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 God, thank you so much for everyone who's here,

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 for all the regular Church of Maasai people,

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 for all our guests.

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 Most of all, thank you that you're here.

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 God, you are not our guest of honor.

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 You're the reason that we're here.

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 And we come to you and we come to you with great expectancy,

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 knowing that you who've spoken through the ages

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 can speak again to us today.

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 Would you please speak to us?

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 But Lord, help us not just be those who hear your word

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 and go on unchanged.

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 Help us to hear your word,

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 to hear it spoken into our lives.

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 Into the deep places of our hearts,

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 of our minds, of all who we are.

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 And would you help us to change?

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 God, I'm barely more than a child.

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 For this to be the case, for you to speak to us,

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 I need your help.

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 So please speak through the power of your Holy Spirit.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 I remember when I was a boy,

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 I was having a sleepover with one of my best friends,

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 Dan Damien, his little brother Michael,

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 and my big brother Josh were all at my parents' home.

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 So much fun.

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 And my parents, they love us,

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 they gave us a lot of freedom,

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 but they also gave some guidelines because they love us.

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 And so one of those guidelines meant there was,

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 I can't remember what hour it was,

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 but there was a certain hour

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 by which we had to turn the light off and go to sleep.

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 It was later than we normally get to go to bed,

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 but we were so stoked.

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 This was my best friend.

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 We saw each other every single day.

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 And so we were there,

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 and I just remember we were having so much fun.

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 We had no idea what time it was,

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 and we were talking,

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 and my back,

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 I was facing the window in the room,

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 so my back was to the door.

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 And we were all like being pretty loud,

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 as some boys are.

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 And all of a sudden,

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 I remember,

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 I still this day,

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 I remember my brother Josh's face.

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 It just went pale.

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 And his eyes got kind of big,

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 and he was trying to communicate something to me,

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 his little brother.

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 I'm his little brother.

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 I didn't give a rip.

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 I just,

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 I do my thing.

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 And so I was still talking,

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 and finally,

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 I was the only one talking,

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 right?

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 So I was like,

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 hey,

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 I have a lot of siblings.

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 This was my moment.

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 And so I was like,

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 everyone's listening,

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 right?

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 So I'm just like,

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 I don't know what I was doing.

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 I just remember stupid.

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 And then all of a sudden,

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 I heard my father's voice.

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 And my brother had been trying to communicate to me

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 that my dad was at the door.

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 Now,

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 I'm the only one of all the guys at the sleepover

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 that the sleepover ended for me right there.

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 My dad brought me to the living room.

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 It was actually,

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 it was this cool house,

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 where it used to be two different homes

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 that were kind of combined.

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 So when they brought me to the other part,

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 like I was,

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 I was in another house,

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 basically.

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 And same address,

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 like different house.

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 I was so frustrated.

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 I like,

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 why,

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 why does my dad hate fun?

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 Why does my dad hate me?

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 Like,

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 he's always been a great dad.

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 But that moment,

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 it was just like,

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 the world was dark.

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 I remember just,

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 I had to,

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 he put me on the couch.

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 I just like,

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 sleeping on the couch.

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 I wasn't sleeping though.

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 And I was just frustrated.

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 And I just didn't understand

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 why he was such a killjoy.

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 And I just went to sleep in a bad mood.

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 My brother Josh's face,

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 I,

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 that,

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 that,

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 that look of like,

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 of concern,

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 of trying to communicate,

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 is the voice of Amos in this passage.

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 It really is.

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 And if you just look at it,

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 like even my brother's face,

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 I remember like,

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 what,

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 like what's your deal,

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 man?

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 Like why,

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 why are you being a killjoy right now?

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 Like he just went from laughter.

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 As a boy,

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 all I wanted was for,

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 to make people laugh.

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 And he wasn't laughing.

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 And woe to you who desire the day of the Lord.

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 Why would you have the day of the Lord?

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 It is darkness and not light.

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 As if a man fled from a lion,

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 and a bear met him,

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 or went into his house,

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 and leaned his hand against the wall,

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 and a serpent bit him.

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 Is not the day of the Lord darkness and not light,

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 and gloom with no brightness in it?

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 The people of Israel,

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 the people of God,

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 they were going through different things,

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 different times.

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 The time that Amos is writing in

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 is the time of relative affluency.

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 The middle class is doing well.

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 They're very spiritual.

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 And yet there was rumblings around them

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 as the big empires of Assyria,

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 the different ones were growing,

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 and they were eating up these different places.

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 And so there's definitely,

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 on the one hand,

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 a lot of confidence in themselves.

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 At the same time,

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 there's a lot of laughter,

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 a lot of good stuff.

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 At the same time,

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 there's this growing sense of dread

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 some people had in fear.

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 And yet the people of God,

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 they really had this confidence,

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 not just in how affluent they were,

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 but that no matter what happened,

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 the day of the Lord was coming.

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 The day of the Lord,

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 the day of judgment,

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 the day of judgment

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 for all the peoples around them,

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 they thought.

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 They thought because they were God's people,

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 because they were believers,

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 because they were spiritual,

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 when God came,

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 when God came to them as the Messiah,

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 he was going to just crush

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 all those who opposed God,

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 and they would find

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 that they were the big dogs.

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 You see that same,

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 like when Jesus is coming

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 into Jerusalem on the donkey,

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 and the people are going wild,

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 they really believe

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 that the Messiah is coming

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 to destroy Rome.

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 And even though that's like 400 years,

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 like five, six,

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 about 800 years after this is written,

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 that same kind of confidence

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 that this Messiah

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 was going to just crush

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 all the enemies of God,

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 they had.

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 Now that's a fair confidence they have.

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 God is coming to crush the enemy.

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 What they didn't understand

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 is they actually had found themselves

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 on the side of the enemy,

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 despite all their spirituality.

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 Woe to you who desire

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 the day of the Lord.

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 Why would you have

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 the day of the Lord?

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 It is darkness and not light.

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 As if a man fled from a lion

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 and a bear met him.

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 In a sense,

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 what he's saying right here

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 is that in there,

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 seeing that Assyria

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 is like a lion,

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 he's there to destroy them,

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 and they're going,

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 well, you know what?

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 We're going to escape this lion

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 because we're the people of God.

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 And he's saying,

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 you know what?

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 Yeah, you'll escape the lion,

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 but you'll be met by a hungry bear,

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 and it's going to destroy you.

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 The next image,

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 or went into the house

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 and leaned his hand against the wall.

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 In your own home,

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 and the aspect of leaning against something,

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 it's one of a casual safety.

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 You're safe in your own home,

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 and the attitude of leaning your hand

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 against the wall,

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 you're chill right there.

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 And he's saying,

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 you're there in this casual safety.

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 This is your safe place,

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 your happy place.

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 But what you think is a wall,

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 a thing that holds a roof above your head,

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 and that is something to lean on,

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 casual safety.

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 It actually is a serpent that will bite you.

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 And who is that serpent here?

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 Is it the devil?

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 No, actually,

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 he's comparing that,

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 which they think is their safety,

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 to something that will actually bring them down.

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 In this passage,

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 the serpent,

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 as far as I can tell,

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 is actually God.

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 He's saying that that,

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 it's just an analogy,

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 he's not saying God's a serpent,

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 but he's saying that

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 this thing you think is your safety

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 is actually going to bite.

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 Is not the day of the Lord darkness

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 and not light,

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 and gloom with no brightness in it.

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 Confusing words to the people hearing it then,

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 maybe confusing to us now.

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 It was confusing to me

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 as I thought we were just having a good time,

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 and my brother's face is trying to communicate,

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 hey, there's something serious going on.

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 He's trying to warn me,

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 Daniel,

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 if you keep doing your thing,

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 you're going to get in trouble.

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 And Amos is trying to communicate that to them.

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 The next words are really intense.

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 I hate,

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 I despise your feasts.

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 It's easy as we read these,

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 these very negative words.

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 For us to miss how good the people are doing.

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 So let's read what's going on.

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 What are the people actually up to?

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 Your feasts,

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 solemn assemblies,

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 verse 22,

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 burnt offerings,

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 grain offerings,

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 peace offerings,

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 of your fat animals,

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 your songs,

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 melody of your harps.

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 These people,

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 when it says feasts,

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 these are not like these Canaanite feasts

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 where it's all orgies and crazy stuff.

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 These,

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 as far as we can tell,

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 would be the feasts of God.

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 The feasts of God,

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 the feasts God commanded them to do.

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 Passover,

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 Sukkot,

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 these feasts,

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 these are good feasts.

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 Solemn assemblies.

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 Again,

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 we're not talking about them burning their children in the fire

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 as they had done at certain times.

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 These solemn assemblies would probably,

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 most likely,

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 actually be things like church

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 where the people of God are getting together

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 to sing songs to God

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 and to hear the Bible.

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 Burnt offerings and grain offerings.

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 These are the things God commanded them to do.

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 And not only are they giving burnt offerings

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 and peace offerings,

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 but these are the fat animals.

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 Remember Cain and Abel.

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 One of the issues with,

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 I always get it confused,

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 Cain,

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 Abel.

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 Abel is the one who offered the right sacrifice.

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 He was giving his best to God.

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 And Cain seems to have been giving,

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 Abel was giving the fat,

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 the best sheep.

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 And then Cain was kind of giving

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 just of the other stuff.

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 But here he's saying,

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 you guys are giving,

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 you guys are giving God the fat animal,

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 the best you have of your animals.

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 It's so good.

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 I want to be,

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 I want to be spiritual like that.

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 I want to be faithful like that.

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 And then there are also people

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 who aren't just coming together,

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 just being really solemn

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 in their solemn assemblies,

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 but they're people

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 who are making a noise of songs

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 that melody in their harps,

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 they're singing.

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 And yet,

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 fill in the words we miss.

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 We're just reading your feasts,

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 your solemn assemblies,

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 your burnt offerings.

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 What is God's attitude,

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 what is God's attitude

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 toward these things?

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 I hate,

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 this isn't Amos speaking,

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 he's just recording God's word.

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 I hate,

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 I despise your feasts,

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 and I take no delight

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 in your solemn assemblies.

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 Even though you offer me

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 your burnt offerings

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 and grain offerings,

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 I will not accept them.

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 And the peace offerings

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 of your fat animals,

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 I will not look upon them.

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 Take away from me

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 the noise of your songs.

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 To the melody of your harps,

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 I will not listen.

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 These are scary words.

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 Because you can be

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 doing a diagnostic

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 of your life,

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 how am I doing spiritually?

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 And you would look at,

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 you're doing the feasts,

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 you're eating in the context,

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 feasting in the context

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 that God commanded.

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 You're gathering together

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 with the believers.

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 The Bible says,

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 don't forsake the gathering

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 of the believers.

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 They're not,

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 they're doing it,

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 they're solemn assemblies.

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 And they're giving them

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 some of their best stuff.

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 And God says,

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 I will not listen

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 to your songs.

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 That's a scary place to be.

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 What else are you supposed to do?

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 What else can you give God

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 but your best?

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 God won't have it.

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 So what's going on?

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 Verse 24,

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 but let justice roll down

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 like waters

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 and righteousness

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 like an ever-flowing stream.

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 Did you bring,

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 did you bring to me

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 sacrifices and offerings

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 during the 40 years

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 in the wilderness,

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 O host of Israel?

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 You shall take up

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 Sukkot, your king,

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 and Kion, your star god,

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 your images that you made

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 for yourselves.

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 And through these words,

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 God is saying to them,

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 you know what,

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 yes, you're doing

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 all the spiritual activity

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 and maybe those around you

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 and even yourself

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 are impressed with yourself.

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 But look what they're doing.

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 These people have made

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 for themselves

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 these little idols.

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 From reading commentaries

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 this week,

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 my understanding is that

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 Sukkot,

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 that these were these idols

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 that they're like pocket idols

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 that you can put in your pocket

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 and take with you to work

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 and you can have with you.

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 And so these people

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 were doing all the spiritual stuff,

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 but they'd done

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 what we call synchronism

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 where they were doing

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 both the stuff of God

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 but also the stuff

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 of the people around them.

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 And God,

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 because of that,

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 says,

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 I will not hear your singing.

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 I despise your feasts

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 and all your spiritual activity.

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 Why is God so mad?

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 Well, it's kind of like

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 if you're married

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 and say the husband

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 says to his wife,

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 like,

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 say the wife saying to her husband,

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 like,

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 hey, like,

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 you know what,

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 I hate,

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 I hate your vacuuming

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 of the house.

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 I despise your working hard

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 to help pay rent.

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 I despise your budgeting.

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 I will not even look upon

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 your playing with the kids

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 before bedtime.

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 And the husband's like,

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 do you know that

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 all the other wives

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 wish that their husband

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 did the things

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 you just mentioned

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 that I do?

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 Like,

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 I'm the husband

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 that all the ladies

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 wish their husband were.

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 You know what I'm saying?

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 And she's like,

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 you do all these things,

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 but you don't love me.

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 And you don't even love

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 the children.

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 You're just doing it

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 because it's a checklist

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 of things.

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 It makes you feel good

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 about yourself,

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 but you're selfish.

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 And the husband's like,

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 no, no, no, no, no.

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 I, I,

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 not only do,

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 do I do these things,

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 but you know what?

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 Remember our vows?

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 And he reads the vows.

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 They're so beautiful vows.

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 Just like they'd be,

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 they'd be,

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 and the psalm assemblies,

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 they would be reading

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 the words of the hero Israel,

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 the Lord your God,

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 the Lord is one.

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 They'd be saying these things.

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 And he's saying,

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 you know,

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 I'm,

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 he reads his vows to her,

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 expecting that she's going

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 to tear up

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 because they're so beautiful.

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 He wrote his vows himself,

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 you know,

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 the creative people

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 who do that at their weddings.

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 And so he's like,

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 you listen to this.

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 And you know what, honey?

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 I mean,

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 I keep this on Sundays,

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 on Tuesdays,

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 Wednesdays,

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 Fridays,

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 and Saturdays.

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 What more do you want?

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 And she's like,

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 exactly.

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 Like,

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 what about,

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 I'm not going to math.

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 What about those Mondays

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 and like Thursdays

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 where you're going on

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 sleeping with other women?

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 And he's like,

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 you don't understand.

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 I'm so with you

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 and I'm with you.

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 And when I'm with you,

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 you're the only one

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 in my mind.

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 And she's like,

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 what about Mondays

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 and Thursdays

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 and you're going

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 and sleeping around?

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 He's like,

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 come on.

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 I am paying rent.

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 That's kind of the conversation

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 going on right now

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 where God is saying,

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 you are so proud

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 of your spiritual activity.

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 You're doing,

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 in our language,

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 you're doing church.

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 And you're the one,

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 you're not giving 10%.

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 You're giving 11%

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 just because you can.

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 And you understand

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 that you're not just

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 giving up your money

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 but like you're also

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 volunteering in Sunday school

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 and you're doing

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 all this great stuff

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 and God's saying,

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 it's not only

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 do I not care about it

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 but it stinks

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 because somehow

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 you think you're buying me off

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 with those things

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 when what I want

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 is your love.

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 What I want

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 is your love,

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 God is saying.

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 But let justice

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 roll down like waters.

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 I can't read these words

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 without hearing

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 the much more epic

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 Martin Luther King Jr.

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 saying those words.

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 But let justice

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 roll down like waters.

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 I'm not going to try

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 to imitate him.

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 But let justice

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 roll down like waters.

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 The image here

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 is a cascading

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 white water rapids

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 into a waterfall.

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 There's overwhelming,

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 overflowing justice.

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 Justice.

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 What is justice?

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 It's an all-encompassing

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 right way of living.

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 It is all these things

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 that Amos has been speaking

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 about chapter after chapter

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 of saying,

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 guys,

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 you are trampling

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 on the poor.

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 Justice is caring

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 for the poor.

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 You guys are being

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 sexually immoral.

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 Justice includes

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 sexual integrity.

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 It includes all areas of life.

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 It's a completely

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 all-consumed devotion

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 to what is right.

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 Let justice roll down

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 like waters

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 and righteousness

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 like an ever-flowing

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 stream.

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 God is saying to them,

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 what I want

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 isn't just all

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 the spiritual activity.

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 That's actually

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 all really good things.

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 But what I want

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 is all of who you are.

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 What I want

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 is all of you.

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 He doesn't want

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 our synchronism.

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 He doesn't want us

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 to be trying to combine

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 and merge

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 our spirituality

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 with our other stuff.

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 God wants all that we are.

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 He wants all of us.

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 You know,

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 the temptation

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 for the people of God

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 at this time

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 was to begin

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 combining their walk

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 with God

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 with the religions

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 around them.

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 And the Canaanite religion,

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 I'm not an expert

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 in Canaanite religion.

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 I'm just getting this

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 from others.

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 But from what we can tell

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 from history,

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 the Canaanite religion

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 was all about

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 do's and don'ts,

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 spiritual stuff.

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 So you can do

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 whatever you want to do.

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 They're God's Moloch,

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 whoever it was,

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 Baal.

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 They didn't really

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 have anything,

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 any requirements

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 about your fidelity

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 to your husband

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 or wife.

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 They didn't have anything

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 about your sexual integrity.

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 They didn't define

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 those things.

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 It was simply a religion

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 of this is the type

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 of sacrifice

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 you bring to the God

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 at this time of year.

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 This is the type

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 of feast you celebrate

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 at this time.

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 This is the type

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 of thing you'll do

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 on this day of the week.

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 This is,

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 and so as a result,

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 you can live

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 however you want to live,

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 but you just got to do

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 your spiritual things.

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 And if you do that,

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 then the gods

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 will be favorable to you.

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 And so the people

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 of God see that

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 and then they apply

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 that to their own,

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 to the scriptures.

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 And they see

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 that the scriptures

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 call us to spiritual activity.

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 And so like,

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 okay,

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 you know what,

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 we're not just going

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 to do the minimum.

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 We're just going

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 to max out

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 and all these,

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 the feasts,

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 we'll celebrate them

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 like no one's ever

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 celebrated them.

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 And God is saying,

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 you know,

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 I'm not like,

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 I'm not like

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 the Canaanite religion

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 where if you just

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 give me your lip service

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 and you sing me the songs

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 and you pour out

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 your wine offering,

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 your libations

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 and all that stuff,

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 then I'm pleased

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 with you.

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 No,

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 I don't want

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 your sacrifice.

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 I want you.

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 I don't want

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 your sacrifice.

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 I want you.

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 Now the temptation

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 for these guys,

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 the people of God

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 at this time,

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 to be like the people

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 around them,

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 would be to have

00:15:46.580 --> 00:15:47.680
 little pocket idols,

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 things that you can touch

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 and feel throughout the day

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 if you're feeling

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 a little nervous,

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 little superstition,

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 stuff like that.

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 And God is saying,

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 no,

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 I want you.

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 I don't want that.

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 And what is the temptation

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 for you and me?

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 I don't know if there are

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 people here who maybe

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 you have a Hindu background

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 and so you're tempted

00:16:01.220 --> 00:16:02.080
 to like have some

00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:03.440
 little idol figurines

00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:04.340
 and like bow

00:16:04.340 --> 00:16:04.920
 and whatever,

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 give them food and stuff.

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 There might be some of us here.

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 If that's you,

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 you're welcome here.

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 I think for most of us,

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 the temptation is actually

00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:12.840
 to have a different God,

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 which is ourselves.

00:16:14.700 --> 00:16:15.300
 As some of you know,

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 I'm at Camp Iowa

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 and this past week,

00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:17.540
 every week,

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 we've been singing a song

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 with a big,

00:16:19.680 --> 00:16:20.780
 it's a really fun song.

00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:21.600
 Mostly it's the band

00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:22.300
 that we're playing the songs,

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 but this one we put on

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 like the background soundtrack

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 and we have the actions to it.

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 And it goes,

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 my God is so big

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 and so strong

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 and so mighty.

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 There's nothing

00:16:32.100 --> 00:16:33.240
 my God cannot do.

00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:34.320
 It's a full band.

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 It's just,

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 it's awesome.

00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:36.500
 This past week,

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 I discovered that the boys,

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 it was Boys Week,

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 and the boys made

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 their own lyrics to it.

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 And they were singing,

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 my balls are so big

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 and so strong

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 and so mighty.

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 There's nothing

00:16:44.819 --> 00:16:46.079
 my balls cannot do.

00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:47.000
 Okay?

00:16:47.620 --> 00:16:48.299
 Now you look shocked.

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 I just said that.

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 That's what they were singing.

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 And what I actually appreciate

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 about their song

00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:54.240
 is they put to lyrics

00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:56.079
 what so many of us

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 do with our lives.

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 These boys,

00:16:59.240 --> 00:16:59.959
 I spoke to them

00:16:59.959 --> 00:17:01.120
 at the primetime,

00:17:01.199 --> 00:17:01.799
 the preaching session.

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 I said,

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 you guys think you're so funny.

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 And to be honest,

00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:05.139
 privately,

00:17:05.139 --> 00:17:05.700
 I'm thinking in my head

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.160
 like you guys

00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:07.140
 are actually so funny.

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 But I'm just like,

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 you guys think you're so funny

00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:10.920
 singing about your balls.

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 Just in case

00:17:12.380 --> 00:17:13.380
 if there's any generational gap.

00:17:13.460 --> 00:17:13.980
 They're singing about

00:17:13.980 --> 00:17:14.600
 their testicles.

00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:14.960
 Okay?

00:17:15.300 --> 00:17:16.880
 You guys think you're so funny.

00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:17.480
 Okay?

00:17:18.300 --> 00:17:18.880
 But listen,

00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.500
 you guys,

00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:20.680
 you're settling

00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:22.779
 for something so small

00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:24.259
 and so insignificant.

00:17:24.900 --> 00:17:25.820
 You think you've discovered

00:17:25.820 --> 00:17:26.160
 how to,

00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:27.040
 oh, you guys,

00:17:27.080 --> 00:17:27.960
 you guys are the cool kids.

00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:28.320
 You guys,

00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:29.600
 you've invented your own lyrics.

00:17:30.140 --> 00:17:31.240
 But what you've done

00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:32.180
 is as if someone

00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:33.259
 has given you the keys

00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:34.700
 to a magnificent castle.

00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:36.220
 It's amazing.

00:17:36.360 --> 00:17:36.620
 You never,

00:17:36.819 --> 00:17:37.880
 it's not the stuff

00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:38.279
 you dreamed of.

00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:38.980
 It's bigger than

00:17:38.980 --> 00:17:39.880
 the stuff you dreamed of.

00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:41.019
 And you like hockey?

00:17:41.120 --> 00:17:42.920
 There's a skating arena there

00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.600
 or ice rink,

00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:44.340
 I guess we call them.

00:17:44.360 --> 00:17:44.620
 Whatever.

00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:44.980
 You know,

00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:46.200
 it's got everything you want.

00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:46.700
 All the toys

00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:47.480
 and so much more.

00:17:47.539 --> 00:17:48.240
 It's so fun.

00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:49.460
 It's such an adventure.

00:17:49.600 --> 00:17:50.279
 You can explore

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:51.480
 the halls

00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:53.539
 and all the different aspects

00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:54.360
 of the castle

00:17:54.360 --> 00:17:55.240
 forever and ever.

00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:56.299
 And you'll never

00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:57.080
 discover all of it.

00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:58.940
 It's made for sardines,

00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.360
 the game.

00:17:59.440 --> 00:17:59.559
 You know,

00:17:59.580 --> 00:18:00.500
 like it's unreal.

00:18:01.580 --> 00:18:02.380
 And yet you guys,

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.299
 I come across you.

00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:03.660
 I'm your buddy.

00:18:03.660 --> 00:18:04.660
 I come and you guys

00:18:04.660 --> 00:18:05.840
 are making sandcastles.

00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:06.420
 You're like,

00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:07.200
 look at our castle.

00:18:07.320 --> 00:18:07.980
 It's so big.

00:18:08.040 --> 00:18:08.420
 It's so awesome.

00:18:08.540 --> 00:18:09.019
 We're so cool.

00:18:09.080 --> 00:18:10.080
 We made this ourselves.

00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:10.400
 And look,

00:18:10.460 --> 00:18:11.300
 like it's not just like

00:18:11.300 --> 00:18:12.640
 we made like our own moat

00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:13.400
 and we have water

00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:13.860
 and we even have

00:18:13.860 --> 00:18:14.800
 like little fishes in it.

00:18:14.820 --> 00:18:15.480
 Like look at us.

00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:16.160
 And you're like,

00:18:16.300 --> 00:18:16.400
 okay,

00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:16.900
 that's cool.

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.300
 But you know

00:18:17.300 --> 00:18:18.140
 there's a real moat

00:18:18.140 --> 00:18:19.380
 with real castle walls

00:18:19.380 --> 00:18:20.140
 with a real castle

00:18:20.140 --> 00:18:20.779
 right behind you

00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.500
 and you have settled

00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:22.420
 for a sandcastle.

00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:23.600
 And then as I was chatting

00:18:23.600 --> 00:18:23.759
 with them,

00:18:23.800 --> 00:18:23.940
 I was like,

00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:24.240
 you know what?

00:18:24.560 --> 00:18:25.340
 That's a bad analogy.

00:18:26.040 --> 00:18:27.320
 What you actually are doing

00:18:27.320 --> 00:18:28.420
 is you haven't made

00:18:28.420 --> 00:18:29.200
 a sandcastle.

00:18:29.299 --> 00:18:29.539
 I'm sorry,

00:18:29.600 --> 00:18:30.000
 I'm at camp

00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:31.100
 but it's a little more

00:18:31.100 --> 00:18:32.059
 gritty.

00:18:32.360 --> 00:18:33.240
 You haven't made a sandcastle.

00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:34.380
 You've made a poop castle.

00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:36.160
 You actually have taken manure

00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:38.120
 and not just like horse manure.

00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:39.539
 Like you've taken human feces

00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:40.720
 and you're making

00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.580
 your own little castle.

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.340
 Like this is so cool.

00:18:42.360 --> 00:18:42.900
 We have a castle.

00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:44.059
 We're so good.

00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:45.519
 And it's like actually

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.720
 you have first

00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:48.080
 a massive castle

00:18:48.080 --> 00:18:48.740
 that's awesome

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.400
 right behind you

00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:50.279
 that's actually bigger

00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:50.819
 than anything

00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:51.740
 you can ever imagine.

00:18:51.860 --> 00:18:52.580
 That'd be such

00:18:52.580 --> 00:18:53.279
 a great adventure.

00:18:53.840 --> 00:18:54.440
 And you've settled

00:18:54.440 --> 00:18:55.920
 for something so insignificant

00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:57.600
 that's actually like poop

00:18:57.600 --> 00:18:58.519
 bad for you

00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.319
 and bad for those

00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:00.319
 that you're interacting with.

00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:01.240
 It's infecting them.

00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:03.160
 It's full of germs and stuff.

00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:04.579
 When we're wrapped up

00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.160
 with ourselves

00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:06.839
 when we're living a life

00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.799
 that's like you're singing

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:09.059
 my balls are so big

00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:10.200
 when that's your life

00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:10.980
 when all you are

00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:12.319
 is consumed with yourself

00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:14.160
 and don't just picture

00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:14.920
 the boys here.

00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:16.440
 What about our own selfishness?

00:19:16.900 --> 00:19:17.720
 For some of us

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.339
 our laziness

00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:18.900
 our apathy

00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:19.619
 for others of us

00:19:19.619 --> 00:19:20.660
 it's our hard working

00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:21.619
 workaholism

00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:22.639
 where we're neglecting

00:19:22.639 --> 00:19:23.259
 those who God

00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:24.359
 has entrusted to our care

00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:25.720
 because we are so obsessed

00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:26.879
 with our own achievements.

00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:28.279
 Whatever it is

00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:28.879
 when we're obsessed

00:19:28.879 --> 00:19:29.519
 when our life

00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:30.440
 is about ourselves

00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:32.700
 really we might be thinking

00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:33.319
 you know I've cracked

00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:34.019
 the code to life

00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:34.639
 like I've found

00:19:34.639 --> 00:19:35.660
 the key to my happiness

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:37.200
 my working crazy hard

00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:38.160
 and getting all the toys

00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:39.519
 or whatever it is.

00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:40.920
 You're settling

00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:41.519
 for something

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:42.680
 that's so much

00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.720
 less awesome.

00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:44.960
 And I don't just mean

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.920
 like less good

00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:47.559
 or less justice

00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:48.480
 or less righteous

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:50.139
 I mean less awesome.

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:51.960
 It's actually

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 so much less

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 of an adventure.

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 There's less joy

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 in it

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 there's actually

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 less peace

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 in it

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 it's not what you want

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 but you've settled

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 for this

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 and you're like

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 oh I'm so cool

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 and it's like

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 not only is this

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 so much less awesome

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 but it's actually

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 harming yourself

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 and others.

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 Is that what you want?

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 Every time we do

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 synchronism

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 every time we combine

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 God with the other stuff

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 every time we say

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 God I give you

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 my Sundays

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 and my Wednesday nights

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 or some of you

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 also your Friday mornings

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 not just you

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 some of us

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 that's what we're doing

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 and God

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 800

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 in 800 BC

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 2,800 years ago

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 and still today

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 is saying

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 please

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 please

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 give me yourself

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 and it sounds

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 very sobering

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 because it is

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 woe to you

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 who desire

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 the day of the Lord

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 why would you have

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 the day of the Lord

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 it is dark

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 so not light

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 as if man fled

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 from light

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 these words

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 are serious

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 these words

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 are haunting

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 these words

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 are words of fear

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 just like I saw

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 my brother's face

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 there was a look of fear

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 and he was trying

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 to communicate

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 something to me

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 and if I'd

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 embraced that message

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 as difficult

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 as it would have been

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 for me as a boy

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 and even today

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 to shut up

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 I would have just

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 embraced that message

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 just be quiet

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 when he was trying

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 to be like

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 I would have still

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 been in that sleepover

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 well not still

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 to this day

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 but I would have gone

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 to live out

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 the sleepover

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 that's what my

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 parents had wanted

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 for me

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 was to have fun

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 and to live

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 the fullness

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 of that sleepover

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 but I lost out big

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 at least to my little

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 boy mind

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 I lost out big

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 it was a look of fear

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 in my brother's eyes

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 but that fear

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 was because of his

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 love for me

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 and he wanted me

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 to stay part

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 of the party

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 and as God

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 through Amos

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 is speaking

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 these heavy words

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 they're words

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 not just of fear

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 they're words of love

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 they're words of health

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 they're words of restoration

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 there did come

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 a time of judgment

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 but these words

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 were warning

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 and in the warning

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 there's a possibility

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 that things could change

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 in the warning

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 there's a possibility

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 that things could change

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 church

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 regulars

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 guests

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 everyone

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 myself included

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 there are things

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 in our lives

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 that need to change

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 there is areas

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 in our life

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 where it's like

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 we're singing

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 my balls are so big

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 where we're selfish

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 where we're self-focused

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 we're synchronizing

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 our stuff with God

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 for a lot of us

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 me included

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 it might be hard to see

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 so how do we change

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 don't worry about it

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 you can just pray

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 go on

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 you don't actually

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 need to change

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 just kidding

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 we need to change

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 it's going to be

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 tough to change

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 one of the toughest

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 things is to actually

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 see it

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 we want to think

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 that we're all that

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 I want to think

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 that I'm all that

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 but God calls us

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 to change

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 we need to change

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 and so this is the

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 hardest part of the message

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 how do we change

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 I think the toughest

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:55.940
 thing about changing

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 is that God is saying

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 right here

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 I don't just want

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 your actions

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 I want your hearts

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 and we can give God

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 our actions

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 but how do we give

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.080
 him our heart

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 how do we do that

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 like tell me

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 I think a lot of husbands

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 are here when their wife

00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:09.880
 is like

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 or vice versa

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 a wife can be there

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 when the husband's like

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 hey I want your heart

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 I want your love

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 and the spouse is like

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 look

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 I've given you this

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 I've given you that

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 I've given you that

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 and in a sense

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 it's just like

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 just tell me

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 one more thing

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 three more things

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 give me a list

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 of things I can do

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.279
 for you

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 and we're cool

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 and they're like

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.920
 no you miss it

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 I want your love

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 I want your heart

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:31.920
 we can adopt more actions

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.599
 how do we change

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:33.099
 our hearts

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 it begins with

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 realizing we can't

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 I think it was

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.519
 last week

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.240
 I think it was

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.700
 last week

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.220
 that I was sharing

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.660
 with you that

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.920
 when I was about 16

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 I realized

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.099
 that I knew so much

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:42.599
 about God

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.319
 I loved so much

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:43.919
 about God

00:23:43.919 --> 00:23:45.000
 I knew I knew him

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.419
 as a kid

00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:46.099
 I just didn't

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:47.599
 I just didn't know him

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.939
 he didn't have my heart

00:23:48.939 --> 00:23:50.240
 and I tried

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:51.720
 he just didn't have my heart

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.799
 and so I just

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:54.159
 got on my knees

00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:54.659
 and I said

00:23:54.659 --> 00:23:55.139
 God

00:23:55.139 --> 00:23:56.619
 I need to know you

00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:58.579
 help me to love you

00:23:58.579 --> 00:24:00.419
 two things I was praying

00:24:00.419 --> 00:24:00.759
 at the time

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.819
 God I want to know you

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.759
 I want to love you

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:04.319
 I knew that I didn't

00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:06.099
 at least not fully

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:07.399
 like I was made for

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 I told you

00:24:08.939 --> 00:24:09.740
 I prayed that

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.720
 real earnest

00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:12.079
 God I want to know you

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:14.399
 God I want to know you

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:15.379
 I need to know you

00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:16.559
 you're too good

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.419
 to be my parents

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:17.819
 thing

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:19.179
 you're too

00:24:19.179 --> 00:24:20.379
 if all that's true

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:20.740
 about you

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.019
 is true

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:22.019
 what the pastor's saying

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:23.439
 and I see

00:24:23.439 --> 00:24:24.779
 the sparkle in his eye

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.480
 that he loves

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.179
 and knows you

00:24:26.179 --> 00:24:27.399
 I need that

00:24:27.399 --> 00:24:29.019
 give that to me

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:30.119
 I want to know you

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 I get up off my knees

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.379
 because I had others

00:24:32.379 --> 00:24:33.679
 that had to go to school

00:24:33.679 --> 00:24:35.500
 still nothing

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:37.179
 day after day

00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:38.539
 it took way too long

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.500
 day after day

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.939
 God I need to know you

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.720
 there's probably

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.400
 multiple days

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:43.080
 where I didn't pray that

00:24:43.080 --> 00:24:43.799
 because I was wrapped up

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.539
 in myself again

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.799
 then I get back on my knees

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:47.539
 God I need to know you

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.160
 please

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:50.340
 I need to know you

00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:53.160
 we were talking last week

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:54.259
 about seek me and live

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:56.539
 but I didn't understand

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.519
 that whole time

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.779
 as much as I felt like

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.840
 I was the one seeking

00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:01.220
 the love

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:02.160
 the knowing of God

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:04.380
 the Bible is so so clear

00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:06.080
 God is the one seeking us

00:25:06.080 --> 00:25:07.880
 he's the one loving us

00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:08.700
 he's the one seeking

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.980
 the image is that

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.940
 of the prodigal son

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:12.640
 in Jesus' own words

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.620
 when the guy

00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:14.640
 he realizes he's not

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:15.480
 where he needs to be

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.819
 he realizes he's like

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.500
 these people

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.660
 maybe he's of the people

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.019
 of God

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.900
 but he's living like

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.840
 the pagans really

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:22.700
 and so he's walking home

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.980
 and he's rehearsing his lines

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:25.120
 and he's trying to seek God

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:25.840
 kind of like me

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.779
 like he's saying his stuff

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:28.019
 and then when the father

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.420
 when all of a sudden

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.940
 he looks up

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.799
 the father has been

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.480
 searching for him

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.440
 the father was the one

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:32.160
 seeking the son

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.759
 the whole time

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.559
 way before the son

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.200
 was seeking him

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:35.360
 and the father is the one

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:35.920
 that runs

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:36.400
 not the son

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.360
 he runs to the son

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:38.299
 and he embraces him

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.240
 the son tries to start

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.539
 saying his words

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.719
 his spiritual words

00:25:41.719 --> 00:25:42.559
 and the father

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.399
 interrupts him

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:44.500
 and he just says

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.559
 he just says

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.539
 like let's throw a party

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.599
 my son is home

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:49.299
 and he wraps him

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.939
 in the robes

00:25:49.939 --> 00:25:51.159
 and gives him his best

00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:52.019
 and all this stuff

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.240
 in a sense

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.179
 I was seeking God

00:25:54.179 --> 00:25:54.619
 and seeking him

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.619
 the Bible tells us to

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.899
 but what I didn't understand

00:25:56.899 --> 00:25:58.539
 was even in my seeking him

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.979
 that was empowered

00:25:59.979 --> 00:26:01.319
 by the very breath of God

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:03.119
 so where do we go church

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:04.539
 to be fully the people

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.240
 he's called us to be

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.299
 I know there's testimonies

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.779
 throughout here

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.899
 so many of you

00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:09.339
 are even more committed

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:10.220
 to God than me

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:13.039
 but all of us

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.879
 all of us

00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:15.160
 can grow in the fullness

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.799
 of our commitment

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.359
 to him

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:17.559
 and listen

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.759
 if you're not actually

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.619
 committed to him at all

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:21.220
 you are in a dangerous place

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:22.960
 so how do we change

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:25.319
 knowing it's God

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:26.160
 who's seeking us

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:27.359
 let's begin

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:28.720
 or continue

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.720
 with that same prayer

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.259
 God

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.799
 God

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.839
 I'm not completely

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.519
 given to you

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:35.099
 I see their selfishness

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:36.539
 or maybe I can't see it

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.659
 but I'm sure it's there

00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:39.019
 God would you change my heart

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.639
 change my heart

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.159
 give me

00:26:41.159 --> 00:26:42.319
 refresh my heart

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:43.159
 renew my heart

00:26:43.159 --> 00:26:45.419
 give me your heart

00:26:45.419 --> 00:26:47.119
 help me to love you

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:48.279
 not just the stuff of you

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:49.519
 it begins

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:50.559
 I believe in prayer

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:52.039
 pray

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.939
 and pray

00:26:52.939 --> 00:26:53.539
 and pray

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.859
 seek him

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.459
 and live

00:26:55.459 --> 00:26:56.459
 knowing that he's

00:26:56.459 --> 00:26:57.480
 the one seeking us

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:59.219
 our very crying out

00:26:59.219 --> 00:27:01.000
 is empowered by him

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:02.579
 and then second

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:04.240
 what God's saying here

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.579
 and saying

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.599
 let justice rule

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:05.980
 he's saying

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.740
 this isn't just about

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.579
 your spiritual stuff

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:08.920
 this is an all of life thing

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.539
 people have said

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:09.799
 look

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.759
 if you really want to know

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.200
 your priorities

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:12.380
 don't listen to someone's words

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:13.400
 look at their pocketbook

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.720
 what are they spending money on

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.839
 look at their day planner

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:17.059
 if people still do that

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:18.200
 look at what you're spending

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:19.019
 your time on

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:20.720
 and in that respect

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.640
 as we seek to give our life

00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.779
 completely to God

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.900
 not just to the spiritual

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:25.140
 to all of our life

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.640
 to God

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:27.880
 then let's start looking at

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:29.039
 how we're spending money

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.960
 and what we're doing

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.579
 with our time

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:30.899
 and seeing

00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:31.440
 are we actually

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.299
 giving ourselves to God

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:34.019
 how our friendships

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.980
 our marriages

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.920
 our sexuality

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:37.180
 are we defining

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:38.099
 our own terms

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:39.359
 are we seeking to

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:42.379
 to let the Bible define

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:43.779
 what is actually right

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.440
 and good

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:46.299
 and sometimes people

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.299
 will talk to me

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.059
 because I'm the pastor

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.619
 and they'll say like

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.220
 hey you know

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.039
 can you pray for me

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.859
 that I spend more time

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.700
 in the Bible this week

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.359
 and that's another

00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:53.680
 we begin in prayer

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.440
 but also the Bible

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.099
 spiritual food

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:56.480
 it's so much of the strength

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.460
 that we need to change

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.099
 it's going to be found

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.819
 as we read these words

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.220
 so they're saying

00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:00.259
 hey I'm not reading my Bible

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:01.119
 I'm not really praying much

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:02.159
 can you pray that I do

00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:03.240
 but you know what

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:04.559
 I'm never going to say no

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.000
 to prayer

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:06.019
 I'll pray for you

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:07.200
 but you actually just need

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.759
 to do it

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.379
 you know what I'm saying

00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:08.980
 like you just

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.779
 you don't need

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.339
 you don't need me

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.939
 to pray for you

00:28:10.939 --> 00:28:11.720
 you just need to actually

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.779
 when you go to reach

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.200
 for your phone

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.759
 to check Facebook

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.220
 in the morning

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:16.639
 just bring back the hand

00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:17.939
 grab the Bible

00:28:17.939 --> 00:28:19.519
 spend like three

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.619
 four or five minutes

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.399
 at least

00:28:21.399 --> 00:28:22.579
 if not longer

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.740
 reading a bit

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.659
 you know what I'm saying

00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.720
 sometimes you just got to do it

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:27.519
 just got to gird up your loins

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.299
 in the words of scripture

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:29.180
 just do it

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.899
 you know what I'm saying

00:28:29.899 --> 00:28:32.099
 so how do we change

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:33.279
 part of it

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:35.299
 is by just crying out for help

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:36.480
 and crying out for help

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.619
 all the way to the end of our life

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.659
 God help me to change

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:39.799
 I want to know you more completely

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:41.039
 I'm not satisfied with where I'm at

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.980
 you have more for me

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:43.460
 I want to be fully yours

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.440
 and second

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.960
 is that we do what it says

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.980
 that we read the words

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.899
 and we seek

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:49.399
 we see as we read through the scriptures

00:28:49.399 --> 00:28:50.519
 that it's speaking into our life

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.440
 and showing us

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:53.500
 where we're actually not devoted to God

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.659
 and seeking to change

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.460
 praying

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:57.100
 and then applying

00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:58.580
 justice

00:28:58.580 --> 00:28:59.360
 and righteousness

00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:00.220
 and purity

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:01.019
 and humility

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.740
 and courage

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.540
 and faithfulness

00:29:02.540 --> 00:29:03.320
 rolling

00:29:03.320 --> 00:29:04.340
 like overflowing

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:05.100
 cascading

00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:06.340
 all that our lives are

00:29:06.340 --> 00:29:08.200
 it's how we change

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:09.400
 we look to God

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:12.600
 one of the temptations

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:13.960
 I can't say for all pastors

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.759
 one of my temptations

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.440
 is I want to make sure

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.259
 that I'm saying something new

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:17.300
 and innovative and stuff

00:29:17.300 --> 00:29:18.200
 but

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:19.400
 then you come across

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.200
 where you're just like

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.540
 you know what

00:29:20.540 --> 00:29:21.940
 I'm just going to be repeating myself

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.860
 every single week

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:24.440
 and we're going to do that again

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:24.900
 because

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:26.019
 that's what the Bible says

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.920
 so there's nothing new

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.640
 or innovative here

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.400
 that's just the Bible

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:30.460
 this section ends up

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.120
 as he's saying

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:32.059
 he's calling them

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:33.120
 to a full

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:33.920
 wholehearted

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:35.440
 full throttled

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:38.100
 life with God

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:39.740
 his final words

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.660
 of this passage are

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:44.039
 says the Lord

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:45.440
 whose name is the God

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:46.360
 of armies

00:29:46.360 --> 00:29:47.660
 again

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.559
 and again

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.160
 and again

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:52.279
 the call

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.120
 to become

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:54.220
 who we're called to be

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:56.300
 to leave the poo castles

00:29:56.300 --> 00:29:57.880
 and live in a life

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.560
 of obedience

00:29:58.560 --> 00:29:59.420
 and surrender

00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:00.220
 in the fullness

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.180
 of the adventure

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:02.519
 of life with God

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.580
 how

00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:04.720
 where does our hope

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.580
 come from for that

00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:06.900
 time and time

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.500
 week after week

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:08.420
 you see Amos is saying

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.820
 the Lord of armies

00:30:09.820 --> 00:30:12.200
 one of the problems

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.259
 we have with changing

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.100
 especially

00:30:14.100 --> 00:30:14.820
 when what we need

00:30:14.820 --> 00:30:15.360
 to change from

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:16.180
 is self-obsession

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:17.460
 is that we turn inward

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.200
 to change

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:19.019
 and that's why

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.539
 so many of those

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.220
 self-help books

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.720
 you see

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.380
 at chapters

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:21.880
 or the stuff

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.319
 you google

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.720
 is not helpful

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.580
 because it's just

00:30:24.580 --> 00:30:24.980
 trying to turn

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.640
 ourselves inward

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:26.380
 to find the strength

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:26.900
 to change

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:28.440
 but Amos' solution

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.059
 to changing

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:30.500
 is to say

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.140
 stop

00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:31.960
 you guys

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.240
 you think

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.860
 you're so funny

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.440
 or whatever

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.400
 singing about

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:34.819
 your own

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.460
 your testicle

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:37.080
 like look at God

00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:38.100
 what those boys

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:38.940
 needed this week

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:40.120
 I think what we were

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.740
 able to speak

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.279
 to them about

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.740
 was

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.539
 guys

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.519
 you think

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.120
 that life

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:44.759
 obsessed about

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:46.039
 your own prowess

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.539
 so big

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.160
 and so bad

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:48.240
 look what you need

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:49.140
 look at God

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.940
 who's so big

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.640
 and so mighty

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.300
 there's nothing

00:30:51.300 --> 00:30:52.140
 he cannot do

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:53.360
 I believe that's

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:53.840
 the message

00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.860
 that Amos is trying

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.440
 to say to them

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:55.860
 as he says

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:56.600
 God of armies

00:30:56.600 --> 00:30:57.759
 there's power

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.779
 there's might

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.740
 and there's action

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.019
 there

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.560
 our God

00:31:00.560 --> 00:31:00.900
 isn't just

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.560
 a God

00:31:01.560 --> 00:31:02.180
 who's big

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:03.120
 sitting on a throne

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:04.220
 looking at us

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.019
 and tsk tsk

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:06.220
 no he's the father

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.460
 searching out there

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:08.060
 with his armies

00:31:08.060 --> 00:31:09.019
 looking for us

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.800
 seeking us

00:31:09.800 --> 00:31:11.100
 that we might live

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:14.219
 like

00:31:14.219 --> 00:31:15.939
 just one final word

00:31:15.939 --> 00:31:16.379
 then we're done

00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:17.719
 we'll have

00:31:17.719 --> 00:31:18.659
 work with strength

00:31:18.659 --> 00:31:19.019
 to fight

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.459
 it's a ministry

00:31:19.459 --> 00:31:20.000
 helping people

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.419
 find freedom

00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:20.899
 from porn

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:22.659
 and a couple

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:23.059
 months ago

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.619
 a pastor was

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:24.099
 meeting with us

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.480
 talking about

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.000
 how he and his

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.419
 church can

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:26.439
 work with us

00:31:26.439 --> 00:31:26.980
 and he was

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.299
 talking about

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.779
 how he was

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.439
 so passionate

00:31:28.439 --> 00:31:29.459
 about purity

00:31:29.459 --> 00:31:30.539
 and all this stuff

00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.179
 and porn is tied

00:31:31.179 --> 00:31:31.799
 to human trafficking

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.659
 so about fighting

00:31:32.659 --> 00:31:33.240
 human trafficking

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:34.019
 and he was telling

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.699
 us his testimony

00:31:34.699 --> 00:31:35.579
 about being free

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.039
 of porn

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.859
 and so

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:37.799
 one of my

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.159
 colleagues

00:31:38.159 --> 00:31:38.539
 with strength

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:38.799
 to fight

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:40.180
 just had the

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.659
 wisdom to say

00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:41.059
 like hey

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:42.059
 when was the

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.399
 last time

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:42.700
 you watched

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.019
 porn

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:44.240
 and he was

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.579
 like uh

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.279
 two weeks ago

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:46.200
 and then he's

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.480
 like okay

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:47.059
 how long was it

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.700
 since before that

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.200
 he's like well

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:49.159
 about a month

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:49.960
 like oh yeah

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.539
 like I'm free

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.099
 I only watch

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.980
 porn once a month

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:53.180
 and we're like

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:55.119
 and he's like

00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:55.740
 anyway

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.940
 it's still actually

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.859
 a regular consistent

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.779
 part of this man's

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.099
 life

00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:00.700
 and you know

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.419
 what that's true

00:32:01.419 --> 00:32:02.980
 likely for several

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.799
 number of people

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.139
 here

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:05.139
 or maybe even

00:32:05.139 --> 00:32:05.539
 more true

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.059
 like there's

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.879
 likely people

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:07.500
 among us

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.659
 who uh

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.420
 who are watching

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:09.860
 even more

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:10.400
 regular than

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.740
 that

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:13.360
 that's one

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:13.660
 of the ways

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.200
 this passage

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.860
 comes alive

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.380
 for us

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:16.360
 is to see

00:32:16.360 --> 00:32:17.340
 that like

00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:18.240
 this pastor

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.779
 is basically

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.540
 like hey

00:32:19.540 --> 00:32:19.720
 you know

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.180
 what I'm

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.460
 gonna do

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:20.740
 all these

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.160
 like his

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.540
 version of

00:32:21.540 --> 00:32:22.120
 the feasts

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:23.180
 is justice

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.580
 his version

00:32:23.580 --> 00:32:23.980
 of the feasts

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.680
 is like okay

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.779
 I am volunteering

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.700
 with fight

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.180
 for freedom

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.800
 we're helping

00:32:27.800 --> 00:32:28.519
 rescue girls

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.440
 from you know

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:30.380
 sexual exploitation

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:31.380
 um god

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.880
 aren't you so

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.580
 happy with me

00:32:32.580 --> 00:32:33.660
 but at the same

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.240
 time he was

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:35.220
 holding on

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:36.660
 to sexual

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:37.180
 impurity

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:38.180
 in his case

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.740
 pornography

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.700
 holding on

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:39.880
 to it

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.180
 this is

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.640
 this is

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.200
 okay I'll

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.640
 give up

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.160
 once a week

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.779
 I'll give up

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.320
 multiple times

00:32:43.320 --> 00:32:43.519
 a day

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.039
 I'll give all

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.500
 that up

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.259
 but once a

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.680
 month that's

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.220
 me time

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:47.620
 that's my

00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:47.980
 life my

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.360
 terms

00:32:48.360 --> 00:32:49.880
 and it's

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:50.759
 actually awesome

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.420
 that that

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.779
 god is

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.779
 through his

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.420
 that he's

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:54.019
 worked at it

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.360
 and god

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:55.140
 that it's

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:55.519
 down to

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:55.900
 once a

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.060
 month

00:32:56.060 --> 00:32:56.620
 I'm sure

00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:57.160
 that's actually

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.920
 a big miracle

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.460
 a huge step

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:58.840
 for him

00:32:58.840 --> 00:33:00.100
 but what god

00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:00.600
 would be saying

00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:00.920
 to him

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.420
 I try to

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:01.759
 share with

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.100
 him

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:03.259
 I'm gonna

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.620
 share with

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:04.140
 myself and

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.460
 all of us

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:04.740
 today

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.799
 whatever those

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.340
 things are

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:06.840
 that like

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.539
 god you've

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.199
 done so much

00:33:08.199 --> 00:33:08.539
 in my life

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.220
 but no more

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.319
 now this is

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.599
 me

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:12.119
 you can have

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:12.519
 all of me

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.259
 up until this

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.559
 god is saying

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:14.959
 to the people

00:33:14.959 --> 00:33:15.319
 of Israel

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.720
 in Amos

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.339
 chapter 5

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:16.740
 like he's

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.159
 speaking to

00:33:17.159 --> 00:33:17.959
 us I believe

00:33:17.959 --> 00:33:18.779
 today right

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.339
 now and

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.720
 for the rest

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.199
 of our lives

00:33:20.199 --> 00:33:21.240
 give me

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.199
 everything

00:33:22.199 --> 00:33:23.139
 all of it

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:24.840
 and that's

00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:25.520
 not some

00:33:25.520 --> 00:33:25.960
 burdensome

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.360
 command

00:33:26.360 --> 00:33:27.500
 that is

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:27.960
 an invitation

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.420
 to life

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.900
 itself

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.420
 would you

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.820
 stand with

00:33:29.820 --> 00:33:30.060
 me as

00:33:30.060 --> 00:33:30.440
 you pray

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:42.160
 god you

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.620
 see

00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:43.420
 everything

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:46.240
 so often

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.600
 like Adam

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:46.840
 and Eve

00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:47.240
 we want to

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:48.060
 hide ourselves

00:33:48.060 --> 00:33:48.640
 as if that

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.360
 does anything

00:33:49.360 --> 00:33:50.060
 against your

00:33:50.060 --> 00:33:50.340
 gaze

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:50.819
 you see

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.399
 everything

00:33:51.399 --> 00:33:52.079
 you know

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:54.119
 you know

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:55.019
 the selfishness

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.379
 the self

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:55.839
 obsession

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.740
 the idolatry

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:56.980
 and the

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.579
 synchronism

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:58.220
 in every

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.799
 one of us

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.559
 you see

00:33:59.559 --> 00:33:59.859
 where we

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.639
 flatter ourselves

00:34:00.639 --> 00:34:01.099
 and lie to

00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:01.459
 ourselves

00:34:01.459 --> 00:34:01.859
 and don't

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.480
 even see

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.359
 the blind

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:03.779
 spots

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.039
 and the

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.359
 sin

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:06.799
 lord you

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.279
 see it

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.619
 in all

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.039
 of us

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:09.539
 and

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:11.179
 we ask

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.880
 in your

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.219
 mercy

00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:12.559
 and your

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:12.920
 love

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:14.659
 that you

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:14.940
 would

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.840
 free us

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:17.680
 from those

00:34:17.680 --> 00:34:18.579
 poop castles

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.140
 that we

00:34:19.140 --> 00:34:19.720
 play with

00:34:19.720 --> 00:34:20.820
 and lead

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.200
 us

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:21.920
 in the

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.340
 safety

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:22.740
 and the

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.180
 wholeness

00:34:23.180 --> 00:34:23.600
 and the

00:34:23.600 --> 00:34:24.220
 risky

00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:24.840
 adventure

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.720
 and all

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:26.300
 that you

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.800
 made us

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.120
 for

00:34:27.120 --> 00:34:27.940
 for life

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.519
 unleashed

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:28.980
 for your

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.420
 glory

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:31.300
 we cannot

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:31.700
 heal

00:34:31.700 --> 00:34:32.200
 ourselves

00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:33.140
 we cannot

00:34:33.140 --> 00:34:33.700
 change

00:34:33.700 --> 00:34:34.260
 ourselves

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:35.140
 we do

00:34:35.140 --> 00:34:35.640
 not have

00:34:35.640 --> 00:34:36.220
 the strength

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.579
 for we

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.019
 are not

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.500
 strong

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.240
 and mighty

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:38.559
 and there's

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.200
 many things

00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:39.480
 that we

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:40.140
 cannot do

00:34:40.140 --> 00:34:41.680
 but god

00:34:41.680 --> 00:34:42.160
 you are

00:34:42.160 --> 00:34:43.059
 so big

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.640
 and so

00:34:43.640 --> 00:34:44.140
 strong

00:34:44.140 --> 00:34:44.740
 and so

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.300
 mighty

00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:46.320
 would you

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:46.840
 turn

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.539
 the gaze

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:48.160
 the attention

00:34:48.160 --> 00:34:48.560
 of our

00:34:48.560 --> 00:34:48.960
 heart

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.600
 to you

00:34:49.600 --> 00:34:51.320
 the fullness

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.740
 and the

00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:52.120
 bigness

00:34:52.120 --> 00:34:52.400
 and the

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.920
 majesty

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.240
 and the

00:34:53.240 --> 00:34:53.660
 power

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:53.980
 and the

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.500
 grandeur

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.920
 and the

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.820
 love

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.440
 and all

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.820
 that you

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.320
 are

00:34:57.320 --> 00:35:00.120
 give us

00:35:00.120 --> 00:35:00.760
 the hope

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:02.240
 the drive

00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:03.280
 the help

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:04.300
 the humility

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:06.140
 that we

00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:06.480
 need

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:08.220
 to surrender

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:08.660
 to you

00:35:08.660 --> 00:35:09.120
 so lord

00:35:09.120 --> 00:35:09.320
 would you

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.660
 help all

00:35:09.660 --> 00:35:10.060
 of us

00:35:10.060 --> 00:35:10.620
 give you

00:35:10.620 --> 00:35:10.860
 all that

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:11.300
 we are

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:12.240
 not just

00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:13.160
 partial

00:35:13.160 --> 00:35:14.240
 but completely

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:15.339
 to you

00:35:15.339 --> 00:35:16.119
 for in you

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:16.359
 there is

00:35:16.359 --> 00:35:16.719
 life

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.799
 life everlasting

00:35:17.799 --> 00:35:18.639
 in jesus name

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.199
 amen

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:23.179
 amen

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:24.059
 and

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:29.579
 you

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:33.759
 you

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:33.859
 you

00:35:33.859 --> 00:35:33.960
 you