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 In this room, you like to do projects.

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 Sometimes it's a restoration project.

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 Why do you do it?

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 Why do you go to all that trouble?

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 I talked to someone last week who was involved in restoring a house

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 because they want to live in it.

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 It's an old house, it's got a lot of character, they said,

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 and they're working hard to restore it to live in it.

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 Some of you may have restored a car, an old car, a classic maybe.

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 Because you want to drive it.

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 Maybe you want to take it to a car show.

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 People who go to the trouble of that kind of work, restoring things.

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 They do it for a reason.

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 They have a purpose for that work.

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 You know, God is the same way.

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 God is in the business of restoring fallen and broken people

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 because He's not finished with them.

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 I want you to think about it.

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 When God makes a person His,

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 when God works to call a person to Himself

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 by trusting in Jesus as their Savior and Lord,

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 He makes them His son or daughter.

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 God will never wash His hands of them.

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 No matter what,

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 God will love,

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 He will care,

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 He will intervene.

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 Sometimes He will make His child's life miserable

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 to get their attention,

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 to wake them up,

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 to bring them back to Himself.

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 But God never gives up.

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 Our God is in the restoring life,

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 restoring business.

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 And every person He restores,

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 He has a purpose for.

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 He has something,

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 when we fail Him and come back to Him,

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 He has something for us to do.

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 He wants us to serve Him.

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 But what I want us to really think about this morning,

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 He wants us to serve Him from a heart of love.

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 Now we saw last week how God rescues people.

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 For example, in John chapter 21,

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 when Jesus restored Peter.

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 Now I want you to turn back with me.

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 John chapter 21,

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 beginning in verse 15.

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 This is part two of a three-part series

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 on a restoration story.

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 All coming from John chapter 21.

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 Let's read.

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 When they had finished breakfast,

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 Jesus said to Simon Peter,

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 Simon, son of John,

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 do you love me more than these?

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 Remember from last week,

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 this is a breakfast around an open fire

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 with seven disciples,

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 six Peter and six more.

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 And so He says,

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 do you love me more than these guys?

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 He said to him,

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 that is Peter,

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 yes, Lord,

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 you know that I love you.

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 He said to him,

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 feed my lambs.

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 He said to him a second time,

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 Simon, son of John,

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 do you love me?

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 Peter said to him,

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 yes, Lord,

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 you know that I love you.

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 He said to him,

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 tend my sheep.

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 feed my sheep.

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 He said to him the third time,

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 Simon, son of John,

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 do you love me?

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 Peter was grieved

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 because he said to him

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 the third time,

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 do you love me?

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 And he said to him,

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 Lord,

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 you know everything.

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 You know

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 that I love you.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 feed my sheep.

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 Truly,

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 truly,

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 I say to you,

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 when you were young,

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 you used to dress yourself

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 and walk wherever you wanted.

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 But when you were old,

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 you will stretch out your hands

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 and another will dress you

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 and carry you

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 where you do not want to go.

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 This he said to show

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 by what kind of death

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 he,

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 that is Peter,

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 was going to glorify God.

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 And after saying this,

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 he said to him,

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 follow me.

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 And we're really going to get into that

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 verse 18 and 19 next week.

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 What I want us to see first,

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 sort of a quick review

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 from last week.

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 Our Lord is in the restoration business.

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 Jesus took the initiative

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 to reach out to Peter.

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 Peter had failed Jesus

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 the night that he was arrested

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 by denying that he even knew him.

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 He did it not once,

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 not twice,

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 but three times.

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 Well,

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 you can imagine how Peter felt

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 when he realized what he'd done.

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 But Jesus right here,

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 he reaches out to Peter

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 to publicly let the other disciples know

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 it's all right now.

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 Peter,

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 he denied me three times.

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 I'm making him say three times

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 that he loves me.

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 To let the others know

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 Peter's forgiven.

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 He's been restored now

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 to fellowship with Jesus.

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 He's now trustworthy again.

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 And this is Jesus' way

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 of restoring him

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 to be the leader of disciples.

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 Now, he is a leader among equals.

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 Peter is not special.

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 He's not unique among the 12

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 in terms of giving any kind

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 of special authority or power.

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 He is simply the leader

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 among equals in this group.

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 This is just one example

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 of how God never gives up

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 on his fallen or broken children.

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 A lot of you,

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 you've read through the Bible,

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 you've read a lot of the Bible,

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 you know that throughout the Bible,

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 there are story after story

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 of people who sinned against God,

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 who failed him miserably,

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 but God brought them back.

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 I've been teaching a study

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 of chapter 11 of the book of Hebrews

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 on Wednesday nights

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 called Models of Faith.

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 Hebrews chapter 11,

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 it's a long list

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 of men and women

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 from the Old Testament

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 who are being held up

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 as real examples

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 of people who trusted God

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 and just lived faithful lives

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 serving God.

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 But you know,

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 every single one of those people,

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 every single one

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 in that long list

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 of Hebrews 11,

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 they also failed God.

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 If you go back

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 and read about every one of them,

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 some of them are more

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 well known and remembered

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 because of their sin,

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 because of their failure,

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 not because of their faithfulness,

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 but in the big scheme of things,

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 they're being held up as examples.

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 Fallen, broken, imperfect people

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 that God didn't give up on,

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 but worked in their lives

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 to bring them back

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 after they had fallen.

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 And they've become examples

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 of faithfulness.

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 That encourages me.

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 It should encourage each one of us

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 because we do fail the Lord

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 in a lot of ways, don't we?

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 And if you don't really understand

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 how you fail God

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 more often than

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 you really feel comfortable

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 talking about,

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 if you don't find that

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 and ring a bell with you,

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 something's wrong.

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 It could be that you don't have

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 a high enough view of God

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 and His holiness

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 and His perfection,

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 His majesty.

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 Maybe you've got too high

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 of an opinion of yourself.

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 You don't really understand

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 how you don't love Him

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 with all your heart,

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 soul, mind, and strength,

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 which is how we're supposed

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 to love Him.

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 And so,

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 most of us in this room,

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 I think,

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 we don't have a problem

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 understanding.

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 I fail the Lord a lot.

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 I don't live up to

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 what I know.

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 I don't always put into practice

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 what I truly believe.

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 And so,

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 to hear all these stories,

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 to read all these stories

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 about how God doesn't give up on us,

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 how He doesn't throw us away,

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 how He works to bring us

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 back to Himself

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 and restore us,

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 that should be encouraging

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 to us.

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 You know,

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 back in that Hebrews chapter 11,

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 King David,

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 he is probably the most well-known

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 of those who were restored

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 from failure.

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 David failed God terribly

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 when he committed adultery

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 with Bathsheba,

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 then tried to cover it up

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 by having her husband killed.

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 What made David's moral

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 and spiritual failure so bad

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 is that he knew better.

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 He knew he was wrong.

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 That was wrong

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 from the very beginning.

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 You know,

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 that's just sort of a

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 reminder.

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 Most of the time,

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 just about all the times,

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 our problems are not

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 that we don't know.

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 Isn't that right?

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 Our problem is not

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 that we don't know

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 what we ought to do

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 or what we ought not to do.

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 We know.

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 Our problem is

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 doing what we know.

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 And that was David's problem.

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 I want you to notice

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 Paul,

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 the Apostle Paul,

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 he quotes a passage

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 of Scripture

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 in the Old Testament

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 to describe David

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 as a man

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 after God's heart.

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 Look at it on the screen.

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 It's in Acts chapter 13

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 and he is quoting

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 from the Old Testament.

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 1 Samuel chapter 13.

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 Look at it.

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 God raised David up

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 to be their king

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 of whom he testified

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 and said,

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 I have found in David

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 the son of Jesse

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 a man after my own heart

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 who will do all my will.

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 David was truly

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 a man of God.

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 But that didn't prevent him

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 from failure.

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 That didn't make him

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 immune from temptation.

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 David was tempted

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 this man after God's heart.

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 He was tempted

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 to give in to sexual immorality

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 and he did.

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 He was tempted

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 to try to cover up

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 his sin

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 by killing someone

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 and he did.

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 David failed God

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 in a very public

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 and shameful way

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 and he knew better.

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 But God didn't give up on him.

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 God actually worked

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 in his life.

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 It took some time.

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 But God actually worked

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 in David's life

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 to bring him

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 to a point

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 where

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 he realized

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 just how

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 terrible

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 his sin was.

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 And he was humbled.

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 He was broken.

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 And he truly

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 repented of that sin

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 and turned from it

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 and changed his mind

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 about it.

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 You can read about that

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 in 2 Samuel chapter 11 and 12.

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 David humbly

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 and sincerely

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 confessed his sin

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 to God

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 sought God's forgiveness

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 he sought to be restored.

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 And he wrote about that

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 in Psalm 51.

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 Here's what

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 some people may need

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 to hear right now.

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 God will

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 God desires

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 to restore us

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 when we fail him

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 if we will humbly

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 confess our sins

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 and come back to him

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 with a renewed

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 commitment

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 renewed faith

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 and trust

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 and confidence

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 in him.

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 But let's move on

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 in Peter's story

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 and see what follows

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 the restoration.

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 Number two

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 our Lord's restoration

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 is both relational

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 and practical.

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 What happened

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 around that breakfast

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 campfire

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 is intended

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 to show us

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 that first

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 first

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 Peter was restored

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 to a loving

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 relationship

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 with Jesus

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 and then secondly

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 he was

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 recommissioned

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 to serve

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 the Lord.

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 You think about

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 what you're seeing

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 there

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 is what we've read.

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 Love is the one

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 thing that Jesus

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 questioned Peter

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 about

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 before he

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 commissioned him

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 to serve him

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 again.

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 Jesus

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 kept at Peter

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 emphasizing

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 the relational

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 nature

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 of what

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 needed to happen.

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 Peter

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 do you love me?

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 Do you love me?

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 Do you love me?

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 It's only when he

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 responds yes

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 that he says

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 then feed my sheep

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 take care of these

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 I'm giving to you.

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 Restoring Peter

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 to a loving

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 relationship

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 with himself

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 was Jesus'

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 first priority.

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 Love is the

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 indispensable

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 quality

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 of our Christian

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 faith.

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 Look with me.

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 Our relationship

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 with the Lord

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 is built

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 on the foundation

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 of love.

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 I want you to

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 understand

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 our relationship

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 with the Lord

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 is built

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 on the foundation

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 of love.

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 I think

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 sometimes

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 we put too

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 much emphasis

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 on serving

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 God

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 and not enough

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 emphasis on

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 loving God.

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 You think

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 with me.

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 there's a lot

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 of people

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 in our church

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 who are involved

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 in some area

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 of ministry

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 doing certain

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 things

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 a variety

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 of things

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 in our

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 service to God

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 and that's good

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 we should

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 but think

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 with me.

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 Can't you

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 teach a lesson

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 sing a song

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 complete a

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 project

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 meet

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 someone's

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 need

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 and not

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 think so

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 much about

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 why we're

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 doing it

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 and maybe

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 not even

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 think so much

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 about we're

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 doing it

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 because we

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 love the

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 Lord and

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 we're seeking

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 to honor Him

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 with our

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 service.

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 Let's be

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 real honest

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 now.

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 Standing up

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 here and

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 preaching a

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 sermon

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 that can be

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 an ego

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 trip.

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 you standing

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 up in front

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 of a Sunday

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 school class

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 teaching or

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 standing up

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 here singing

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 a song

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 that can go

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 to your head.

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 It can be

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 your stage

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 your opportunity

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 to perform.

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 now I

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 figured out

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 this weekend

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 that my

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 granddaughter

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 is the

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 smartest

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 stone

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 of all

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 because

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 she told

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 me

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 Friday

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 when I

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 was singing

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 one of my

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 songs

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 she said

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 you ought

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 to be on

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 the stage

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 didn't she

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 listen

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 smartest

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 stone

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 best ear

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 of all

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 but here's

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 the thing

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 we can

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 serve God

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 in visible

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 ways

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 meaningful

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 ways

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 helpful

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 ways

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 but God's

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 not really a

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 part of what

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 we are doing

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 as we do

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 it.

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 It's all

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 about us

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 or all

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 about

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 something

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 else

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 besides

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 Him.

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 We need

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 to understand

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 that before

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 we preach

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 or teach

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 or sing

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 or do a

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 project

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 or meet

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 a need

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 our motivation

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 needs to be

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 right

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 in order for

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 it to really

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 count in

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 terms of

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 honoring God

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 and serving

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 His purpose.

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 Kent Hughes

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 points out in his

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 book on John

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 commenting on

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 this section

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 of Scripture

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 by quoting

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 Roy Hessian

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 about what

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 I'm talking

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 about.

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 I want you

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 to look with

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 me at what

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 he says.

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 He says

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 to concentrate

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 on service

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 and activity

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 for God

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 may often

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 actively

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 thwart

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 our attaining

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 of the true

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 goal

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 God Himself.

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 At first sight

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 it seems heroic

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 to fling

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 ourselves away

00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:26.279
 in the service

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 of God

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 and of our

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 fellows.

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 We feel

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 it is bound

00:17:29.540 --> 00:17:29.960
 to mean

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 more to

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 Him

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 than our

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 experience

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 of Him.

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 Service

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 seems so

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 unselfish

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 whereas

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 concentrating

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 on our

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 walk with

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 God

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 seems selfish

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 and self-centered

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 but it is

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 really the

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 very reverse.

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 The things

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 that God

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 is most

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 concerned about

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 are our

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 coldness

00:17:46.840 --> 00:17:47.520
 of heart

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 towards

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 Himself

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 and our

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 proud

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 unbroken

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 natures.

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 Christian service

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 of itself

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 can

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 and so

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 often

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 does

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 leave

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 our

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 self-centered

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 nature

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 untouched.

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 That's what

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 I was talking

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 about.

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 We can do

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 what we do

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 and it's all

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 about

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 me

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 and there's

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 no love

00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:20.880
 for somebody

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 else.

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 We can

00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:25.059
 still be

00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:25.440
 jealous

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 and envious.

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 We can

00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:27.839
 still be

00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:28.400
 proud.

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 We can

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 still be

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 just

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 unconcerned

00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:35.539
 about those

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 we are

00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:37.720
 up before

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 trying to

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 serve

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 and not

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:43.960
 even think

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 even about

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 what we're

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 doing.

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 It's supposed

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 to be

00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:47.480
 for the

00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:47.799
 Lord.

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 God is

00:18:49.339 --> 00:18:49.599
 most

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 concerned

00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:50.439
 that we

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 know

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 Him

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 and love

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 Him

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 and He

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 wants us

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 to do

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 what we

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 do from

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 a relationship

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 of love

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 for Him.

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 You know,

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 this is really

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 taught and

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 illustrated

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 throughout the

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 Bible.

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 The Bible

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 is not

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 just a

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 rule book.

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 Some people

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 think that it

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 is.

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 It's not.

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 The Bible

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 in telling

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 us how

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 God wants

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 us to

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 live

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 tells us

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 before anything

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 else

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 how God

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 wants us

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 to relate

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 to Him

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 in a

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 relationship

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 of love.

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 One of

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 the earliest

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 confessions

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 of the

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 Jewish people

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 is found

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 in Deuteronomy

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 chapter 6

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 verses 4

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 and 5.

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 Some of

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 you know

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 it's called

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 the Shema.

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 It's

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 something that

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 good Jews

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 in Jesus'

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 day

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 repeated

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 twice a

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 day.

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 They

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 memorized it.

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 But it

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 was something

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 they were

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 supposed to

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 to hear,

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 to believe,

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 to memorize,

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 and to

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 take with

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 them as

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 they went

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 into the

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 promised

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 land to

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 guide them

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 how to

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 be God's

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 people.

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 Look at

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 it.

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 Hear, O

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 Israel,

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 the Lord

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 our God,

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 the Lord

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 is one.

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 You shall

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 love the

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 Lord your

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 God with

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 all your

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 heart,

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 with all

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 your soul,

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 with all

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 your might.

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 The focus

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 is God's

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 people.

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 Focus on

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 loving Him,

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 our one

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 and only

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 God.

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 Well,

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 Jesus

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 stressed this

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 priority

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 this

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 priority

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 of loving

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 God by

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 declaring it

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 to be the

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 greatest

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 commandment.

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 For an

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 example,

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 in Matthew

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 chapter 22,

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 a teacher

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 or somebody

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 came up to

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 Jesus and

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 addressed Him

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 as teacher,

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 teacher,

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 which is the

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 greatest

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 commandment,

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 which is the

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 great commandment

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 in the law?

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 And He said,

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 that is Jesus

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 to Him.

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 You shall

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 love the

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 Lord your

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.179
 God with

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 all your

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:35.740
 heart,

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 with all

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 your soul,

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 with all

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 your mind.

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 This is the

00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:38.299
 great and

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 first commandment.

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 Again,

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 Jesus is

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:41.319
 reinforcing it.

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 Love God.

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 And then,

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.559
 Jesus

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 illustrated the

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.599
 priority of a

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 relationship over

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 service in the

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 home of two of

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 His friends,

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 two sisters,

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 Martha and

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 Mary.

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 It's found in

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 Luke's Gospel

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 chapter 10.

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 Martha was

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 working in the

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 kitchen, actually

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 preparing a meal

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 for Jesus.

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 Mary, as

00:21:06.419 --> 00:21:07.200
 Martha, her

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.700
 sister, was

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 working, Mary was

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 sitting at the

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.319
 feet of Jesus,

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 listening to Him

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 teach, the

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 passage tells

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 us.

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 Well, that

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 bothered Mary.

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 Made her mad.

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 She got upset.

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 Look at how Luke

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 describes it.

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 Chapter 10,

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 verse 40,

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 I'm reading from

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 the New Living

00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:24.779
 Translation.

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 But Martha was

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 distracted by the

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 big dinner she was

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 preparing.

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 She came to Jesus

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 and said,

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 Lord, doesn't it

00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:33.059
 seem unfair to you

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 that my sister just

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 sits here while I do

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 all that work?

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 Tell her to come

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 and help me.

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 Doesn't that sound

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.619
 like a child?

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 That's not fair.

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 That's what really

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 happened between two

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 grown adults.

00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:52.059
 Notice how Jesus

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:53.480
 responds, verses 41

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:53.960
 and 42.

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 But the Lord said

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:55.640
 to her, my dear

00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:56.900
 Martha, you are

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 worried and upset

00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.380
 over all these

00:21:58.380 --> 00:21:58.880
 details.

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 There's only one

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:00.839
 thing worth being

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.440
 concerned about.

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.839
 Mary has discovered

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.960
 it and it will not

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.900
 be taken away from

00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:05.119
 her.

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.599
 Now, understand,

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.759
 Jesus was not

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.720
 discounting what

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.519
 Martha was doing.

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:13.279
 What she was doing

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.880
 was important.

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:14.799
 He was going to

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.559
 benefit from it.

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.220
 She was fixing

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:17.019
 dinner and he was

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.660
 going to eat it.

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.819
 So he's certainly

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.799
 not complaining.

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 But what he is

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:24.799
 doing here, he is

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.980
 explaining to Martha,

00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:29.299
 Mary's got it right.

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:32.940
 Mary understands the

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:36.019
 priority of a

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.500
 relationship with me

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:39.700
 over just doing

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:41.819
 something for me.

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:44.700
 God wants us to be

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.319
 doers.

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 The whole theme of

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.339
 the book of James is

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:48.920
 be a doer of God's

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.259
 word.

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:52.759
 God wants us to

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:55.680
 serve him from a

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.680
 motivation of love.

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.680
 Service is important.

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:00.619
 We're going to look

00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:01.619
 at it next week.

00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:03.739
 But God does not

00:23:03.739 --> 00:23:04.899
 want us to serve

00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:08.500
 him like a slave or

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.459
 like an employee.

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:12.779
 God wants us to

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:14.459
 understand we're his

00:23:14.459 --> 00:23:15.039
 children.

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.439
 He wants us to have

00:23:17.439 --> 00:23:18.159
 such a loving

00:23:18.159 --> 00:23:19.319
 relationship with him

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:21.119
 as our father that we

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:22.639
 do what we do for him

00:23:22.639 --> 00:23:25.659
 motivated by a love

00:23:25.659 --> 00:23:26.559
 for our father.

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.959
 We're working as

00:23:28.959 --> 00:23:30.899
 children, not hired

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.780
 hands.

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.440
 That's what we need

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:33.980
 to think when it

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:35.280
 comes to service.

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:39.160
 For right now, I

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:40.740
 want us to think, if

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.660
 we were in Peter's

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:44.120
 place, I want you to

00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:45.519
 think, just imagine

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:47.600
 for a moment, you

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:49.340
 are face to face

00:23:49.340 --> 00:23:51.160
 with Jesus.

00:23:53.080 --> 00:23:54.280
 Imagine him looking

00:23:54.280 --> 00:23:57.380
 you in the eye and

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:59.880
 asking you, do you

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:00.500
 love me?

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.300
 What do you think

00:24:03.300 --> 00:24:03.800
 you'd say?

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.500
 How would you

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.240
 respond?

00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:10.480
 Would you be able

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.380
 to respond like

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:11.700
 Peter?

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.800
 Lord, you know

00:24:13.800 --> 00:24:14.460
 everything.

00:24:16.040 --> 00:24:16.740
 You know the

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.060
 truth.

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:19.740
 You know that I

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.180
 love you.

00:24:22.260 --> 00:24:22.980
 Would that be

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.260
 true?

00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:26.160
 Would you want it

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.580
 to be true?

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:28.639
 God, you

00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:29.039
 know what I

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.199
 love you?

00:24:29.199 --> 00:24:29.799
 How can we make

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.980
 our love for the

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.199
 Lord the highest

00:24:32.199 --> 00:24:34.019
 priority of our

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.480
 life?

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.779
 Well, if that's

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:39.000
 going to happen, if

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.919
 loving him is going

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:40.899
 to become our number

00:24:40.899 --> 00:24:42.119
 one priority, we've

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:44.240
 got to first be totally

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:46.159
 honest about where our

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:47.039
 love relationship with

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:48.179
 him is right now.

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.960
 If you're going to

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:51.019
 start loving Jesus with

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:52.500
 all your heart, you've

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.159
 got to stop right now

00:24:53.159 --> 00:24:54.259
 and think, what do I

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.099
 love with all my heart

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:56.059
 if it's not him?

00:24:56.659 --> 00:24:58.480
 Or who is first in my

00:24:58.480 --> 00:25:00.019
 life if it is not him?

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.980
 And settle that.

00:25:02.919 --> 00:25:03.599
 But if we want to

00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.619
 grow in our love for

00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:06.019
 him, we're going to

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:07.579
 have to spend time with

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:07.799
 him.

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.299
 You think about the

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.139
 people in your life

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:12.119
 that you have a good,

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:13.159
 close, loving

00:25:13.159 --> 00:25:13.980
 relationship with.

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:15.079
 How did that come

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.480
 about?

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:18.019
 Didn't it come about

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:19.519
 because you started

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.419
 spending time with

00:25:20.419 --> 00:25:20.619
 them?

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:22.000
 You got to know

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.299
 them?

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:24.839
 You got invested

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.240
 with them?

00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:26.279
 They got invested

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.919
 with you?

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:30.159
 It took time, but you

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:31.279
 developed a loving

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:33.720
 relationship.

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 And you have good

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.720
 fellowship with them

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:38.859
 because you've developed

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:40.859
 it over time.

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.579
 How much time have you

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.839
 actually spent with the

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:46.440
 Lord this past week?

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.839
 Think about it,

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.139
 seriously.

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:51.060
 How much time have you

00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:51.800
 spent with the Lord

00:25:51.800 --> 00:25:54.440
 this past month?

00:25:57.060 --> 00:25:59.460
 Truth is, we spend

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:01.340
 time with those we

00:26:01.340 --> 00:26:01.759
 love.

00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:03.900
 Now we may not get to

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.740
 spend all the time we

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:07.740
 want, but we make at

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:10.200
 least some time for the

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:11.700
 people in our life that

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:13.100
 we really love and care

00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:13.400
 about.

00:26:13.540 --> 00:26:14.220
 We all do.

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:17.480
 And if we love the

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:19.400
 Lord and we want to

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:20.500
 have a healthy and

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.440
 growing relationship

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:24.100
 with Him, we'll make

00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:24.819
 time for Him.

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.799
 We may have to cut out

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:30.420
 some other things, but

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:31.940
 we'll make time for Him

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:34.100
 a priority.

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:37.960
 We need to make sure

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:41.039
 that when Jesus asks us,

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:42.899
 do you love me?

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:46.299
 We will be able to say,

00:26:46.379 --> 00:26:47.119
 Lord, you know all

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:47.659
 things.

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 You know I love you.

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.119
 You know, the main

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:54.420
 focus of this passage

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:56.759
 and this message is that

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:58.539
 God will restore His

00:26:58.539 --> 00:27:00.899
 fallen children who

00:27:00.899 --> 00:27:01.759
 come back to Him.

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.579
 And that includes you

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:06.139
 right now if you are

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:06.859
 away from Him.

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:10.919
 The way back to Him,

00:27:11.199 --> 00:27:12.219
 the way to have a

00:27:12.219 --> 00:27:13.500
 right relationship with

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:15.000
 Him is the same for

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.379
 everyone.

00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:17.000
 Admit that you are

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.699
 away from Him.

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:21.259
 Confess the sin that

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:23.159
 has caused this

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:23.679
 problem.

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:26.159
 Change your mind

00:27:26.159 --> 00:27:26.599
 about it.

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:29.759
 Turn from it.

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.719
 Turn from the

00:27:31.719 --> 00:27:32.500
 selfishness.

00:27:33.699 --> 00:27:34.639
 Turn from the

00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.759
 worldly attitude.

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:38.079
 whatever it is.

00:27:38.399 --> 00:27:39.059
 Humble yourself

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:41.039
 before the Lord as

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.979
 you confess and turn

00:27:41.979 --> 00:27:42.619
 from your sin.

00:27:43.439 --> 00:27:44.599
 And then trust Jesus.

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:47.459
 Trust that He has

00:27:47.459 --> 00:27:48.159
 paid the penalty for

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:48.500
 your sin.

00:27:48.719 --> 00:27:49.419
 You don't have to do

00:27:49.419 --> 00:27:49.919
 penance.

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.819
 You don't have to try

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.979
 to undo what you've

00:27:52.979 --> 00:27:53.339
 done.

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:55.079
 You don't have to try

00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:56.299
 to work your way back

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.000
 over a period of

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:58.179
 several days or months

00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:59.059
 to be right with the

00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.279
 Lord.

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.759
 Once you realize you're

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.359
 away from Him,

00:28:02.479 --> 00:28:03.259
 whatever the reason,

00:28:03.979 --> 00:28:05.059
 if you'll just stop

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.839
 and admit it,

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.899
 humble yourself,

00:28:07.419 --> 00:28:08.240
 turn from it,

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:11.279
 and just trust Jesus

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.179
 has already paid the

00:28:12.179 --> 00:28:12.980
 penalty for that sin.

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:16.039
 Acknowledge that.

00:28:16.959 --> 00:28:17.980
 Thank Him for that.

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.759
 Renew your commitment

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:23.179
 to living in obedience

00:28:23.179 --> 00:28:23.659
 to Him.

00:28:24.179 --> 00:28:25.299
 Showing your love to

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.559
 Him.

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.819
 Scripture is real

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.099
 clear.

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:29.500
 If we confess our sins,

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.619
 He is faithful and just

00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:32.119
 to forgive us and to

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:34.679
 cleanse us from all

00:28:34.679 --> 00:28:35.459
 unrighteousness.

00:28:35.979 --> 00:28:37.000
 He'll give us a fresh

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.859
 start.

00:28:39.179 --> 00:28:40.099
 And when He gives you

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.899
 that fresh start,

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:42.479
 ask God to give you the

00:28:42.479 --> 00:28:43.779
 desire and the ability

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:45.559
 to obey Him day by day,

00:28:46.439 --> 00:28:48.139
 situation by situation,

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:50.439
 so that you can just

00:28:50.439 --> 00:28:52.500
 walk in a real relationship

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:54.379
 and have good fellowship

00:28:54.379 --> 00:28:55.659
 with Him every day.

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:59.740
 Now, if you are living

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.779
 in a right relationship

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.660
 with the Lord this morning,

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.640
 just thank Him.

00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:06.360
 Thank Him for the grace

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:07.420
 that has allowed you

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.980
 to do that.

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:10.279
 Stay close to Him

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:12.700
 by spending time with Him

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.840
 in His Word,

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.380
 in prayer,

00:29:16.060 --> 00:29:16.840
 listening to Him

00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:17.500
 as He speaks through

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.880
 His Word,

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.600
 talking to Him

00:29:19.600 --> 00:29:20.840
 as you pray.

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.860
 That's what prayer is.

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:25.419
 We all need to learn

00:29:25.419 --> 00:29:27.199
 to stay in a close

00:29:27.199 --> 00:29:27.799
 relationship,

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:29.819
 being sensitive to

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.679
 the Spirit of God

00:29:30.679 --> 00:29:31.659
 who indwells us,

00:29:32.219 --> 00:29:33.500
 and then obeying

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:34.119
 the Holy Spirit

00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:35.740
 as He prompts us

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:37.719
 to obey God,

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.219
 to resist the temptation,

00:29:40.419 --> 00:29:42.319
 to do what we do

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:44.559
 from a motivation

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.479
 of love.

00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:47.959
 Final thought.

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:52.019
 Do you love Jesus?

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:56.000
 What does

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:59.279
 He say

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:02.140
 as He examines

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:02.980
 your heart?

00:30:03.840 --> 00:30:04.799
 Let's pray together.

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.259
 Father,

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:10.440
 Father,

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.340
 show us now

00:30:11.340 --> 00:30:13.620
 just where we are

00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:14.279
 in our relationship

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.799
 with You.

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:17.360
 Father,

00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:17.919
 if there are people

00:30:17.919 --> 00:30:18.359
 in this room

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:19.619
 who do not know You,

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.639
 so work in them

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.079
 to help them

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:24.299
 to understand that,

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.679
 that their sin

00:30:26.679 --> 00:30:28.439
 separates them

00:30:28.439 --> 00:30:29.019
 from You.

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.359
 And so work,

00:30:32.479 --> 00:30:32.759
 dear God,

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.219
 to give them

00:30:33.219 --> 00:30:34.919
 a true desire

00:30:34.919 --> 00:30:38.219
 to be forgiven,

00:30:38.479 --> 00:30:39.299
 to be made right

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.799
 with You.

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.139
 Help them,

00:30:42.219 --> 00:30:42.559
 dear God,

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:43.679
 to not just confess

00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:44.639
 and agree with You

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.240
 over their sin,

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.159
 but to turn from it,

00:30:46.199 --> 00:30:47.079
 to change their mind,

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:48.299
 to grieve over it.

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.539
 And help them

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:50.980
 to understand,

00:30:51.199 --> 00:30:51.299
 Father,

00:30:51.399 --> 00:30:53.519
 that when Jesus

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.359
 died on the cross,

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:56.179
 He died

00:30:56.179 --> 00:30:58.079
 to pay the penalty

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.980
 for their sin,

00:30:59.639 --> 00:31:00.699
 to suffer

00:31:00.699 --> 00:31:03.019
 the punishment

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.960
 that they deserve.

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.240
 Help them

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:07.059
 to trust Jesus

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:08.699
 and call upon Him

00:31:08.699 --> 00:31:09.099
 right now

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.899
 to save them.

00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.899
 Help them

00:31:12.899 --> 00:31:13.419
 to understand,

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:13.919
 dear God,

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:15.640
 that trusting Jesus

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:16.660
 and surrendering

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.180
 to Him

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:19.779
 is the most important

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:21.420
 response

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.200
 they could make

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.519
 this morning.

00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:25.759
 But then,

00:31:25.840 --> 00:31:26.120
 dear God,

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.880
 help all of us

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.340
 as Christians

00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:27.940
 to understand

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:29.519
 that no matter

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:29.980
 how long

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:31.000
 we have been Christians,

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:33.440
 our greatest need

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:33.860
 in life

00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:35.740
 is to trust You

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.660
 and obey You.

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.900
 Help us,

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.320
 dear God,

00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:41.720
 to do it

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.819
 because we love You.

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.460
 Overwhelm us

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.879
 right now

00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:47.039
 with an awareness

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.919
 of Your love

00:31:47.919 --> 00:31:48.639
 and Your grace

00:31:48.639 --> 00:31:49.419
 and Your mercy.

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.559
 If there's anyone

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.059
 in this room

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.759
 who is truly

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:55.619
 in a state

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.319
 of rebellion

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:57.539
 or indifference

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.379
 or hard

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:59.819
 or cold-heartedness,

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:03.019
 awaken them,

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.039
 break them,

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.980
 humble them,

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.559
 bring them back

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.299
 to Yourself.

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:11.259
 Help us all,

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:12.159
 every single one

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.379
 of us,

00:32:12.419 --> 00:32:12.740
 dear God,

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.179
 right now

00:32:13.179 --> 00:32:14.399
 to be open

00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:15.559
 and honest

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.500
 with You.

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.200
 Help us

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.539
 to understand

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.259
 what we should do.

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:22.759
 Help us

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.299
 to do it.

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.579
 You just pray

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.399
 and talk to the Lord

00:32:26.399 --> 00:32:27.619
 and do what He's

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:28.159
 telling you to do.

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.139
 I would be happy

00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:30.799
 here at the front

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.599
 to pray with you

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.399
 in the next few minutes

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:33.259
 if you want to come forward.

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.919
 But you listen

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.400
 to God

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:37.539
 and you do

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.200
 what He's telling you

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.640
 to do

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:40.680
 knowing that He loves you

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:42.480
 and He wants you

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.259
 to leave here today

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.960
 in a close,

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.539
 loving,

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.640
 personal relationship

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.120
 with Him.