.

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 As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine,

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 neither can you unless you abide in me.

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 I am the vine.

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 You are the branches.

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 Whoever abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit.

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 For apart from me, you can do nothing.

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 If anyone does not abide in me, he is thrown away like a branch and withers,

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 and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned.

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 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish,

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 and it will be done for you.

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 By this, my Father is glorified that you bear much fruit,

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 and so prove to be my disciples.

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 Thus far, God's holy word.

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 Perhaps, like me, you're not super familiar with vines,

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 and vine dressers, and branches, and so forth.

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 But Jesus and his friends would have been very familiar around them all the time.

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 In fact, at the entrance of the temple in Jerusalem was a golden vine

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 with clusters of grapes the size of a man right there at the front of the temple.

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 A vine was an image that God had often used with his people Israel.

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 The Old Testament repeatedly tells us Yahweh planted Israel to be his vine,

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 except that over and over again, Israel does not bear the fruit as it should.

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 So the image of Israel as the vine of God is one where judgment and exile

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 for their unfruitfulness are in view.

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 Just one of many examples from the prophet Isaiah.

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 The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel.

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 The men of Judah, his pleasant planting.

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 And so God, the Lord, the vine dresser,

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 he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed.

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 For righteousness, but behold, an outcry.

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 God's the vine dresser, and he doesn't like what he sees in his vineyard, does he?

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 Its own character, its relationship with him, its impact on others,

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 it's not what it should be.

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 The first thing Jesus is saying here then is that he is the true vine,

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 the true Israel, the one planted again by the Father,

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 the vine dresser still.

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 So the vine will be tended and produce the fruit that the Father desires.

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 Jesus will be faithful, obedient, just, and merciful,

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 the righteous king, a light to the nations in a way Israel never was.

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 That's what he's saying.

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 These are astounding claims, actually,

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 as there was when Jesus explained that he himself was the true temple

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 where God truly dwelled with his people.

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 So that now as Jesus starts talking about branches,

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 we realize that to be a part of the beloved people tended by the divine vine dresser,

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 we have to be connected to whom?

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 To Jesus.

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 Grafted in, as it were, to the covenant people of God by being united to

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 and led by the true vine.

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 Do you hear what he's saying about himself?

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 Think of what life must be pulsing through the vine

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 to be the source of life for all of God's children.

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 Think of the goodness that he must have

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 to please the perfectly righteous vine dresser.

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 Think of the power that he must have

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 to hold together all the many and diverse branches of God's family

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 from every tribe and tongue and nation,

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 all held together by him.

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 Well, the second time he identifies himself as the vine here,

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 Jesus adds something,

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 that we are the branches,

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 that as such we must stay connected to him.

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 We're going to come back to the heart of that with the word abide

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 and what that means.

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 But notice briefly before we do that,

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 the promise and the warning to the branches,

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 because that's us.

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 The promise for branches connected to Jesus divine

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 is fruitfulness and life.

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 Notice Jesus talks all through here about bearing fruit.

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 Six times in eight verses,

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 he is sending his disciples in the world to bear fruit.

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 There's no question.

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 We're going to talk more next week,

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 but fruit at least for now in terms of personal growth.

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 How hopeful this is for all of us that we can change,

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 that others will grow.

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 You don't have to give up.

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 There will be much patience,

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 lots of peace,

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 bunches of gentleness,

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 even when we don't feel strong.

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 There's fruit here of powerful prayer

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 and the joy of seeing God answer and work.

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 Fruit of certainly hear others coming to know

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 and trust Jesus to be grafted into him.

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 This fruit is such a priority

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 that the father himself tends the vineyard

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 and even is willing to prune the fruitful branches,

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 through suffering,

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 through cutbacks.

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 For what purpose?

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 So that even more fruit will come

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 and so that verse eight,

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 all of this fruit produced

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 actually brings glory to the father.

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 That's how important it is.

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 It shows him to be such a wise and gracious gardener.

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 Maybe you're feeling some of that pruning right now.

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 It hurts.

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 But regardless,

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 even in the painful seasons,

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 there is life and vitality from the vine,

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 the one who is the life himself.

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 It's coursing into the branches connected to him.

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 So no matter how you feel right now,

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 fruit will come.

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 He promises that.

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 On the other hand, there's a warning.

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 What's the warning?

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 The warning is that disconnected from Jesus,

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 apart from me,

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 we can do what?

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 Nothing.

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 Nothing.

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 Not a few small good things every once in a while.

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 Not just some tiny grapes here and there.

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 Nothing.

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 In the Greek, it says nothing.

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 Nothing.

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 Of lasting value at all.

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 In fact, verse six says,

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 if anyone does not abide in me,

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 he is thrown away like a branch and withers,

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 and the branches are gathered,

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 thrown into the fire,

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 and burned.

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 The warning is that unfruitfulness also leads to death.

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 Branches are a perfect picture of this, aren't they?

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 I brought one of the prettiest ones I could find.

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 Have you ever piled up some branches after a storm?

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 You know, you had to collect them from the yard.

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 They may, when you first find them on the ground,

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 have some green leaves on them.

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 This one did.

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 It's just been in my yard a few days.

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 Picked it up and,

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 huh,

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 there's not a lot green left here.

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 They get dry really fast, don't they?

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 Not good for a whole lot.

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 Unless you need some dry wood for a fire.

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 Right?

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 Might work for that.

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 When you break them off from the vine,

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 from the trunk,

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 and the fruit dries up,

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 the branches die.

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 It's not hypothetical here.

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 Judas has just left the room, hasn't he?

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 Cut off from the vine,

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 headed to his own death,

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 we'll see.

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 The only one there not clean,

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 pruned,

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 and ready to bear fruit

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 for Jesus.

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 It's a stark distinction

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 between fruitfulness in life,

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 the promise,

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 and unfruitfulness in death,

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 the warning.

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 We better understand

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 what distinguishes such branches.

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 Because see,

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 as important as fruit bearing is here,

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 Jesus actually never commands us

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 to go bear fruit.

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 I mean,

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 try telling a random branch

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 to start bearing fruit.

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 How's it gonna do?

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 Come on,

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 maybe this afternoon,

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 if we all just look at it long enough,

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 there will be some green leaves

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 that will sprout up.

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 Is that what you expect

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 to happen with this branch?

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 You think if we wait here long enough,

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 we'll see some fruit?

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 It lacks the resources,

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 doesn't it?

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 It can't provide the nutrients.

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 What's the one thing

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 that Jesus does command us

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 so that we will know this life,

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 bear this fruit,

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 glorify God the way

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 that He made us to?

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 It's in verse four.

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 The command is,

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 abide in me.

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 It's the only command here

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 in the whole passage.

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 I checked.

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 Abide.

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 Your Bible may translate it,

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 remain.

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 It means the idea of the word

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 is not just come and visit,

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 but come and stay,

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 even to be at home in,

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 to make your home with Christ.

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 I want us to linger here

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 and think about abiding

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 from several angles.

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 It's not a word we use a lot,

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 is it?

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 Abide in me.

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 What would that mean?

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 Being at home with Jesus.

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 See, home,

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 I think this helps us.

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 It's our default setting,

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 isn't it?

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 It orients us.

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 Home is where we know

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 we're accepted,

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 we're welcomed,

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 perhaps by people,

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 maybe by a pet,

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 by a favorite seat

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 where I'm gonna feel just right.

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 so that when we are there

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 with that person

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 or in that place,

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 we can really find rest.

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 Right?

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 That's home.

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 Home is where we draw strength.

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 Think of the actual nutrients

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 flowing from vine to branch.

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 See, home is what we actually

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 depend on for growth

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 that actually shapes

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 the shape that our lives take.

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 Think of that vine.

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 Whether we want to admit it or not,

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 that's what's shaping us.

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 That's home.

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 That is where you're abiding.

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 Who or what is home

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 for you?

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 Where do you rest?

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 Like, when your brain

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 is not on a specific task,

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 where does it go?

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 Where do you draw strength

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 when you know you got a hard day

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 and you don't have enough strength

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 on your own?

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 Where do you draw it from?

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 What do you find your life

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 shaped by when you're not

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 even aware of it?

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 If you look back

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 at the end of the day,

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 you'd say,

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 what shaped the way

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 I spent my time

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 and invested my energy?

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 Is it really Jesus?

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 Jesus?

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 Let's play a game

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 to help you think about that

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 a little bit more.

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 I like games,

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 you know that.

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 This is a great game

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 to play with your grace group,

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 by the way.

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 I'm telling you,

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 you will all have a blast.

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 When you play Pastor Will's games,

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 he's always got the best games

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 and everybody wants

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 to be a part of the party.

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 Stop laughing at me.

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 Here's the game.

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 Think of one word.

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 A verb.

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 Not English class,

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 but it needs to be a verb

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 for how you relate to Jesus.

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 What best describes

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 how you relate with him?

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 I want you to write it down.

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 If you're writing down

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 abide in,

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 you're cheating,

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 you wouldn't have written

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 that yesterday,

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 don't write that word.

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 I want you to come up

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 with another word.

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 I played this game this week.

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 That's how much fun I have.

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 And I wrote,

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 serve.

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 I serve Jesus.

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 That's biblical.

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 It's a good one.

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 There are a lot of good words

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 in the Bible.

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 I'm not trying to play

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 a gotcha game right here.

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 Follow.

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 Learn from.

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 Worship.

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 Know about.

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 Find hope in Jesus.

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 Maybe extra points

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 if you write love

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 or rest in.

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 I want to share

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 some of my story with you

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 because God has really

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 been teaching me

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 about abiding in Christ.

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 And even though I know

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 your story will be

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 different from mine,

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 perhaps we can learn

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 together how to abide

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 or maybe how we sometimes

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 miss out

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 on what's so important

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 about it.

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 I picked serve

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 for my relating

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 to Jesus word

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 because it really fits

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 for me all the way

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 back to childhood.

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 I grew up in the church

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 like many of you.

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 I loved being in church.

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 As long as I can remember,

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 I wanted to learn

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 about Jesus.

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 I wanted to know

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 things about him.

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 And I wanted to live

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 for Jesus.

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 To serve him.

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 Right?

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 That's the way

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 our relationship worked.

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 But when I was a child,

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 I was at home

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 when I was performing

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 and achieving.

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 Sometimes that was

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 on the baseball field.

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 Sometimes it was

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 in the classroom.

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 Sometimes it was

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 at youth group.

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 But I found rest

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 in being an all-star

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 that others could count on.

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 I loved it.

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 I drew strength

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 from the praise

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 of people

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 who thought

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 I was smart

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 or nice

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 or whatever.

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 That is what

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 shaped my life.

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 I wanted that

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 so much.

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 So I visited

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 Jesus

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 pretty often.

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 Right?

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 I needed to know

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 from him

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 how to answer

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 my friends' questions

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 so they would think

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 I was smart

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 and spiritual.

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 I needed to know

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 from him

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 how he wanted me

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 to perform.

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 I needed to find out

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 from Jesus

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 how to impress

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 the other Jesus people

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 so they'd think

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 I was great.

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 And then I would

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 go out

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 from Jesus

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 to do all of my

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 performing.

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 I'd visit him

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 but then I needed

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 to leave

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 because I had

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 stuff to do

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 and people to impress.

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 And what happened

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 was sometimes

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 over here

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 where I was performing

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 I got really

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 worn out

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 performing

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 for Jesus.

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 Maybe you've

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 felt that before.

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 Other times

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 I actually

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 didn't achieve

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 the standard

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 that others

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 expected of me

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 and I was

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 deeply insecure

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 about that.

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 In fact

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 sometimes

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 I bore really

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 bad fruit

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 that smelled

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 of rotten

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 pride

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 self-importance

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 of self-indulgence

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 I could make

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 an excuse

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 to do anything

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 I wanted

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 as long as it

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 got me

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 the approval

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 of others.

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 Because sometimes

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 home

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 was somewhere

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 other than Jesus.

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 Another season

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 of life

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 I went to seminary

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 for three years

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 reading

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 and talking

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 and writing

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 about Jesus

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 every day.

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 I visited

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 Jesus

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 very often

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 for those

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 three years

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 okay.

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 So I likely

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 know more

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 things about

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 Jesus

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 than many

00:19:04.580 --> 00:19:04.920
 of you

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 in this room.

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 I visited

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 him all the

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 time

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 and I remember

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 hearing people

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 while I was

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 around him

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 saying how

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 important it

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 was for me

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 actually

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 to rest

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 in Jesus

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 as my

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 home

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 home.

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 But sometimes

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 I thought

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 I had a

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 little better

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 idea

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 wouldn't it

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 be even

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 more godly

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 if I actually

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 just went to

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 class and to

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 church and

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 visited him

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 to learn

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 about him

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 not because

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 I needed it

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 but because

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 other people

00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:33.039
 would need it

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 for their

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 benefit

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 wouldn't that

00:19:35.120 --> 00:19:36.620
 be unselfish

00:19:36.620 --> 00:19:37.360
 and loving

00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:37.940
 of me?

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 Wouldn't I

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 be so wonderful

00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:41.319
 if that's how

00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:42.200
 I related to

00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:42.480
 Jesus?

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 When you're

00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:45.640
 used to

00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:46.160
 performing

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 being home

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:49.839
 that makes

00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:50.339
 sense.

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 I've experienced

00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:53.180
 that same

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 struggle

00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:54.539
 in a more

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:55.240
 recent season

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:55.980
 as a husband

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:57.360
 and a father

00:19:57.360 --> 00:19:59.140
 wanting to

00:19:59.140 --> 00:19:59.980
 love my

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 family and

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.059
 wanting them

00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:01.720
 to love me

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.319
 and wanting

00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:02.980
 to point them

00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:03.539
 to Jesus

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:04.900
 so it's easy

00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:05.360
 to feel that

00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:05.860
 what Jesus

00:20:05.860 --> 00:20:07.180
 primarily wants

00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:08.420
 in my relationship

00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:08.920
 with him

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:09.640
 what really

00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:10.519
 matters to him

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.599
 is the example

00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:12.400
 I set for

00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:13.220
 my kids

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:14.280
 right?

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:16.120
 It's the wise

00:20:16.120 --> 00:20:17.259
 counsel that I'm

00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:17.840
 able to give

00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:18.840
 to my wife

00:20:18.840 --> 00:20:19.680
 when she asks

00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:20.300
 for it.

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.759
 It's the consistency

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:23.540
 of family worship

00:20:23.540 --> 00:20:24.200
 together

00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:25.340
 and hear me

00:20:25.340 --> 00:20:26.519
 those are such

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:27.140
 good things

00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:27.660
 I'm not

00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.720
 criticizing them

00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:30.940
 but do you see

00:20:30.940 --> 00:20:31.940
 how easy it is

00:20:31.940 --> 00:20:33.180
 to lose sight

00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:33.880
 of home?

00:20:35.320 --> 00:20:36.460
 Home's over here

00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.480
 but I've visited

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.220
 often enough

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:39.340
 I can leave him

00:20:39.340 --> 00:20:41.000
 I think I'll bear

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:42.140
 such good fruit

00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:42.580
 on my own

00:20:42.580 --> 00:20:43.080
 I've got so

00:20:43.080 --> 00:20:43.800
 many good ideas

00:20:43.800 --> 00:20:44.300
 now Jesus

00:20:44.300 --> 00:20:46.500
 I'm going to

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.720
 exhaust myself

00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.580
 with all these

00:20:48.580 --> 00:20:49.820
 good activities

00:20:49.820 --> 00:20:50.720
 and think that

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.380
 that's loving

00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:52.080
 my family

00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:52.759
 because they

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.380
 seem to like

00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:54.240
 being busy too

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:55.000
 and Jesus

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.580
 tells me to

00:20:55.580 --> 00:20:56.100
 focus on

00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:57.060
 one thing

00:20:57.060 --> 00:20:58.440
 to find rest

00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:59.460
 in one place

00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:00.520
 to draw strength

00:21:00.520 --> 00:21:01.920
 from one relationship

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:03.000
 and then I actually

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.800
 will love them

00:21:03.800 --> 00:21:04.000
 well

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:05.020
 it's what he says

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:06.519
 it is easy

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.420
 to be busy

00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:08.879
 with many

00:21:08.879 --> 00:21:10.039
 good things

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:11.519
 and be busy

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:12.279
 missing

00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:14.339
 the best thing

00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:15.500
 we are prone

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.139
 to wander

00:21:16.139 --> 00:21:16.680
 aren't we

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.819
 even when we know

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.759
 where home is

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:20.039
 we're prone

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:21.000
 to leave

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:22.160
 the God we love

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:23.339
 to think we've seen

00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:24.160
 him enough lately

00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:25.259
 that we're probably

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:26.619
 okay in our own strength

00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:27.740
 that we can probably

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:29.220
 do a lot of good things

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.619
 and it will

00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:32.439
 see relationship

00:21:32.439 --> 00:21:33.339
 with Jesus

00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:35.039
 is not first

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:36.679
 about serving

00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:38.119
 him

00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:40.259
 following his example

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:42.099
 even teaching

00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:42.799
 about him

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.659
 those are all

00:21:43.659 --> 00:21:44.439
 good verbs

00:21:44.439 --> 00:21:45.239
 if you wrote them down

00:21:45.239 --> 00:21:46.439
 I'm not mad at you

00:21:46.439 --> 00:21:48.539
 they're just not first

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:51.259
 first it's about

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:54.279
 abiding in him

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:56.639
 being with Jesus

00:21:56.639 --> 00:21:57.819
 resting at home

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.339
 in Jesus

00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:59.199
 myself

00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:00.019
 or he says

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:01.580
 none of the rest

00:22:01.580 --> 00:22:02.460
 of our verbs

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:03.779
 all of the good ones

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.759
 that we think

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.799
 none of them

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.860
 will bear fruit

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:08.340
 if we are not

00:22:08.340 --> 00:22:09.480
 constantly

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.559
 connected

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:12.140
 to the vine

00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:14.319
 yes listen

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:14.779
 remember

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:16.059
 Jesus is sending

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:17.220
 all of us out

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:18.799
 to bear fruit

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.960
 oh we

00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.799
 we don't want

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.799
 to be dead

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.660
 branches

00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:24.140
 but he doesn't

00:22:24.140 --> 00:22:24.580
 say

00:22:24.580 --> 00:22:26.120
 because what you need

00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:27.279
 is to bear fruit

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:28.460
 go be busy

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:30.840
 go work hard

00:22:30.840 --> 00:22:31.740
 what does he say

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:34.200
 stay in me

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:36.000
 rest

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:37.420
 abide

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:38.400
 never

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:39.579
 leave

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.440
 me

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:43.160
 it's really for me

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:44.000
 just been the past

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.660
 couple years

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.980
 that God's been

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.740
 showing me

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.740
 that pattern

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.559
 that I have

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.700
 of visiting Jesus

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:52.000
 and then going to life

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:53.539
 of coming and going

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.980
 with him

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:56.159
 that's often

00:22:56.159 --> 00:22:57.039
 kept me

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:58.079
 from abiding

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:59.159
 from finding my

00:22:59.159 --> 00:22:59.879
 home

00:22:59.879 --> 00:23:01.279
 with him

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:02.420
 he's shown me

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.319
 how much I need

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:04.599
 to be at home

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.480
 with Jesus

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.259
 how in fact

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:07.599
 most of the real

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.119
 fruit

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:09.319
 that I've seen

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.980
 in my life

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:11.159
 like moments

00:23:11.159 --> 00:23:12.159
 of patience

00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:13.000
 with others

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:14.039
 that offers them

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:15.740
 actually rest

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.619
 in Jesus

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:17.779
 that they so need

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.639
 rather than

00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:19.740
 offering them

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:21.620
 a busy performance

00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.200
 treadmill

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:23.140
 to join me

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.539
 on

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:25.079
 that kind of

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.900
 fruit has grown

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.299
 from

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:27.599
 from actually

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.799
 resting in

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.500
 and drawing

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.400
 strength

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:32.059
 from Jesus

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:33.039
 myself

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:37.220
 maybe you too

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.960
 have had seasons

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.799
 of your life

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.720
 where you realize

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:41.460
 Jesus is at best

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:43.759
 someone you've

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.660
 visited

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:46.420
 while home

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.279
 was really

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.399
 the opinion

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:49.019
 of others

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:51.559
 the security

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.920
 of your money

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:56.200
 the success

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:57.379
 that you're

00:23:57.379 --> 00:23:57.720
 making

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.720
 of yourself

00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:01.700
 maybe you feel

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.200
 like you're living

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:03.039
 that way today

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:04.059
 maybe you feel

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.899
 like that's exactly

00:24:04.899 --> 00:24:05.460
 what you're doing

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:05.980
 this morning

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.379
 is you're

00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:07.119
 you're visiting

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:07.539
 Jesus

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.279
 and you've

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:08.740
 established

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.960
 a quite normal

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.859
 pattern in your

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.599
 life the same

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:12.319
 way I did

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:14.180
 you visit Jesus

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:15.319
 nearly every week

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:17.399
 that's the pattern

00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:18.399
 a weekly

00:24:18.399 --> 00:24:19.099
 visit

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.799
 and then

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.899
 leaving him

00:24:20.899 --> 00:24:21.759
 to busy

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.179
 yourself

00:24:22.179 --> 00:24:22.759
 with all

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.359
 sorts

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:24.139
 of good

00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:24.839
 things

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.500
 you're

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.899
 you're

00:24:25.899 --> 00:24:26.799
 very busy

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.679
 all week

00:24:27.679 --> 00:24:28.480
 you even

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.039
 hope along

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.319
 the way

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.659
 that you'll

00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:30.220
 follow some

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.460
 of his

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:30.919
 commands

00:24:30.919 --> 00:24:31.359
 that you'll

00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:32.099
 serve his

00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:32.460
 kingdom

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:32.960
 here and

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.159
 there

00:24:33.159 --> 00:24:33.939
 hopefully do

00:24:33.939 --> 00:24:34.439
 some really

00:24:34.439 --> 00:24:35.279
 good stuff

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.579
 right

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.559
 you probably

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.179
 do

00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:39.119
 but if we

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.700
 trust the

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.240
 words of

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.859
 Jesus here

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:41.679
 that kind

00:24:41.679 --> 00:24:42.279
 of coming

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.779
 and going

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.299
 pattern

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.939
 of life

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.960
 it is as

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.559
 silly

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.799
 as ridiculous

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:48.080
 as a branch

00:24:48.080 --> 00:24:49.400
 leaving the

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:49.779
 vine

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.900
 breaking off

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.680
 to go do

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.160
 some good

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:53.039
 fruit bearing

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.740
 over here

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.440
 and then

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.360
 coming back

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:56.340
 to present

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:57.299
 the fruit

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:58.420
 to the vine

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.799
 no way

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:01.720
 y'all have you

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.640
 have you ever

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.140
 done that

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:03.640
 have you stood

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.180
 there by the

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.700
 side of the

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.320
 road while the

00:25:05.320 --> 00:25:06.000
 branches are all

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.620
 piled up and

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.360
 thought I bet

00:25:07.360 --> 00:25:07.920
 the leaves will

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.980
 be greener next

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.400
 week

00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:10.680
 I bet that's

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.440
 what I wonder

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.180
 if I took this

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.799
 one back and

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.559
 taped it to a

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.119
 tree if there

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:15.159
 would be green

00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:16.679
 fruit next time

00:25:16.679 --> 00:25:17.059
 I come

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:18.279
 no that will

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.440
 never work

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:21.299
 no matter how

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.960
 much we think

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.619
 it makes sense

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.139
 to us

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:23.940
 Jesus says

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.980
 it won't

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.759
 work

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:28.179
 have you ever

00:25:28.179 --> 00:25:28.679
 wondered why

00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:29.039
 there's not

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:30.960
 more revival

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:32.480
 in 21st

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.460
 century America

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:35.619
 why are there

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.579
 not more

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:38.779
 deeply content

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.899
 Christians

00:25:39.899 --> 00:25:41.799
 why are there

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.419
 not more

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.560
 sacrificial

00:25:43.560 --> 00:25:44.600
 marriages

00:25:44.600 --> 00:25:45.539
 why is there

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.019
 not more

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.980
 passionate

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.860
 prayer

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:50.019
 from a human

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.700
 perspective

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.660
 I tell you

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:52.759
 that's because

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.920
 in general

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.820
 we only

00:25:54.820 --> 00:25:55.960
 visit Jesus

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:57.660
 but we live

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.680
 with the world

00:25:58.680 --> 00:26:00.680
 we're at

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.440
 home

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:03.160
 with ourselves

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:04.580
 with whatever

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:05.460
 makes us

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.519
 feel good

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:09.519
 and as the

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.019
 branch

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:11.359
 cannot bear

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.079
 fruit by

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.720
 itself

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:14.139
 unless it

00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:14.740
 abides in

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.279
 the vine

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:16.480
 neither

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.639
 can you

00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:19.579
 unless you

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.059
 abide

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:21.359
 in me

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:22.180
 unless your

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:23.019
 home

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:25.059
 is Jesus

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:28.420
 but remember

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:30.400
 if you long

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:30.900
 for those

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.240
 things

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:32.379
 there's great

00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:33.220
 reason here

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.880
 for hope

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:35.279
 where is it

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.539
 the vine

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.900
 the vine

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.500
 is still

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.360
 strong

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:40.579
 and full

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.120
 of life

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.839
 even

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:43.140
 if you're

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.559
 not

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:43.880
 look

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.500
 whoever

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:45.980
 abides

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.880
 in me

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:47.500
 and I

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:47.960
 in him

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.600
 bears

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:49.400
 much

00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:50.039
 fruit

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.799
 in fact

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.920
 sees

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.880
 miraculous

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:53.700
 answers

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.480
 to prayer

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.120
 in fact

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:56.500
 even glorifies

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.460
 God himself

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.759
 with all

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.819
 this fruit

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:01.140
 lifelong

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:02.119
 insecure

00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:02.960
 people

00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:03.740
 connected

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.259
 to Jesus

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.759
 become

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.680
 joyful

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:07.000
 and hopeful

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:08.619
 the fearful

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.440
 become

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.220
 courageous

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.519
 and many

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:11.980
 are drawn

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.359
 into the

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:12.740
 mutual

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.279
 love

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.559
 of the

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:13.920
 vines

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.579
 community

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.160
 that is

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.619
 finally

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.059
 offering

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.480
 the life

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.640
 that it

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.059
 was called

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.440
 to offer

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.900
 the nations

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.579
 all the way

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:18.980
 back since

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.319
 the Garden

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.700
 of Eden

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.839
 that'll

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.379
 happen

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:24.119
 what's the

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.759
 most amazing

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.359
 home

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:26.799
 you've ever

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.339
 been in

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:28.419
 can you

00:27:28.419 --> 00:27:28.699
 think of

00:27:28.699 --> 00:27:28.919
 one

00:27:28.919 --> 00:27:30.319
 maybe

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.500
 you've

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:30.720
 toured

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.339
 a palace

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.599
 or an

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:31.799
 old

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.279
 mansion

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:36.179
 can you

00:27:36.179 --> 00:27:36.459
 imagine

00:27:36.459 --> 00:27:36.779
 you're there

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.099
 with a bunch

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.619
 of tourists

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:37.919
 and you're

00:27:37.919 --> 00:27:38.399
 just checking

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:38.740
 out this

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.059
 amazing

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.319
 place

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.799
 can you

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.159
 imagine

00:27:40.159 --> 00:27:40.439
 if you

00:27:40.439 --> 00:27:40.559
 were

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:40.959
 invited

00:27:40.959 --> 00:27:41.299
 to

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:42.759
 live

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.039
 there

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:45.359
 to

00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:45.959
 dine

00:27:45.959 --> 00:27:46.299
 at that

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.720
 grand

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.139
 table

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:47.480
 behind

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:47.639
 the

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:47.980
 ropes

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:49.339
 to

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:50.159
 sleep

00:27:50.159 --> 00:27:50.500
 in the

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.139
 luxurious

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:52.220
 bedroom

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.619
 to

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:53.000
 spend

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.379
 all

00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:53.740
 day

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.279
 talking

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:54.559
 with

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:54.720
 the

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.139
 wonderful

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:55.639
 home

00:27:55.639 --> 00:27:55.980
 owner

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:58.579
 that's

00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:58.759
 what

00:27:58.759 --> 00:27:59.180
 Jesus

00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.620
 is

00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.099
 doing

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:00.460
 for

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.720
 us

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:00.940
 here

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:02.259
 he's

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.539
 saying

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:04.079
 abide

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.960
 in me

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.640
 be at

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.140
 home

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:06.599
 with me

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.019
 don't

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.220
 just

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.519
 visit

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:07.880
 come

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:08.099
 and

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.680
 stay

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.299
 pastor

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.660
 Andrew

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:09.980
 Murray

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.720
 who

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.160
 would

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:11.680
 after

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.180
 seeking

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.460
 the

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.019
 king's

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.599
 palace

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.059
 be

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.500
 content

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.799
 to

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.220
 stand

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.400
 in

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:15.539
 the

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:15.900
 door

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.240
 just

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.420
 to

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:16.799
 visit

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.819
 when

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:17.920
 he

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.079
 is

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.480
 invited

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:18.759
 to

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.220
 dwell

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.400
 in

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 the

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.000
 king's

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.440
 presence

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:20.900
 and

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 share

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.500
 with

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.660
 him

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:21.819
 in

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.160
 all

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.360
 the

00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:22.740
 glory

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:22.940
 of

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.099
 his

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.400
 royal

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:23.819
 life

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.379
 oh

00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:24.639
 let

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:24.839
 us

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.279
 enter

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.700
 in

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.119
 and

00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:27.039
 abide

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.659
 and

00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:28.159
 enjoy

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:28.419
 to

00:28:28.419 --> 00:28:28.599
 the

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.039
 full

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.480
 all

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:29.679
 the

00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:29.879
 rich

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.339
 supply

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:30.639
 his

00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:31.059
 wondrous

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.480
 love

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.000
 hath

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 prepared

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 for

00:28:33.419 --> 00:28:33.980
 us

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.839
 imagine

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.099
 if you

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:35.220
 were

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.500
 living

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:35.740
 there

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.500
 24

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.939
 7

00:28:36.939 --> 00:28:37.099
 if

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.399
 all

00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:37.559
 you

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:37.700
 did

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:37.859
 was

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.480
 feast

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.659
 at

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:38.799
 the

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.039
 royal

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.399
 table

00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:39.599
 and

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:40.139
 constantly

00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:40.700
 think

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.000
 about

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.220
 how

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.799
 well

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.139
 fed

00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:42.359
 you

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:42.579
 were

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:42.720
 and

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.399
 discuss

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.700
 with

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:43.839
 the

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.079
 others

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.439
 sitting

00:28:44.439 --> 00:28:44.740
 there

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.119
 the

00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:45.599
 wonders

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:45.819
 of

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:45.960
 the

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.659
 last

00:28:46.659 --> 00:28:47.039
 dish

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:48.220
 don't

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:48.339
 you

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:48.599
 think

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:48.859
 a

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.379
 deep

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:50.559
 contentment

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.859
 a

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.259
 real

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.639
 satisfaction

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.080
 in

00:28:54.080 --> 00:28:54.620
 Christ

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.080
 a

00:28:55.080 --> 00:28:55.759
 delight

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.120
 in

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:56.560
 Jesus

00:28:56.560 --> 00:28:56.900
 would

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.259
 start

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.720
 growing

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:57.920
 in

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.040
 your

00:28:58.040 --> 00:28:58.160
 heart

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.259
 if

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:58.320
 that

00:28:58.320 --> 00:28:58.460
 was

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.800
 all

00:28:58.800 --> 00:28:59.000
 you

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.240
 did

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.440
 all

00:28:59.440 --> 00:28:59.640
 day

00:28:59.640 --> 00:28:59.860
 every

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:00.120
 day

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:02.620
 beautiful

00:29:02.620 --> 00:29:03.100
 fruit

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.320
 that

00:29:03.320 --> 00:29:03.480
 would

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:03.620
 be

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:03.860
 wouldn't

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.160
 it

00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:06.780
 what

00:29:06.780 --> 00:29:06.920
 if

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.360
 instead

00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:07.680
 of

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.259
 that

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.540
 your

00:29:08.540 --> 00:29:08.820
 your

00:29:08.820 --> 00:29:09.540
 default

00:29:09.540 --> 00:29:09.900
 your

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.480
 resting

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.240
 place

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.600
 your

00:29:11.600 --> 00:29:12.140
 your

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.660
 life

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.220
 shaping

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:14.060
 time

00:29:14.060 --> 00:29:14.320
 what

00:29:14.320 --> 00:29:14.440
 you

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.560
 were

00:29:14.560 --> 00:29:15.080
 most

00:29:15.080 --> 00:29:15.759
 focused

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.060
 on

00:29:16.060 --> 00:29:16.259
 was

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:17.020
 scrolling

00:29:17.020 --> 00:29:17.400
 through

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:17.620
 the

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:17.980
 tour

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.200
 of

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.680
 homes

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:18.940
 on

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.440
 social

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:19.920
 media

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.640
 and

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.780
 contemplating

00:29:21.780 --> 00:29:22.100
 all

00:29:22.100 --> 00:29:22.320
 that

00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:22.560
 you're

00:29:22.560 --> 00:29:22.860
 missing

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:23.180
 out

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:23.580
 on

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:26.460
 envy

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.799
 would

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.240
 grow

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:29.559
 discontent

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.859
 jealousy

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:33.039
 rotten

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.919
 fruit

00:29:33.919 --> 00:29:34.480
 yes

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:36.480
 I mean

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.059
 imagine the

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.599
 difference in

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.240
 your reaction

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:39.039
 when you hear

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.879
 about an

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.740
 election not

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.319
 going your

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.699
 way

00:29:41.699 --> 00:29:43.199
 or a

00:29:43.199 --> 00:29:43.500
 school

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.159
 shooting

00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:46.899
 or rumored

00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:47.859
 layoffs at

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.519
 your company

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:50.619
 if you

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:50.960
 have been

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.579
 at home

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:52.240
 recently

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.220
 constantly

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.940
 in your

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.720
 own fears

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.539
 in media

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.119
 messages

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:57.259
 in investment

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.059
 strategies

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:59.039
 thinking that's

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.420
 what's going to

00:29:59.420 --> 00:29:59.700
 get you

00:29:59.700 --> 00:29:59.980
 through

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.619
 or

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:04.500
 if when you

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:04.819
 hit that

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.299
 moment you

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:05.639
 have been

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.379
 actually at

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:06.700
 home

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.559
 every day

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.500
 in the

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.139
 promise of

00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:09.720
 Jesus to

00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.339
 hold you

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:11.279
 and never

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.639
 let you

00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:11.900
 go

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.799
 and promises

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.299
 that God

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.680
 will meet

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.200
 all your

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.500
 needs

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.019
 according to

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.200
 his

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.799
 glorious

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.180
 riches

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.720
 in Christ

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.120
 Jesus

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:19.059
 which

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.460
 version

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.759
 of you

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.240
 bears the

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.660
 fruit of

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.400
 anxiety

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:24.319
 which

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:24.700
 version

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:24.980
 of you

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.440
 the fruit

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.980
 of more

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:27.620
 peace

00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:32.500
 I suspect

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.100
 today some

00:30:33.100 --> 00:30:33.480
 of you are

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.840
 here

00:30:33.840 --> 00:30:34.980
 investigating

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.519
 Jesus

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.960
 and

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.880
 it's

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.400
 possible

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:38.740
 that all

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.240
 this talk

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.920
 of abiding

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.640
 feels like

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.140
 it's setting

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.600
 a really

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:42.240
 high

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.980
 bar

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.860
 like I

00:30:43.860 --> 00:30:44.480
 will never

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.259
 reach that

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.620
 I mean I'm

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.559
 just interested

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.059
 I'll never

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.640
 be that

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.259
 spiritual

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.279
 never be

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.779
 that

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.360
 committed

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.160
 I'm barely

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.779
 managing

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.920
 life already

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.339
 Will

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:56.480
 listen it's

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.980
 true that

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.880
 Jesus changes

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.779
 everything

00:30:58.779 --> 00:31:00.620
 it can feel

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:01.759
 like it's

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.380
 life changing

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:05.579
 but it's not

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.440
 because it's a

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:07.160
 really high

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.900
 bar of

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.579
 performance

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.539
 for you

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:11.660
 Jesus is

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.620
 actually inviting

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:13.819
 you to

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.319
 abide

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:15.599
 not

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:16.399
 demanding

00:31:16.399 --> 00:31:17.279
 that you

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.740
 bear enough

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.220
 fruit

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.319
 I want to

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:19.679
 make sure

00:31:19.679 --> 00:31:20.119
 you hear

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.480
 that

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.259
 see his

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.179
 father

00:31:22.179 --> 00:31:23.480
 grafts

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.879
 you into

00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:24.319
 him

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.819
 and then

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.099
 the way

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:25.779
 he works

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.379
 is that

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:27.200
 he tends

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:28.119
 the weakest

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:28.779
 branches

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:30.339
 especially

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:31.559
 tenderly

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:33.059
 if you think

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.419
 that you

00:31:33.419 --> 00:31:34.139
 listen again

00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:34.879
 to South

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:35.279
 African

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:36.039
 pastor of

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.379
 the last

00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:36.839
 century

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.279
 Andrew

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.639
 Murray

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.399
 in his

00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:38.879
 little book

00:31:38.879 --> 00:31:39.460
 abide in

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:39.960
 Christ

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.700
 if you can

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.339
 remember that

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:42.319
 difficult title

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.159
 you should read

00:31:43.159 --> 00:31:43.779
 it and I have

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.819
 extras in my

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.460
 office I'll give

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.859
 you one

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:47.519
 abiding in

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:49.259
 Christ is

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.099
 just meant for

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.939
 the weak and

00:31:50.939 --> 00:31:51.639
 so beautifully

00:31:51.639 --> 00:31:52.500
 suited to their

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.179
 feebleness

00:31:53.179 --> 00:31:55.079
 it is not the

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:55.779
 doing of some

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.639
 great thing

00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:58.039
 and does not

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.740
 demand that we

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.559
 first lead a

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:00.460
 very holy and

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.460
 devoted life

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:03.359
 no it is

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.339
 simply weakness

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:05.779
 entrusting itself

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.599
 to a mighty

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:07.839
 one to be kept

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:09.659
 the unfaithful

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:10.299
 one that can be

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:11.680
 you casting

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.940
 self on one

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.599
 who is

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.279
 altogether

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.980
 trustworthy

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:16.460
 and true

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:17.599
 see you

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.359
 you can

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:18.779
 abide

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:20.039
 you can

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.859
 abide today

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.539
 because he

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.079
 is still

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.559
 mighty

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:24.460
 and trustworthy

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:26.460
 and true

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:28.339
 the clear

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:29.159
 command for

00:32:29.159 --> 00:32:29.759
 us in this

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.359
 passage

00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:31.700
 is to

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.220
 abide

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:34.019
 but the

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.519
 focus of

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:34.799
 the whole

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.480
 passage is

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:35.980
 clearly

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:37.339
 the vine

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:38.919
 right

00:32:38.919 --> 00:32:39.460
 that's where he

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:39.880
 starts

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:41.539
 I am the

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.120
 vine

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:42.980
 Jesus says

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:44.440
 nothing helps

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.440
 weak branches

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:46.779
 like us

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.519
 abide

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:50.039
 like delighting

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.660
 in the

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:52.160
 glorious strength

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:53.819
 of the vine

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:55.759
 y'all the one

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.880
 calling you

00:32:56.880 --> 00:32:57.700
 to make your

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.799
 home with him

00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.779
 is the one

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.539
 who just last

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.400
 week promised

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.460
 us if anyone

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:03.160
 loves me

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:04.079
 he will keep

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.740
 my word

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.600
 and my father

00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.240
 will love him

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.279
 and we will

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:08.539
 come to him

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.460
 and make

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.940
 our home

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:12.659
 with him

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:14.379
 he abides

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:15.680
 with us

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.599
 by his

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:17.559
 holy spirit

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.200
 that's your

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:18.720
 home

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:20.460
 friends the

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.379
 vine

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:23.079
 this god

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.460
 is the

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.079
 keeper

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:25.279
 of his

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.940
 people

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:27.839
 he never

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:28.960
 slumbers

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:30.700
 nor sleeps

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:32.059
 he is the

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.799
 bread of

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.359
 life

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:34.779
 who fully

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.799
 satisfies

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.039
 eyes

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.960
 if you're

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.220
 afraid

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:37.599
 things are

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:37.859
 out of

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.180
 control

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:39.119
 he is in

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:40.480
 omnipotent

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.419
 control

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:42.879
 of everything

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.799
 in the whole

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.180
 world

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.460
 his love

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:46.059
 for you

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.779
 is an

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.279
 everlasting

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:48.119
 love

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:49.000
 that started

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.579
 before you

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:50.119
 were born

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:51.379
 and will not

00:33:51.379 --> 00:33:51.899
 stop

00:33:51.899 --> 00:33:53.180
 till after you

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.759
 die

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.720
 it goes on

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.159
 and on

00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:55.879
 he will never

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.879
 stop loving

00:33:56.879 --> 00:33:57.119
 you

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.480
 in fact

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.099
 he came to

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.500
 give his

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.879
 life

00:33:58.879 --> 00:33:59.599
 in your

00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:00.079
 place

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:00.680
 so that

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.039
 you can

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.500
 have a

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.180
 home with

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.519
 him

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.299
 now

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:04.680
 and forever

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:07.480
 he is in

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.259
 Andrew Murray's

00:34:08.259 --> 00:34:08.719
 words

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:10.719
 the infinite

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:12.199
 Emmanuel

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:14.659
 I love

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:14.900
 that

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.440
 take that

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:15.820
 with you

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.280
 this week

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.579
 okay

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:19.059
 the infinite

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:20.619
 Emmanuel

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:22.619
 God

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:24.739
 with us

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:26.380
 without

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:27.139
 end

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:28.980
 no limits

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:30.500
 beyond

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.780
 comprehension

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:32.800
 God

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.620
 with us

00:34:33.620 --> 00:34:33.940
 is he

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.280
 one

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.780
 worthy

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:35.040
 of

00:34:35.040 --> 00:34:35.360
 finding

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:35.980
 rest

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.400
 for your

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.760
 soul

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.040
 then

00:34:37.040 --> 00:34:39.420
 is he

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:39.980
 capable

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.280
 of

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.860
 providing

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.180
 the

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.940
 strength

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.860
 that you

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.340
 need

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:43.760
 or are you

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:43.980
 going to

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.220
 need to

00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:44.600
 go looking

00:34:44.600 --> 00:34:44.940
 somewhere

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.380
 else

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:47.400
 is he

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:48.140
 trustworthy

00:34:48.140 --> 00:34:49.300
 to hold

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:49.600
 you

00:34:49.600 --> 00:34:50.440
 no matter

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:51.240
 the storm

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:51.960
 no matter

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.560
 the pain

00:34:52.560 --> 00:34:52.860
 of the

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.240
 pruning

00:34:53.240 --> 00:34:53.940
 no matter

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.880
 the distance

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.320
 that you

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:55.980
 have broken

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.480
 off and

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:57.500
 blown away

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.580
 before being

00:34:58.580 --> 00:34:59.320
 grafted

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.960
 back in

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:03.079
 dear ones

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:05.260
 he is

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:06.500
 he is

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.159
 so worthy

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:08.220
 he is

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:09.199
 so powerful

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:09.920
 he is

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.820
 so good

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.519
 he is

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.179
 so

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:13.179
 trustworthy

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:14.740
 abide

00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.860
 in

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:17.460
 Christ

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:19.400
 you can

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.960
 start that

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.619
 fresh

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.079
 now

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.760
 if you

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:22.179
 need to

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:24.420
 just by

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.920
 coming

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:26.539
 to find

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.079
 rest

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.500
 at the

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.139
 family

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:29.159
 dinner

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.659
 table

00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:30.460
 being

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:31.219
 at home

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:32.519
 right here

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.039
 with him

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:34.000
 don't start

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.559
 thinking of

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:34.860
 all the

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:35.239
 reasons

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:36.519
 you deserve

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.279
 to be here

00:35:37.279 --> 00:35:37.559
 all the

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.079
 things you've

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.440
 done

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:38.799
 that will

00:35:38.799 --> 00:35:40.239
 impress

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:40.599
 him

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:41.699
 just

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:43.440
 right where

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.960
 you are

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:45.199
 without any

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:45.880
 record to

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.239
 bring

00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:46.679
 you can

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:47.719
 be

00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:48.619
 home

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:48.880
 here

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.480
 he invites

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:49.779
 you to

00:35:49.779 --> 00:35:50.179
 rest

00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:51.340
 he invites

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:51.579
 you to

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:51.980
 draw your

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.659
 strength

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.199
 not from

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.579
 yourself

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:54.000
 but from

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.239
 him

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:55.119
 he invites

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.400
 you

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:56.099
 in these

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.700
 next few

00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:57.039
 minutes

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.720
 to have

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.059
 your

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.579
 week

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.420
 shaped

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.260
 by

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:00.980
 this

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.940
 and not

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.300
 any other

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:02.940
 priority

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:04.539
 that's what

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:04.980
 he's inviting

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.340
 you into

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:05.880
 right now

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:07.340
 he did that

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:07.619
 for his

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.099
 disciples

00:36:08.099 --> 00:36:09.059
 on that

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.380
 night

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.800
 that he

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:10.059
 spoke

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.300
 these

00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:10.579
 words

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:10.960
 to them

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.160
 that he

00:36:11.160 --> 00:36:11.280
 would

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.700
 eventually

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:11.960
 be

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.460
 betrayed

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.460
 he took

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:13.960
 bread

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.680
 and he

00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:15.000
 broke

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.220
 it

00:36:15.220 --> 00:36:16.240
 and he

00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:16.480
 gave

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:16.780
 it to

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:17.059
 them

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.480
 as I

00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:18.200
 ministering

00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:18.519
 in his

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:18.840
 name

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:19.300
 give this

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:19.619
 bread

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.180
 to you

00:36:20.180 --> 00:36:20.960
 and he

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.139
 said

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:21.579
 take

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:21.960
 eat

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.880
 this is

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.280
 my

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:23.760
 body

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:24.880
 given

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.800
 for you

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:27.000
 do this

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.619
 in remembrance

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:28.300
 of me

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:29.160
 and then

00:36:29.160 --> 00:36:29.820
 after supper

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:30.300
 he took

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.880
 the cup

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.420
 and he

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:31.599
 said

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.260
 this cup

00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:32.780
 is the

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:32.980
 new

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.300
 covenant

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:33.760
 in my

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:34.079
 blood

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:34.599
 shed

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.059
 for many

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.420
 for the

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:35.760
 forgiveness

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.440
 of sins

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:37.140
 drink

00:36:37.140 --> 00:36:37.579
 from it

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:38.160
 all of

00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:38.360
 you

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:39.220
 for as

00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:39.519
 often

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:39.880
 as you

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.099
 eat

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.380
 this

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:40.700
 bread

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:41.300
 and drink

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:41.579
 this

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:41.860
 cup

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.200
 you

00:36:42.200 --> 00:36:42.680
 proclaim

00:36:42.680 --> 00:36:42.940
 the

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.300
 Lord's

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:43.760
 death

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:44.260
 until

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:44.460
 he

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:44.760
 comes

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.200
 you

00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:45.579
 say

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.140
 I'm

00:36:46.140 --> 00:36:46.780
 home

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.300
 in

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:47.740
 Jesus

00:36:47.740 --> 00:36:48.900
 and

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.099
 nowhere

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.500
 else

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:50.200
 there's

00:36:50.200 --> 00:36:50.860
 no place

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.200
 I can

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:51.460
 go

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:51.840
 where I'm

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.599
 always

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:53.420
 welcome

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.340
 always

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:55.019
 accepted

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.880
 always

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.599
 safe

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:57.220
 but there's

00:36:57.220 --> 00:36:57.900
 a person

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.680
 that I can

00:36:58.680 --> 00:36:59.180
 live with

00:36:59.180 --> 00:36:59.519
 today

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.740
 and I

00:36:59.740 --> 00:36:59.900
 will

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.760
 always

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:02.400
 always

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:03.320
 be at

00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:03.500
 home

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.980
 with him

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:06.619
 if that's

00:37:06.619 --> 00:37:07.159
 your joy

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:08.159
 this is not

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.800
 Southwood's

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:09.079
 table

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:10.740
 the Presbyterian

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:11.340
 church's

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:11.720
 table

00:37:11.720 --> 00:37:12.320
 this is

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:13.260
 Jesus's

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.659
 table

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:14.760
 he sets

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.180
 it for

00:37:15.180 --> 00:37:15.599
 you so

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:15.920
 that if

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.480
 you find

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.460
 your home

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:18.099
 in him

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:18.720
 if you

00:37:18.720 --> 00:37:19.619
 are actively

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.539
 abiding

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:21.139
 in Jesus

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 and drawing

00:37:21.740 --> 00:37:22.240
 your life

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:22.659
 from him

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.459
 you should

00:37:23.459 --> 00:37:24.079
 come

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:25.239
 and eat

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 and be

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 strengthened

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 for living

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 with him

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:29.319
 again this

00:37:29.319 --> 00:37:29.639
 week

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:31.879
 if you're

00:37:31.879 --> 00:37:32.679
 not there

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:33.639
 with Jesus

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:34.119
 today

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:35.339
 maybe because

00:37:35.339 --> 00:37:36.139
 you have

00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:37.399
 never been

00:37:37.399 --> 00:37:37.859
 there with

00:37:37.859 --> 00:37:38.159
 Jesus

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 or maybe

00:37:39.339 --> 00:37:40.219
 just because

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.779
 you have

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.319
 been but

00:37:41.319 --> 00:37:42.219
 lately

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:43.019
 you've

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.379
 honestly

00:37:43.379 --> 00:37:43.859
 you're

00:37:43.859 --> 00:37:44.199
 finding

00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:44.679
 home

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.419
 somewhere

00:37:45.419 --> 00:37:45.919
 else

00:37:45.919 --> 00:37:48.039
 then

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:48.519
 don't

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 come take

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:49.979
 these elements

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.619
 this morning

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:52.740
 but please

00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:53.340
 hear the

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:53.920
 invitation

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.579
 of Jesus

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:55.320
 to you

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:56.599
 to come

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.500
 and abide

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.500
 and find

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.219
 life

00:37:59.219 --> 00:38:00.480
 forever

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.820
 with him

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:02.219
 we would

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:03.320
 love to

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:03.780
 talk

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:04.420
 or pray

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:04.800
 with you

00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:05.420
 about that

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:06.039
 this morning

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:07.840
 we're so

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.340
 glad you're

00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:08.639
 here

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:10.400
 to celebrate

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:11.320
 with us

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:12.599
 where we

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:13.539
 find life

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.559
 let's pray

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:14.860
 and we'll do

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:15.400
 that together

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:18.639
 Jesus

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.099
 the one

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:19.519
 who is

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.019
 the way

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.740
 the truth

00:38:20.740 --> 00:38:21.200
 and the

00:38:21.200 --> 00:38:21.599
 life

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.480
 the one

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:22.940
 who brings

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.500
 us to

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:24.160
 the father

00:38:24.160 --> 00:38:24.539
 the one

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:24.900
 who has

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.559
 sent his

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:26.240
 spirit

00:38:26.240 --> 00:38:27.119
 to abide

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.880
 in us

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:31.240
 help us

00:38:31.240 --> 00:38:32.059
 even through

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:33.740
 very normal

00:38:33.740 --> 00:38:34.480
 bread

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:35.519
 wine

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:39.840
 to have

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.160
 something

00:38:40.160 --> 00:38:40.519
 really

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:42.079
 unusual

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:43.860
 happen

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:44.280
 in our

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:44.680
 hearts

00:38:44.680 --> 00:38:45.220
 that we

00:38:45.220 --> 00:38:45.519
 might

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.420
 actually

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:46.940
 value

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.440
 someone

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:47.740
 else

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:48.000
 more

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.180
 than

00:38:48.180 --> 00:38:48.720
 ourselves

00:38:48.720 --> 00:38:51.440
 that we

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:52.039
 might find

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.599
 you to be

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:53.180
 sweeter

00:38:53.180 --> 00:38:53.559
 than

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.160
 anything

00:38:54.160 --> 00:38:54.760
 else

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:56.740
 that we

00:38:56.740 --> 00:38:57.019
 might

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:57.579
 find

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:58.079
 life

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.559
 with you

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:58.860
 to be

00:38:58.860 --> 00:38:59.140
 where

00:38:59.140 --> 00:38:59.559
 true

00:38:59.559 --> 00:38:59.920
 life

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.140
 is

00:39:00.140 --> 00:39:00.579
 found

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.539
 do that

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:01.820
 in our

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.160
 hearts

00:39:02.160 --> 00:39:02.660
 by your

00:39:02.660 --> 00:39:03.140
 spirit

00:39:03.140 --> 00:39:04.700
 we ask

00:39:04.700 --> 00:39:05.099
 in Jesus

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.539
 name

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:06.940
 amen

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:09.039
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00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.579
 information

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:10.400
 visit us

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:10.820
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00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:11.099
 at

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:11.900
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