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 Mark chapter 4, who loves a good story?

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 I think we all do.

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 Sometimes people are prone to watch a good movie

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 especially if they sing it to you.

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 But without television and digital devices

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 the first century was filled with storytellers.

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 Good storytellers.

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 But nobody could speak a truth better than the Lord Jesus.

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 Man, he knew how to tell a story.

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 He used stories a lot.

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 And his stories fit the culture in which he lived.

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 The stories fit the settings in which he lived.

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 But his stories turned everything upside down.

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 He left people amazed.

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 And he told a lot of them.

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 Matthew records more than 24.

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 Luke records almost that many.

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 Mark don't record many because he's in a hurry.

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 Mark don't have time for stories.

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 He's in a race to get to the cross.

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 And he spends half of the gospel of Mark speaking of the last week of Christ.

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 However, he does include a few.

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 We're going to look at the first one this morning together.

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 It's in Luke chapter 4 beginning in verse 1 and it says this.

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 Again, he began to teach beside the sea.

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 And a very large crowd gathered about him so that he got into a boat and set it on the sea.

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 And the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.

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 And he was teaching them many things in parables.

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 And in this teaching, he said to them, listen.

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 Behold, a sower went out to sow.

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 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path.

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 And the birds came and devoured it.

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 Other seeds fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil.

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 And immediately it sprang up since it had no depth of soil.

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 And when the sun rose, it was scorched.

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 And since it had no root, it withered away.

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 Other seed fell among the thorns.

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 And the thorns grew up and choked it and it yielded no grain.

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 And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain.

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 Growing up and increasing and yielding 30-fold and 60-fold and 100-fold.

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 And then he said, he who has ears, let him hear.

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 Now, the parables of Jesus, and they call these stories parables

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 because parable means it comes alongside a truth.

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 The parables of Jesus often mystified and stupefied his listeners

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 because he didn't explain them.

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 He just told the story and moved on.

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 And some of them looked like I did when I took college English

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 and we would read a story and I would get to class

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 and they would explain what that story was really talking about.

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 Looked like a mule at a new gate.

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 Golly, you know.

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 And that's what a lot of folks, when they heard these stories,

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 his disciples were no better than that.

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 They didn't understand.

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 So he takes the time often to explain his stories to his disciples

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 as he trains up these 12.

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 And thankfully, he shares that with us as well here in Mark

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 because he explains it beginning in verse 14.

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 And he says,

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 The sower sows the word,

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 and these are the ones along the path where the word is sown.

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 When they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.

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 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground,

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 the ones who, when they hear the word,

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 immediately receive it with joy.

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 And they have no root in themselves,

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 but endure for a while.

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 And then when tribulation and persecution arises on account of the word,

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 immediately they fall away.

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 And others are the ones sown among thorns.

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 They are those who hear the word,

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 but the cares of the world and deceitfulness of riches

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 and the desires of the other things

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 enter in and choke the word,

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 and it proves unfruitful.

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 But those that were sown on the good soil

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 are the ones who hear the word and accept it

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 and bear fruit 30-fold and 60-fold and 100-fold.

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 The story is called the parable of the sower,

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 but the emphasis is not so much on the sower

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 as it is on the soils themselves,

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 the different types of soil.

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 Now, it requires a sower,

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 and that's where professed Christians come into the story.

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 It requires a seed,

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 and that's where the hope of Christ comes into the story.

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 And it requires scattering the seed

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 and the sowing of that seed.

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 Now, the sower is the one that shares Christ,

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 and the seed is the message of Christ,

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 the gospel message of Christ.

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 The soil is the state of the heart and the mind of a person.

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 Now, Christians, what that means

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 is that we all have a responsibility,

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 that God gives every Christian responsibility

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 and insight into our role in spreading the good news of Christ.

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 And with that, there are some commitments

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 that we need to embrace.

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 One of them is that we need to be aware.

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 We need to be aware.

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 We don't know the state of someone's life.

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 There are several spiritual places that they can be,

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 and Jesus names four of them.

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 And let me explain what he means by that.

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 Some folks have a closed mind.

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 The seeds which fall along the path

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 fall on hard ground

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 that the message never penetrates

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 within their heart and within their mind.

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 And that message lays atop the ground,

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 and the birds came down

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 and took that seed and ate them.

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 And sometimes the word of God is heard,

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 but someone refuses to listen.

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 They're too hard-hearted to even consider

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 what we say about the love of Christ.

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 Now, I want to be clear about something.

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 It's not our job to figure out

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 the state of someone's heart.

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 That's not our job.

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 It's not our job to figure out

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 if they're willing to listen to what we have to say.

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 It's our job to share it.

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 And if we share it, let it fall where it may,

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 leave the results up to God,

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 you're not responsible for somebody's salvation.

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 You're responsible with giving them the opportunity

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 to be saved by understanding the gospel.

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 Some people attend church,

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 and they're preset on not listening.

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 I can tell who you are, by the way.

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 But some folks come in and say,

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 I'm not going to allow God to move in my life today.

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 Their minds are made up

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 before they ever come in the room.

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 That's if they're even willing to come into the room.

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 Because their minds are closed to any suggestion,

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 and they refuse to follow.

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 If that be the case,

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 Satan easily snatches that truth from them

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 like a bird snatches a seed.

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 It's gone.

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 Then in verse 5 and 6,

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 he speaks of a different state of mind,

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 the rocky soil,

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 which speaks of a clouded mind.

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 And these seeds fall on rocky soil,

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 and they shoot up quick,

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 but they're scorched by the sun quick

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 because they have no root base.

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 This shallow soil represents people

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 who receive the word of God with joy,

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 but they quickly fade away.

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 Life gets real,

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 and it happens fast.

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 And they're clouded by the hardship

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 or the pressure that they feel under.

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 They love the thrill of a spiritual renewal,

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 the recognition that goes with that,

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 but it never really sinks in.

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 They're never committed to sink their roots

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 into God's truth.

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 There's a lot of people

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 in a lot of churches

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 that walk down the aisle

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 and are baptized

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 and are never seen again

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 in that church.

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 Many of them were never saved.

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 And the evidence of that shows.

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 I mean, they wanted the excitement.

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 And listen, folks,

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 I think we ought to get excited

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 when somebody gives their heart

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 and life to the Lord.

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 Some of y'all cheered yesterday,

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 embarrassingly so.

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 You know?

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 For whoever you're rooting for,

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 some of you cheered for two days.

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 I did.

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 We get so excited.

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 And then I watched at least part

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 of six, seven, eight games

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 over the last,

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 sometimes four at a time,

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 but over the last couple of days.

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 Seriously.

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 And I can't hardly tell you

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 any of it right now,

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 just to be honest with you.

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 But it was good at the time,

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 and I was excited about that.

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 When somebody makes a commitment to Christ,

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 I believe we ought to celebrate them.

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 I believe when they walk down this aisle

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 that we ought to let them know

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 how proud we are of them

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 and how we're praying for them

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 and how we'll be here for them.

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 And when they go through

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 those baptismal waters,

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 I think we ought to cheer for them.

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 Like you did on your couch

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 or like you did in a bleacher

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 or like you did in a box

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 or wherever you were yesterday,

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 I think you ought to cheer for somebody

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 who gives their heart and life to the Lord

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 more than you do a touchdown.

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 And let them know that.

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 And by the way,

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 if they're kids

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 and they're up in the baptismal area,

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 I've told them

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 they can't look out at you.

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 If they look out at you,

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 they go back up,

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 they don't get baptized.

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 That's the way I am.

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 I run a strict ship.

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 So they're not going to look at you.

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 So let them hear you.

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 Cheer for them.

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 I think it's something

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 that we ought to celebrate with that.

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 But I'll tell you,

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 sadly,

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 sometimes people,

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 they get excited.

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 They feel guilty

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 about what they've done.

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 They want to join the gang.

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 They need a fresh start.

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 But they don't really surrender

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 their life to the Lord.

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 Maybe it's a split decision

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 in the moment

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 and they're confused

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 about the circumstances.

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 They're clouded

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 by the world around them.

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 And as soon as Monday comes,

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 which is the trial,

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 by the way,

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 they fall apart

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 and they fall away

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 because they never really know Christ

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 or who they could be in Him.

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 And their name lies

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 on a Baptist church roll

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 all over America.

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 Churches are filled with people

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 who they don't really know

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 who they are.

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 I'm telling you,

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 oh dear God,

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 my burden is

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 I hope they're saved.

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 Many of you know

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 the deep burden

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 that I have for that

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 and I try to be as thorough

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 as I can with the process

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 that when somebody comes

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 and shows an interest

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 in the Lord Jesus

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 that we sit down

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 and we talk about that.

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 What does it mean

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 to give your heart

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 and life to the Lord?

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 I sit down with parents

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 with their kids

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 and many times

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 I give those parents

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 some information

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 to take home

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 and work with their children

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 and I say take 30 seconds

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 to two minutes a night.

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 Don't belabor the point

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 but take 30 seconds

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 to two minutes a night

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 to go over these crucial verses

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 and explain it

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 to the point that

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 let them be able

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 to tell you

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 what it means

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 to give their heart

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 and life to the Lord.

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 And then once they make

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 that decision

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 we try to follow that up

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 with a new believer class

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 for them to understand

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 what it means

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 to have given their life

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 to the Lord.

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 And it's a dear burden

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 but clouded minds

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 sometimes

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 cause for false reactions

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 and we need to be sensitive

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 about making sure

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 people understand

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 what they're doing

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 when they do it.

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 And then in verse 7

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 he speaks of a cluttered mind

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 and the cluttered mind

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 or that mindset

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 is described as thorny ground

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 because it quickly sprouts up

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 but it gets choked out

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 too quickly.

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 And this describes

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 a mindset

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 that hears the word of God

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 but its power

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 and its personalization

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 gets strangled out

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 by the distractions

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 of the world's

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 empty promises

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 and cares.

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 People that are like this

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 place too much stock

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 in what the culture values.

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 They place too much stock

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 in their time

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 and their energy

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 and they spend it

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 worrying about themselves

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 instead of concerned

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 about the things of God.

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 How sad that is

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 because it's a spiritual

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 their spiritual potential

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 is there

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 but they're so busy

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 and they're so distracted

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 and they're so

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 got so misplaced values

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 that they smother out

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 God's very best

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 for them.

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 It's hard

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 for a cluttered mind

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 like this

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 to ever hear

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 his voice.

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 I'm with the Puritans.

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 We need

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 some time

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 of silence

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 and solitude

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 before the Lord

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 to let him speak

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 to us

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 to hear the word of God

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 come to life

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 within us.

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 I'm telling you

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 it's a living document

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 and when the Holy Spirit

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 of God

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 breathes through it

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 it changes your life

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 and if you'll just

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 give him time

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 to speak to your heart

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 and life

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 and not be so cluttered

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 by so many other things

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 the word of God

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 often is choked out

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 by the stuff

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 that clutters our life

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 and our mind.

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 And then lastly

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 he speaks of a committed mind

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 and that's where

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 fertile soil

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 where the seed

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 of the gospel

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 takes root

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 and grows

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 and people

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 can become

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 closed minded

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 for two reasons.

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 One is that

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 either pride

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 compels them

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 to believe

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 they already

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 know enough

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 or either

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 they become

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 closed

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 because they

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 fear that

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 hearing the truth

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 will demand

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 something of them

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 that they don't

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 want to give.

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 But a fertile mind

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 is teachable.

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 It's just like

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 that of a child

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 as a seven

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 or eight year old

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 that doesn't come

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 to church

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 with an unbelieving mind.

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 They come to church

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 with an openness

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 and a humility.

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 One of the greatest

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 compliments I've ever got

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 was last week

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 when a grandparent

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 brought a grandchild

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 that normally is not

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 in this church

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 to this church

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 and as they were leaving

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 the grandparent

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 told me

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 my child told me

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 that they understood

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 what you said.

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 That when they go

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 to church

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 their preacher

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 uses big words

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 and they don't

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 understand it

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 but he understood

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 what you said.

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 I said I knew

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 my simple mindedness

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 would come in handy

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 at some point.

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 children remember

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 more than we can imagine

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 because the truth

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 of God's word

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 finds a place

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 in a ready heart

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 and then the Holy Spirit

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 can bring that truth

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 to their awareness

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 when they need it.

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 So how do we respond?

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 I mean if we know

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 the Lord Jesus

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 how do we respond?

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 Well let me first

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 address this.

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 if you don't know Christ

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 if you've never

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 committed your life

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 to follow Christ

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 then quit being closed

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 quit being clouded

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 quit being cluttered

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 commit your life

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 to Christ today.

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 It's the greatest investment

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 you can make in your life.

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 He'll forever change you.

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 And for Christians

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 we need to be aware

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 we need to be aware

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 that when we share

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 with others

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 hear me now

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 we cannot control

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 where that seed

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 of truth falls.

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 We just need to make sure

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 that it falls.

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 Be aware.

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 Second thing is

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 be willing.

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 I mean if God

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 has commissioned

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 believers to be sowers

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 and the seed

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 that we're to sow

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 is the gospel message

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 of salvation

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 what are we doing

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 about planting that seed

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 and when and where

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 are we scattering?

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 We should not just do it

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 in sure places.

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 We ought to step out

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 on the waters of faith

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 and we should do it

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 not just a few times

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 we need to scatter

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 seed abroad.

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 Now how do we do that?

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 Well you talk to people.

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 And when you talk to them

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 you ask them

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 if they place their faith

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 in Christ.

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 You ask them

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 if they're sure

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 that they're going to

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 go to heaven

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 when they die.

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 You tell them

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 that they can know

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 for sure.

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 It's an easy way

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 to have a conversation

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 when you ask someone

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 when I was a student

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 at New Orleans Seminary

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 they required us

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 to pass a class

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 that taught us

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 continued witness training.

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 CWT was an intense

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 evangelistic course

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 in the 80s

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 and the 90s

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 that you had to learn

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 a bunch of stuff

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 and they gave us

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 a blank sheet of paper

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 and we had to complete

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 about a 20 or 25 minute

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 presentation verbatim

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 to be able to graduate

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 from New Orleans

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 because when I was

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 coming through

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 they said

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 if you want to learn

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 how to preach

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 go to Southwestern.

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 You want to learn

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 how to teach

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 go to Southern.

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 You want to learn

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 how to testify

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 go to New Orleans.

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 And New Orleans

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 wanted to make sure

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 we knew how to testify

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 so we went door to door

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 in New Orleans

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 sharing Christ.

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 And I'd ask somebody

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 if you were to die today

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 and stand before God

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 and he were to ask you

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 why should I let you

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 into my heaven

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 what do you think

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 you'd say?

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 I'm telling you

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 it's an excellent question

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 to ask somebody.

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 It don't have to be

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 as complicated

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 as I just made it either.

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 If you were to die today

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 and stand before God

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 and he were to ask you

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 why should I let you

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 into my heaven

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 what do you think

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 you'd say?

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 And if they say

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 I had several guys

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 when I asked that

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 they'd say please.

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 But I hope you got

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 more than please

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 in your pocket.

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 Because if they respond

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 to you in any way

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 beside because of what

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 Christ did for me

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 on the cross

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 if they don't bring

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 that up

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 if they talk about

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 how good they've been

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 or how they hope

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 they're okay

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 if they give you anything

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 it's open for the gospel.

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 Open for the gospel.

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 Because your behavior

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 is not going to determine

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 your destination

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 in eternity.

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 It's not.

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 Your commitment to Christ

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 that'll change your behavior

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 by the way

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 but your commitment

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 to Christ

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 is the determining factor

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 for that

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 and it's an obvious way

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 to share that.

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 Tell them they know

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 for sure.

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 Tell them that

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 it's the greatest gift

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 is eternal life

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 through Christ.

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 Tell them what Romans 10 9

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 says that if you confess

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 with your mouth

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 Jesus is Lord

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 and believe in your heart

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 that God raised him

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 from the dead

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 you will be saved

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 as guaranteed.

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 Don't walk by

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 and act as if

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 it does not matter.

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 Don't come up

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 with an excuse.

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 Invite them

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 to church.

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 Invite them to come

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 and hear the gospel.

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 If you'll bring them

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 to Pickens First Baptist Church

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 I'll make sure

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 they hear the gospel.

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 I guarantee it.

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 You say well preacher

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 they won't come.

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 You have

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 hear me

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 you have

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 no idea

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 what soil

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 you're dealing with

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 today.

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 Well I just talked

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 to them yesterday.

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 Well that's yesterday.

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 God works

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 and moves

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 in people's life

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 constantly.

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 You don't have

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 any idea

00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:23.599
 where that's going

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 to fall

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 when you invite

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 them.

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 When you give

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 them opportunity.

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 God continues

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 to work and move.

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 The soils

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 of the hearts

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 change for good

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 and bad

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 over time.

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 Trust the Lord

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 in the matter

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 and do the work

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 that God

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 has called you

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 to.

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 Be willing.

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 Third thing

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 is be prayerful.

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 Be prayerful

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:43.420
 because prayer

00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:44.279
 is where the power

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 is.

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 Pray that God

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 will save the sinner.

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 Pray that God

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 will give you

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 the burdens

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 for those

00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.720
 who are lost

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 without Christ.

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 If you've never

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.660
 shared your faith

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 with other people

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 if you've never

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 done that

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 and you're

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 a believer

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 pray that God

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 would give you

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 the opportunity.

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 It'll change

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 your life.

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 Pray that God

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 will give you

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 the words to say.

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 Pray that the

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 Spirit of God

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 will move

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 in the conversation.

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 That it'll echo

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 in their hearts.

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 I've told people

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 that I've shared

00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:17.180
 Christ with

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 and they were

00:21:18.399 --> 00:21:19.039
 not receptive

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.539
 to it.

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 I've told them

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 I'm going to

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 pray for you

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 daily

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 that you'll

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 be miserable

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:27.740
 until you

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 give your life

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 to Christ.

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 I have

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 and I'll do

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 it again too

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 so that they

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 would understand

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 I'd rather you

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 be miserable

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 here than

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 miserable for

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 all of eternity.

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 I hope he

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 leaves you

00:21:40.399 --> 00:21:41.279
 up at night

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:41.899
 until you

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 call me

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 and say

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 I want

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 Christ

00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.299
 in my life.

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 Pray that God

00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.399
 will open

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 another door

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 of opportunity.

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 Pray that God

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 will give clarity

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 in the conversation

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 and in the

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 afterthoughts.

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 If you'll pray

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 that way

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 and you'll leave

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 that prayer

00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:58.720
 expecting

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 I'm telling you

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 something

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 God will make

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:01.060
 it happen.

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 He's the Lord

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 of the harvest

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 where the scatters

00:22:03.560 --> 00:22:04.060
 of seed

00:22:04.060 --> 00:22:05.039
 and I want to

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 give you a warning

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 because if you'll

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:08.759
 get this burden

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.300
 in your heart

00:22:09.300 --> 00:22:09.680
 and you'll look

00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.279
 for opportunities

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.100
 sometimes you'll

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:11.500
 walk away

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.180
 from a conversation

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 with someone

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 and you'll realize

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.240
 afterwards you missed

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.820
 the opportunity.

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.560
 You missed it.

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:16.420
 You had it

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.400
 but you missed it.

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 And you may

00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:22.480
 feel hounded

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.039
 by that.

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 Thank God

00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:25.840
 sometimes

00:22:25.840 --> 00:22:26.440
 God opens

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:27.300
 doors twice.

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 Now I'm not

00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:30.160
 encouraging you

00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:30.320
 to wait

00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:30.720
 until the second

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 time

00:22:31.100 --> 00:22:33.259
 but if you

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 miss it

00:22:33.860 --> 00:22:35.279
 trust God

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:35.820
 to open it

00:22:35.820 --> 00:22:36.140
 again

00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:38.279
 and then

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.840
 when he does

00:22:38.840 --> 00:22:39.580
 walk through it

00:22:39.580 --> 00:22:40.560
 follow his lead

00:22:40.560 --> 00:22:41.440
 trust him.

00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.259
 Be prayerful

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.759
 there's power

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.259
 in prayer.

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:46.859
 Next thing

00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.619
 is be sharing.

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.680
 Scatter the seed.

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:49.599
 Don't just pray

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:49.940
 about it.

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.339
 Do it.

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.299
 Invite folks

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:53.680
 to come

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.099
 and hear the

00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:54.420
 gospel.

00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:55.680
 Another story

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.160
 that Christ

00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:56.879
 shared in Luke

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 chapter 12

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.059
 verse 16

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 through 20

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.019
 it says this

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 and he told

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.519
 them a parable

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.339
 saying the land

00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:02.099
 of a rich man

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:03.000
 produced plentiful

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.960
 and he thought

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.500
 to himself

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.279
 what shall I

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.900
 do for I

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.259
 have nowhere

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.779
 to store my

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.140
 crops

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:07.759
 and he said

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.099
 I'll do

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.640
 this I

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:09.220
 will tear

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.640
 down my

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:10.079
 barns

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.299
 and I'll

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.900
 build larger

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.519
 ones and

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:11.920
 there I'll

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.500
 store all my

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.160
 grain and my

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.500
 goods

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.119
 and I'll

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.519
 say to my

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.000
 soul soul

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.539
 you have

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.380
 ample goods

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:16.759
 laid up

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.099
 for many

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.880
 years relax

00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:18.799
 eat drink

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.319
 be merry

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:20.400
 but God

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:21.079
 said to him

00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:21.779
 fool this

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.339
 night your

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:23.140
 soul is

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:24.160
 required of

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.819
 you and

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.259
 the things

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.559
 that you

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.180
 prepared

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:27.400
 whose you

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:28.259
 will they

00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:28.599
 be

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:31.079
 so it

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:32.779
 is the

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.339
 one who

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:33.980
 lays up

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.579
 treasure for

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.500
 himself and

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.380
 is not rich

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:37.259
 toward God

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.460
 this is a

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:39.160
 reminder that

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.599
 if we get

00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:40.279
 so busy

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:41.299
 successfully

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:42.980
 or struggling

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.740
 either way

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.259
 if we get

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.960
 so busy

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.680
 that we

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.039
 forget

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.460
 eternal

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:46.960
 things

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.339
 we need

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:47.559
 to be

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:47.880
 careful

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:50.779
 because whether

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.380
 we're struggling

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:51.900
 or whether we're

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.440
 successful

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.640
 either way

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:54.339
 not only could

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:54.819
 our souls

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.400
 be required

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:55.759
 of us

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.200
 but it

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.420
 could be

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:56.740
 required

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.000
 of our

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.319
 neighbors

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:57.799
 as well

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.339
 this could

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:58.660
 be the

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.039
 day of

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.480
 the last

00:23:59.480 --> 00:23:59.920
 breath

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:01.519
 have we

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:01.940
 done all

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.480
 we could

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:05.860
 hear me

00:24:05.860 --> 00:24:06.200
 today

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:07.200
 we're not

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.819
 responsible

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.220
 for the

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.660
 condition

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.120
 of the

00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:09.519
 soul

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:11.139
 which is

00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:11.619
 the soil

00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:13.460
 we're not

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:13.980
 responsible

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.400
 for the

00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:14.940
 convicting

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:17.400
 we can't

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.680
 convict

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.160
 anybody

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:19.839
 we're not

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.259
 responsible

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.539
 for the

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:20.859
 harvest

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.339
 I've never

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.039
 saved anybody

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.599
 nor have

00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:22.980
 you

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:24.579
 we are

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.099
 responsible

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:25.500
 for the

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.000
 scattering

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:29.819
 I have a

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.639
 handheld

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.639
 broadcaster

00:24:31.639 --> 00:24:33.940
 it's a little

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.740
 device that you

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.180
 can put some

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.720
 seed in the

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.259
 top of it

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.680
 it's got a

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:38.259
 little crank

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.579
 on the

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.079
 side of it

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.420
 man you

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:39.819
 crank that

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.059
 around

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.319
 you can

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.640
 throw that

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:40.859
 stuff

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:41.160
 better than

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.420
 you can

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:41.640
 with the

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:41.879
 arm

00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:44.799
 when I

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.180
 turn the

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.500
 wheel it

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.940
 throws the

00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.160
 seed

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:47.819
 and the

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.220
 harder the

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.759
 wheel turns

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.059
 the more

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.420
 seed it

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:49.940
 thrown out

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.119
 and the

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:50.500
 further it

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.879
 goes

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:52.359
 the same

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.660
 is true

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:52.900
 for the

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.140
 gospel

00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.660
 broadcast

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.099
 the love

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:54.420
 of God

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.119
 turn hard

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:55.460
 at it

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.039
 let it

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.799
 spread wide

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.259
 and often

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.700
 do it at

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.099
 school

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.680
 do it at

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.039
 work

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.640
 do it at

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.079
 home

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.839
 do it

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.079
 with your

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.500
 neighbors

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.180
 do it at

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.099
!

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.440
 at ball

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:02.960
 games

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:04.079
 do it at

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:04.539
 the grocery

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.140
 store

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:07.700
 just watch

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:07.980
 and see

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.700
 what happens

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:11.480
 God blesses

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.960
 such as that

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.240
 I'm just

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.700
 telling you

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:15.559
 and lastly

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.339
 be sacrificial

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:19.200
 we're

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.740
 responsible

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.559
 for spreading

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.620
 but we

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:21.900
 can only

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.360
 spread so

00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:22.700
 far

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:24.539
 with our

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:24.980
 voice

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:27.599
 on our

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:27.900
 feet

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:30.620
 and I

00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:30.900
 mentioned

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.259
 that I

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.519
 have a

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:31.880
 handheld

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:32.620
 broadcaster

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:33.200
 that I

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.700
 have but

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.779
 I also

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.420
 have a

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:36.079
 larger one

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.360
 that I

00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:36.839
 pull behind

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.339
 my lawnmower

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:40.179
 and it

00:25:40.179 --> 00:25:40.539
 does a lot

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:40.819
 more than

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.240
 that handheld

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.500
 thing

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.779
 does

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:43.439
 it

00:25:43.439 --> 00:25:45.139
 throws out

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.559
 the seed

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.819
 so much

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.259
 further

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:48.199
 that it

00:25:48.199 --> 00:25:48.480
 reaches

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:48.859
 places

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.259
 that I

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.539
 can't even

00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.279
 walk into

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:50.899
 sometimes

00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:55.039
 and that's

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.319
 what the

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.679
 Lottie Moon

00:25:55.679 --> 00:25:56.000
 Christmas

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.519
 offering for

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:56.859
 international

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.419
 missions does

00:25:57.419 --> 00:25:57.879
 for us

00:25:57.879 --> 00:26:01.519
 it scatters

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.240
 the seed

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.339
 from pickings

00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:05.179
 across the

00:26:05.179 --> 00:26:05.500
 world

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:08.480
 God has

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.279
 called men

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.819
 and women

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.519
 and families

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.139
 to go

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:13.179
 and as

00:26:13.179 --> 00:26:13.779
 he's called

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.240
 them to

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.859
 go he's

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.519
 called us

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.220
 to support

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:16.839
 them as

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.359
 they go

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:19.039
 to prayerfully

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.879
 support them

00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:21.259
 to sacrificially

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:22.139
 support them

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:23.679
 their sacrifices

00:26:23.679 --> 00:26:24.799
 are amazing

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:26.159
 and because

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:26.779
 their sacrifices

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.240
 are amazing

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.859
 ours should

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.379
 be too

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:30.040
 God gave

00:26:30.040 --> 00:26:30.420
 me a burden

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:30.800
 about this

00:26:30.800 --> 00:26:31.260
 years ago

00:26:31.260 --> 00:26:31.700
 and I try

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.140
 to travel

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.780
 internationally

00:26:32.780 --> 00:26:33.580
 every year

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:34.540
 if God

00:26:34.540 --> 00:26:34.940
 will allow

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.400
 me to

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.480
 to be able

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.940
 to touch

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.520
 base with

00:26:37.520 --> 00:26:38.160
 missionaries

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.560
 that are on

00:26:38.560 --> 00:26:38.940
 the field

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.260
 and the

00:26:39.260 --> 00:26:39.780
 sacrifices

00:26:39.780 --> 00:26:40.400
 they make

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.640
 I don't

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.080
 feel called

00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:42.360
 to do

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:42.660
 what they

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:42.960
 do

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.940
 but I

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.400
 feel called

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:44.760
 to go

00:26:44.760 --> 00:26:45.160
 and find

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.540
 out what

00:26:45.540 --> 00:26:45.920
 they do

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.560
 and find

00:26:46.560 --> 00:26:46.860
 out how

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.200
 we can

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.460
 help

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:47.780
 them

00:26:47.780 --> 00:26:48.280
 and how

00:26:48.280 --> 00:26:48.640
 we can

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.080
 pray for

00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:49.400
 them

00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:49.920
 and to

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.600
 come back

00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:51.320
 and drum

00:26:51.320 --> 00:26:51.500
 up

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.040
 support

00:26:52.040 --> 00:26:55.240
 prayer

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.880
 support

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:57.580
 giving

00:26:57.580 --> 00:26:58.200
 support

00:26:58.200 --> 00:27:01.000
 asking God

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.500
 to allow

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.160
 them to

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:03.500
 remain

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:03.940
 on the

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.299
 field

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:05.120
 and serve

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:05.680
 the Lord

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:07.480
 praying that

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.860
 God would

00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.539
 provide more

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:08.980
 to go

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:10.340
 pray that

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:10.799
 those who

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.380
 feel called

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:11.660
 to go

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.279
 will have

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:14.279
 the resources

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.140
 to be able

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.779
 to go

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:18.059
 we've got

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.880
 people that

00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:19.539
 feel called

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:19.860
 to go

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:20.180
 that are

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.700
 qualified

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.299
 to go

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.920
 that have

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.539
 been certified

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:22.920
 to go

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.220
 and are

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.600
 waiting

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:24.200
 to go

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:27.900
 we have

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.540
 the opportunity

00:27:28.540 --> 00:27:28.960
 in the month

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.400
 of December

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.840
 to cast

00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:30.280
 seed into

00:27:30.280 --> 00:27:30.880
 those fields

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.500
 that we

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.060
 will never

00:27:32.060 --> 00:27:32.519
 see

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.780
 to enable

00:27:33.780 --> 00:27:34.259
 those who

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.720
 are called

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.140
 and waiting

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.480
 to go

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:35.759
 to get

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.140
 the green

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.460
 light

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:38.080
 I mean

00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:38.400
 we can

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:38.980
 touch hearts

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.400
 that will

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.100
 never meet

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:40.480
 this side

00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.000
 of eternity

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:42.180
 won't have

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.680
 be fun

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:44.420
 think about

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:44.780
 that

00:27:44.780 --> 00:27:49.500
 they'll go

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.900
 in places

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.259
 that will

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.980
 never travel

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.460
 they'll speak

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:51.960
 in languages

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.460
 that will

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.259
 never speak

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:55.319
 people

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:55.579
 let's

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.019
 spread

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.480
 seed

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.839
 further

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.180
 than we

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.519
 can ever

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.019
 imagine

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:59.480
 and pray

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.960
 that God

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.339
 will get

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:00.640
 in it

00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:00.980
 and bring

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.500
 a bountiful

00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:01.960
 harvest

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.359
 because

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:03.160
 we've done

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:03.720
 our part

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.480
 both here

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:06.039
 I'm not

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.359
 letting you

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:06.640
 off the

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:06.859
 hook

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.720
 both here

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:10.400
 and over

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:10.779
 there

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:14.339
 the sacrifice

00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:14.859
 is big

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.920
 if you look

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.279
 at the front

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.460
 of your

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:16.759
 worship

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.140
 bulletin

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.519
 you'll see

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:17.819
 that our

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.240
 goal this

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.400
 year

00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:18.579
 is

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.559
 $70,000

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.420
 that's

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:20.740
 greater

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.240
 than our

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.720
 needs

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.319
 for three

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:22.779
 weeks

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.099
 in our

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.460
 budget

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:25.000
 and the

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.399
 task

00:28:25.399 --> 00:28:26.279
 is huge

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:27.119
 and the

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.480
 task

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:27.759
 is

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.539
 worldwide

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:32.639
 and I

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:32.980
 ask you

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.379
 to give

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:34.000
 as God

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.940
 allows you

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.700
 to give

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.079
 and I

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.379
 want to be

00:28:36.379 --> 00:28:36.779
 clear

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:39.000
 just a

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.660
 teaching tool

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:39.980
 here

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:43.440
 I believe

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.960
 in storehouse

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.420
 tithing

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:47.839
 I believe

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.119
 that you

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.319
 ought to

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.639
 give your

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.259
 tithe to

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.740
 the Lord

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.299
 where you're

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:50.619
 fed

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:52.339
 and as

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.579
 God

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:53.039
 enables

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.240
 you

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.679
 to give

00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:54.099
 more

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.699
 than that

00:28:54.699 --> 00:28:55.240
 tithe

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.779
 then you

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.159
 give it

00:28:56.159 --> 00:28:56.699
 to special

00:28:56.699 --> 00:28:57.220
 causes

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:58.299
 as God

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.740
 leads you

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.019
 to

00:28:59.019 --> 00:29:00.220
 Lottie Moon

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.439
 is a

00:29:00.439 --> 00:29:00.699
 special

00:29:00.699 --> 00:29:01.220
 cause

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.099
 don't

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.519
 misplace

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:02.859
 God's

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.059
 money

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.399
 and put

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:03.559
 it

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.220
 there

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:05.419
 ask God

00:29:05.419 --> 00:29:05.839
 to give

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.220
 you

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:08.439
 the ability

00:29:08.439 --> 00:29:08.980
 to give

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.699
 as he would

00:29:09.699 --> 00:29:10.480
 enable you

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.859
 to give

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:13.179
 to the

00:29:13.179 --> 00:29:13.439
 Lottie Moon

00:29:13.439 --> 00:29:13.740
 Christmas

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.139
 offering

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:17.319
 I grew up

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.839
 my church

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.279
 I grew up

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.859
 in had

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.759
 a post office

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:21.039
 at Christmas

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.359
 time

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:23.099
 and if

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.579
 you would

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.099
 bring your

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.460
 Christmas

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:24.759
 cards

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.259
 don't mail

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.460
 them

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.000
 but

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.859
 if you'd

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.220
 bring your

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.500
 Christmas

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.039
 cards to

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.539
 church

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.339
 and you'd

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:29.660
 pay a

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:29.920
 quarter

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.160
 and I

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.460
 think a

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.700
 stamp

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.200
 was 19

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.680
 cent then

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:31.960
 so they

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.299
 were making

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.879
 some money

00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:35.359
 but if

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:35.819
 you'd bring

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.279
 that and

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:36.640
 give a

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:36.920
 quarter

00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.500
 for every

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:39.339
 card that

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.839
 you gave

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.400
 to people

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:40.879
 in the

00:29:40.879 --> 00:29:41.420
 church

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.599
 all that

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.019
 money would

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.279
 go to

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.779
 Lottie Moon

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.240
 and then

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.579
 you could

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.900
 go by

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.279
 the post

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:45.599
 office

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:45.940
 and see

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.160
 if you

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.460
 get any

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.740
 mail

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:48.380
 see if

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:48.579
 you get

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:48.920
 Christmas

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.279
 cards

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.079
 and then

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.620
 get mad

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:50.980
 at people

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.259
 who don't

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.480
 bring

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:51.599
 you

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:51.759
 money

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:54.440
 and I

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.720
 remember

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.120
 hearing

00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:55.460
 that

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:55.660
 that's

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:55.940
 what I

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.240
 remember

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.640
 about

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.279
 Lottie Moon

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.920
 growing up

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.740
 and when I

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.380
 started preaching

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:00.680
 and became a

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.559
 pastor over

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.319
 30 years ago

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:04.180
 I got some

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.680
 stuff in the

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.079
 mail about

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.460
 Lottie Moon

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:05.759
 Christmas

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.079
 offering

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:07.140
 and I

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.380
 started

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:07.799
 reading it

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.099
 and studying

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.500
 and preparing

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.839
 for it

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.160
 to speak

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:09.480
 on it

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.640
 and I

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:10.920
 was blown

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:10.920


00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:10.920


00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.279
 away

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:13.359
 God

00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:13.960
 convicted my

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.200
 heart

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.720
 and I

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.680
 wanted to

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.059
 give to

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.259
 it

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:19.119
 and I

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:19.279
 didn't have

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.559
 the money

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:19.819
 to give

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.220
 to it

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:22.799
 I mean

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.180
 I was

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.740
 full-time

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.039
 pastor

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.279
 making

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:24.680
 half-time

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.000
 pay

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.599
 you know

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:27.299
 I

00:30:27.299 --> 00:30:27.539
 would

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.440
 tithe

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:28.879
 my money

00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:29.119
 and I

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.299
 would write

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.539
 on the

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:29.819
 calendar

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.259
 what I

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.660
 had given

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.640
 and what

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:32.180
 I owed

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:33.039
 and said

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.480
 Lord help

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.819
 me make

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.079
 up the

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.500
 difference

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:39.379
 and I

00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:39.599
 wanted to

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.099
 give Lottie Moon

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:40.339
 and I

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.619
 didn't have

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:40.859
 to give

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.099
 I don't

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:41.319
 remember

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.879
 if I

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.059
 gave

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.359
 anything

00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:42.720
 that year

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:42.920
 if I

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.039
 didn't

00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:43.200
 give

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.480
 much

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.599
 I

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:43.720
 don't

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:43.940
 remember

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.079
 the

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.299
 deal

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:46.019
 but I

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.259
 remember

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.519
 God

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:46.919
 planted

00:30:46.919 --> 00:30:47.220
 something

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.559
 in my

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:47.799
 heart

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:47.980
 and I

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.139
 don't know

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:48.359
 where it

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:48.759
 came from

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.180
 except by

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.480
 the Holy

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.859
 Spirit of

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.059
 God

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.960
 but he

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.259
 planted

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.559
 something

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:51.859
 in my

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.099
 heart

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:53.639
 and I

00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:54.139
 took my

00:30:54.139 --> 00:30:54.960
 change

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.940
 the next

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.359
 year

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:57.079
 and I

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.379
 stuck it

00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:57.559
 in a

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.139
 coffee jar

00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:59.639
 I don't

00:30:59.639 --> 00:30:59.980
 know

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.379
 to be

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:00.779
 honest

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.079
 I don't

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.319
 know if

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:01.720
 Lottie got

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.220
 my quarters

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.740
 or not

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:04.500
 but I

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:04.919
 stuck my

00:31:04.919 --> 00:31:05.319
 change

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.680
 in that

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:07.159
 jar

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:08.740
 God

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:08.940
 had

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.240
 given

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.700
 me

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:12.140
 a

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.460
 figure

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.660
 in

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:12.840
 my

00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:13.200
 head

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:16.140
 that

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.340
 year

00:31:16.340 --> 00:31:16.480
 I

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:16.680
 couldn't

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:16.860
 give

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.220
 much

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:19.100
 and I

00:31:19.100 --> 00:31:19.320
 started

00:31:19.320 --> 00:31:19.600
 throwing

00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:19.840
 my

00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:20.300
 change

00:31:20.300 --> 00:31:20.640
 in that

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:20.960
 jar

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:22.779
 this is

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.000
 actually

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.240
 when you

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.440
 had

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.900
 change

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.160
 remember

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.360
 those

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:24.620
 days

00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:25.019
 but anyway

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.620
 I

00:31:25.620 --> 00:31:25.960
 started

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.160
 throwing

00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:26.360
 my

00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:26.940
 and when

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.060
 I

00:31:27.060 --> 00:31:27.279
 got

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.580
 to the

00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:27.779
 end

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:27.880
 of

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:27.980
 the

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.340
 year

00:31:28.340 --> 00:31:29.400
 I

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.580
 took

00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:29.779
 that

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.120
 change

00:31:30.120 --> 00:31:30.320
 out

00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:30.519
 and I

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.860
 rolled

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.100
 it

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:32.019
 and I

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.340
 counted

00:31:32.340 --> 00:31:32.720
 it

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:34.279
 and it

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.400
 was

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:34.660
 almost

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:35.440
 exactly

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:36.320
 the

00:31:36.320 --> 00:31:36.660
 figure

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:36.880
 that

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.180
 God

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.340
 had

00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:37.600
 given

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:37.759
 me

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:37.900
 the

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:38.220
 previous

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.660
 Christmas

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:42.860
 and he

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.140
 planted

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.400
 something

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:43.660
 in my

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.059
 heart

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:48.420
 about how

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:48.860
 at Christmas

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.460
 time we

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.720
 need to

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.000
 give a

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.279
 Christmas

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.779
 gift

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:52.019
 to

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.420
 missions

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:54.799
 to be

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.180
 faithful

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.620
 to give

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:56.200
 as God

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.900
 gives us

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.700
 opportunity

00:31:57.700 --> 00:32:00.100
 this is

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:01.120
 a task

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.460
 that is

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.779
 huge

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.019
 it is

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.299
 worldwide

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.620
 but it's

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:02.980
 also very

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.340
 personal

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:04.740
 because it

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.400
 starts

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:06.000
 when you

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.720
 get up

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.620
 in a

00:32:07.620 --> 00:32:07.780
 few

00:32:07.780 --> 00:32:08.200
 minutes

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.740
 and walk

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.019
 out that

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.280
 door

00:32:09.280 --> 00:32:12.040
 you're

00:32:12.040 --> 00:32:12.280
 to be

00:32:12.280 --> 00:32:12.860
 scattering

00:32:12.860 --> 00:32:16.240
 don't

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.540
 wave

00:32:16.540 --> 00:32:16.920
 ugly

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.400
 signs

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:17.640
 at the

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:17.880
 people

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.019
 who

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.220
 don't

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.480
 stop

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.680
 quick

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:18.880
 enough

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:19.100
 in a

00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:19.240
 row

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.460
 don't

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:19.600
 do

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:19.880
 that

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.180
 in front

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.340
 of the

00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:20.700
 church

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:23.660
 share

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.180
 the gospel

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.580
 as you

00:32:24.580 --> 00:32:24.940
 go

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:26.880
 scatter

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.420
 seed

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:29.420
 and let's

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:29.920
 impact

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.480
 people's

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.820
 lives

00:32:30.820 --> 00:32:31.360
 right here

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:31.519
 in

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.980
 Pickens

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:33.759
 as

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.140
 Jesus

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:34.540
 put it

00:32:34.540 --> 00:32:34.700
 in

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.280
 Jerusalem

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:36.319
 and Judea

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:37.019
 and Samaria

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.619
 and the

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:38.559
 uttermost

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:39.660
 that we'll

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.420
 never see

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.960
 with our

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.420
 own eye

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:43.119
 let's give

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.619
 faithfully

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:44.819
 let's be

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.160
 all we can

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.480
 be for the

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.700
 Lord

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:47.680
 let's reach

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.220
 as far

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.399
 as we

00:32:49.399 --> 00:32:49.759
 can

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:52.579
 for Christ

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:56.019
 most

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.559
 importantly

00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.539
 I want you

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:57.779
 to hear

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.279
 this morning

00:32:58.279 --> 00:33:01.319
 if you've

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:01.619
 never

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:01.980
 surrendered

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.539
 your life

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:02.799
 to the

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.279
 Lord Jesus

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.839
 Christ

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:06.180
 the greatest

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.799
 life that you

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.139
 can have

00:33:07.139 --> 00:33:07.460
 on this

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:07.759
 earth

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:09.500
 is one

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.839
 that is

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.500
 with Christ

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:13.339
 and I

00:33:13.339 --> 00:33:13.980
 have prayed

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:14.579
 that seed

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:15.279
 will fall

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:16.059
 on fertile

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.420
 soil

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.899
 today

00:33:16.899 --> 00:33:20.259
 that's ready

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:21.059
 to receive

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:21.759
 the gospel

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.259
 message

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:26.119
 if you'll

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.740
 acknowledge the

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.139
 sin in your

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.500
 life

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:29.619
 ask God to

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:30.079
 forgive you

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:30.379
 of that

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:30.699
 sin

00:33:30.699 --> 00:33:32.139
 and commit

00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.639
 your life

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:33.019
 to follow

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.519
 Christ

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.960
 today

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:34.500
 he'll save

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:34.740
 you

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:36.240
 he'll

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.579
 change

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:36.899
 you

00:33:36.899 --> 00:33:37.960
 we'll

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.139
 come

00:33:38.139 --> 00:33:38.519
 alongside

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.119
 you

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.659
 we'll

00:33:39.659 --> 00:33:39.980
 nurture

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.399
 you

00:33:40.399 --> 00:33:40.899
 we'll

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.099
 help

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.220
 you

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.460
 grow

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.899
 in him

00:33:41.899 --> 00:33:43.039
 but if

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.240
 you've

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.519
 never

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:43.779
 given

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.099
 your heart

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.359
 and life

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:44.500
 to the

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:44.599
 Lord

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:44.939
 I don't

00:33:44.939 --> 00:33:45.859
 care if

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.079
 everybody

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.319
 in this

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:46.480
 room

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:46.899
 thinks you

00:33:46.899 --> 00:33:47.319
 have

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:49.879
 or nobody

00:33:49.879 --> 00:33:50.399
 thinks you

00:33:50.399 --> 00:33:50.720
 have

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:52.619
 if you've

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.039
 never given

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.319
 your heart

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:53.579
 and life

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:53.779
 to the

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.019
 Lord

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.980
 when we

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.399
 stand and

00:33:55.399 --> 00:33:55.699
 sing in

00:33:55.699 --> 00:33:55.939
 just a

00:33:55.939 --> 00:33:56.059
 moment

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.359
 I want

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:56.539
 you to

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:56.859
 come

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:58.919
 and say

00:33:58.919 --> 00:33:59.359
 pastor I

00:33:59.359 --> 00:33:59.559
 want to

00:33:59.559 --> 00:33:59.699
 be

00:33:59.699 --> 00:34:00.079
 saved

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:01.699
 maybe

00:34:01.699 --> 00:34:01.859
 you're

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.079
 here and

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.339
 you have

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:02.519
 done

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:02.740
 that

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.139
 but you've

00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:03.500
 never

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.079
 acknowledged

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.319
 that

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 publicly

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 it's

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 always been

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 something

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 private

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 in your

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 heart

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 it's not

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 something

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 just to be

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 private

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 in your

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 heart

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 it's

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 something

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 to publicly

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 profess

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 if you've

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 never done

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 that I

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 encourage you

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 to come

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 we guide

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 you in

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 the next

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 steps

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 to what

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 that means

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 maybe you're

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 here and

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 God's

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 leading you

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 to Pickens

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 First Baptist

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 Church

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 this is

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 the place

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 that you

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 would plant

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 your life

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 you feel

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 led that

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 way

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 we'll guide

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 you in

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 that process

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 as well

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 I don't

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 know what

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 God's telling

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 you to do

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 I don't

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 know what

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 he's laid

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 upon your

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 heart

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 but I know

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 you'll never

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 be satisfied

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 unless you're

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 obedient to

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 follow him

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 so do exactly

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 what he tells

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 you to do

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 this morning

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 Heavenly

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 Father I

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 love you

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 and I

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 thank you

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 Lord for

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 the love

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 that you

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 have for

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 us

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 and I

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 ask right

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 now dear

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 God

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 that you'll

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 help us

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 to simply

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 be obedient

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 to follow

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 exactly what

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 you'd have

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 us to do

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 help us

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 be satisfied

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 with nothing

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 less

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 help us

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 do nothing

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 more

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 than simply

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 obey you

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 lead and

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 guide us

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 right now

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 as I pray

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 in Jesus

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 name

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 amen

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 do

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