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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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 Thank you, guys.

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 It's going to be fun enjoying that with 1,500 or so of our closest friends next Sunday night.

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 I'm excited, too.

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 This is our last Sunday together in the Minor Prophets.

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 In this particular study, I told you when we started that I was a bit cautious about it.

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 And I was right to be so.

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 It's been hard.

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 A convicting study for me as I've seen more of my idols feel like every week.

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 And at the same time, it's been so needful and so helpful to my heart because God has kept calling me back to himself.

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 This morning, Malachi gives us a good chance to review.

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 So let's remember briefly where we've been and see how God keeps calling us back through his prophets.

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 Remember, God has this special relationship with his people, Israel.

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 They're to be his treasured possession.

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 So when they wander from him, he repeatedly calls them back to himself.

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 He sends one prophet after another to yell,

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 Repent!

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 Come home to me!

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 First, we looked at Micah.

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 Micah came and called out the idolatry of God's people as they stepped on the lowly to get ahead themselves.

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 As they were merely playing church.

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 As their leaders led them away from God.

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 And he calls them back to a God who's more great and glorious than anything they can imagine.

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 And then Zephaniah comes just a couple generations later and he warns the people of coming exile because of their repeated idolatry.

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 And he tells them,

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 You must come back in repentance to experience God's rich love or else.

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 And then they do go into exile, right?

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 And after that exile from the promised land and God bringing them back,

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 God sends Haggai to them because even through the exile they've forgotten.

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 Even though they've come back, Haggai has to say to them,

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 Remember to put God's house first and rebuild the temple.

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 That's first priority.

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 Living in relationship with him for his glory is of first importance.

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 Finally, Malachi has come.

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 And even though time and time again they've gotten these reminders,

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 Here are God's people again and they're caught worshipping half-heartedly.

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 Doing whatever suits them in marriage and divorce.

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 Focusing on others' sins rather than their own.

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 And robbing God by not trusting him enough to give.

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 And so again he says,

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 Repent!

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 There's a special relationship with God that is more important than anything else.

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 Come back and remember that.

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 And we've seen that that relationship is at the heart of what we're talking about

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 when we talk about repentance.

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 Right?

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 Repentance has to be for us a normal, daily turning back to God.

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 Not just from the big sins.

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 That's not what repentance merely means.

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 But even from the slow drifting away from him that our hearts know.

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 That moment by moment decisions to value something else more than we value God.

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 Repentance is where our hearts grieve even the smallest break in our relationship with God.

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 And turn back to him.

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 Knowing that we can rejoice as we do.

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 That there's restored relationship with him.

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 And so repentance which begins in sorrow leads to joy.

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 So now as we close, I want us to consider how we respond to that call back to relationship.

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 That repeated plea of our loving father.

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 Southwood.

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 We've read about God's people in the Old Testament.

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 How will we respond to God's call?

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 We are very capable.

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 Even conditioned, I would say, to hear that call to repentance.

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 We've heard it many times perhaps, some of us.

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 And to just ignore it and move on with life.

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 Not perhaps to complain about it, but just to carry on with life as usual.

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 Or, we have the chance to respond and run home in repentance.

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 And be renewed and revived in our relationship with God.

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 God's been speaking that to my heart.

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 I know he's been speaking to many of your hearts.

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 And Malachi presents here at the end of his prophecy.

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 Two ways that those among God's people respond to God's call to repentance.

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 Listen for that.

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 Those two ways.

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 As I read Malachi beginning at chapter 3 verse 13.

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 Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord.

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 But you say, how have we spoken against you?

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 You have said, it is vain to serve God.

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 What is the profit of our keeping his charge?

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 Or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?

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 And now we call the arrogant blessed.

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 Evildoers not only prosper, but they put God to the test and they escape.

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 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another.

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 The Lord paid attention and heard them.

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 And a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name.

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 They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts.

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 In the day when I make up my treasured possession.

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 And I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.

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 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked.

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 Between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

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 For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble.

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 The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

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 But for you who fear my name, the son of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings.

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 You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall and you shall tread down the wicked.

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 For there will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.

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 Remember the law of my servant Moses.

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 The statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.

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 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.

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 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers.

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 Lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.

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 The grass withers.

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 The flowers fade.

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 But the word of our God stands forever.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we do give you thanks for your word.

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 For your call to our hearts.

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 Again this morning.

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 So we ask Holy Spirit that you would give us soft hearts and open ears.

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 We would be willing to hear and respond.

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 As you would have us.

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 To our loving Father.

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 We pray it in Jesus name.

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 Amen.

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 As many of you have noticed.

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 I spend a lot of time at the gym working out.

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 Well at least I do run sometimes anyway.

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 If you ever catch me at the gym.

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 It's because I really want to be able to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner next week.

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 And I really don't want to buy new pants the following week.

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 That's the purpose for which I am there.

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 I am among the group at the gym to get something for me.

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 For my body.

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 But there is another group of people at the gym, isn't there?

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 There are those at the gym who really love working out.

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 They love being there.

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 They love being there.

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 You know who they are.

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 You see them.

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 And they love being there.

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 Whether they need to get something out of it or not.

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 They just love being there.

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 Two different groups.

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 With two different reasons for being at the gym.

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 The same is true with the people of God in Malachi's day.

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 And in our day.

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 There are those who really love God.

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 And then there are those who use God to get something they want.

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 Note in this passage that those two groups we're talking about are not the religious and the irreligious.

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 Nope.

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 Malachi is addressing people who all go to the temple.

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 They all hear the words of the prophet.

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 They all know God's laws.

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 They all have even suffered for following his laws.

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 But their responses to God could not be more different.

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 Again, it's not the super spiritual and the pagans.

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 None of them is perfect.

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 God is calling all of them to repentance.

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 They all get that same call to repent.

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 But there are two distinct responses to that call.

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 And that makes all the difference.

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 Please hear me on this.

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 Two responses that people who sit in church today can have to God's call on them.

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 And both the focus of your life and the location of your eternity hang in the balance of how you respond to that call.

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 The first response I'll call tracking God.

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 Keeping track of how he's doing for me.

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 Right?

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 We'll hear value terms multiple times in this passage as we ask the question,

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 Is God enough?

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 Is God worth it?

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 We hear it in verse 14 when this group responds to God's call to repentance.

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 What is the profit?

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 What do I get from knowing and following Yahweh?

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 Not enough, apparently.

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 Because the arrogant, the evildoers are living the life I want.

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 They're getting away with murder.

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 I've been tracking you, God.

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 And to see if you're paying off if the benefit of, to my life is worth the cost of relationship with you.

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 And God, so far it's not.

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 That whole tithe thing cut into my profit margin.

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 That arrogant, prideful thief got the girl I wanted.

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 My competitors are out there getting ahead while I spend my Sabbath resting with you.

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 Do you hear the echoes of their gossip about God from earlier in Malachi?

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 Where is the God of justice?

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 Why is it not paying off?

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 What if I said it to you this way?

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 Because maybe that sounds really bad.

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 What if I said to you, they're just running a cost-benefit analysis?

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 Some of you do those.

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 What if I told you that we live in this tension every single day?

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 All of us, in different ways, are asking ourselves the question,

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 Is God worth it?

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 Maybe in marriage, you held out for the godly guy,

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 and he lets you down big time.

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 And you're asking,

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 Will I give God another chance this time around?

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 Maybe in your career, you made a tough decision to do what God was calling you to do,

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 but it just doesn't seem to be paying off,

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 and you're not able to provide for your kids the way you want to,

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 and it hurts you, and you start asking yourself,

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 What do I really want most for my kids?

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 Maybe you're a single adult who keeps coming to church week after week,

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 year after year,

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 and not only does God not seem to bring you a spouse,

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 but also the family of God is not the community you hoped and longed for.

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 And you're asking,

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 Is it time to give up?

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 Maybe your adult kids are shipwrecking their lives right now,

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 after you raised them to follow Jesus,

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 and you prayed for them.

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 And you're asking,

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 Can I follow this God anymore?

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 If this is how he treats those who love him,

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 these decisions,

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 and hundreds more like them,

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 they're not one-time decisions, are they?

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 You know that.

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 These are day after day,

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 moment-by-moment decisions that we have to make.

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 Will I come back to find God worth it here,

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 in this moment,

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 in this situation,

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 or will I reject him and look out for myself?

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 You may not use those words,

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 but every day we're making those kinds of decisions.

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 Y'all, the rich young ruler spent lots of time in church.

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 He kept lots of God's laws.

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 He talked lots of Christian things.

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 But in the final analysis,

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 he walked away sad,

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 because his riches were worth more to him

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 than relationship with God.

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 There's a clear warning here,

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 a painful warning,

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 of valuing anything above God.

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 If you're just tracking God,

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 chapter 4, verse 1,

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 Behold, the day is coming,

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 burning like an oven,

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 when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble.

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 The day that is coming shall set them ablaze,

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 says the Lord of hosts,

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 so that it will leave neither branch nor root.

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 That day of accounting is coming,

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 God says.

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 And God would have you understand,

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 in no uncertain terms,

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 that eternity must factor into your cost-benefit analysis.

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 A relationship with him is the only thing that counts in the end.

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 But I hang out with Christians.

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 No.

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 But I go to church pretty regularly.

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 No.

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 But do you know and love and trust Jesus alone?

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 He's warning you to run back to him

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 and know him personally today.

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 Please listen to this warning.

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 Friends, listen to me.

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 If life is really hard,

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 or if you don't know God very well,

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 it's really hard to take this seriously.

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 It's actually quite easy to think,

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 you know, a lot of money

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 is better than a little bit of God.

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 And in fact,

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 a lot of comfort is better than a lot of God.

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 Or, you know what?

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 If I'm honest,

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 even a little pleasure

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 is better than a lot of God.

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 Elizabeth Elliot's husband, Jim,

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 used to say,

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 he is no fool

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 who gives what he cannot keep

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 to gain what he cannot lose.

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 Elizabeth believed that so deeply

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 that even after her husband

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 was speared and killed

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 by a tribe

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 that he was seeking to reach

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 with the good news of Jesus,

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 instead of safely returning home,

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 which seemed to make a lot of sense,

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 she actually pressed in further

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 and stayed with this tribe.

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 Oh, yeah, sorry.

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 She and her toddler daughter

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 that she kept with her

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 for multiple years,

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 living among,

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 sharing the good news of Jesus

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 with people,

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 some of whom had killed her husband,

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 because God is worth it.

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 She wrote this,

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 God is God.

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 Because he is God,

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 he is worthy of my trust and obedience.

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 I will find rest nowhere

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 but in his holy will

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 that is unspeakably beyond

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 my largest notions

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 of what he is up to.

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 I have one desire now,

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 to live a life of reckless abandon

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 for the Lord,

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 putting all my energy

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 and strength into it.

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 The only cost-benefit analysis

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 I hear going on here

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 is valuing God's great glory

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 above even my own life.

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 That's the second response

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 to God's call to repentance.

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 Not tracking God

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 for what he's doing for me

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 but rather treasuring God

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 for who he is in himself.

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 That's what happens in verse 16.

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 Verse 16.

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 Then those who feared the Lord

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 spoke with one another.

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 The Lord paid attention

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 and heard them

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 and a book of remembrance

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 was written before him

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 of those who feared the Lord

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 and esteemed his name.

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 This remnant of God's people,

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 this small group of them,

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 fears him,

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 esteems, values his name.

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 In other words,

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 when asked,

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 is God worth it,

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 they respond,

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 absolutely.

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 They don't have to run

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 a cost-benefit analysis

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 of life's circumstances

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 because they have gotten to know

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 and experience God himself

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 and in so doing,

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 realize there is nothing

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 of greater value.

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 And so there's this unique picture here.

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 I love it.

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 These people gathering

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 to speak with one another,

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 right?

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 Apparently,

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 about that very reality,

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 how much they treasured God.

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 Likely,

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 they needed to remind each other

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 of that.

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 Likely,

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 they needed to encourage each other

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.879
 to remain faithful.

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 Likely,

00:20:12.899 --> 00:20:14.240
 they needed to share stories

00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:16.720
 of his faithful care for them.

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 I think one of them said,

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 you know what?

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 A little of God

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 is better than a lot

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 of anything else.

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 Let's get to know him

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 and trust him more together.

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 Can you say that?

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 Could you honestly say that

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 to yourself

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 or to someone else?

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 You know what?

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 A little bit of God

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 is better than a lot of money

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 or comfort

00:20:46.060 --> 00:20:47.680
 or pleasure

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 or fame

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 or peace

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 or a lot

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 of God

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 is better

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 than a lot

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 of anything else

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 because I know him.

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 Just him.

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 Remember,

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 the difference with this group

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 is not their perfection.

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 These aren't all the people

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 who kept a straight line

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 their whole lives.

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 It's actually

00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:12.839
 their repentance.

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 They too have struggled.

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 They too have wandered.

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 But they hear God's call

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 and they run home to him.

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 And that gospel community

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 that they share

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 urges them towards it.

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 Our newest members

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 stood up here

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 and made a public statement

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 of the value of God

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 this morning.

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 Praise the Lord.

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 But usually,

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 the picture is

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 of smaller groups

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 sharing.

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 Of connect community

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 discussion.

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 Where the commitment

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 to God

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 and to each other

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 is more tangible

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 and personal.

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 How are we reminding

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 each other daily

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 of God's value

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 in a world

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 where other things

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 have higher price tags,

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 right?

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 How are we doing

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 that together?

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 Since the earliest days

00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:01.920
 of the church,

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:03.440
 martyrs would remind

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 each other

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 of this truth.

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 In many different ways.

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 Some,

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 there are stories

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 even of sharing it together

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 in prison

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 the night

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 before they died together.

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 That still happens

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 in other places

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 today.

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 I love the story

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 from the 1600s

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 in Scotland

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 of two Margarets.

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 Margaret Wilson

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 was 18.

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 Margaret McLaughlin

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 was 70.

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 The younger

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 18-year-old

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 Margaret

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 was arrested

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 while visiting

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 her much older

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 widowed friend.

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 As faithful

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 covenanters,

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 neither of them

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 would acknowledge

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 the king

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 as head of the church

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 but only

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And so the two friends

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 were held in prison

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 with others.

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 They were convicted

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 at trial

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 and the two of them

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 sentenced

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 to drown.

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 All the while

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 they encouraged

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 each other

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 to cling

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 to Christ.

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 There's a poetic

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.859
 telling of the morning

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 they were led out

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 to be drowned

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 in the raging sea

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 off the coast.

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 It reads

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 this way

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 of the two women.

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 Long had they loved

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 as Christians love

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 those two

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 so soon to die

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 and each the other

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 greeted first

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 with weeping

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 silently.

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 The matron

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 wept

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 that that young life

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 so timelessly

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.940
 must cease.

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 The maiden

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 that that honored

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:35.980
 head

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:37.460
 must not go down

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 in peace.

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 But soon

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 oh soon

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.359
 it passed away

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 the coward

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 thought and base

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 and each looked

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:44.519
 humbly

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 thankfully

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 into the other's face.

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 Mother

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 he rules

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 the awful sea

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.799
 with all

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.339
 its waters

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:53.779
 wild.

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:56.139
 The many waters

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.060
 are his voice

00:23:57.060 --> 00:23:57.820
 of love

00:23:57.820 --> 00:23:58.980
 to thee

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 my child.

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 They spoke

00:24:01.820 --> 00:24:02.480
 to each other

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.660
 for the last

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.540
 time on earth

00:24:04.540 --> 00:24:05.620
 though certainly

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:06.960
 not the first time

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:08.180
 these sisters

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:09.100
 had shared it

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:09.460
 together

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:11.220
 of God's

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.840
 love

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:12.580
 for them.

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.320
 A God

00:24:13.320 --> 00:24:14.240
 whose love

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.940
 even when

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.759
 hard

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.840
 and costly

00:24:16.840 --> 00:24:18.220
 was strong

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.320
 and good

00:24:19.320 --> 00:24:19.960
 and would

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.600
 bring them

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.160
 home.

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.500
 Do we talk

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.019
 to each other

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.660
 like that?

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.680
 Not in

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.380
 poetry.

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 I mean

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.359
 do we talk

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.119
 to each other

00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:28.900
 about how much

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:30.619
 God is worth it?

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.960
 Who reminds you

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:34.480
 when life is hard?

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.420
 To whom

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.200
 are you whispering

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:38.299
 through tears

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:39.859
 God is worth it?

00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:44.160
 When we talk

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.660
 to each other

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.259
 like that

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:46.779
 we're told

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:48.119
 God pays attention

00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:50.279
 he hears

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:52.239
 and he remembers

00:24:52.239 --> 00:24:53.500
 those who

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.239
 esteem

00:24:54.239 --> 00:24:54.919
 his name

00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.799
 who value

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.239
 him

00:24:56.239 --> 00:24:56.759
 more than

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.479
 anything else

00:24:57.479 --> 00:24:58.019
 even

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.939
 life

00:24:58.939 --> 00:24:59.979
 itself.

00:25:01.239 --> 00:25:01.539
 In fact

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.099
 he promises

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.599
 a different

00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:03.219
 outcome

00:25:03.219 --> 00:25:03.919
 doesn't he

00:25:03.919 --> 00:25:04.799
 than the outcome

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.319
 for those

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:05.959
 who do not

00:25:05.959 --> 00:25:06.519
 repent

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.659
 for those

00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:08.379
 who do

00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:09.059
 repent

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:10.059
 he remembers

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.579
 them

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.439
 in his

00:25:11.439 --> 00:25:12.019
 book

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.559
 never

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.459
 forgets

00:25:13.459 --> 00:25:14.359
 their names

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:15.679
 he sends

00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:16.259
 Elijah

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:17.379
 John

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:18.019
 the Baptist

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:19.519
 to restore

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.980
 relationships

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.920
 especially

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.839
 in their

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.379
 families

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:23.940
 the picture

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.460
 there in

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.539
 verse 6

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.619
 of chapter 4

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:28.059
 of multiple

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:29.220
 generations

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.859
 faithfully committed

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.839
 to the covenant

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.579
 God

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.539
 old

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.440
 and young

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.200
 father

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:36.500
 and son

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.799
 grandmother

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:39.500
 and granddaughter

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:41.839
 being restored

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.539
 because they're

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:42.980
 united

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:44.500
 in their love

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.859
 for God

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:48.059
 following

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.679
 Yahweh

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:49.699
 no matter

00:25:49.699 --> 00:25:50.240
 what

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:52.019
 18 and

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.519
 70

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.279
 we're in

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.579
 this

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.379
 together

00:25:54.379 --> 00:25:55.939
 and then

00:25:55.939 --> 00:25:56.479
 ultimately

00:25:56.479 --> 00:25:57.119
 for these

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.639
 who are

00:25:57.639 --> 00:25:58.240
 repenting

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.979
 of course

00:25:58.979 --> 00:25:59.259
 there's

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.599
 Jesus

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.659
 himself

00:26:00.659 --> 00:26:01.939
 the fullest

00:26:01.939 --> 00:26:02.859
 manifestation

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.599
 of the

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.240
 son of

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.799
 righteousness

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.819
 rising with

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.279
 healing

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:07.319
 verse 2

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.059
 providing

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.759
 freedom

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.439
 and justice

00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:10.240
 for those

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.759
 who serve

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.039
 God

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.659
 and delight

00:26:11.659 --> 00:26:12.259
 in him

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.579
 and in

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.220
 his law

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:14.140
 and run

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:14.680
 after him

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.400
 like young

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:15.879
 calves

00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:16.420
 running out

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.960
 of the stall

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.759
 with joy

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.319
 and freedom

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.759
 to run

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.319
 after our

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:19.660
 God

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.200
 and follow

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.500
 in his

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.980
 ways

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:23.920
 is

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:25.019
 God

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:26.720
 enough

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:30.359
 sometimes

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.900
 I want

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.839
 500 other

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.460
 people to

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.319
 love me

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:33.599
 too

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:36.200
 sometimes

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.720
 I want

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:38.019
 the money

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.500
 so I can

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.000
 rest in

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.779
 myself

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:41.559
 too

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.980
 is

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:44.480
 God

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.980
 enough

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:47.079
 friends

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.539
 to be

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.920
 in relationship

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.519
 with him

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:50.660
 is always

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.899
 worth it

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.960
 to experience

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:54.099
 his grace

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:55.039
 time and

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.639
 time again

00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:56.559
 is glorious

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.460
 to know

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.539
 his faithful

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.039
 love

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.839
 protects

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.500
 his beloved

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.240
 people

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.859
 even in

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.680
 their deaths

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.119
 and some

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.319
 of you

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:04.399
 have watched

00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:05.299
 that reality

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:06.639
 with those

00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:06.920
 that you

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.319
 love

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:09.279
 see that's

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:09.720
 the one

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.139
 God

00:27:10.139 --> 00:27:10.859
 worth

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:12.059
 treasuring

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.859
 we've

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.700
 learned a lot

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.279
 about him

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.559
 in the

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.059
 prophets

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:16.079
 for sure

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:17.359
 his great

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:18.039
 majesty

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:19.299
 his creative

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:20.279
 power

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.519
 his unchanging

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.639
 faithfulness

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:23.700
 his steadfast

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.339
 love

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.740
 his overwhelming

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.559
 generosity

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.579
 last week

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:29.079
 his constant

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:29.779
 pursuit

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.519
 of his

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:30.980
 people

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.379
 isn't it

00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:32.039
 amazing

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.399
 how he

00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:32.879
 continues

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.460
 to call

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:33.859
 us

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:35.680
 and as we

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.559
 begin truly

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.160
 to know

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.480
 him

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.740
 we see

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.000
 how

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.940
 worth

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.120
 it

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.500
 he is

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:40.880
 how

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.460
 committed

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:41.880
 that he

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.279
 actually

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.700
 is to

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.259
 us

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.319
 listen

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:45.120
 Southwood

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.960
 if we

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.660
 together

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.519
 decide

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.900
 to repent

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:50.400
 to talk

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.860
 with each

00:27:50.860 --> 00:27:51.120
 other

00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:51.660
 about the

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.279
 value

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.819
 of God

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.259
 beyond

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.660
 anything

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.200
 else

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.400
 to hold

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:55.880
 each other

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.720
 to lives

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.519
 that demonstrate

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.140
 the great

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.940
 worth of

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.279
 Jesus

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:00.200
 in everything

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.660
 that we

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:00.940
 do

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.819
 then listen

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.220
 to what

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:03.220
 he says

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:04.039
 to us

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.980
 verse

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.799
 17

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:07.339
 they shall

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:09.019
 be mine

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.980
 says the

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.339
 Lord of

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.700
 hosts

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.379
 in the

00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:11.720
 day when

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.240
 I make

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.659
 up my

00:28:12.659 --> 00:28:13.480
 treasured

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.000
 possession

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.440
 I will

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:16.039
 spare them

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.440
 as a man

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.139
 spares his

00:28:17.139 --> 00:28:17.639
 son

00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:19.480
 who serves

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.859
 him

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.740
 you're

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.859
 mine

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:23.539
 right

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:25.259
 my

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.519
 treasured

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.379
 possession

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.680
 God says

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:30.200
 these people

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:31.299
 treasured him

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:33.159
 and he

00:28:33.159 --> 00:28:33.779
 treasures

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:35.160
 them

00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:37.619
 he calls

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.279
 again

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:39.319
 because he

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:40.240
 is utterly

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.299
 committed

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.160
 to our

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.899
 relationship

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:44.059
 with him

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:45.639
 he absolutely

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.779
 insists on

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.420
 our knowing

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:48.779
 and experiencing

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.960
 the blessings

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.859
 of repentance

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:52.180
 that come

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:53.240
 the revival

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:54.019
 that he brings

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.039
 in our hearts

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.460
 and in our

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.220
 community

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.399
 when we actually

00:28:57.399 --> 00:28:58.220
 come back

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:59.160
 to him

00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:00.079
 there's personal

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:00.940
 joy right

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:02.220
 there's

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.600
 there's

00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:03.140
 corporate

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.960
 restoration

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.799
 there's

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.519
 eternal

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.700
 celebration

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.860
 that happens

00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:08.420
 with our

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.920
 father

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.980
 and this

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.279
 is what

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.880
 he's calling

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:11.460
 us to

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.160
 when our

00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:12.600
 loving

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.279
 heavenly

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.759
 father

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.900
 calls us

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.920
 to repent

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:17.600
 he's

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:18.160
 he's not

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:18.440
 just

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.420
 calling us

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:19.580
 to

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:20.200
 to quit

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.720
 some big

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.160
 sins

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.640
 and to try

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.000
 to live

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.279
 a little

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:22.820
 bit better

00:29:22.820 --> 00:29:23.900
 he's calling

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.759
 us back

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.900
 to himself

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:28.000
 he wants

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.500
 to know you

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.039
 like that

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.380
 he wants

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:29.779
 you to know

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.200
 him

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:31.400
 and he

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:31.779
 wants us

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.240
 together

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.759
 as we

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.140
 do

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:34.000
 to be

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.319
 able to

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.799
 live

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.620
 with him

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.000
 and for

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.680
 his glory

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.539
 he wants

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:37.799
 to do

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.400
 that here

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:39.940
 in new

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.360
 ways

00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:43.220
 one illustration

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.799
 of this

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.340
 incredible

00:29:44.340 --> 00:29:45.539
 love of our

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:45.779
 God

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.039
 and then

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.640
 we'll close

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:49.819
 you may

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.180
 have heard

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.819
 Ruth Graham

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:52.140
 tell her

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.580
 story

00:29:52.580 --> 00:29:53.620
 at the

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.100
 funeral of

00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:54.559
 her father

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.299
 Billy Graham

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.340
 last year

00:29:56.340 --> 00:29:57.720
 I've shared

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.180
 it with you

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.039
 once before

00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:01.119
 newly

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.659
 divorced

00:30:01.659 --> 00:30:02.000
 and

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:03.000
 devastated

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.720
 she found

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.139
 herself

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:05.619
 in another

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.420
 relationship

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:06.980
 that her

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.420
 parents

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:07.879
 and her

00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:08.200
 children

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.700
 told her

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.859
 was not

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.379
 good for

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:10.700
 her

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:12.159
 but in

00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:12.839
 her words

00:30:12.839 --> 00:30:13.240
 now

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:15.119
 being

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.639
 stubborn

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:16.619
 willful

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.579
 and sinful

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.940
 I married

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.440
 this man

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:19.759
 on New

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.039
 Year's

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.259
 Eve

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:21.319
 and within

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:22.159
 24 hours

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:22.500
 I knew

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:22.819
 I'd made

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.359
 a terrible

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:23.940
 mistake

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:25.500
 after five

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.940
 weeks I

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.299
 fled

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.920
 I was afraid

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.240
 of him

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.819
 what was

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.140
 I going

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.660
 to do

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.660
 I wanted

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.259
 to talk

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.539
 to my

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:30.740
 mother

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.059
 and my

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.440
 father

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:32.960
 it was

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.299
 a two

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.480
 day

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.120
 drive

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:35.680
 questions

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.180
 swirled

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.480
 in my

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.940
 mind

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:38.039
 what was

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.240
 I going

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.519
 to say

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.039
 to daddy

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.559
 what was

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:39.700
 I going

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.019
 to say

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.500
 to mother

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.839
 what was

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.019
 I going

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.279
 to say

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.559
 to my

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.019
 children

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.420
 I'd been

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:43.960
 such a

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.359
 failure

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:46.319
 what were

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.720
 they going

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.059
 to say

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.519
 to me

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:49.200
 we're tired

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.740
 of fooling

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.160
 with you

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:51.519
 we told

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:51.799
 you not

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.140
 to do

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.380
 it

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.359
 you've

00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:53.779
 embarrassed

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.319
 us

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:56.099
 you don't

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.319
 want to

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.579
 embarrass

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.179
 your father

00:30:57.179 --> 00:30:57.939
 but you

00:30:57.939 --> 00:30:58.439
 really don't

00:30:58.439 --> 00:30:58.700
 want to

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.000
 embarrass

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.679
 Billy Graham

00:30:59.679 --> 00:31:03.000
 and as I

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.399
 rounded the

00:31:03.399 --> 00:31:04.039
 last bend

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.359
 in my

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:04.799
 father's

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.299
 driveway

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:07.779
 my father

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:09.399
 was standing

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:09.740
 there

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.460
 waiting for

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.700
 me

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:12.799
 as I got

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.099
 out of the

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.519
 car he

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.000
 wrapped his

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.579
 arms around

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:14.839
 me

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:16.119
 he said

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.519
 welcome

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 home

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:18.480
 there was

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.000
 no shame

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 there was

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.919
 no blame

00:31:20.919 --> 00:31:22.599
 there was

00:31:22.599 --> 00:31:23.599
 no condemnation

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:25.119
 there was

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:25.379
 just

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:26.000
 unconditional

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:27.019
 love

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 and you

00:31:28.459 --> 00:31:28.740
 know my

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.339
 father was

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:30.259
 not God

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.980
 but he

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.439
 showed me

00:31:32.439 --> 00:31:32.859
 what God

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.339
 was like

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.879
 that day

00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:35.559
 when we

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:35.879
 come to

00:31:35.879 --> 00:31:36.299
 God with

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.859
 our sin

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:37.579
 our

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:38.259
 brokenness

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.719
 our

00:31:38.719 --> 00:31:39.159
 failure

00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:39.919
 our

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.319
 pain

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:41.119
 and our

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:41.539
 hurt

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.579
 God

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:43.059
 says

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:44.579
 welcome

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:44.980
 home

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:48.559
 as often

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.759
 as our

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.039
 heavenly

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.459
 father

00:31:50.459 --> 00:31:51.119
 issues

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:52.539
 the call

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.299
 to repent

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:55.319
 he throws

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.799
 open the

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.240
 doors

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.859
 and welcomes

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.519
 us

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.599
 home

00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:00.859
 return to

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.240
 me

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.159
 and I

00:32:02.159 --> 00:32:03.039
 will return

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:04.240
 to you

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.960
 he says

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:06.579
 he treasures

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:07.399
 you

00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:09.079
 Southwood

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:10.399
 you are

00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:11.019
 his

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:12.019
 his

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:13.500
 treasured

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.180
 possession

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:15.619
 won't you

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:16.319
 join me

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:17.700
 in continuing

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.839
 to run

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.579
 back home

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.500
 to him

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:21.379
 together

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:22.960
 let's

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.260
 pray

00:32:23.260 --> 00:32:28.820
 father

00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:29.460
 thank you

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:31.100
 that the

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.440
 one who

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.040
 exposes

00:32:32.040 --> 00:32:32.760
 our

00:32:32.760 --> 00:32:33.320
 hearts

00:32:33.320 --> 00:32:37.000
 who can

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.520
 cause so

00:32:37.520 --> 00:32:38.280
 much pain

00:32:38.280 --> 00:32:39.000
 as our

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.600
 idols are

00:32:39.600 --> 00:32:40.580
 uprooted

00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:41.120
 and torn

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.520
 away

00:32:41.520 --> 00:32:44.680
 is so

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.260
 tender

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:48.140
 loving

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:50.640
 and merciful

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:53.339
 and so

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:54.339
 longs for

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.740
 us to

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.619
 come home

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:57.259
 to his

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.799
 arms

00:32:57.799 --> 00:33:00.720
 father I

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.059
 pray we

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:02.019
 trip over

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.559
 each other

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:05.240
 on the way

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.859
 back to you

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.680
 that we

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.180
 would drag

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:07.740
 each other

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:09.180
 towards you

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:10.319
 that you

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.879
 bring new

00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:11.480
 life

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.839
 in our

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.360
 hearts

00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:15.099
 that even

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.420
 in this

00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.360
 next season

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:16.940
 as you

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.940
 move and

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.579
 break into

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.420
 our world

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:20.700
 because of

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.360
 your love

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:22.160
 we would

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:23.140
 see you

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.599
 clearly

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:24.940
 and know

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:26.339
 what a

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:26.980
 treasure you

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.299
 are

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:28.900
 and how much

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.319
 you treasure

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.860
 us

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:33.160
 work in us

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.480
 Jesus

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.500
 for your

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:34.880
 glory

00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:36.620
 we ask

00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:37.279
 in your

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.579
 name

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.319
 amen

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:44.519
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00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.039
 information

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.819
 visit us

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.339
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00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.720
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