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 Sometimes we get in the habit of trying to make bad things seem good.

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 My son has a gift for this.

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 When he gets in trouble, we try and have a conversation to make sure that he understands what's gone wrong.

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 And usually the conversation begins with me asking him,

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 Bailey, why are you in trouble?

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 What have you done that's made Daddy have to punish you?

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 And he has this incredible gift to take what he's actually done and twist it into a more positive light.

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 Well, so instead of punching his brother, he was trying to stop him from doing something naughty.

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 Instead of stealing something out of the cupboard that's not his, he was helping with the cooking.

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 No matter how he spins it, he's still doing the wrong thing.

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 But it is incredible how he can take something which is bad and try and make it seem good.

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 We do it the same when we're trying to convince our kids to eat foods that don't taste nice,

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 like broccoli or Brussels sprouts.

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 If you like them, we forgive you.

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 We know the kid's not going to like them, so we try and trick them.

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 We drown it in butter or in cheese or in tomato sauce or in something that is good to their taste

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 to somehow convince them that this other thing tastes good as well.

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 We take bad things and we try and make them good.

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 You could be forgiven if you've been here for the last couple of weeks of this series

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 to feel like we're trying that same trick in this series.

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 We've got a series called Joy for Everyone.

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 And so far, we've been encouraged that there's joy in relationships.

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 Now, you might say difficult but plausible.

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 Last week, we said that there was joy in suffering.

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 And then today, joy in sacrificial service.

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 So like I said, you might be forgiven for feeling like we're trying to take bad things and make them sound good.

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 But stick with us.

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 Let's be clear.

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 When it comes to following Jesus, serving is part of the deal.

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 It's not an optional extra.

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 It's not a maybe for those who are particularly keen.

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 It goes with the territory.

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 If you've been loved by God, forgiven by God, then the expectation is that you serve Him.

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 Verse 1 that the kids read out for us.

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 This is from Philippians 2.

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 If you've got your Bible there, you can open it up.

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 If not, as you heard, it would be really encouraging to them

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 because they're going to be bringing their Bibles if we brought our Bibles as well.

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 Philippians 2, verse 1.

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 So the gospel demands that having received so much from God,

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 that the right response is to show that same kind of love to other people.

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 And Paul gets explicit about what that looks like in verse 3.

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 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.

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 Rather, in humility, value others above yourselves,

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 not looking to your own interests, but each of you to the interests of others.

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 Value others above yourself.

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 That's what it looks like to respond to God's generosity,

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 not looking out for yourself, not looking to your own interests.

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 Now, as basic as that might sound, as noble and obvious as that might sound,

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 it's much harder to deliver on.

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 It's much harder to actually live out.

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 And as if it's not difficult enough, Paul takes it up the level in verse 5

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 when he says we need to have the same mindset as Jesus himself.

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 So it's not just be selfless anymore.

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 It's be Jesus selfless, like completely selfless,

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 always putting other people first, seeking their good.

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 And I mean, by definition, serving people, sacrificing is costly.

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 That's what it means.

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 It means giving something up for someone else.

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 I mean, it requires self-denial.

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 It requires that you miss out on something

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 because you're busy doing something for somebody else.

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 And Paul wants to convince us that the gospel can make doing that a source of joy.

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 How?

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 It is costly.

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 He's not denying that.

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 But Paul wants to convince us that the message of Jesus can take sacrifice,

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 can take giving up and missing out

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 and make that something that is deeply satisfying and joyful.

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 How?

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 Well, firstly, the gospel reveals.

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 Have a look at verse 5.

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 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus,

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 who being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God

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 something to be used to his own advantage.

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 What the gospel does is not just tell us a story about what happened,

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 but it actually reveals who God is.

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 It reveals what Jesus is like.

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 It shows us that he is God,

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 that he's all-knowing, he's all-powerful, he's all-creating, he's holy.

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 He's everything God is because Jesus is God.

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 Have a look again.

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 Being in very nature God, verse 6,

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 The gospel shows us that the Jesus who is fully God enters our world,

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 becomes a man and an unimpressive man at that.

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 He's arrested, tortured, unjustly tried and crucified

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 by the people that he created.

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 And all of that is in perfect obedience to his heavenly father.

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 This is the gospel.

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 That Jesus came from heaven, lived a perfect life, died in our place,

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 and then, verse 9,

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 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place,

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 gave him the name that is above every name,

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 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow in heaven and on earth

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 and under the earth,

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 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord

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 to the glory of God the Father.

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 Therefore, because of his perfect obedience,

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 because of his selfless service,

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 because of his sacrifice,

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 God exalts Jesus and gives him the name above every name

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 so that one day every knee will bow to him.

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 Every tongue will acknowledge that he is the king,

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 that he is the rightful ruler over all creation.

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 The gospel transforms service and sacrifice

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 by revealing who Jesus is,

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 who it is that we follow,

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 who it is that demands that we sacrifice and serve in the first place.

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 I mean, the gospel shows us that the one who demands

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 selfless, humble, sacrificial service of others

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 is none other than the one who sits on the throne

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 over all creation, having served,

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 and now is exalted with all authority

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 and is therefore worthy of at least

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 sacrificial service from those who claim to follow him.

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 He sits in authority over all creation.

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 He has the right to demand anything from us.

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 The gospel shows us who it is who is asking.

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 It's not a suggestion from somebody

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 who's just trying to maybe guide us in a good way to live.

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 It's God who created us.

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 It's Jesus who died for us and rose again.

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 It's Jesus who sits on the throne with all authority.

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 Jesus who is God made the decision to serve us.

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 He didn't have to.

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 It was a choice.

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 It was a decision.

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 He could have just stayed in heaven

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 and looked after number one

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 because he is literally number one.

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 He is the name above every other name.

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 It would have been reasonable and right

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 for him to just stay in heaven

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 and look after himself

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 because he is the most important.

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 He is the most worthy.

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 But he did not consider his position.

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 He did not consider his equality with God

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 something that was there just for his own advantage.

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 He doesn't just demand service from us.

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 He does demand it

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 but he doesn't just demand it.

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 He models it to us.

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 God serves us

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 at incredible personal cost.

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 And yet we find it difficult

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 to put our family

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 before ourselves

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 or our friends

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 let alone our enemies.

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 The Bible tells us

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 that when we were still his enemies

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 Christ died for us.

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 That as Jesus hung on the cross

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 he served and prayed for those

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 that put him there.

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 And somehow

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 he did it with joy.

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 Hebrews 12 tells us

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 that it was because of the joy

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 set before him

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 that he endured the cross.

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 I mean let that mess with your head

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 just for a second.

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 All the pain and suffering

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 of that first Easter

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 everything that Jesus went through

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 the cost that he paid

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 his suffering and his anguish

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 was actually a path of joy.

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 Just let that sit for a second.

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 The gospel demands

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 sacrifice and service

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 from those who claim to follow Jesus

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 but it also reveals

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 the God who demands it from us

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 to motivate us

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 to show us that it's reasonable

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 for him to demand that from us.

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 The gospel strikes at the heart

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 of the two main reasons

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 we find it difficult

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 to serve and sacrifice for others.

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 Fear and selfishness.

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 Fear and selfishness.

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 Have a look at verse 12.

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 Therefore my dear brothers

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 as you have always obeyed

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 not only in my presence

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 but now much more in my absence

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 continue to work out your salvation

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 with fear and trembling

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 for it is God who works in you

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 to will and to act

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 in order to fulfill

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 his good purpose.

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 It's another therefore.

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 It's pointing us to what was just before.

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 Because of who Jesus is

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 because of what he's done

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 work out your salvation

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 with fear and trembling.

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 Now this is really really important.

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 These are two verses

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 that it's easy to trip up on.

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 This isn't a baton passing.

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 This isn't God saying

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 I've served

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 I've loved

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 now it's your turn.

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 This isn't God saying

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 I've done my bit

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 and I've forgiven you

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 and I've loved you

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 and I've given you a clean slate

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 and a second chance

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 now put some effort in.

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 Now kind of you know

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 live up to the standard

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 that I require of you.

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 That's not it.

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 In these verses

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 at the same time

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 you've got God

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 working in us

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 to will

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 that is to want to do

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 the right thing

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 to want to serve

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 and empowering us

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 to do the action as well.

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 He enables

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 and empowers

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 and we're told

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 to work

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 together

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 at the same time.

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 This isn't an excuse

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 to be lazy.

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 But have you ever wondered

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 why the words

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 fear and trembling?

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 Paul's just given

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 one of the most

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 incredible descriptions

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 of how unconditional

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 God's love is.

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 About the incredible price

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 that Jesus paid

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 for people who didn't deserve it

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 and then he says

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 with fear and trembling.

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 What does fear and trembling

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 have to do with grace?

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 Have to do with

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 the unconditional gift

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 of God for you?

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 What is there to fear

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 if we're forgiven?

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 The gospel message

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 is the good news

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 that Jesus

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 did all that he did

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 so that we could be

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 in a relationship

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 with God.

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 a perfect God

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 a powerful God

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 a holy God

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 a righteous God

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 a God who is just.

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 The gospel is not

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 the message

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 that we just got out

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 of getting in trouble.

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 The gospel is Jesus

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 drawing into a relationship

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 with the almighty creator.

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 God is not a domesticated God

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 once you hear the gospel.

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 He doesn't go from

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 being big and intimidating

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 to being small and fluffy

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 just because of Jesus.

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 He is a fierce lion.

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 C.S. Lewis describes him

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 in the Narnia series

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 by saying he's good

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 but he's not safe.

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 He is still God.

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 He is still powerful

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 and mighty

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 and he's to be treated

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 with awe

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 and reverence

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 fitting for the creator

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 and sustainer

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 of all things.

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 The gospel

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 motivates us

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 out of being

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 self-seeking

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 out of pursuing

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 our own gain in life

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 as the most important thing

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 by showing us

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 the majesty

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 of the one

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 we claim to serve.

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 By showing us

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 the worthiness

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 of the God

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 who asks that we would

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 serve on his behalf.

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 It's hard

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 to be selfish.

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 It's hard

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 to see yourself

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 as more important

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 or more valuable

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 than others

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 when you stand

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 in the presence

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 of the God

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 who created you.

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 The God

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 who sent his son

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 to die in your place.

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 The God

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 who reigns

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 over all of creation.

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 The God

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 who paid

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 the highest price

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 just so that

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 you could know

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 him

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 and know

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 the joy

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 of being loved.

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 God

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 and the gospel

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 crushes our fear

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 because as Paul

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 says somewhere else

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 if God gave

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 Jesus

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 if God gave

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 that which cost

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 the most

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 if God gave

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 the bit

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 that was hardest

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 to give

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 that mattered

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 most to him

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 how will he not

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 also

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 along with him

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 graciously give us

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 all things?

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 the fear

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 that makes us

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 not serve

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 and not sacrifice

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 is the fear

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 that if I give

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 this up

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 I'll miss out.

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 If I put you

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 first

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 who's going to

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 look after me?

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 If I spend

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 all my time

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 looking after

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 other people's

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 needs

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 then

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 does that mean

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 I'll just spend

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 all my life

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 missing out?

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 I'll spend

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 all of my life

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 going without?

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 What the gospel

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 does

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 is it shows me

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 who I serve

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 and who serves

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 me.

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 As it reveals

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 God

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 who I sit

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 under

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 and who I have

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 given my allegiance

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 to

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 and who I seek

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 to obey

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 it also reveals

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 the God

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 who is committed

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 to me

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 who is committed

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 to my good

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 who has proved

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 that in sending

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 his son Jesus

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 the gospel

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 shows me

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 who I'm called

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 to follow

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 and who loves

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 and provides

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 for me

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 in every way.

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 There is no fear

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 for those

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 who are loved

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 by God

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 because he has

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 proved he will

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 give you the good

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 that you need.

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 He will never

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 hold good things

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 back from us

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 and this transforms

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 our perspective

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 when it comes

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 to serving

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 and sacrificing.

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 Do you remember

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 what life was like

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 for the Philippians?

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 They lived

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 under the persecution

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 of the Roman Empire.

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 The same people

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 who had imprisoned

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 Paul who was writing

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 this letter

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 for preaching Jesus.

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 There would have been

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 social consequences,

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 economic consequences

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 for being a Christian

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 and yet

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 having called them

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 to gospel-shaped

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 service and sacrifice,

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 Paul turns the knife

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 even more

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 and raises the bar

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 in verse 14.

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 Do everything

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 without grumbling

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 or arguing

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 so that you may

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 become blameless

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 and pure,

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 children of God

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 without fault

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 in a warped

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 and crooked generation.

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 Then you will shine

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 among them

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 like stars in the sky

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 as you hold firmly

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 to the word of life

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 and then I will be able

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 to boast

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 on the day of Christ

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 that I did not run

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 or labor in vain.

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 But even if I am

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 being poured out

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 like a drink offering

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 on the sacrifice

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 and service

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 coming from your faith,

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 I am glad

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 and rejoice

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 with all of you.

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 So you too

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 should be glad

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 and rejoice with me.

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 Do it without complaining.

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 Do it without grumbling.

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 Give up things

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 that matter to you.

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 Miss out on things

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 that matter to you

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 without grumbling

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 or complaining.

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 Wouldn't you permit them

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 just a little bit

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 of complaining?

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 I mean we've already

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 kind of conceded

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 that service

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 and sacrifice

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 and in their case

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 dealing with

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 the oppression

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 of people

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 is a difficult situation.

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 haven't we agreed

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 that sacrifice

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 is costly?

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 That there is loss

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 associated with

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 what's being asked

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 of us here?

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 So isn't complaining

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 a reasonable response?

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 Don't we normally

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 reserve joy

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 and gratitude

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 for things

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 that are enjoyable?

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 Things where we win?

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 Things where we get benefit?

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 But that's just it.

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 The gospel

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 so transforms

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 our perspective

00:18:00.860 --> 00:18:02.319
 that selflessness

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 and service

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 and sacrifice

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 what is costly

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 what is difficult

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 is actually a gift

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 and a joy

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 at the same time.

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 Those who are loved

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 by Jesus

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 can pay great cost

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 for the sake of others.

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 Can love in a way

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 that is personally

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 expensive.

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 and rejoice in it

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 and see it as a gift

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 from God.

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 I mean complaining

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 only makes sense

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 if you don't have Jesus.

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 Complaining makes sense

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 because you're giving

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 something up

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 that you won't get back.

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 But the message

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:43.900
 of the gospel

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 is that in Jesus

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 we have all we need.

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 The message

00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.740
 of this series

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 is that ultimate joy

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 is in knowing

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 that God loves us

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 unconditionally

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 and being drawn

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 into a relationship

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 with him

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 as his precious

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 children

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 in such a way

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 that all other things

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 are just peripheral.

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 And so Paul

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 can sit in prison

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 with shackles on

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 and rejoice

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 because he has

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 an immovable hope

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 and satisfaction

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 in an immovable savior.

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 when we have Jesus

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 complaining

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 does it make sense

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 because even if I

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 give up my time

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 give up my money

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 give up my energy

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 give up my

00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:24.519
 relational energy

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 my emotional energy

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 give up whatever it is

00:19:26.840 --> 00:19:27.380
 that I have

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 to love

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 and serve those

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 around me

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 I will still

00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:32.980
 always have

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 more than enough

00:19:34.100 --> 00:19:34.900
 in Jesus.

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 I will still

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.900
 always be loved

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 unconditionally

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 I will still

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 always have

00:19:41.540 --> 00:19:42.420
 the certain hope

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 of the fact

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 that God promises

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 I will never

00:19:45.300 --> 00:19:46.100
 be without

00:19:46.100 --> 00:19:46.960
 what I need.

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 God promises

00:19:49.800 --> 00:19:50.640
 to not withhold

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 good things

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:52.200
 and he proves it

00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:53.240
 in sending Jesus.

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 And so for a Christian

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 complaining

00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:00.780
 is illogical.

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 What are we

00:20:03.560 --> 00:20:04.300
 complaining about?

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:05.440
 We're full

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:07.319
 we have everything

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:07.940
 we need

00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:09.019
 we have more

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.599
 than we need

00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.519
 and no one

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:10.940
 and nothing

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.980
 can take that away.

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 I mean even here

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.720
 Paul's getting explicit

00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.680
 like he did last week

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 to say even if he dies

00:20:18.899 --> 00:20:20.000
 he's going to rejoice.

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 That's what he means

00:20:21.399 --> 00:20:21.819
 when he says

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.839
 he's being poured out

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 he says I'll rejoice

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 and you Philippians

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.819
 you too should rejoice.

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 What is it

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.859
 that makes that possible?

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 Is it just

00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.539
 hey I've got heaven

00:20:33.539 --> 00:20:34.079
 in the future

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 so I don't need

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 anything now

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:36.299
 attitude?

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 Well it's at least

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 that but I think

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 there's something

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 more here.

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 Look back at the

00:20:43.679 --> 00:20:44.199
 beginning of the

00:20:44.199 --> 00:20:44.679
 passage.

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 Verse 1

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:47.319
 follow the logic

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:47.939
 of what Paul

00:20:47.939 --> 00:20:48.799
 is saying here.

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:51.480
 The gospel demand

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:52.159
 to serve

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 and to put others

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 first

00:20:53.399 --> 00:20:54.819
 flows out of

00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:56.099
 the gospel blessings

00:20:56.099 --> 00:20:56.879
 of love

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 and comfort

00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:58.419
 and encouragement

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 and even the spirit

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 himself.

00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:03.699
 They're connected

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 they're inseparable

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:06.359
 it's those things

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:06.839
 that God

00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:07.740
 gives you

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:09.240
 flowing in

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.339
 and overflowing

00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:10.980
 and flowing

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:12.240
 through you

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 that produces

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 sacrificial service

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:17.960
 and

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:20.740
 it's in that

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.539
 Christ-like

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:22.200
 service

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:24.200
 that the joy

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:25.359
 of his love

00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:25.980
 for you

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.740
 in the gospel

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.960
 is most

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:29.839
 fully experienced.

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 Let's try

00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:32.539
 and unpack this

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 because this is

00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:34.039
 so important.

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.660
 It's almost

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.460
 like when

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:37.859
 you begin

00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:38.579
 a relationship

00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:39.059
 with that

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.879
 special someone

00:21:39.879 --> 00:21:42.279
 and you get

00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:43.099
 this incredible

00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:44.240
 joy from this

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.679
 person.

00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:45.779
 They just seem

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.459
 to understand

00:21:46.459 --> 00:21:47.039
 you,

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 they love you,

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.879
 they put you

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 first,

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 you're just happier

00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:51.559
 when they're around

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 and there is so

00:21:52.899 --> 00:21:53.679
 much joy

00:21:53.679 --> 00:21:54.719
 in that relationship

00:21:54.719 --> 00:21:57.479
 but have you

00:21:57.479 --> 00:21:58.119
 noticed how

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.659
 when you get

00:21:58.659 --> 00:21:59.240
 the opportunity

00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:00.759
 to brag about

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.139
 that,

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.699
 your joy grows?

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.359
 When you get

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:04.859
 the opportunity

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:05.479
 to tell other

00:22:05.479 --> 00:22:06.519
 people how amazing

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.579
 that person is

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:08.539
 and how much

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.199
 you enjoy them,

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.619
 it's almost

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:10.419
 like your awareness

00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:11.099
 of how much

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:11.939
 enjoyment is there

00:22:11.939 --> 00:22:13.199
 grows as you

00:22:13.199 --> 00:22:13.899
 have to articulate

00:22:13.899 --> 00:22:14.639
 it and tell other

00:22:14.639 --> 00:22:15.279
 people it just,

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.299
 it gets bigger

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:18.259
 or it's like that

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:19.119
 time you discover

00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:20.279
 an amazing restaurant

00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:21.059
 that's hidden away

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.599
 in a laneway

00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:22.179
 that no one else

00:22:22.179 --> 00:22:22.799
 has ever been to

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.240
 and the food

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:23.980
 is fantastic

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.679
 and the atmosphere

00:22:24.679 --> 00:22:25.279
 is perfect

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:26.179
 and it's the

00:22:26.179 --> 00:22:27.359
 greatest culinary

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:28.299
 experience you've

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.919
 ever had

00:22:28.919 --> 00:22:30.740
 and you love it

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.199
 but it's not

00:22:31.199 --> 00:22:31.919
 until you take

00:22:31.919 --> 00:22:32.639
 someone with you

00:22:32.639 --> 00:22:33.480
 and they share

00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:34.359
 that experience,

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.319
 they share that

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.599
 joy,

00:22:35.939 --> 00:22:36.720
 that your joy

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:38.200
 kind of can

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.100
 reach its fullness.

00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:41.100
 It's not that

00:22:41.100 --> 00:22:42.299
 the first meal

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.259
 wasn't amazing

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.019
 but it's there's

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:45.000
 something extra

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:46.000
 when you get

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:47.539
 to give that joy

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.460
 to someone else,

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.259
 when you get

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:50.299
 to share it.

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.279
 See,

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.779
 when we get

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.940
 to share God's

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.980
 love for people

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:57.019
 by serving them,

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.779
 when we get

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.640
 to sacrifice

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:00.700
 and show God's

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.380
 love for people

00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:01.900
 by putting

00:23:01.900 --> 00:23:02.559
 their needs

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:02.880
 first,

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:04.180
 by valuing them

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:04.779
 the way that

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.560
 Christ does,

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.320
 when we get

00:23:06.320 --> 00:23:07.380
 to see them

00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:08.560
 experience

00:23:08.560 --> 00:23:09.740
 God's love

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.259
 for them

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:11.480
 through us

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.380
 getting to

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:12.920
 serve,

00:23:14.840 --> 00:23:15.680
 God is actually

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.519
 giving us

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.380
 a fuller

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:18.220
 experience

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:19.220
 of His love.

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:20.680
 I mean,

00:23:20.840 --> 00:23:22.100
 being forgiven

00:23:22.100 --> 00:23:22.680
 by God

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.580
 is incredible.

00:23:23.820 --> 00:23:24.420
 Being loved

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:24.880
 by God,

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.519
 being guaranteed

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:25.860
 heaven,

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:27.140
 let's not sell

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.740
 that short,

00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:28.940
 that is overwhelming

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.720
 and we could spend

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.440
 our whole lives

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:31.620
 exploring that

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:32.420
 amount of joy

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:33.460
 but God,

00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:34.120
 because He is

00:23:34.120 --> 00:23:34.880
 so generous

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:35.820
 and so gracious

00:23:35.820 --> 00:23:38.200
 and just God,

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.580
 gives us the

00:23:40.580 --> 00:23:41.039
 opportunity

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:42.000
 to understand

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.840
 it more fully

00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:45.019
 by passing

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.519
 it on,

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:48.480
 by loving

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.019
 people in

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.680
 that same way,

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.300
 by putting us

00:23:50.300 --> 00:23:51.200
 almost in His

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.880
 shoes when He

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.779
 came to us.

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:54.840
 Because we're

00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:55.440
 getting to love

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:55.620
 them,

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.120
 not because

00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:56.539
 they're love

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.200
 worthy or

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.600
 because they

00:23:57.600 --> 00:23:58.140
 deserve it,

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.480
 but just

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.080
 because,

00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:01.839
 that grows

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.539
 our confidence

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:02.839
 that,

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.079
 hey,

00:24:03.159 --> 00:24:03.740
 that's how

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.220
 God loves

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.599
 me.

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.699
 Not if I'm

00:24:06.699 --> 00:24:07.240
 good or bad,

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:08.179
 just because

00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:08.720
 He chose

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.019
 to.

00:24:10.179 --> 00:24:10.679
 And so that

00:24:10.679 --> 00:24:11.399
 incredible joy

00:24:11.399 --> 00:24:11.799
 is getting

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.659
 deeper and

00:24:12.659 --> 00:24:13.259
 stronger.

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:13.859
 God has

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.639
 made it

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.419
 possible for

00:24:15.419 --> 00:24:16.419
 serving and

00:24:16.419 --> 00:24:17.720
 sacrificing and

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.619
 giving up and

00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:19.579
 missing out to be

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.579
 an opportunity to

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.659
 get more

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:23.319
 engagement and a

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:24.319
 fuller encounter

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.699
 and experience of

00:24:25.699 --> 00:24:26.299
 His incredible

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:27.220
 love for us in

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.559
 Jesus.

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:31.720
 isn't the

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.839
 gospel amazing

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:34.319
 that God can

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:34.899
 take something

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:36.579
 that seems bad

00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:37.439
 by definition,

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.919
 that seems like

00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:39.819
 you lose by

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.319
 definition,

00:24:40.419 --> 00:24:40.839
 you have to

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.819
 give up and

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.559
 make it a win,

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.339
 make it an

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:45.119
 opportunity to

00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:46.139
 encounter Him

00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:47.220
 more fully.

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:49.139
 Full gospel

00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:49.619
 joy,

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.599
 full Jesus

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:52.099
 joy is not

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:53.480
 found in just

00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:54.359
 being a recipient

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:55.059
 from God,

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:57.319
 but in when

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:58.079
 what you have

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.799
 received,

00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:00.619
 enables you to

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:01.519
 serve others on

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.399
 Jesus' behalf,

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.539
 when you get to

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.539
 be the conduit

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.399
 for other people

00:25:05.399 --> 00:25:06.319
 to experience

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:07.199
 God's unconditional

00:25:07.199 --> 00:25:07.740
 love,

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:08.980
 when you get to

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.759
 be the connection

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.339
 point, the

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.939
 instrument,

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:15.220
 there can be

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.199
 joy in

00:25:16.199 --> 00:25:17.019
 self-denying

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.699
 sacrificial

00:25:17.699 --> 00:25:18.379
 service,

00:25:18.939 --> 00:25:21.379
 because ultimately

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:22.679
 it's just a

00:25:22.679 --> 00:25:24.059
 full expression of

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.960
 the gospel joy

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.960
 that you received

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:27.480
 when you placed

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.139
 your trust in

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.580
 Jesus,

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:31.280
 when you heard

00:25:31.280 --> 00:25:31.880
 that He loved

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:33.120
 you, even

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:33.440
 though you

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:33.980
 didn't deserve

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.340
 it.

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:38.340
 If serving

00:25:38.340 --> 00:25:39.460
 joyfully is a

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:42.320
 struggle for

00:25:42.320 --> 00:25:43.020
 you personally,

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:47.060
 could it be

00:25:47.060 --> 00:25:48.680
 that you see

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.500
 serving as a

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:51.160
 task that has

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:51.820
 nothing to do

00:25:51.820 --> 00:25:52.380
 with the gospel?

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:55.840
 could it be that

00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:56.780
 you've separated

00:25:56.780 --> 00:25:57.580
 out, Jesus

00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:58.860
 loves me and

00:25:58.860 --> 00:25:59.320
 I need to

00:25:59.320 --> 00:25:59.700
 serve?

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:01.960
 And so

00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:03.640
 you've separated

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.480
 the source of

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.140
 joy from the

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.780
 task that He's

00:26:05.780 --> 00:26:06.500
 put in front of

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.220
 you and of

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.800
 course it's going

00:26:07.800 --> 00:26:08.240
 to be hard

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.640
 work.

00:26:10.300 --> 00:26:10.940
 You've kind of

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.680
 cut yourself off

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.180
 from the good

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.600
 bit and you're

00:26:12.600 --> 00:26:13.140
 just holding on

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.760
 to the giving

00:26:13.760 --> 00:26:14.200
 up and

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:15.200
 sacrificing bit.

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.620
 For service

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.780
 and sacrifice

00:26:17.780 --> 00:26:18.640
 to be joyful,

00:26:18.780 --> 00:26:19.440
 it's got to be

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:21.400
 connected to the

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:22.100
 way that God

00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:22.799
 has loved you

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.440
 and served you

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:23.940
 in Jesus.

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.799
 It's got to be

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.740
 the result of

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.580
 what God has

00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:28.220
 done for you.

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.880
 It's got to be

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:30.440
 the result of

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:31.039
 the sacrifice

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.880
 and service

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.720
 that God has

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.480
 given you.

00:26:37.080 --> 00:26:37.900
 Christian joy

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.900
 is always

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:40.380
 Jesus' joy.

00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:42.120
 I said it

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.640
 before, I can't

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:43.140
 remember if I

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.600
 said it in the

00:26:43.600 --> 00:26:43.980
 morning, but

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.519
 week one I

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.259
 said this series

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.680
 could have been

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.340
 called Jesus

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:47.000
 for Everyone

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:48.299
 because Jesus

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.039
 is the source

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.460
 of joy.

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:50.920
 Each week

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.319
 Paul is

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:52.440
 unpacking ways

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:52.960
 that Jesus

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.619
 has chosen

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.619
 to give us

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.339
 access to

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:56.079
 more of him

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.700
 in the

00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.480
 Christian life

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.119
 and here

00:26:58.119 --> 00:27:01.039
 he is calling

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.720
 you to serve

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.200
 others

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:06.079
 and at the

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.779
 same time

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:08.039
 calling you

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:09.720
 to know him

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.539
 better as you

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:10.960
 do it.

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.059
 Calling you to

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.819
 know his love

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.779
 more fully as

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.379
 you do it.

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.799
 Service is an

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.680
 opportunity for

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.500
 joy when in it

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.240
 you grab hold

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:19.000
 of the opportunity

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:20.319
 to engage the

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:20.920
 Christ who

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.380
 loved and

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:21.980
 served you.

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.480
 Serving and

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.620
 sacrificing is

00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:28.259
 an opportunity

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 for joy when

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 it is done in

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 the strength

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 and love that

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 has come to

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.880
 you first

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.279
 through the

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.599
 cross.

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 This isn't

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:39.079
 about making

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.839
 bad things

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.160
 good.

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 This is about

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.859
 encountering the

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.700
 greatest thing

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 where he has

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.420
 chosen to

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:47.220
 reveal himself

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.580
 in serving

00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:49.340
 just like he

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:49.539
 did.

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.480
 Let's pray

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.900
 that God

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.440
 might shift

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 our hearts

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.299
 and our

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.819
 eyes to

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.400
 see him

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.140
 and to

00:27:59.140 --> 00:27:59.840
 chase him

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 and to

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.759
 pursue him

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 and to

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.640
 find him

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.860
 in serving

00:28:02.860 --> 00:28:03.200
 as he

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.660
 demands.

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:08.759
 Father God

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.080
 I want to

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:09.580
 ask that

00:28:09.580 --> 00:28:09.860
 you would

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.140
 give us

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:10.680
 eyes to

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.300
 recognize

00:28:11.300 --> 00:28:13.440
 what it

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:15.440
 means to

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:16.060
 follow you

00:28:16.060 --> 00:28:16.779
 what it

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.300
 means to

00:28:17.300 --> 00:28:18.019
 embrace all

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.460
 of the good

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:18.900
 gifts that

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.140
 you have

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.600
 placed in

00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:20.060
 our lives

00:28:20.060 --> 00:28:20.519
 including

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.840
 the

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.380
 opportunities

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:22.200
 to serve

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 including

00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:23.360
 the

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:23.820
 opportunities

00:28:23.820 --> 00:28:24.340
 to go

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 without

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.460
 to sacrifice

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.060
 to miss

00:28:26.060 --> 00:28:26.540
 out so

00:28:26.540 --> 00:28:26.960
 that others

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:27.340
 might be

00:28:27.340 --> 00:28:27.840
 blessed and

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.279
 loved in

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.700
 the ways

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.040
 that we

00:28:29.040 --> 00:28:29.500
 have been.

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:32.000
 God I

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.220
 want to

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.579
 thank you

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.140
 for including

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.539
 us in

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:33.839
 what you're

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.319
 doing not

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.759
 because you

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.299
 need us

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.700
 but for

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.279
 our sake

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:38.240
 help us

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.799
 to recognize

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.240
 that the

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.839
 agenda is

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.380
 always that

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:40.740
 we might

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.140
 know you

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.460
 better

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.839
 that we

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.460
 might taste

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.420
 more of

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:45.480
 your goodness

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:45.900
 that we

00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:46.220
 might be

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.799
 more fully

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.740
 satisfied in

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.299
 you as we

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:49.119
 understand what

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:50.480
 it is to

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.480
 love unconditionally

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:53.779
 what it is to

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.819
 serve and to

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:56.000
 sacrifice confident

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.599
 that we still

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.359
 have all we

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:58.059
 need in you

00:28:58.059 --> 00:29:01.480
 God please

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.279
 fill us with

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:03.079
 your love and

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.859
 grace in such

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:04.460
 a way that it

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.399
 just flows out

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:07.220
 of us that

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.819
 our service

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.220
 might be

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:08.940
 wholehearted

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.940
 humble

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:11.359
 sacrificial and

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:14.899
 joyful and

00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:15.440
 we pray it in

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.059
 Jesus name

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:17.539
 Amen