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 I'm thankful to see so many visitors, and I know that some of you may be scratching your heads right now why I'm already up here to preach.

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 We've only sung two songs. We do things a little differently here, and

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!

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 Not that we think that we're any more right than other people. We're just trying to find the best possible way we can magnify Christ in the way we do things and the

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 flow of things. So,

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 we move quickly into preaching and the proclamation of the Word, and we'll sing some more in response

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 to the truth contained therein. We're still in Romans chapter 15. We've been working our way through. We've got

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 three more weeks,

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 I believe, Lord willing, following this Sunday to finish up the book of Romans, and

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 I've got to tell you, honestly, I don't have a clue where we're going after that. So,

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 be in prayer for me and the other leadership of the church, and we will know what will be best for the church as we begin to work through

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 another book of the Bible together. But we have found ourselves in Romans chapter 15, and we're going to look today at verses 22

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 through 33. But before I read that to you, let me just remind you where he's been so far in this letter. And I keep saying this to you

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 constantly, but context is so incredibly important as we study the Bible.

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 So many people want to hone in on a verse,

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 which is good and valuable. We can wring so much

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 truth out of a verse, a phrase,

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 a word even, but we can't forget

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 the context, where he's been,

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 what he's been talking about,

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 that's led us to this point.

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 Paul's letter to the Romans would have

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 taken about an hour to read publicly,

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 and that's how it would have been originally received.

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 Written to the church, and somebody would have stood up and read it.

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 We received a letter from the Apostle Paul.

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 I'm going to read it to you. And it in and of itself would have been

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 a sermon in that way, and we've now broken it up

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 over, oh gosh, I think almost

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 two years. So I don't want you to forget

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 where he's been, and this is

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 an oversimplification, to be sure.

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 But he's essentially said up to this point

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 that salvation comes

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 by grace alone, through faith alone,

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 in Christ alone,

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 forever.

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 It's the simplicity of where we can say

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 where he's been so far.

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 He has proposed to us

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 that we're all sinners,

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 Jew and Gentile alike.

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 All of us have sinned.

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 All of us are enemies of God.

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 Left to our own devices,

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 we have willfully

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 rejected him.

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 We have placed ourselves

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 on the throne,

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 and we have worshipped ourselves.

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 We have become humanistic in that way.

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 And the only way

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 to find redemption,

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 the only way

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 to be in a right standing with God,

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 to live within his will,

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 to have life now

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 and forever,

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 is through faith

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 in his Son,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And we see that this is

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 wholly a work of God.

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 Left to our own devices,

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 there is no way

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 we would ever freely

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 choose him.

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 But God works

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 a work in our hearts.

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 He causes us

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 to believe.

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 And because of that,

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 we have surety.

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 We can see beyond

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 the troubles of this world

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 to eternal glory.

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 I'm in chapter 8

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 in my mind right now.

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 We can know

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 that nothing can separate us

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 from the love of God

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 because salvation

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 is his work

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 in our lives,

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 in us and through us.

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 And so Paul kind of finishes

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 the formal treatise

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 at the end of chapter 11

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 with the great exaltation

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 to God,

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 a praise of him.

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 And then he moves

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 in chapter 12

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 to work out

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 some of the practical things.

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 Now, in light of these

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 great truths,

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 how then should we live?

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 And he sums it up for us

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 that we ought to

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 then let love be genuine.

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 Right?

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 Abhorring what is evil,

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 holding fast

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 to what is good.

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 And he shows us

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 how this works out

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 in various contexts

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 with various peoples.

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 Even when it's difficult.

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 Even when it means

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 that we have to sacrifice

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 of our own rights

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 and privileges

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 in the gospel.

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 This is how we ought

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 to live.

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 And he finishes

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 then for us

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 in chapter 15

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 verse 13

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 his doctrinal portion

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 of the letter.

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 And he turns then

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 in verse 14

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 of chapter 15

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 to the epilogue.

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 He's starting to

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 wind it back down

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 for us.

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 But there's still

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 so much goodness

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 to be wrung out of it.

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 And we looked

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 over two weeks

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 from verse 15

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 through 21

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 we looked at

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 Paul's satisfaction

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 in the sovereign goodness

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 of God

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 to sanctify his people.

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 Therefore,

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 his boldness

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 and his part

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 in that ministry

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 his humility

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 in response

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 to what God

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 was doing

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 in and through him.

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 His activity

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 the part

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 that he played

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 in bringing about

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 the perfection

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 of the church

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 and then his ambition

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 we saw his desire

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 to be a pioneer

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 to take the gospel

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 to people

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 who had never

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 heard it.

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 And so today

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 I want to show you

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 pretty much

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 the same things

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 summed up

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 in a bit

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 of a different way.

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 And these texts

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 are challenging

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 because there's not

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 an explicit teaching

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 in them.

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 Paul's intention

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 here is not

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 as he's writing

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 this inspired

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 is not to say

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 and I want you

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 to believe

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 this thing

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 let me pin it

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 for you right now.

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 But there are

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 things that are implied

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 things that we can

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 pull out of it

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 which can be

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 difficult sometimes

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 to prepare for

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 and to study

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 but also can be

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 very rich

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 as we look at

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 the example

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 laid for us

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 as he continues

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 to write

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 this epilogue.

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 And so

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 I want to look

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 at three words

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 and I just want

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 to put these

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 in your mind

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 before we read

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 the text together

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 and pray.

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 Those three words

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 are providence

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 planning

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 and participation.

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 I came up

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 with those

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 on my own

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 and I feel

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 like I should

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 get some kind

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 of a merit

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 badge of some

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 sort for having.

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 I don't usually

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 have three points

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 that all start

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 with the same

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 letter

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 but I want you

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 to engage

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 your minds

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 and plant these

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 in there

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 and remember

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 providence

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 planning

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 and participation.

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 And so let's

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 read beginning

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 in verse 22

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 through 33.

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 This is the reason

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 why I have so

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 often been hindered

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 from coming to you

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 but now since I

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 no longer have

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 any room for work

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 in these regions

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 and since I have

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 longed for many

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 years to come to you

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 I hope to see you

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 in passing

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 as I go to Spain

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 and to be helped

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 on my journey

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 there by you

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 once I have

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 enjoyed your company

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 for a while.

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 At present however

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 I am going to Jerusalem

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 bringing aid to the saints

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 for Macedonia

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 and Achaia

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 have been pleased

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 to make some

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 contribution for the poor

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 among the saints

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 at Jerusalem

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 for they were pleased

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 to do it

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 and indeed

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 they owe it to them

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 for the Gentiles

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 have come to share

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 in their spiritual blessings

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 they ought also

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 to be of service

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 to them

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 in material blessings.

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 When therefore

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 I have completed this

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 and have delivered

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 to them

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 what has been collected

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 I will leave for Spain

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 by way of you.

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 I know that when I come

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 to you

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 I will come in the fullness

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 of the blessing of Christ.

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 I appeal to you brothers

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 by the Lord Jesus Christ

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 by the love of the Spirit

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 to strive together with me

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 in your prayers

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 to God on my behalf

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 that I may be delivered

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 from the unbelievers

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 in Judea

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 and that my service

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 for Jerusalem

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 may be acceptable

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 to the saints

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 so that by God's will

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 I may come to you

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 with joy

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 and be refreshed

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 in your company.

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 May the God of peace

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 be with you all.

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 Amen.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father God

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 I ask your blessing

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 on this time

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 as there may be

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 some in this room

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 that have never

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 first believed

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 in the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ

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 I pray that will

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 cease to be the case

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 this day

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 that they will

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 repent

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 and believe

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 that is the call

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 confess

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 with their mouths

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 believe in their heart

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 and they will be saved.

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 And for those of us

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 who have believed in Christ

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 I just pray that we'll

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 continue to do the same

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 repent

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 turn from our sin

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 get ourselves

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 keep ourselves

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 off the throne

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 of our lives

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 and turn to you

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 ask you to reign

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 and rule

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 in our hearts

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 again this morning.

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 I pray Father

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 as we talk about

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 these practical ways

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 that ministry

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 has carried out

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 in our life

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 Christ will be magnified

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 in it all

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 that we might serve

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 him in word and deed.

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 And we pray this

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 in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So the first word

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 I mentioned to you

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 was providence

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 and before we dive

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 into that

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 I want to say to you

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 there are some things

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 I will not address

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 in this text

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 some things

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 that are worth

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 your study

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 some things

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 that maybe spill over

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 into a sermon again

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 for next week

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 but I just want you

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 to know that I

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 recognize that I may

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 be skipping over

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 some parts

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 of the text

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 but I want you to

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 notice

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 firstly

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 in this text

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 providence.

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 In verse 32

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 there's a little phrase

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 Paul says

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 so that by

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 God's will

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 it was his

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 earnest desire

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 to go and visit

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 the church

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 that was in Rome.

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 He wanted to go there

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 he wanted to be there

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 but more than that

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 subservient to that

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 was his desire

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 to serve God

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 so that he would be

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 taken there

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 by God's will.

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 And in verse 22

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 he says

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 this is the reason

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 why I have often

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 been hindered

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 from coming to you

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 this reason

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 being Paul's

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 God-given ambition

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 to preach the gospel

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 where Christ

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 had not yet been named.

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 So there again

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 God's will

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 was the reason

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 that he had been

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 hindered so far

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 from fulfilling

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 this desire

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 from visiting

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 the church

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 that was in Rome.

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 And we can say

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 of Paul

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 as we should be able

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 to say of all of us

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 that his life

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 was characterized

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 by a devotion

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 to the will of God.

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 He took as his

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 supreme example

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 our Lord

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 Jesus Christ.

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 John 5

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 verse 30

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 Jesus says

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 I seek not

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 my own will

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 but the will

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 of him

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 who sent me.

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 Let's look at

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 another example

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 from Paul's ministry.

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 Turn with me

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 to Acts chapter 16.

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 We're going to

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 begin reading

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 in verse 6.

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 This is after

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 Paul has taken

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 on Timothy.

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 Timothy joins

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 Paul and Silas

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 on their journey.

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 They're traveling

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 from Lystra.

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 Verse 6 says

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 And they went

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 through the region

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 of Phrygia

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 and Galatia

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 having been forbidden

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 to speak the word

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 in Asia.

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 When they come up

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 to Mysia

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 they attempted

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 to go into Bithynia

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 but the spirit

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 of Jesus

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 did not allow them.

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 So passing by Mysia

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 they went down

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 to Troas

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 and a vision

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 appeared to Paul

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 in the night.

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 A man of Macedonia

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 was standing there

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 urging him

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 and saying

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 come over to Macedonia

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 and help us.

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 And when Paul

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 had seen the vision

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 immediately we sought

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 to go into Macedonia

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 concluding

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 that God had called us

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 to preach the gospel

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 to them.

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 So notice here

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 the providence

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 of God working

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 as Paul

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 and his companions

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 have a desire

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 to go into

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 these various regions

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 they're prevented.

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 And we don't know how

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 he says

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 they're forbidden

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 in verse 6

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 and I'm losing my spot

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 and in verse 7

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 but the spirit

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 of Jesus

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 did not

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 allow them.

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 So we don't really know

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 how exactly

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 that took place

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 but God intervened.

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 They intended

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 to go someplace

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 and yet

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 the providence

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 of God

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 the controlling

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 will of God

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 in this world

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 moved them

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 prevented them

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 to go there

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 and took them

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 instead

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 someplace else

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 to Macedonia

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 a new place

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 for the gospel

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 to be advanced.

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 So God

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 providentially

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 rules the world.

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 Hebrews chapter 1

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 verse 3

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 says of Jesus Christ

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 that he upholds

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 the universe

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 by the word

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 of his power.

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 This is where we get

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 this idea

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 of providence

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 that all things

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 are held in sway

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 by the power

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 and word

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 of God.

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 That nothing

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 happens

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 apart from him.

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 The universe

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 finds this very tilt.

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 The planets

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 find their axis

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 and their spin

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 by the power

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 of his word.

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 This is a reality

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 that's true

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 in all of our lives.

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 There's a big picture

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 there.

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 The universe

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 Jeremiah 10 23

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 says

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 I know

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 O Lord

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 that the way

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 of man

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 is not

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 in himself

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 that it is

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 not in man

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 who walks

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 to direct

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 his steps.

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 We see here

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 the spirit

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 of God

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 changing

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 the scene

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 making sure

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 that they don't

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 go one place

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 and that they

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 do go

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 another

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 and God

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 providentially

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 rules all things

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 and he does it

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 one of two ways.

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 He does it

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 through acting

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 supernaturally

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 superseding

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 the very laws

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 of nature.

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 We can see

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 that to be the case

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 in a number

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 of Old Testament

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 stories.

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 Take for example

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 the story

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 of Jonah.

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 God caused

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 a storm

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 to arise

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 and they threw

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 Jonah overboard

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 and he caused

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 a big fish

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 to swallow

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 Jonah.

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 And I would

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 presume that

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 normally

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 you would die

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 in the belly

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 of a big fish.

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 But Jonah

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 was preserved

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 for three days.

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 He acted

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 supernaturally.

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 During the Exodus

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 as he leads

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 the Israelites

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 out of

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 Egypt

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 they're led

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 to a tight

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 place where

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 they can't go

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 any further

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 and there's

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 a sea

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 in front

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 of them

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 and there's

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 an army

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 bearing down

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 behind them.

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 What does God

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 do?

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 He acts

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 supernaturally.

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 He parts

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 the Red Sea

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 and he leads

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 them through

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 the path

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 he intended

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 them to go.

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 God acts

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 providentially

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 supernaturally.

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 He also acts

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 providentially

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 by orchestrating

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 everyday circumstances

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 and I think this is

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 the more common

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 realization

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 of this.

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 That things in

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 our lives are

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 working whether

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 we recognize

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 it or not.

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 I warned you

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 a couple of

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 weeks ago

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 to not define

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 God by

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 your experience.

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 Just because

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 you experience

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 something to be

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 true doesn't

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 necessarily

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 make it true.

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 Here the word

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 of God

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 speaks to us.

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 God orchestrates

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 our everyday

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 circumstances.

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 I use

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 meeting my

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 lovely wife

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 Sam as an

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 example of that.

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 I did not go

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 searching the

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 world for a

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 five foot three

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 cute brunette

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 named Sam.

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 That was not

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 my aim in life.

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 I didn't have

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 a plotted course

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 and I was

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 searching and

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 scouring for

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 Sam.

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 But God

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 orchestrated the

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 details.

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 My sister and

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 brother-in-law

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 happened to begin

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 attending the

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 church that Sam

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 was at.

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 Her father was

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 the associate

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 pastor there.

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 They were

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 asked to teach

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 the Sunday

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 school class

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 for college

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 and career

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 for young

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 people and

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 Sam just

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 happened to

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 be in that

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 class.

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 Jamie and

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 Chris thought

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 she would be

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 very good for

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 me and they

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 providentially

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 encouraged me to

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 come to that

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 class and spend

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 time with them

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 and meet Sam.

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 And I can look

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 back on that and

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 I can say without

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 a doubt that God

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 providentially brought

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 us together as

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 he does all

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 things.

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 By my experience

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 I could say it

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 was a coincidence.

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 I just happened

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 to visit with

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 them.

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 They asked me

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 to come.

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 I visited and

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 we bumped into

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 each other and

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 that was all

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 good.

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 And fine.

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 I do not

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 believe in

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 luck or

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 coincidence.

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 But as a

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 believer in

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 Christ I do

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 believe in

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 providence.

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 Now to

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 just demystify

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 the will of

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 God for you

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 a little bit.

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 We hear a lot

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 these days about

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 the will of

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 God and that's

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 a great desire

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 for all of us.

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 We really want

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 to know what

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 is God's will

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 for my life.

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 And what we

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 fail to realize

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 is that he

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 has revealed

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 in large part

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 his will

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 for your life.

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 That in the

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 scriptures we

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 find the

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 rule for

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 godly living.

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 And if we're

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 not doing

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 this first

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 and foremost

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 how can we

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 ever expect

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 to discover

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 the hidden

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 will?

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 Those little

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 things.

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 Where should

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 I live?

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 What job

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 should I

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 take?

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 Who should

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 I marry?

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 We don't

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 look at the

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 revealed will

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 of God.

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 And remember

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 context.

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 Context.

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 Where have

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 we been?

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 Romans chapter

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 12 verse 1.

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 Look there

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 with me.

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 Romans chapter

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 12 verse 1

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 and 2.

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 Remember Paul

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 just finished

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 his doctrinal

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 treatise.

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 He says

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 verse 1

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 I appeal to

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 you therefore

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 in light of

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 all these

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 truths,

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 all these

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 things we've

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 said,

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 therefore

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 brothers,

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 by the

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 mercies of

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 God,

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 he sums

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 it all up

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 that way,

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 right?

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 Salvation by

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 grace alone,

00:15:54.579 --> 00:15:54.860
 through faith

00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:55.019
 alone,

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 in Christ

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 alone,

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 forever,

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 by the

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 mercies of

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 God,

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 to present

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 your bodies

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 as a living

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 sacrifice,

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 holy and

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 acceptable

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 to God,

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 which is

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 your spiritual

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 worship.

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 Some

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 translations

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 render that,

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 which is

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 your reasonable

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 worship,

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 the obvious

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 reasonable

00:16:06.740 --> 00:16:07.819
 response to

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 what God

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 has now done

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 your whole

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 being to

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 God.

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 Verse 2

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 Do not be

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 conformed to

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 this world,

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 but be

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 transformed by

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 the renewal

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 of your mind,

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 that by testing

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 you may discern

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 what is the

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 will of God,

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 what is good

00:16:26.100 --> 00:16:27.299
 and acceptable

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 and perfect.

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 Now most of us

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 are fairly familiar

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 with this,

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 right?

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 And certainly

00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:33.100
 this has a

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 broader meaning.

00:16:34.439 --> 00:16:35.639
 If we're not

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 being conformed

00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:36.500
 to the world,

00:16:36.579 --> 00:16:37.439
 being transformed

00:16:37.439 --> 00:16:37.980
 by the renewal

00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:38.419
 of our mind,

00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:39.279
 if we're offering

00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:40.460
 ourselves wholly

00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:41.180
 to God,

00:16:41.259 --> 00:16:41.840
 we'll be able

00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:42.540
 to sort out

00:16:42.540 --> 00:16:42.960
 those little

00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:43.340
 details.

00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:43.840
 Who should I

00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:44.040
 marry?

00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:44.540
 Where should I

00:16:44.540 --> 00:16:44.860
 live?

00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:45.720
 Types of

00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:45.879
 things.

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 But most

00:16:46.560 --> 00:16:46.940
 people sit

00:16:46.940 --> 00:16:47.379
 around waiting

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:47.720
 for this

00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:48.980
 grand revelation

00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:50.340
 for that.

00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:50.900
 You say,

00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:51.620
 God, I'm

00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:52.300
 transforming a

00:16:52.300 --> 00:16:52.680
 mind.

00:16:53.060 --> 00:16:53.500
 I'm offering

00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:54.080
 myself as a

00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:54.720
 sacrifice to

00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:54.900
 you.

00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:55.700
 Why won't

00:16:55.700 --> 00:16:56.420
 you speak to

00:16:56.420 --> 00:16:56.840
 me and tell

00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:57.379
 me exactly

00:16:57.379 --> 00:16:57.900
 what it is

00:16:57.900 --> 00:16:58.400
 you would

00:16:58.400 --> 00:16:58.940
 have me do?

00:16:59.019 --> 00:16:59.220
 But I

00:16:59.220 --> 00:16:59.480
 think we

00:16:59.480 --> 00:16:59.780
 missed the

00:16:59.780 --> 00:17:00.100
 point.

00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:00.500
 And what

00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:00.960
 Paul's really

00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:01.460
 doing is

00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:01.920
 he's setting

00:17:01.920 --> 00:17:02.700
 us up to

00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:03.240
 hear everything

00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:03.700
 else he's

00:17:03.700 --> 00:17:04.100
 about to

00:17:04.100 --> 00:17:04.380
 say.

00:17:05.559 --> 00:17:05.720
 Right?

00:17:07.340 --> 00:17:07.640
 Do not

00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:08.480
 be conformed.

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:08.660
 Be

00:17:08.660 --> 00:17:09.420
 transformed.

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.320
 Let me show

00:17:10.320 --> 00:17:10.700
 you what the

00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:11.140
 transformed

00:17:11.140 --> 00:17:11.720
 Christian life

00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.220
 looks like.

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 He's about

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 to tell us

00:17:13.120 --> 00:17:13.880
 all about

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 that through

00:17:14.580 --> 00:17:15.460
 chapter 15

00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:16.300
 verse 13.

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 He goes to

00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:17.980
 that.

00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:18.640
 He talks about

00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:19.220
 there being a

00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:20.180
 genuine love

00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:20.800
 for the

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 saints,

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 chapter 12

00:17:21.840 --> 00:17:22.180
 verse 10

00:17:22.180 --> 00:17:22.700
 through 13,

00:17:23.040 --> 00:17:23.660
 for all

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 people,

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 chapter 12

00:17:24.580 --> 00:17:25.080
 verse 14

00:17:25.080 --> 00:17:25.640
 through 16,

00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:26.460
 for your

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 enemies,

00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:27.600
 chapter 12

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 verse 17

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 through 21,

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 and then on

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 through 15,

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 even when it's

00:17:31.620 --> 00:17:32.600
 difficult or

00:17:32.600 --> 00:17:33.620
 causes sacrifice

00:17:33.620 --> 00:17:34.460
 on your part.

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 This is the

00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:38.040
 good,

00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.899
 acceptable

00:17:38.899 --> 00:17:40.039
 will of

00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:40.379
 God.

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 We can

00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:46.480
 all live

00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:47.920
 every day

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 confident

00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:49.940
 that we're

00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:50.359
 living in the

00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:50.599
 will of

00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:50.799
 God.

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 We do

00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:52.720
 this.

00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:54.119
 We wake

00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:54.399
 up in the

00:17:54.399 --> 00:17:54.759
 morning and

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 we say to

00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:55.440
 God,

00:17:55.779 --> 00:17:56.079
 God,

00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:57.599
 I'm unworthy

00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:57.899
 of your

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 salvation.

00:17:58.920 --> 00:17:59.279
 Left to

00:17:59.279 --> 00:17:59.579
 my own

00:17:59.579 --> 00:17:59.960
 devices,

00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:00.579
 I'm a

00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:01.159
 wretched,

00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:01.960
 wretched

00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.539
 sinner,

00:18:02.619 --> 00:18:03.059
 but because

00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:03.559
 you have

00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:03.960
 come and

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 you have

00:18:04.159 --> 00:18:04.480
 dwelt in

00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:04.599
 me,

00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:05.019
 you have

00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:05.500
 changed my

00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:05.819
 heart,

00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:06.819
 I want to

00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:07.139
 die to

00:18:07.139 --> 00:18:07.720
 myself this

00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:07.960
 day.

00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:08.740
 It is my

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 reasonable

00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:10.660
 service to

00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:11.440
 offer myself

00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:11.960
 as a

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:12.600
 sacrifice to

00:18:12.600 --> 00:18:12.779
 you.

00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:14.240
 Work in

00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:14.380
 me,

00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.120
 genuine love

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 for people.

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 Help me to

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 know how

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 it is I

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 ought to

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 respond

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 appropriately

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 to the

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 gospel in

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 this day,

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 and then

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 walk it

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 out.

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 Get obedient

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 to what God

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 puts before

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 you in

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 that day.

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 So God

00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:30.759
 is providential

00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.980
 in everything

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 that's happening

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 in our lives.

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 As I said

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 to you,

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 we still play

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 a part,

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 we still have

00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:36.940
 a means

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 to his

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 ends.

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 How does

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 that exactly

00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:38.779
 work out?

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 I don't

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 know.

00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:42.220
 But yet

00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:42.619
 the scriptures

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 speak.

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 Second

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 word,

00:18:46.159 --> 00:18:46.559
 planning.

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 So we

00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:48.759
 see that

00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:49.240
 God is

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:50.099
 providential

00:18:50.099 --> 00:18:50.779
 at work,

00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:52.539
 working out

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 his perfect

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 will in

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 this world,

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 and yet

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 we see

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 Paul here

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 making plans,

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 and we're

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 to do the

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 same.

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 Verse 24,

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 he says,

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 I hope

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 to see

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 you in

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 passing

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 as I

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 go to

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 Spain,

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 and be

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 helped

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 on my

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 journey

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 there by

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 you,

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 once I

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 have

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 enjoyed

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 your

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 company

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 for a

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 while.

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 He had

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 a plan

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 to go

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 to Spain,

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 to take

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 the gospel

00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:09.139
 there,

00:19:09.399 --> 00:19:10.240
 go beyond

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 the borders

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 of Rome

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 itself,

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 go on

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 to Spain,

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 to the

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 eastern

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 part of

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 the empire.

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 He had

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 planned that

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 they would

00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:18.639
 help him

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 along the

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 way,

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 and that

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 he was

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 going to

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 stick around

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 for a little

00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:20.740
 while,

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 enjoy their

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 company.

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 Verse 28,

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 when therefore

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 I've

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 completed this,

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 talking about

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 bringing,

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 and have

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 delivered to

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 them what

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 has been

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 collected,

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 I will

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:33.559
 leave for

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 Spain,

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 by way

00:19:34.939 --> 00:19:35.359
 of you.

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 Remember at

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 the very

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 beginning of

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 the letter,

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 Romans 1,

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 verse 11-13,

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 we see,

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 for I long

00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:42.939
 to see you,

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 that I may

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 impart to you

00:19:43.819 --> 00:19:44.319
 some spiritual

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:44.720
 gift to

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 strengthen you,

00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:46.000
 that is what

00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.599
 may be mutually

00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:47.139
 encouraged by

00:19:47.139 --> 00:19:47.539
 each other's

00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:47.799
 faith,

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 both yours

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 and mine.

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 I do not

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 want you to

00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.539
 be unaware,

00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:50.879
 brothers,

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 that I have

00:19:51.139 --> 00:19:51.839
 often intended

00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:52.359
 to come to

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 you,

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 but thus far

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:53.779
 have been

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.179
 prevented,

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 in order that

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 I may reap

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 some harvest

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 among you,

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 as well as

00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:58.000
 among the

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 rest of

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 the Gentiles.

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 1 Thessalonians

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 chapter 2,

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.959
 verse 17-18,

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 he says,

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 but since we

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:06.000
 were torn

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.479
 away from

00:20:06.479 --> 00:20:06.599
 you,

00:20:06.679 --> 00:20:06.919
 brothers,

00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:07.899
 for a short

00:20:07.899 --> 00:20:08.619
 time in

00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:09.219
 person,

00:20:09.399 --> 00:20:09.839
 not in

00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.219
 heart,

00:20:10.479 --> 00:20:11.379
 we endeavored

00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:11.759
 the more

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.259
 eagerly and

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:12.559
 with great

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.039
 desire to

00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:13.459
 see you

00:20:13.459 --> 00:20:13.919
 face to

00:20:13.919 --> 00:20:14.299
 face,

00:20:14.439 --> 00:20:14.959
 because we

00:20:14.959 --> 00:20:15.539
 wanted to

00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:15.859
 come to

00:20:15.859 --> 00:20:16.000
 you,

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 I,

00:20:16.439 --> 00:20:16.719
 Paul,

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:17.219
 again and

00:20:17.219 --> 00:20:17.599
 again,

00:20:18.339 --> 00:20:18.859
 but Satan

00:20:18.859 --> 00:20:19.599
 hindered us.

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 You see that

00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:21.799
 he made

00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.500
 plans,

00:20:22.919 --> 00:20:23.559
 he wanted

00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:23.979
 to go

00:20:23.979 --> 00:20:24.539
 places,

00:20:24.939 --> 00:20:25.139
 right?

00:20:25.239 --> 00:20:26.079
 He desired

00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.539
 to do

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:27.039
 things,

00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:27.680
 and for

00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:27.980
 Paul,

00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:28.519
 all these

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.420
 things were

00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:30.319
 bound up

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.720
 in the

00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.279
 overarching

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:32.000
 will of

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.319
 God for

00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:32.700
 his life

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:32.980
 that he

00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:33.639
 present the

00:20:33.639 --> 00:20:34.099
 gospel to

00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:34.779
 the Gentiles,

00:20:35.139 --> 00:20:35.339
 right?

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:35.859
 But yet,

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.200
 God,

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:36.519
 in his

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.059
 providence,

00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:38.819
 shaped his

00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:39.379
 plans.

00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:41.039
 We can

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:41.740
 continue my

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.680
 analogy of

00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.559
 Sam,

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:43.859
 right?

00:20:43.899 --> 00:20:44.240
 Once I

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:45.000
 met Sam,

00:20:45.619 --> 00:20:46.680
 I made

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:48.539
 plans to

00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:48.980
 be around

00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:49.240
 her.

00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:50.879
 I

00:20:50.879 --> 00:20:51.639
 intentionally

00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:53.339
 tried to

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:54.139
 be involved

00:20:54.139 --> 00:20:54.940
 in things

00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.279
 that she

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:55.839
 was being

00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:56.879
 involved in.

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.819
 In fact,

00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.659
 I actually

00:20:58.659 --> 00:20:59.039
 took a

00:20:59.039 --> 00:20:59.460
 job,

00:20:59.579 --> 00:20:59.940
 moved in

00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.200
 with my

00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:00.639
 sister and

00:21:00.639 --> 00:21:01.159
 brother-in-law

00:21:01.159 --> 00:21:01.619
 for six

00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:01.980
 months so

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.200
 that I

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:02.460
 could be

00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:03.420
 close to

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:04.079
 where Sam

00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:04.799
 lived,

00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:05.200
 so that I

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:05.539
 could get

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:06.139
 to know

00:21:06.139 --> 00:21:06.379
 her.

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.440
 Our

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:07.920
 plans are

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.339
 important.

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:08.579
 They

00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:10.299
 matter in

00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:10.519
 these

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.000
 things.

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:13.000
 And as

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.440
 such,

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.039
 we should

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.460
 be making

00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:16.119
 strategies to

00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:16.559
 reach our

00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:17.279
 classmates,

00:21:18.139 --> 00:21:18.299
 our

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:18.720
 coworkers,

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:19.559
 our

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:19.940
 neighbors,

00:21:20.639 --> 00:21:20.899
 etc.

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.039
 We ought

00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:22.480
 to be coming

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:22.899
 up with

00:21:22.899 --> 00:21:23.460
 ways,

00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:24.099
 intentional

00:21:24.099 --> 00:21:24.899
 ways,

00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:25.759
 to reach

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.100
 them with

00:21:26.100 --> 00:21:26.460
 the gospel

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:27.040
 of Christ.

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 If we

00:21:28.060 --> 00:21:28.280
 are

00:21:28.280 --> 00:21:29.320
 disciple-making

00:21:29.320 --> 00:21:30.080
 disciples,

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 that is the

00:21:30.840 --> 00:21:31.600
 overarching

00:21:31.600 --> 00:21:32.540
 definition of

00:21:32.540 --> 00:21:33.180
 who we

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:33.759
 are,

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 and it

00:21:34.340 --> 00:21:34.840
 should be,

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.340
 it's the

00:21:35.340 --> 00:21:35.680
 reasonable

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.100
 thing,

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:36.960
 in light of

00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:37.420
 what Christ

00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:37.720
 has done

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.280
 for us,

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.600
 then we

00:21:39.600 --> 00:21:40.040
 should be

00:21:40.040 --> 00:21:41.400
 planning how

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:42.220
 it is we

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.700
 should advance

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.259
 the gospel

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:44.140
 in the world.

00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.580
 Keeping in

00:21:45.580 --> 00:21:45.820
 mind,

00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.460
 all along,

00:21:46.540 --> 00:21:46.860
 God is

00:21:46.860 --> 00:21:47.480
 providential.

00:21:47.820 --> 00:21:48.060
 He's going

00:21:48.060 --> 00:21:48.400
 to shape

00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:49.060
 those plans.

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:49.900
 He's going

00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:50.700
 to shake

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.200
 them up on

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.640
 you at

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.080
 times.

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:52.740
 And at

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:52.940
 times,

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.160
 he's going

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.460
 to carry

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:53.740
 them out

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.380
 exactly the

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:55.320
 way you

00:21:55.320 --> 00:21:55.720
 plan for

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:55.960
 them to

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.160
 be.

00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:57.100
 Third word,

00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:59.240
 participation.

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:00.880
 It's not

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.380
 just enough

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:01.900
 to plan

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.059
 it,

00:22:02.100 --> 00:22:02.480
 we actually

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.000
 have to

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:04.220
 start doing

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.460
 it,

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:04.740
 right?

00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:05.220
 You can't

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.920
 just make

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.420
 a plan,

00:22:06.840 --> 00:22:07.039
 say,

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.860
 God's in

00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.580
 control,

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.080
 God's

00:22:09.080 --> 00:22:09.820
 providential.

00:22:10.080 --> 00:22:10.500
 There's an

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:12.220
 old little

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.740
 saying which

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.360
 has some

00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:14.240
 bearing of

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.620
 truth,

00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.340
 but is

00:22:15.340 --> 00:22:15.840
 often taken

00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:16.279
 too far

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:16.940
 for somebody

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:17.200
 to say,

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.059
 just let

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.480
 go and

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.039
 let God.

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.740
 There's some

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.120
 truth in

00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:21.320
 that.

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 Yeah,

00:22:21.600 --> 00:22:22.080
 sometimes we

00:22:22.080 --> 00:22:22.920
 get too

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.600
 overbearing,

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:23.900
 we want

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.380
 to control

00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:24.840
 everything,

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.240
 we want

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:25.420
 to do

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:25.720
 everything

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 under our

00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:26.279
 own

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:26.580
 might and

00:22:26.580 --> 00:22:26.840
 power.

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 And the

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.539
 point I

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:27.800
 think of

00:22:27.800 --> 00:22:28.080
 that is

00:22:28.080 --> 00:22:28.400
 to say,

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:29.039
 you really

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.440
 can't

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:29.800
 accomplish

00:22:29.800 --> 00:22:30.080
 it all

00:22:30.080 --> 00:22:30.320
 on your

00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:30.560
 own,

00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.620
 so let

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:31.940
 go of

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.000
 it,

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.360
 let God

00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:32.880
 work in

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:33.160
 and through

00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:33.420
 you to

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.779
 accomplish

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.220
 things,

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.019
 but it

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.259
 doesn't

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.000
 mean sit

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.259
 on your

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.940
 hands and

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:38.000
 just hope

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:39.259
 things work

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.600
 out.

00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:42.019
 Counsel people

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.480
 who have a

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:42.779
 desire,

00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:43.320
 they want to

00:22:43.320 --> 00:22:43.640
 be in the

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:43.900
 word of

00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.300
 God more,

00:22:44.340 --> 00:22:44.600
 they want

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:45.800
 to see a

00:22:45.800 --> 00:22:46.300
 hunger in

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 their life

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.120
 for that,

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.100
 say to

00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:48.259
 them,

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:48.980
 you already

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.680
 have it,

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.259
 right?

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.079
 You have a

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.599
 desire to be

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:51.779
 in the

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.019
 word of

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 God.

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:52.740
 Pray in

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 the morning

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.319
 that God

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:53.680
 gives it

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:53.920
 to you

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.500
 once again,

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:54.819
 that he

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.319
 renews it

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.539
 in you

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.000
 afresh,

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.740
 and recognize

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.079
 that your

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.779
 very prayers

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:59.200
 are evidence

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.480
 of your

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.000
 desire to

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.559
 do so.

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 So don't

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:02.120
 sit around

00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:02.519
 after your

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:02.920
 prayer and

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.559
 hope that

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.279
 suddenly your

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.819
 hand is

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.620
 moved to

00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:06.019
 pick up the

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.339
 Bible,

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.019
 and you

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.440
 open it

00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:07.740
 up and

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.059
 you begin

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.539
 to read,

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.720
 just respond.

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:10.720
 God,

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.200
 I pray

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.759
 that you

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.059
 would give

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.339
 me a

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:12.880
 desire for

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.319
 your word.

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.279
 I have a

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.640
 desire for

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:14.819
 your word.

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.360
 Open it

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:15.740
 up and

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.620
 in the

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:20.180
 process.

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:20.779
 Again,

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.519
 we are the

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:23.279
 means to

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:23.960
 God's end.

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.059
 And I want

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.539
 to show you

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.279
 in this text

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:27.299
 three ways

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.759
 in which

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.740
 we participate.

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:31.599
 Now,

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.319
 recognize Paul

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.900
 here is talking

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.920
 about his

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.400
 particular

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:35.180
 mission,

00:23:35.539 --> 00:23:35.680
 right?

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:35.980
 The very

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.360
 thing that

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:36.980
 he was

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.579
 aiming to

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:37.779
 do.

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.079
 He was

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.559
 aiming to

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.259
 go from

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.860
 the eastern

00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:40.660
 part of

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:40.920
 the Roman

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.220
 Empire,

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.599
 where he

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:41.920
 has said

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.420
 previously,

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.039
 he's

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.420
 accomplished

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:43.819
 the work

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.099
 that God

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.299
 had put

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.720
 before him.

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:44.960
 He had

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.240
 fully

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.559
 preached

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.059
 the gospel.

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:46.880
 Now he's

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.240
 wanting to

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.700
 go to the

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.460
 western part

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:48.960
 of the

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.299
 empire,

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:49.759
 passing

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.600
 through

00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:51.000
 Rome

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.559
 to

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.319
 Spain.

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.680
 We don't

00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:53.299
 know for

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:54.160
 sure if

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.400
 he ever

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:54.700
 made it.

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.740
 I found

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:55.920
 some

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.299
 evidences

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:57.120
 last week

00:23:57.120 --> 00:23:57.559
 I told you

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:57.880
 that it

00:23:57.880 --> 00:23:58.259
 seemed like

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.640
 maybe he

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:58.880
 did,

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.120
 and then

00:23:59.120 --> 00:23:59.360
 he went

00:23:59.360 --> 00:23:59.640
 on from

00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:00.279
 there to

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.519
 Britain.

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:00.759
 I,

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.340
 this week,

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:01.720
 found some

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.039
 evidences

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.500
 that he

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.039
 didn't.

00:24:03.100 --> 00:24:03.299
 It would

00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:03.680
 seem that

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.500
 the Christian

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.019
 faith didn't

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:06.579
 reach Spain

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.140
 until 200

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:08.000
 years after

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:09.100
 Paul.

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.539
 So,

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.019
 I don't

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.400
 really know

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:10.640
 if he

00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:10.940
 ever made

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.140
 it or

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:11.380
 not.

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:11.579
 That's

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.340
 the point

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:12.600
 of what

00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:12.740
 I'm

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.140
 saying to

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:13.319
 you.

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:13.840
 But,

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.360
 this is

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:14.620
 centering

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.299
 out.

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:19.579
 Something

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:19.960
 we ought

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.380
 to be

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:20.620
 doing,

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:20.940
 and this

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.319
 is how

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.799
 we should

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.120
 be doing

00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:23.240
 it together.

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:23.900
 So,

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.120
 we should

00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:24.720
 be participating

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:26.380
 together in

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:26.980
 God's mission

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.819
 in the world

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.120
 and the

00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:28.960
 particular ways

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.759
 he's given

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.360
 it to us.

00:24:30.600 --> 00:24:30.980
 The first

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.000
 way is

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.620
 financial.

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:32.920
 Our

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:33.319
 participation

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.380
 should be

00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:35.100
 financial.

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.279
 In verse

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:36.660
 24,

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.079
 he says

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.980
 that he

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.500
 hopes to

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.960
 be helped

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.340
 on my

00:24:39.340 --> 00:24:39.579
 journey

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.539
 there by

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:40.840
 you.

00:24:42.360 --> 00:24:42.840
 Which

00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.620
 includes

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.220
 financial

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.579
 help.

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:44.920
 It actually

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.220
 goes a

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.460
 little bit

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.039
 beyond that,

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.460
 in fact.

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.880
 The idea

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.160
 here of

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.700
 being helped

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:48.960
 is the

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.299
 idea of

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:49.539
 being

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.340
 escorted,

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:51.039
 being shown

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.480
 the way.

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:52.200
 Paul fully

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.680
 expected that

00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:52.880
 when he

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.220
 got to

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.440
 Rome,

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:53.960
 that some

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.160
 of the

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:54.500
 believers

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.000
 from Rome

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.600
 would give

00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:56.380
 him supply

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.980
 to travel

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.420
 to Spain,

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.000
 as well

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.700
 as take

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.080
 him there.

00:24:59.360 --> 00:24:59.580
 Somebody

00:24:59.580 --> 00:24:59.960
 who knew

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.460
 the road

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.559
 from Rome

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.500
 to Spain,

00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:02.900
 wherever he

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.240
 was going

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.660
 in Spain,

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.100
 would actually

00:25:04.100 --> 00:25:04.860
 take him

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.500
 along the

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:05.660
 way,

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.200
 would give

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:07.039
 of themselves

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:08.059
 to help

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.600
 him fulfill

00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:09.880
 his task

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.360
 in the will

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:10.759
 of God.

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:13.039
 We also

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.400
 see Paul

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:13.880
 delivering a

00:25:13.880 --> 00:25:14.500
 financial gift

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:14.960
 to Jerusalem

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.759
 on behalf

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.420
 of the Gentiles

00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:16.819
 in verses

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:18.259
 25 to

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.660
 27.

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.039
 We're not

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.279
 going to

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.680
 look at

00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.279
 that much.

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.140
 But you

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.379
 see that

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:22.379
 there's this

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:23.319
 giving of

00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:23.960
 oneself

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:25.339
 movement

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:25.819
 happening.

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:26.420
 Turn with

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:26.640
 me to

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.180
 2 Corinthians

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.940
 chapter 8.

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:30.259
 Another great

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:33.359
 example of

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:33.920
 this type of

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.740
 sacrificial giving

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.339
 to support

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:36.579
 the ministry

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.319
 of God.

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.659
 2 Corinthians

00:25:45.659 --> 00:25:46.159
 chapter 8

00:25:46.159 --> 00:25:46.599
 verses 1

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:46.919
 through 8.

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.359
 We want

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:48.679
 you to know

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:49.179
 brothers about

00:25:49.179 --> 00:25:49.659
 the grace

00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:50.000
 of God

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.199
 that has

00:25:50.199 --> 00:25:50.500
 been given

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:50.839
 among the

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.059
 churches

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.799
 of Macedonia.

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.319
 For in a

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.879
 severe test

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.279
 of affliction

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.819
 their abundance

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.359
 of joy

00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:54.659
 and their

00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:54.980
 extreme

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.379
 poverty

00:25:55.379 --> 00:25:56.699
 have overflowed

00:25:56.699 --> 00:25:57.259
 in a wealth

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.859
 of generosity

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.279
 on their

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:58.659
 part.

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.279
 For they

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.740
 gave according

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.019
 to their

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.339
 means,

00:26:00.439 --> 00:26:01.079
 as I can

00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:01.480
 testify,

00:26:01.679 --> 00:26:02.119
 and beyond

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.639
 their means

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:03.180
 of their

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.780
 own accord

00:26:03.780 --> 00:26:04.620
 begging us

00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:05.080
 earnestly

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:05.440
 for the

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:05.920
 favor of

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.480
 taking part

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.680
 in the

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.000
 relief of

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.400
 the saints.

00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:08.240
 And this

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.680
 not as we

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.060
 expected,

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.680
 but they

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.180
 gave themselves

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.860
 first to

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.259
 the Lord

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:12.120
 and then

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:12.660
 by the

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:12.960
 will of

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.259
 God

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.180
 to us.

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.120
 This

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.860
 great

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.620
 outpouring

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.160
 of the

00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:18.560
 generosity

00:26:18.560 --> 00:26:18.820
 of the

00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:19.000
 churches

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.620
 of Macedonia

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.240
 because they

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:20.640
 wanted to

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.160
 be involved

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.660
 in the

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.060
 work of

00:26:22.060 --> 00:26:22.360
 God

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:22.520
 and

00:26:22.520 --> 00:26:22.860
 relieving

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:23.080
 the

00:26:23.080 --> 00:26:23.460
 suffering

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.120
 amongst

00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:24.340
 the

00:26:24.340 --> 00:26:24.740
 saints.

00:26:25.280 --> 00:26:25.680
 So our

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.280
 participation

00:26:26.280 --> 00:26:27.360
 needs to

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:27.500
 be

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.980
 financial.

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:29.960
 There's

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.580
 lots of

00:26:30.580 --> 00:26:31.020
 opportunities

00:26:31.020 --> 00:26:31.420
 to do

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:31.680
 that

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.300
 where we

00:26:32.300 --> 00:26:32.600
 live.

00:26:33.280 --> 00:26:33.620
 This

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:34.020
 church

00:26:34.020 --> 00:26:34.759
 needs

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.020
 that

00:26:35.020 --> 00:26:35.280
 kind

00:26:35.280 --> 00:26:35.380
 of

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:35.940
 participation.

00:26:37.020 --> 00:26:37.780
 All of

00:26:37.780 --> 00:26:37.920
 these

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.220
 people

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:38.480
 going

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.020
 all

00:26:39.020 --> 00:26:39.220
 over

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.380
 the

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:39.640
 world.

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:39.820
 I

00:26:39.820 --> 00:26:39.960
 can't

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.100
 even

00:26:40.100 --> 00:26:40.320
 begin

00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:40.480
 to

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.680
 tell

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:40.820
 you

00:26:40.820 --> 00:26:41.259
 all

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.520
 the

00:26:41.520 --> 00:26:41.940
 places

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.360
 that

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:42.540
 people

00:26:42.540 --> 00:26:42.660
 are

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:42.840
 headed

00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:43.120
 out

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.540
 this

00:26:43.540 --> 00:26:43.800
 summer.

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.020
 We

00:26:44.020 --> 00:26:44.280
 have

00:26:44.280 --> 00:26:44.440
 an

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.160
 immense

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.680
 number

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:45.900
 of

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.180
 people

00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.740
 for as

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.080
 small

00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:47.259
 as

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.420
 we

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:47.640
 are

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.060
 going

00:26:48.060 --> 00:26:48.500
 all

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:48.700
 over

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:48.820
 the

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:49.020
 place

00:26:49.020 --> 00:26:49.160
 and

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.660
 every

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.040
 single

00:26:50.040 --> 00:26:50.220
 one

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.320
 of

00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:50.500
 them

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.960
 need

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.300
 financial

00:26:51.300 --> 00:26:51.880
 assistance.

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.220
 God

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:53.640
 uses

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.380
 money

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:54.600
 to

00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:54.780
 get

00:26:54.780 --> 00:26:55.120
 things

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:55.700
 accomplished.

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.060
 Again,

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.800
 means

00:26:56.800 --> 00:26:57.740
 to an

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.080
 end.

00:26:59.080 --> 00:26:59.620
 We

00:26:59.619 --> 00:26:59.859
 see the

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.119
 parable

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.319
 in

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.459
 Luke

00:27:00.459 --> 00:27:00.739
 chapter

00:27:00.739 --> 00:27:01.159
 12.

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:01.979
 We

00:27:01.979 --> 00:27:02.279
 studied

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.539
 this

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:02.639
 in

00:27:02.639 --> 00:27:02.759
 our

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.099
 community

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:03.359
 group

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:03.539
 this

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:03.919
 past

00:27:03.919 --> 00:27:04.559
 week,

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:04.979
 week

00:27:04.979 --> 00:27:05.199
 before

00:27:05.199 --> 00:27:05.559
 last.

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.239
 The

00:27:06.239 --> 00:27:06.479
 parable

00:27:06.479 --> 00:27:06.599
 of

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:06.679
 the

00:27:06.679 --> 00:27:06.819
 rich

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.000
 young

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.299
 fool.

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:08.779
 This

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.179
 parable

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:09.359
 of

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:09.559
 this

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.239
 man

00:27:10.239 --> 00:27:10.439
 who

00:27:10.439 --> 00:27:11.259
 profits

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.899
 well.

00:27:12.479 --> 00:27:12.679
 He

00:27:12.679 --> 00:27:12.699
 didn't

00:27:12.699 --> 00:27:12.799
 do

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.000
 anything

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.379
 wrong

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:13.500
 to

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:13.779
 profit.

00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:14.179
 The

00:27:14.179 --> 00:27:14.439
 parable

00:27:14.439 --> 00:27:14.659
 doesn't

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:14.959
 record

00:27:14.959 --> 00:27:15.059
 it

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.199
 that

00:27:15.199 --> 00:27:15.379
 way.

00:27:15.479 --> 00:27:16.379
 He

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:16.500
 was

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:16.959
 profitable.

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.359
 And

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:18.459
 what

00:27:18.459 --> 00:27:18.539
 he

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:18.679
 did

00:27:18.679 --> 00:27:18.819
 with

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:18.899
 it

00:27:18.899 --> 00:27:19.000
 is

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.079
 he

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.279
 built

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.500
 more

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.939
 barns

00:27:19.939 --> 00:27:20.019
 and

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.099
 he

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:20.239
 said

00:27:20.239 --> 00:27:20.359
 to

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:20.500
 his

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:20.739
 soul,

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.359
 soul,

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.259
 relax,

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.599
 eat,

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.059
 drink,

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.000
 be merry.

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:24.200
 He

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.539
 stored

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:24.680
 it

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:24.819
 up

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:24.940
 for

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.220
 himself.

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.380
 He

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:25.680
 spent

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:25.859
 it

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.240
 on

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:27.180
 himself.

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.680
 And

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:28.880
 God

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.200
 calls

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.299
 him

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.579
 a

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:29.960
 fool.

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.480
 And

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:31.599
 then

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:31.740
 it's

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.099
 recorded,

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.440
 so

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.640
 is

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:32.779
 the

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.000
 one

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.180
 who

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.380
 lays

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:33.519
 up

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.880
 treasure

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.180
 for

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.620
 himself

00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:34.900
 and

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.019
 is

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.319
 not

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:36.019
 rich

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.759
 toward

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.680
 God.

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.539
 I

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:39.640
 think

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:39.759
 the

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:39.940
 real

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.420
 question

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.819
 is

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.539
 not

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.980
 how

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.259
 much

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.420
 would

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:43.620
 God

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:43.799
 have

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:43.920
 me

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.240
 give?

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:44.940
 Lord,

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.339
 how

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.539
 much

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:45.700
 would

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:45.799
 you

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:45.960
 have

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.120
 me

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.440
 give

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:46.799
 to

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:46.960
 your

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.319
 purposes?

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:47.339
!

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:47.539
 But

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.440
 how

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:51.640
 much

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:51.779
 of

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:51.940
 what

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.259
 you've

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.799
 granted

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.120
 me

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:53.480
 is

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.680
 for

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.160
 me,

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.339
 for

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:54.539
 my

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.120
 temporal

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:55.940
 blessing?

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:56.559
 And

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:56.740
 how

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:56.980
 much

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.099
 of

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:57.259
 it

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.759
 is

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.099
 for

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.220
 the

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.460
 kingdom?

00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:58.880
 How

00:27:58.880 --> 00:27:59.099
 much

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.240
 of

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.359
 it

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.000
 ultimately

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.460
 and

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.839
 finally

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.519
 belongs

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:01.740
 to

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:01.980
 you?

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.319
 I

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:02.420
 think

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:02.519
 we

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:02.859
 ask

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.059
 that

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.539
 question

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.480
 wrongly

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.099
 so

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:05.539
 often.

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.480
 I

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:07.980
 really

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.380
 hope

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.579
 that

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:08.700
 of

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.059
 all

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.200
 of

00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.299
 you

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.420
 in

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.579
 this

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:09.859
 room

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.980
 it

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.120
 won't

00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:11.259
 be

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.420
 said

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:11.559
 of

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:11.720
 you

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.559
 fool.

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.180
 You

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.380
 spent

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:13.559
 your

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:13.779
 money

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.000
 on

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.700
 yourself.

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.480
 What

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:15.640
 a

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.420
 stupid

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:16.440
!

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.059
 stupid

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.440
 thing

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:17.640
 to

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:17.940
 do.

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:19.420
 Be

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:19.680
 rich

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:19.980
 towards

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.600
 God.

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.140
 Lay

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.340
 up

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.640
 treasure

00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:22.880
 for

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.279
 yourself

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.519
 in

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:23.900
 heaven.

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:24.960
 So

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.100
 our

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:25.539
 participation

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.900
 is

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.059
 going

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.160
 to

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.299
 be

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.799
 financial.

00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:29.640
 Our

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.080
 participation

00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:30.900
 ought

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:30.980
 to

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.120
 be

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.580
 prayerful

00:28:31.580 --> 00:28:32.940
 both

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.080
 in

00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:33.259
 our

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.620
 lives

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:33.960
 and

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.380
 others.

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:34.600
 Verse

00:28:34.600 --> 00:28:34.900
 30

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.259
 says

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:36.180
 strive

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:36.600
 together

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:36.820
 with

00:28:36.820 --> 00:28:37.000
 me

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.200
 in

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.320
 your

00:28:37.320 --> 00:28:37.700
 prayers

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:37.920
 to

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.340
 God

00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:39.019
 on

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.279
 my

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.779
 behalf

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.140
 as a

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:41.019
 request

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.240
 of

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.580
 Paul

00:28:41.580 --> 00:28:41.980
 that

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.220
 they

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:43.100
 strive

00:28:43.100 --> 00:28:43.600
 together

00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:44.340
 in

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:44.759
 prayers

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.380
 for

00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:45.620
 his

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:46.100
 work

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:47.139
 the

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.500
 word

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:47.659
 that

00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:47.759
 we

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:47.899
 get

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.359
 strive

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:48.619
 from

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:48.859
 here

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:48.980
 in

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.099
 the

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.419
 Greek

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:50.039
 means

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.259
 to

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.859
 fight

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:51.119
 or

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:51.279
 to

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.859
 struggle.

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:52.919
 It's

00:28:52.919 --> 00:28:53.039
 where

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.179
 we

00:28:53.179 --> 00:28:53.319
 get

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.500
 the

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:53.919
 English

00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:54.359
 word

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.500
 agonize

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.039
 from.

00:28:56.959 --> 00:28:57.519
 We

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:57.919
 must

00:28:57.919 --> 00:28:58.899
 fight

00:28:58.899 --> 00:28:59.539
 to

00:28:59.539 --> 00:28:59.859
 pray.

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.259
 The

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.519
 enemy

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:01.959
 does

00:29:01.959 --> 00:29:02.299
 not

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.759
 want

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.059
 us

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.199
 to

00:29:03.199 --> 00:29:03.459
 pray.

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:05.179
 God

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:05.359
 as

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.519
 we've

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:05.679
 said

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.079
 before

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.279
 is

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.959
 providential.

00:29:07.199 --> 00:29:07.439
 God

00:29:07.439 --> 00:29:07.599
 is

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.159
 accomplishing

00:29:08.159 --> 00:29:08.539
 what

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:08.719
 he

00:29:08.719 --> 00:29:08.879
 will

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.339
 accomplish

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.980
 with

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.439
 or

00:29:10.439 --> 00:29:10.859
 without

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:11.179
 us.

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.359
 But

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.459
 he

00:29:11.459 --> 00:29:11.579
 is

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:11.799
 using

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.000
 us

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.119
 as

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:12.199
 the

00:29:12.199 --> 00:29:12.379
 means

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:12.519
 to

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:12.659
 his

00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:12.839
 end.

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:13.740
 He

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:13.880
 has

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.400
 included

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.759
 us

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.140
 in

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:15.279
 his

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.640
 purposes

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 and

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.380
 a

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.559
 way

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:16.740
 he

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:16.960
 does

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.220
 that

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.440
 is

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:17.559
 he

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:17.720
 gives

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:17.859
 us

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.180
 prayer.

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.000
 He

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.500
 uses

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:19.799
 the

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.180
 prayers

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.579
 of

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:20.700
 his

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.019
 people

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.460
 to

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.819
 accomplish

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.059
 his

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.339
 will.

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:22.779
 He

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.319
 moves

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:23.599
 us

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:23.799
 to

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.039
 pray

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.200
 that

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.299
 we

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.539
 might

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:24.700
 be

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.120
 involved.

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:25.519
 How

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:25.660
 can

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:25.779
 we

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.180
 possibly

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.440
 be

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:26.859
 involved

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.180
 in

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.299
 the

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.519
 global

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:27.859
 purposes

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.059
 of

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.299
 God

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.680
 here

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:28.799
 in

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.140
 Dahlonega,

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.480
 Georgia?

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.400
 The

00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:30.799
 simplest

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.160
 way?

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.380
 We

00:29:31.380 --> 00:29:31.559
 can

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.099
 pray.

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.680
 We

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:33.819
 can

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.120
 pray

00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:34.120


00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.279
 That

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.480
 God

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.620
 will

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:34.920
 advance

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.079
 his

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.279
 kingdom

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.619
 across

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:35.799
 the

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.000
 world

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.339
 and

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:36.500
 we

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:36.660
 can

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.139
 rejoice

00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:37.700
 as

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:37.839
 it's

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.019
 being

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.339
 done

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.619
 because

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:38.799
 he

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.059
 uses

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.279
 the

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.619
 prayer

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:40.339
 of

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:40.460
 his

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.819
 people.

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:41.960
 Our

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.299
 flesh

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.599
 works

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:42.920
 against

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.319
 us

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.579
 to

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:43.940
 this.

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:44.480
 Have

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.539
 you

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:44.680
 ever

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:44.899
 had

00:29:44.899 --> 00:29:45.059
 those

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:45.299
 times

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.420
 where

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:45.519
 you

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.119
 set

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:46.299
 the

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.519
 time

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.940
 apart

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.180
 to

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.500
 pray

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.019
 and

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.359
 no

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:48.619
 matter

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:48.899
 what

00:29:48.899 --> 00:29:49.079
 you're

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.639
 so

00:29:49.639 --> 00:29:50.539
 distracted

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.279
 your

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.579
 mind

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:51.839
 goes

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.079
 a

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.819
 thousand

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.379
 different

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:53.920
 directions.

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:54.660
 Like

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:55.019
 thoughts

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.139
 you're

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:55.259
 like

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.599
 why

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:55.740
 am

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:55.859
 I

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.200
 thinking

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.539
 about

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:56.799
 this?

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:56.940
 This

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.160
 makes

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.440
 no

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.160
 sense.

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:58.940
 Right?

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.539
 Seems

00:29:59.539 --> 00:29:59.700
 like

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:06.980
 Colossians

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.440
 chapter 4

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.960
 verse 12

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.819
 records

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.500
 Epaphras

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.259
 who is

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.619
 one of

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:10.720
 you

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.079
 a servant

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.220
 of

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.420
 Christ

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:11.639
 Jesus

00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:12.039
 greets

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.240
 you

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.019
 always

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.720
 struggling

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.200
 the same

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.500
 word

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.879
 always

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.440
 struggling

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:15.819
 on your

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.299
 behalf

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.859
 in his

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.180
 prayers

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.680
 that you

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:17.799
 may

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.079
 stand

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.500
 mature

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:18.779
 and

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.039
 fully

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.460
 assured

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.119
 in

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.500
 all

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.700
 the

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.000
 will

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.519
 of

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.839
 God.

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.200
 Ephesians

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.920
 chapter 6

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.399
 verse 18

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:24.920
 and 19

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:26.299
 We're

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.740
 instructed to

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.039
 pray at

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.539
 all times

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:27.759
 in the

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:27.940
 spirit

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.139
 with

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:28.500
 all

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.899
 prayer

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:29.079
 and

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.700
 supplication

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.399
 to

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:30.700
 that

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.139
 end

00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:31.759
 keep

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.279
 alert

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.940
 with

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.359
 all

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:33.379
!

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.559
 prayer

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:40.879
 is a

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:41.500
 work

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.680
 and it

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.059
 ought to

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:43.440
 be carried

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.819
 out.

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:44.940
 The

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.220
 Christian

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.660
 life

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.220
 really

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.700
 ultimately

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.339
 is fairly

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.259
 simple.

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.279
 It's not

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.039
 a complex

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.599
 thing for

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:50.859
 us to

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.200
 unravel.

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.680
 It's

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:51.920
 fairly

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.259
 simple

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.819
 but it

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.379
 is not

00:30:53.379 --> 00:30:54.279
 easy.

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:55.899
 We

00:30:55.899 --> 00:30:56.119
 must

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:57.019
 strain

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.619
 and

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.420
 strive

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.139
 and pray

00:30:59.139 --> 00:30:59.420
 for the

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.799
 grace

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.440
 to pull

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:00.639
 these

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:00.859
 things

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:01.099
 off.

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.379
 As I

00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:01.639
 said to

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:01.740
 you

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.099
 before

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.700
 work

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:02.940
 as if

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.039
 it

00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.160
 all

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:03.399
 depended

00:31:03.399 --> 00:31:03.599
 on

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:03.720
 you

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:03.839
 and

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.139
 praise

00:31:04.139 --> 00:31:04.460
 God

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.779
 when it

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.099
 happens

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:05.299
 because

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.399
 it

00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:05.500
 was

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.639
 his

00:31:05.639 --> 00:31:05.980
 work

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.599
 in

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:06.799
 you

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.339
 to

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:07.699
 accomplish

00:31:07.699 --> 00:31:07.980
 it.

00:31:09.179 --> 00:31:09.579
 So

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:09.799
 what

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.059
 must

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.219
 we

00:31:10.219 --> 00:31:10.399
 pray

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:10.699
 for?

00:31:10.959 --> 00:31:11.159
 What

00:31:11.159 --> 00:31:11.299
 are

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.779
 godly

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.099
 prayers?

00:31:12.199 --> 00:31:12.299
 What

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.419
 are

00:31:12.419 --> 00:31:12.839
 prayers

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.439
 offered

00:31:13.439 --> 00:31:13.719
 up

00:31:13.719 --> 00:31:14.399
 within

00:31:14.399 --> 00:31:15.299
 God's

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:16.000
 will?

00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:17.159
 And

00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:17.240
 we

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.339
 can

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.519
 look

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:17.659
 here

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:17.740
 at

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:17.879
 what

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.159
 Paul

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:18.480
 asked

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:18.659
 them

00:31:18.659 --> 00:31:18.919
 to

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.059
 pray

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.240
 for

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.500
 him.

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.319
 Three

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:20.659
 things.

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:20.779
 And

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:20.859
 I

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:20.959
 think

00:31:20.959 --> 00:31:21.119
 these

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:21.199
 are

00:31:21.199 --> 00:31:21.419
 good

00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:22.299
 general

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:22.659
 guide

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:22.819
 as

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:22.899
 we

00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.099
 begin

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:23.219
 to

00:31:23.219 --> 00:31:23.399
 think

00:31:23.399 --> 00:31:23.639
 about

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.019
 our

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.339
 mission

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:24.480
 in

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:24.579
 the

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:24.779
 world.

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.199
 How

00:31:25.199 --> 00:31:25.379
 it

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:25.519
 is

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:25.619
 that

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:25.699
 we

00:31:25.699 --> 00:31:25.839
 ought

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:25.899
 to

00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.219
 be

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.459
 success

00:31:35.459 --> 00:31:37.199
 and

00:31:37.199 --> 00:31:37.299
 he

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.539
 asks

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:37.859
 for

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:39.099
 satisfaction.

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.259
 Beginning

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.480
 in

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:40.719
 verse

00:31:40.719 --> 00:31:41.399
 31

00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:41.659
 he

00:31:41.659 --> 00:31:41.839
 says

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.199
 that

00:31:42.199 --> 00:31:42.299
 I

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.439
 may

00:31:42.439 --> 00:31:42.619
 be

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.039
 delivered

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.279
 from

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.379
 the

00:31:43.379 --> 00:31:43.719
 unbelievers

00:31:43.719 --> 00:31:43.859
 in

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.259
 Judea

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.799
 safety

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.839
 and

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:45.939
 that

00:31:45.939 --> 00:31:46.099
 my

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.500
 service

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.659
 for

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:46.919
 Jerusalem

00:31:46.919 --> 00:31:47.159
 may

00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:47.319
 be

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:47.859
 acceptable

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:48.500
 to

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:48.659
 the

00:31:48.659 --> 00:31:49.019
 saints

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:50.039
 success.

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.419
 He

00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:50.519
 was

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:50.659
 going

00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:50.819
 to

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.159
 deliver

00:31:51.159 --> 00:31:51.839
 the

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.219
 financial

00:31:52.219 --> 00:31:53.000
 means

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.579
 that

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:53.839
 he

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.059
 wanted

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.199
 them

00:31:54.199 --> 00:31:54.319
 to

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.539
 see

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:54.699
 it

00:31:54.699 --> 00:31:55.039
 as

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.719
 acceptable

00:31:55.719 --> 00:31:57.839
 so

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:57.980
 that

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.500
 God's

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.599
 will

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:58.740
 may

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.000
 come

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.179
 to

00:31:59.179 --> 00:31:59.319
 you

00:31:59.319 --> 00:31:59.519
 with

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.019
 joy

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.279
 and

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.399
 be

00:32:00.399 --> 00:32:00.839
 refreshed

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.039
 in

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.159
 your

00:32:01.159 --> 00:32:01.500
 company.

00:32:02.959 --> 00:32:03.439
 So

00:32:03.439 --> 00:32:03.579
 he's

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:03.799
 asking

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:03.919
 them

00:32:03.919 --> 00:32:04.000
 to

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.139
 pray

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:04.319
 for

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:04.839
 safety

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.699
 for

00:32:05.699 --> 00:32:06.460
 success

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.899
 and

00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.059
 for

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.720
 satisfaction.

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.059
 Those

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:09.159
 are

00:32:09.159 --> 00:32:09.480
 God

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.819
 honoring

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.179
 prayers

00:32:10.179 --> 00:32:10.359
 that

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:10.559
 as

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:10.759
 we

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.379
 travel

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:11.639
 as

00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:11.799
 we

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.039
 go

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.220
 as

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.359
 we

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:12.619
 leave

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:12.819
 this

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.159
 place

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:13.299
 and

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.379
 go

00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:13.480
 to

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:13.619
 our

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:13.980
 homes

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.480
 visit

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.679
 with

00:32:14.679 --> 00:32:14.819
 our

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.099
 neighbors

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:15.500
 go

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:15.639
 to

00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:15.939
 work

00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:16.319
 tomorrow

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.720
 do

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:16.919
 all

00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:17.099
 those

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.419
 things

00:32:17.419 --> 00:32:17.799
 that

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:17.919
 we

00:32:17.919 --> 00:32:18.119
 might

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:18.419
 have

00:32:18.419 --> 00:32:19.059
 safety

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.460
 that

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:19.559
 we

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:19.679
 might

00:32:19.679 --> 00:32:19.839
 have

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.519
 success

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:20.839
 in

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:20.960
 our

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.199
 ministry

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:21.379
 to

00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:21.659
 others

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:22.659
 and

00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:22.759
 that

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:22.879
 we'll

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.039
 be

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.519
 satisfied

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:23.839
 in

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.159
 whatever

00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:24.919
 the

00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:25.359
 outcome

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:25.759
 of

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:25.919
 these

00:32:25.919 --> 00:32:26.240
 things

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.659
 are.

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:35.759
 That's

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.119
 kind of

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.339
 a weird

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:36.579
 way of

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:36.759
 saying

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:36.859
 it

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:36.960
 but

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.039
 I

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.199
 wanted

00:32:37.199 --> 00:32:37.319
 to

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.460
 keep

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:37.679
 the

00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:38.359
 sound

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:38.460
 of

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.579
 those

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:38.759
 words

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:38.899
 the

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.079
 same

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.339
 so

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:40.019
 financial

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.460
 prayerful

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:40.759
 and

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.399
 communal

00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:42.019
 verse 24

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:43.279
 he says

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.799
 once I

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:43.939
 have

00:32:43.939 --> 00:32:44.399
 enjoyed

00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:44.740
 your

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.199
 company

00:32:45.199 --> 00:32:45.599
 for a

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:45.939
 while

00:32:45.939 --> 00:32:46.439
 speaking

00:32:46.439 --> 00:32:46.720
 of

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.500
 when

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.659
 he's

00:32:47.659 --> 00:32:47.740
 going

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:47.799
 to

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:47.939
 go

00:32:47.939 --> 00:32:48.059
 on

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.179
 to

00:32:48.179 --> 00:32:48.519
 Spain

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:48.759
 he

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:48.919
 wants

00:32:48.919 --> 00:32:49.059
 to

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.439
 come

00:32:49.439 --> 00:32:49.859
 and

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.299
 enjoy

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:50.799
 their

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.099
 company

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.299
 for

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:51.439
 a

00:32:51.439 --> 00:32:51.720
 while

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:51.879
 in

00:32:51.879 --> 00:32:52.019
 verse

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.419
 32

00:32:52.419 --> 00:32:52.960
 he

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.099
 wants

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:53.179
 to

00:32:53.179 --> 00:32:53.339
 be

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:54.159
 refreshed

00:32:54.159 --> 00:32:55.480
 in

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:55.619
 their

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:55.939
 company

00:32:55.939 --> 00:32:56.879
 remember

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:57.259
 again

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.599
 Romans

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:57.879
 chapter

00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:58.240
 1

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.559
 verse

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:58.839
 11

00:32:58.839 --> 00:32:59.000
 and

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.339
 12

00:32:59.339 --> 00:33:10.919
 Paul

00:33:10.919 --> 00:33:11.399
 longed

00:33:11.399 --> 00:33:11.480
 to

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:11.659
 be

00:33:11.659 --> 00:33:11.879
 with

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.139
 these

00:33:12.139 --> 00:33:12.659
 Roman

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.079
 believers

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.339
 whose

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:13.619
 faith

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:13.740
 was

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:13.919
 being

00:33:13.919 --> 00:33:14.279
 told

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:14.500
 of

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:14.779
 around

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:14.940
 the

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.179
 known

00:33:15.179 --> 00:33:15.559
 world

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:15.740
 he

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:15.879
 had

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:16.319
 heard

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.700
 of

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:16.799
 the

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:16.980
 faith

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.099
 of

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.179
 the

00:33:17.179 --> 00:33:17.339
 Roman

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.659
 believers

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:18.039
 and

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.179
 he

00:33:18.179 --> 00:33:18.639
 longed

00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:18.720
 to

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:18.839
 be

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.019
 with

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.240
 them

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.740
 that

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.059
 his

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:21.440
 faith

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.599
 would

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:21.740
 be

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.379
 encouraged

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:23.799
 that

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:23.879
 he

00:33:23.879 --> 00:33:24.039
 might

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.259
 be

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.879
 built

00:33:24.879 --> 00:33:25.220
 up

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.419
 to

00:33:25.419 --> 00:33:25.619
 go

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:26.119
 on

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.599
 in

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:26.779
 this

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.159
 journey

00:33:27.159 --> 00:33:27.500
 that

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:27.619
 was

00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:27.839
 ahead

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:27.980
 of

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.200
 him

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:29.759
 in

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:29.940
 church

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.319
 that's

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.420
 what

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:30.640
 we're

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:30.860
 called

00:33:30.860 --> 00:33:31.019
 to

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.200
 as

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.500
 well

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.819
 why

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:32.900
 do

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.000
 we

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.200
 do

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.620
 this

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:33.819
 like

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:33.940
 why

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.019
 do

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.120
 we

00:33:34.120 --> 00:33:34.259
 get

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.620
 together

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:34.980
 on

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.559
 Sunday

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:35.900
 morning

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.740
 is it

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.279
 just

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.680
 simply

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:37.860
 a

00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:38.140
 command

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.400
 given

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:38.620
 to

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:38.900
 us

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.100
 we

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:39.799
 know

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:39.980
 we

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.360
 should

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:40.819
 Hebrews

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:41.059
 chapter

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.380
 10

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:41.519
 verse

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.059
 24

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.960
 let us

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.259
 consider

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.500
 how to

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:43.799
 stir up

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:43.900
 one

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.059
 another

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.200
 to

00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:44.340
 love

00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:44.440
 and

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.539
 good

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:44.819
 works

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.039
 not

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.600
 neglecting

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:45.740
 to

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:45.880
 meet

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.279
 together

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:47.000
 as

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.140
 the

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.319
 habit

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:47.440
 of

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:47.600
 some

00:33:47.600 --> 00:33:47.700
 but

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.160
 encouraging

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:48.180
!

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.600
 ritual

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:59.019
 rite

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.220
 that

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.380
 you

00:33:59.380 --> 00:33:59.759
 gain

00:33:59.759 --> 00:33:59.940
 by

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.200
 coming

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.640
 together

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:00.900
 with

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.019
 the

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.279
 church

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.500
 on

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:01.940
 Sunday

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.340
 why

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:02.920
 do we

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.220
 meet

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.660
 together?

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:05.180
 we meet

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.580
 together

00:34:05.580 --> 00:34:05.900
 that we

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.180
 might be

00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:06.600
 encouraged

00:34:06.600 --> 00:34:06.860
 that we

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.140
 might be

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.779
 built up

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.240
 we might

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:08.500
 have the

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:08.860
 truth

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:10.000
 replanted

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.400
 in our

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.780
 hearts

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.039
 so that

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.300
 we'll get

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:11.760
 back out

00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:12.000
 there

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.599
 and fight

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:12.860
 the good

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.280
 fight

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:15.120
 living

00:34:15.120 --> 00:34:15.280
 the

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:15.500
 Christian

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.860
 life

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.640
 actually

00:34:16.640 --> 00:34:16.920
 living

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.060
 the

00:34:17.060 --> 00:34:17.260
 Christian

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.480
 life

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.660
 and I

00:34:17.660 --> 00:34:17.840
 hate

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.040
 that we

00:34:18.040 --> 00:34:18.200
 even

00:34:18.200 --> 00:34:18.440
 have to

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:18.640
 put

00:34:18.640 --> 00:34:19.140
 a

00:34:19.140 --> 00:34:20.240
 qualifier

00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:20.780
 on that

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.040
 but

00:34:21.040 --> 00:34:21.760
 genuine

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:22.240
 faith

00:34:22.240 --> 00:34:22.519
 carried

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:22.680
 out

00:34:22.680 --> 00:34:22.840
 in the

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.040
 world

00:34:23.040 --> 00:34:23.560
 is not

00:34:23.560 --> 00:34:23.860
 going

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.120
 to be

00:34:24.120 --> 00:34:24.500
 easy

00:34:24.500 --> 00:34:25.220
 it's

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:25.300
 going

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:25.400
 to be

00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:25.540
 a

00:34:25.540 --> 00:34:25.860
 fight

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.040
 it's

00:34:26.040 --> 00:34:26.120
 going

00:34:26.120 --> 00:34:26.260
 to be

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:26.400
 a

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.820
 struggle

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.380
 it's

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:27.500
 a

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.100
 war

00:34:28.100 --> 00:34:28.580
 out

00:34:28.580 --> 00:34:28.860
 there

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:30.200
 this

00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:30.340
 is

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.620
 base

00:34:30.620 --> 00:34:30.980
 camp

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.920
 we

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.160
 all

00:34:32.160 --> 00:34:32.360
 come

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:32.560
 back

00:34:32.560 --> 00:34:32.880
 together

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.080
 we

00:34:33.080 --> 00:34:33.580
 remind

00:34:33.580 --> 00:34:34.100
 ourselves

00:34:34.100 --> 00:34:34.480
 why

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:34.680
 we're

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:35.060
 fighting

00:34:35.060 --> 00:34:35.920
 right

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.680
 this

00:34:36.680 --> 00:34:36.820
 is

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:36.980
 a

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.180
 good

00:34:37.180 --> 00:34:37.600
 war

00:34:37.600 --> 00:34:38.220
 this

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:38.320
 is

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.220
!

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:38.460
 a

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:38.699
 war

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.079
 worth

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.539
 fighting

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.300
 right

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:40.740
 we

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:40.880
 have

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.019
 a

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.320
 great

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:41.820
 king

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.559
 he's

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:42.740
 going

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:42.900
 to

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.360
 accomplish

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.579
 it

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:43.740
 we

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:43.920
 need

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.000
 to

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:44.119
 get

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.360
 back

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:44.579
 out

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:44.780
 there

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:44.960
 and

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.280
 fight

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:46.519
 we

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:46.639
 let

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:46.780
 the

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:47.019
 word

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.460
 minister

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:47.720
 to

00:34:47.720 --> 00:34:47.940
 us

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.079
 and

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:49.220
 heal

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:49.480
 our

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.000
 wounds

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.579
 from

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:50.760
 that

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:51.179
 week

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:52.980
 we

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.119
 were

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.760
 made

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.079
 for

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:54.420
 Christian

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:54.940
 community

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:56.000
 and I

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.119
 would

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.260
 say

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:56.360
 to

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.519
 you

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:56.780
 that

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.920
 Christian

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.420
 ministry

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.920
 doesn't

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.460
 happen

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.940
 apart

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.139
 from

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.280
 the

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:00.780
 context

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:01.099
 of

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.220
 the

00:35:01.220 --> 00:35:01.579
 church

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:02.519
 that

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.619
 the

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:02.900
 things

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.039
 that

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.179
 you

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.559
 do

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:03.840
 are

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.340
 directly

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.519
 an

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.039
 extension

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.800
 of

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:05.940
 the

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.280
 body

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:10.220
 church

00:35:10.220 --> 00:35:10.519
 those

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:10.679
 that

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:10.760
 you

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.159
 gather

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:11.480
 with

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.960
 on a

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.179
 weekly

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:12.599
 basis

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:12.980
 and so

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.440
 therefore

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:14.480
 we ought

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:14.760
 to meet

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.099
 together

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.380
 right

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.519
 in

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:15.720
 Hebrews

00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:15.960
 chapter

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.199
 10

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.340
 we

00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:16.500
 just

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:16.980
 read

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.139
 to

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.340
 you

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:17.860
 let

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:17.960
 us

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.300
 consider

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:18.440
 how

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.559
 to

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:18.900
 stir

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.159
 up

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.320
 one

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.579
 another

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:19.820
 to

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.179
 love

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.740
 and

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:20.860
 to

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:21.000
 good

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.480
 works

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:22.720
 as

00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:22.880
 our

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.220
 flesh

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:23.519
 bears

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:23.800
 down

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:23.940
 on

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.059
 us

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.139
 as

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.240
 we

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:24.400
 have

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.559
 this

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.260
 battle

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:25.579
 within

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:25.980
 us

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.900
 between

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.300
 our

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.820
 spirit

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.019
 and

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.260
 between

00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:28.480
 our

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:28.820
 flesh

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:28.820


00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.159
 We

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.639
 need

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:29.820
 one

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.199
 another

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:30.420
 we

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.639
 need

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:30.659
!

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:30.760
 to

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.960
 encourage

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.139
 one

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.400
 another

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:32.800
 and

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.079
 that's

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.340
 for

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:33.820
 all

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:34.000
 of

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.360
 us

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:35.180
 it

00:35:35.180 --> 00:35:35.599
 includes

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:35.940
 me

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.260
 most

00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:36.760
 certainly

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.559
 I

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.240
 need

00:35:38.240 --> 00:35:38.539
 your

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:38.960
 encouragement

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.200
 and

00:35:39.200 --> 00:35:39.340
 you

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.559
 guys

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:39.740
 have

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:40.139
 no

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.599
 idea

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:41.079
 how

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:41.240
 much

00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:41.340
 you

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:41.639
 encourage

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:41.840
 me

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.420
 I

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:42.579
 know

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:42.800
 that

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.519
 most

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:44.500
 maybe

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:44.760
 none

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:44.900
 of

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.099
 you

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:45.500
 have

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:45.820
 walked

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.019
 up to

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.139
 me

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.320
 this

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:46.559
 week

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:46.720
 and

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:46.920
 said

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.180
 Nathan

00:35:47.180 --> 00:35:47.720
 I

00:35:47.720 --> 00:35:47.880
 just

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.000
 want

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.099
 to

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:48.380
 encourage

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:48.559
 you

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:48.920
 with

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.519
 told

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:49.619
 me

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:49.860
 something

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.320
 but

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.420
 I

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:51.000
 love

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.180
 to

00:35:51.180 --> 00:35:51.400
 see

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:51.579
 the

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:51.700
 way

00:35:51.700 --> 00:35:51.820
 you

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.320
 serve

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.500
 each

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:52.720
 other

00:35:52.720 --> 00:35:53.059
 the

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.180
 way

00:35:53.180 --> 00:35:53.300
 you

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:53.480
!

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.480


00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.619
 each

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:53.740
 other

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:53.860
 to

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.000
 hear

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.159
 the

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:54.599
 stories

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:54.760
 of

00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:54.880
 how

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:54.980
 you

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.039
 are

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.260
 sharing

00:35:55.260 --> 00:35:55.480
 your

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:55.800
 faith

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.219
 on

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.760
 campus

00:35:56.760 --> 00:35:57.139
 and

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.300
 at

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.699
 work

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.780
 that

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:58.960
 is

00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.500
 such

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:00.019
 an

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.400
 encouragement

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:00.679
 to

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:00.900
 me

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.380
 it

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:02.019
 prods

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.199
 me

00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:02.579
 on

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.880
 spurs

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.159
 me

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:04.360
 to

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.739
 continue

00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:04.960
 to

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.260
 press

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:05.639
 on

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.039
 in

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.159
 the

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:06.400
 faith

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:06.880
 we

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.559
 need

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.039
 one

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.539
 another

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:11.079
 so

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.340
 our

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:12.159
 participation

00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:12.659
 should

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.000
 be

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:14.579
 prayerful

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:14.719
 it

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:14.800
 should

00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:14.920
 be

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.340
 financial

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:16.059
 and

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.179
 it

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:16.320
 should

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.659
 be

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:17.380
 communal

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:17.579
 and

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:17.699
 I

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.400
 absolutely

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:18.760
 love

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:19.059
 the way

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.260
 he

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:19.659
 ends

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:19.880
 this

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.179
 little

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.980
 part

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.199
 of

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.480
 his

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.119
 letter

00:36:22.119 --> 00:36:22.440
 verse

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:22.800
 33

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.019
 says

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.159
 may

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:23.280
 the

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:23.519
 God

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:23.680
 of

00:36:23.680 --> 00:36:24.019
 peace

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.480
 be

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.720
 with

00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:24.880
 you

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.220
 all

00:36:25.220 --> 00:36:26.500
 amen

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.760
 and

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:27.880
 his

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.260
 desire

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:28.519
 here

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:28.700
 is

00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:28.900
 that

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.480
 that

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:29.940
 this

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.180
 little

00:36:30.180 --> 00:36:31.380
 wish

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:31.580
 for

00:36:31.580 --> 00:36:31.780
 them

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:31.920
 is

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.040
 that

00:36:32.040 --> 00:36:32.180
 the

00:36:32.180 --> 00:36:32.440
 God

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:32.600
 of

00:36:32.600 --> 00:36:32.840
 peace

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.019
 will

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:33.220
 reign

00:36:33.220 --> 00:36:33.320
 in

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:33.460
 their

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:33.820
 hearts

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:34.060
 that

00:36:34.060 --> 00:36:34.720
 even

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:35.060
 though

00:36:35.060 --> 00:36:35.240
 he's

00:36:35.240 --> 00:36:35.340
 got

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.519
 these

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:35.880
 plans

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.040
 he's

00:36:36.040 --> 00:36:36.220
 planning

00:36:36.220 --> 00:36:36.380
 to

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.660
 come

00:36:36.660 --> 00:36:37.000
 he wants

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.160
 these

00:36:37.160 --> 00:36:37.440
 prayers

00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:37.580
 for

00:36:37.580 --> 00:36:37.700
 these

00:36:37.700 --> 00:36:38.000
 various

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.580
 things

00:36:38.580 --> 00:36:40.160
 that

00:36:40.160 --> 00:36:40.680
 God

00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:40.800
 is

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:41.080
 ultimately

00:36:41.080 --> 00:36:41.240
 the

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.400
 God

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:41.519
 of

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:41.740
 peace

00:36:41.740 --> 00:36:41.840
 and

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:41.920
 he

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.080
 doesn't

00:36:42.080 --> 00:36:42.200
 mean

00:36:42.200 --> 00:36:42.360
 here

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:42.500
 that

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:42.700
 God

00:36:42.700 --> 00:36:42.820
 is

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:42.900
 a

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.080
 God

00:36:43.080 --> 00:36:43.220
 that

00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:43.500
 comes

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:43.660
 and

00:36:43.660 --> 00:36:43.980
 brings

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.300
 peace

00:36:44.300 --> 00:37:01.269
 peace