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 Father, your word calls us to be very countercultural.

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 And Father, we confess before you that we breathe in the air of our culture

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 and we're formed by our culture.

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 And it makes us hard to understand your word sometimes.

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 And it makes us, Father, not even want to understand your word

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 or to give advice which goes against what you've said.

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 And so, Father, we confess that before you.

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 We ask that you would bring your word home to us in a powerful way,

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 that you would bring Jesus home to us in a powerful way,

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 that you would make us disciples, Father, of Jesus,

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 who are gripped by the gospel and who are learning to live for your glory

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 and the furtherance of your kingdom.

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 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So just a bit of a warning. I'll talk about this more in a second.

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 I'm going to take a very big risk in the service today,

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 so hopefully you'll all like me by the end.

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 But I'm going to take a big risk.

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 But before we do that, if you could put up the scripture text for today.

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 Let's just read this and then we'll say something.

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 If you could all read this text with me, that would be great.

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 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.

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 In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make straight your paths.

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 I gave my life to Christ and became a Christian when I was in grade 12.

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 And just after I gave my life to Christ, I met an older man and he gave me a little book.

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 And in the book, it was sort of like first steps in following Jesus.

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 And some of those first steps were that I was encouraged or basically told or admonished to memorize.

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 I think it was 10 different scripture passages.

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 I have to confess I cannot remember what most of those 10 scripture passages were.

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 But I actually do remember three of them.

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 And I can't quite always.

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 I sort of when I say them, I get them a bit mixed up.

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 But I remember three of them.

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 One of them, in fact, would sort of almost, if I was to have a life verse, some Christians talk about having life verses.

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 And if I was to have a life verse, it would be this.

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 It was the very first passage of scripture I ever memorized.

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 Because I took the older man's advice.

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 I did try to memorize some of these Bible passages.

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 And one of them was this one.

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 Romans 12, 2.

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 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind.

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 That by testing, you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

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 And I memorized that text.

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 I come to it many times.

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 And in many ways, I definitely don't live that verse perfectly.

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 But if there was to be a verse that was the theme of my life, it would be that one.

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 All because this older guy told me that I should try to memorize the Bible.

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 Another text, which I do remember, was part of, I think, that was 10 different texts.

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 It's actually the scripture text we're going to look at next week at the end of our sermon series on looking at different verses that we could memorize.

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 It's 1 Corinthians 10, 13.

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 Many of you have probably memorized this text as well.

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 And it goes like this.

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 Oops.

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 It would be helpful if I had the right page.

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 There we go.

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 It goes like this.

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 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to human beings.

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 God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability.

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 But with the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape that you may be able to endure it.

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 And I've memorized that text.

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 I say it.

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 I get it all messed up.

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 But I'm old, so I've read this text and sort of memorized it in the King James Version, the Revised Standard Version, the NIV, the NASB, and the ESV.

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 So I often get texts all messed up when I try to say them off by heart.

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 And the third verse, which has been really, really, really, really important and precious to me, is this verse up here.

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 Proverbs 3, 5, and 6.

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 In fact, I really have only one goal for this sermon.

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 And so if you sort of catch this goal right now, and then you all fall asleep because I put you to sleep, I've at least accomplished what my hope is.

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 And my hope is that this verse will become precious to you.

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 That trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding and all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your path straight.

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 That that will be a verse of scripture that you'll want to memorize, that you'll want to pray, that you'll want to live.

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 And that's my whole hope of this sermon, is that you'll recognize how important and precious this verse is.

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 Now, there's a big, big, big, big problem with this verse, which I'm going to try to bring out a little bit.

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 Because, you see, the problem is when we all Christians get together, it's all simple to say, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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 That sounds good.

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 But then we go out.

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 And this verse is profoundly countercultural.

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 It's deeply, deeply, deeply countercultural.

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 For old Christians like me, I've been a Christian a long time now.

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 Grade 12 was a very, very long time ago for me.

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 And so for old Christians like me, it's comforting to read this and to pray it and to think about it and to try to live it.

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 And I really do try to live it.

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 I often fail, but I really do try to live it.

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 And often when I'm getting messed up, it's as if the Holy Spirit says, George, you've got to get back to that verse.

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 You've got to read that verse.

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 You've got to pray that verse.

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 But it's deeply, deeply countercultural.

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 Just this week, I was in a conversation in a coffee shop.

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 Somebody just suggested to me that to make it sound more holy, it should be called St. Arbuck's rather than Starbucks.

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 But I was in a coffee shop and a fellow was talking about this.

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 You've probably seen it in the news, this huge new sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania.

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 Absolutely shocking, the decades-long systematic abuse of mainly young boys and young men.

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 Just mind-bogglingly evil.

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 And so one of the guys that I have regular conversations with in this particular coffee shop, he was talking about it.

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 And this fellow, he's an immigrant to this country.

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 He's an immigrant from a Muslim-majority country, although he himself is not a Muslim and he himself would now say that he's an atheist.

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 And he was talking about this.

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 He asked me what I thought about it.

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 And he said, listen, this is the problem of religion.

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 This is the problem of religion wedded to powerful institutions.

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 People kiss their brains goodbye.

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 They kiss their consciences goodbye.

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 And he said, listen, I'm not dumping on the Roman Catholic Church here.

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 I said, the problem is in Orthodox Jewish circles.

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 The problem is in Islam.

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 The problem is wherever you have religion and you have institutions and people just kiss their brains goodbye.

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 They harden their hearts.

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 They submit to all of these things.

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 And people need to think for themselves.

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 People need to strengthen their own consciences in the face of institutions like that.

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 And that's what they need to do.

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 And you know what he said?

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 That's so common in our world, isn't it?

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 Nobody can make you happy but yourself.

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 Don't trust in other people to make you happy.

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 Don't let other people's version of happiness tell you what should be happy.

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 You need to discover happiness for yourself.

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 You need to discover what's true for yourself.

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 You need to be true to yourself.

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 You need to be the captain of your own ship.

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 You need to chart your own path.

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 You need to be unique.

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 Nobody can set any terms for you.

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 You need to think for yourself and be who you are meant to be and struggle with it.

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 And that's the message of the world.

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 Isn't it?

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 In fact, you know, if you think about it, we still have this text up here.

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 It's very, very interesting.

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 Let's just all say this text together.

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 And then just think about this text.

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 Here, I better get it in the scripture so I can read along with you.

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 Say it with me.

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 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.

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 In all your ways, acknowledge him and he will make straight your paths.

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 Imagine if I was to say to my friend, that's how I live my life after he's complained to me about this.

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 Give me that little rant.

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 Like that would fly like a lead balloon.

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 In fact, you know, if you think about it, here's what's happened in the world.

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 You know, we know that God doesn't make straight your paths.

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 So why don't we get rid of that?

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 Can you get rid of that, Andrew?

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 There you go.

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 And you know, the fact of the matter is, is that we know that what you should do.

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 I mean, look at the sex abuse scandal.

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 We shouldn't be trusting the Lord with all our heart.

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 Get rid of that.

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 And you know what?

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 Why on earth should we acknowledge him in all our ways?

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 Isn't that just part of the problem?

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 Could you get rid of that too?

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 And now that you got rid of all of it, could you get rid of that first three words?

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 That's the motto of the world, isn't it?

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 Lean on your own understanding.

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 That tattoo will fly.

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 Nobody will think it's odd.

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 That tattoo will fly.

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 Lean on your own understanding.

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 Don't trust authority.

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 Don't trust religion.

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 Don't trust the Lord.

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 Your own.

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 Your own heart.

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 The captain of your own soul.

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 Lean on your own understanding.

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 It's the motto of the world.

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 And it's very, very, very, very, very powerful.

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 Here's where I'm going to take a big risk.

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 If you could start to cue it up, we're going to listen to the theme song from Frozen.

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 And we're going to watch the video in the sing-along version.

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 I don't want you to sing along.

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 Some of you, it might be hard not to want to sing along.

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 I'm taking a risk with this.

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 You have to give me a bit of mercy.

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 But remember, what is the motto of the world?

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 Lean on your own understanding.

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 This UK version has 1.6 billion views.

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 The US version has something similar.

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 That doesn't count just watching the video.

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 That doesn't count buying the downloads.

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 That doesn't count Spotify.

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 That doesn't count owning the album or having the song.

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 This is billions and billions of views.

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 So let's listen to it.

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 Those who are going to be listening to this online, if you go and Google Frozen, the sing-along version,

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 you can watch that because we can't put it on the tape of the sermon for audio for copyright reasons.

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 Now listen, that's billions and billions of views.

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 If you're a guest here, Christians see that the Bible is divided into two parts.

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 There's the part of the Bible that was written before Jesus came that talks about, sort of sets the stage for Jesus coming.

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 And then there's the part that tells about Jesus coming and explaining what it means.

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 The part before Jesus is called the Old Testament.

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 And the part with Jesus and after is called the New Testament.

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 And in the Old Testament, there's a very, very wonderful story about the prophet who has to go and meet with God.

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 And so he goes to meet with God.

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 And in the story, there's this unbelievably powerful wind that actually can move the rocks around and break things.

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 But God is not in the wind.

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 And then the next thing is there's this earthquake that goes all around and things crumble and God is not in the earthquake.

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 And then there's this spectacular display of fire.

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 But God is not in the fire.

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 And then there's a still, small voice like a whisper.

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 And it's God speaking in the still, small voice like a whisper.

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 And in a world where Disney, with its genius and its creativity and its song,

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 How on earth, here, friends, is the great dilemma for us as Christians.

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 In a world where we have billions of views of frozen,

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 how on earth can we ever both live and even share?

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 Trust in the Lord with all your heart.

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 And lean not on your own understanding.

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 In all your ways, acknowledge him.

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 And he will make your paths straight.

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 That is a still, small whisper.

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 In a world of loud, rushing wind and earthquakes and fire.

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 That is the discipleship and evangelism challenge right there.

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 In a very, very powerful way.

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 Now, you know, here's the thing.

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 I began by saying that the motto of the world, which is lean on your own understanding.

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 Lean on your own understanding.

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 Nobody else's.

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 It's a very, very powerful thing in the face of so much abuse that's gone on

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 and so much breakdown that's gone on.

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 And if you think about it, can't you just see, especially a song like that, you know,

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 if you're a woman and your husband's just been really, really, really abusive to you,

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 if you've had to deal with just terrible bosses,

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 if you're a teenager and you're just in a really unbelievably dysfunctional family,

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 and maybe it's a very, very religious family, a homeschooling family,

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 maybe it's a family where you've had three dads over the last few years

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 because your mom's divorced and has many boyfriends,

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 but just whatever it is, the family's really, really broken up

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 and you can see the power that this lean on your own understanding.

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 Let it go.

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 No rules.

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 Be yourself.

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 Be the self that you were meant to be.

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 Just embrace the cold.

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 It didn't bother you anyway.

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 Just embrace it.

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 You can see how that's so powerful.

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 You can see how in some ways, in some contexts, there's some real wisdom in it.

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 And you can see how it's so powerfully portrayed in our culture.

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 But here's the problem with lean on your own understanding.

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 Here's the problem with that.

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 Is that it doesn't work and it doesn't deliver what it promises.

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 And that's a really hard thing to say.

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 And it's something that I could say and most people don't believe me.

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 But just think for a second of this.

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 Give you a thought experiment.

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 Imagine I have a couple and they're in great marital trouble

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 and they're thinking of separating and getting divorced.

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 And so they ask me to come and help them and give them some counsel.

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 And imagine I say to myself,

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 well, I know exactly the type of counsel I'm going to give,

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 but I'm going to need my wife to help me.

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 And I say to this, I'm going to need my wife to help me.

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 And so basically we come in the house and in one part of the house,

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 I play the video of Let It Go over and over and over with the guy

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 and say what you need to do is you need to take this to heart.

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 You need to take the lyrics of this.

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 I know it's Ilsa.

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 I know it's a woman.

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 But you need to take it to heart.

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 You need to let it go.

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 And we spend an hour with him singing along with it.

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 So he's memorized the words.

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 He's got the full feeling of it.

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 And meanwhile, his wife downstairs is with my wife doing the exact same thing.

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 How do you think their marriage is going to work

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 after two of them have taken that song in so perfectly?

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 Do you think it'll fix their marriage?

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 They'll be divorced within a month.

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 I mean, unless in an odd way they discover that they both like the song

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 or something like that.

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 The lyrics suck, but I like watching the movie.

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 I don't know.

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 I mean, in an odd way maybe that will work.

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 But can't you just see that if you take that advice

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 and you think about it how so much trouble in our world

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 is precisely because of the motto, lean on your own understanding.

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 You see, on one hand, what do we want in the world?

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 We want to lean on our own understanding.

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 But at the same time, what do we want?

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 We want relationship.

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 We want, you know, I've talked to so many young secular people in coffee shops.

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 And when you get talking and you get maybe past some of the cynicism

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 and the despair that some of them might have,

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 deep down so many of them say, someday I would like to marry.

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 And when I marry, I'm hoping that it will be for life.

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 And we want relationship.

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 We want friends.

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 We want to belong.

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 Yet, how on earth is it going to work

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 if everybody in the marriage is singing, let it go?

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 How is it going to work if you come in and your boss, that's their motto.

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 She completely and utterly believes it.

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 You see, the problem with this is that this song,

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 and lean on your own understanding it,

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 the problem is as that becomes deeper and deeper into our consciousness,

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 what happens, and we see it in our culture right now,

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 isn't one of the problems in our culture

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 is that people fracture themselves into little echo chambers.

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 And it's because for this week, this minute, this month,

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 this echo chamber is exactly in tune with my understanding,

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 but then it starts to change,

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 and then we have to go to another one,

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 and we send angry tweets and get on social media,

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 and you can't lean on your own understanding.

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 You can't have let it go as your anthem

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 and have a good relationship with your teenagers

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 or with your husband or your wife

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 or with your employees or your bowling club,

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 because that only works if there's only one person in the room

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 who's like that and everybody else has to put up with it,

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 but we're all singing it.

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 And so there's endless conflict and the breaking down of community.

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 So I just want to suggest to you that it might be,

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 if you could put up the scripture text again,

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 could you say this with me?

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 It's a still small voice, but if you could say it with me.

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 Trust in the Lord with all your heart

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 and do not lean on your own understanding.

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 In all your ways, acknowledge him,

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 and he will make straight your paths.

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 Now, some of you say, well, what's up, George?

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 This doesn't work.

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 Okay, so you showed some problems

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 with lean on your own understanding.

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 I can sort of get that.

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 You showed some problems with it,

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 but come on, George.

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 Look at the room here.

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 I'm going to put you all down.

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 Do you think this room of Christians

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 are living this text?

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 They don't look that successful to me.

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 They don't look like they're always straight up

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 about what God's will is for their lives.

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 Like, what's going on with this text?

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 Like, how on earth can you,

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 I possibly believe that this is something

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 that I could live that points me in a different way?

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 Like, George, what's up with that?

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 Well, here, if you could put up the first point, Andrew.

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 Here's the first thing for us to understand

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 about this text.

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 This proverb is not a recipe.

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 It's not a rule.

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 It's not a law.

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 It's not a technique.

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 It is the Lord's call to embark on a quest.

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 This proverb, and by the way,

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 this is what basically all proverbs are.

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 That's what the literary form is.

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 They're not recipes.

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 They're not rules.

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 They're not laws.

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 They're not techniques.

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 Like, what a technique is,

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 is like if you go to a bank machine,

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 it's a perfect example.

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 You know that there's a series of steps

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 that you follow,

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 and by the end of the step,

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 you've got your cash balance

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 or you've got your money

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 or you've moved your money around.

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 It's going to a computer programmer

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 who gives you all of the different steps

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 so that the app will work

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 or the function will work.

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 And it's not a rule.

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 It's not a law.

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 It's something different.

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 And it's something different

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 because God wants to do something

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 with human beings.

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 He wants to make us more human.

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 And to be human,

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 in terms of what God's intention is,

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 it's going to have to be something more

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 than just following rules

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 or just learning techniques

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 or learning recipes.

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 In fact, if you think about it for a second,

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 if you look at this text,

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 if you could go back up to the text,

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 Andrew, that would be wonderful.

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 Trust in the Lord with all your heart

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 and lean not on your own understanding

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 and all your ways acknowledge him

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 and he will make straight your paths.

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 This text, which was written before Jesus comes,

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 it actually launches things,

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 if you think about it.

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 It doesn't say trust in the patriarchy.

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 It doesn't say trust the tribe.

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 It doesn't say trust the institution.

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 It doesn't say trust the powerful people.

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 It doesn't say trust fate.

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 It doesn't say trust the cycle of life.

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 It doesn't say trust abstract moral rules.

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 It doesn't say trust the techniques.

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 It says trust in the Lord.

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 And trust is a personal word.

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 It's a relational word.

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 It says trust in the Lord.

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 Trust in a person.

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 Trust in the one who's created all things

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 and sustains all things

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 and will bring all things to their proper end.

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 And so it doesn't work.

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 There's a real promise in there

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 that the Lord will make your paths straight.

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 But it says something more

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 and it's a quest

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 because, you see,

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 here's what a quest is.

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 The best example from us moderns

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 or post-moderns about what a quest is

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 is if you read Lord of the Rings.

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 He's not on an adventure.

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 On an adventure,

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 you go through an adventure

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 and then at the end of things,

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 like basically,

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 you know,

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 maybe there's some justice or whatever,

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 some experiences,

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 but then life is sort of back to normal.

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 But in a quest,

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 not only does the person change,

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 but the world changes.

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 And that's what God calls us to.

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 It's a quest,

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 not an adventure,

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 not to be a tourist,

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 not to be a magician or a technician,

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 not to be a lawgiver or a rule giver,

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 but fundamentally,

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 he calls us to be on a quest.

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 And in a quest,

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 at the end of the quest,

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 the world will be changed

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 and you will be changed.

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 And so when God says,

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 because I believe the Bible is written by God,

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 ultimately,

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 trust in the Lord with all your heart,

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 lean not on your own understanding,

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 in all your ways acknowledge him

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 and he shall make your path straight.

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 What we're seeing here

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 is God admonishing us

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 and encouraging us

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 to go on a quest.

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 Now,

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 just as I,

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 remember,

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 I was sharing about the,

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 one of the things,

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 you know,

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 when my friend at the coffee shop,

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 he talked about this great crisis

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 in the,

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 another sexual abuse crisis

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 in the Roman Catholic Church

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 and

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 I actually said something to him.

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 Like,

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 I,

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 I said to him,

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 I said several things to him.

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 One of the things I said is,

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 you know,

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 the Bible is the great critiquer

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 of religion and institutions.

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 And I said,

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 the,

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 the wonderful thing about the Christian faith,

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 I said to him,

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 is that the,

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 the Christian faith doesn't call you

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 to put such

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 confidence in institutions.

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 That what the Bible does

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 is the Bible stands,

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 I said,

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 as an outside judgment

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 on human endeavor

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 and an outside source of wisdom

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 on human endeavor.

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 And that any person

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 who'd been involved in that,

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 if they merely read the Bible,

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 that you shall not,

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 I mean,

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 the Bible is very clear

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 that you're not supposed to have sex

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 with young boys.

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 It's a rule.

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 You just have to follow a rule.

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 You don't have to be wise.

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 You just have to follow the rule.

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 And so it's not that the Bible

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 doesn't have any rules,

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 but that the Bible calls us

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 to something more

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 than just following rules.

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 Just,

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 you know,

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 you don't have to say to this text,

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 if I'm thinking about robbing a bank

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 or beating somebody up

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 just because I feel like it,

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 I don't have to say,

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 oh Lord,

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 should I be beating this person up?

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 No,

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 there's rules about that.

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 You don't,

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 don't engage in an act of violence.

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 You don't cheat on your wife.

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 Like you don't steal.

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 You don't rob banks.

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 There's a few rules.

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 But life is far more than rules,

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 isn't it?

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 Life is far more than rules.

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 It's,

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 it's,

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 it requires wisdom

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 to figure out how to handle a boss

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 or how to deal with a fight

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 that's going on in the family

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 or how to deal with a fight

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 that's going on in an institution.

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 It's not that there's no black

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 and white in the world.

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 There is black and white in the world,

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 but there's also red

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 and green

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 and yellow

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 and orange

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 and purple

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 and blue

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 and chartreuse

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 and all these other colors.

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 And,

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 and the Bible's,

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 the Bible says

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 that God's going to launch us

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 on a quest of wisdom

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 to live in a world

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 of many colors

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 where there is black and white,

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 but of many colors.

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 And so that's the power

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 of this text.

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 And,

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 and the reason that we know

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 that it's a,

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 it's a,

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 and,

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 and,

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 and to try to fully understand

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 this quest,

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 we need to know something

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 about the whole flow

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 of the Bible.

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 You see,

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 the Bible is an overarching story

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 and it begins in a very,

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 very,

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 very powerful way.

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 It begins with God,

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 a personal God

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 who does exist,

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 who has a character

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 and a nature

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 and a,

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 and purpose

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 and who loves

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 and is creative

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 and he makes everything

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 that exists out of nothing.

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 And he makes this world,

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 this universe,

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 he makes it to be the home

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 for human beings.

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 And,

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 there's this very,

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 very powerful story

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 in the first couple

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 of chapters of the Bible

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 that describes

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 how God makes human beings,

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 he makes them to be

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 at home in this world,

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 he calls them to be

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 in a relationship

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 of,

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 of marriage

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 and just of,

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 of family

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 and all the other things

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 that flow from that.

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 He calls them to

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 tend the garden

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 and to,

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 in a sense,

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 to tend the earth,

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 to,

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 to be creative

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 and to tend the earth

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 and to develop things

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 in the earth

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 and,

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 in a sense,

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 to develop castles

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 and bridges

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 and,

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 and poetry

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 and music

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 and,

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 and song

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 and story

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 and,

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 and dance

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 and,

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 and business

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 and,

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 and he calls

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 on human beings

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 to,

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 to be creative

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 and to care

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 and tend for the entire world

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 and,

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 and his whole hope

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 is that every day

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 at the end of the day

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 in the cool of the day

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 that we human beings,

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 we were made to walk

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 in the cool of the day

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 with other people

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 and with God

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 naked and unashamed.

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 That's how God created

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 human beings to be,

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 to tend the earth,

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 to live well with each other,

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 to live naked

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 and unashamed

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 with God

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 and others

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 in his creation

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 and walk with him

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 in the end of the day.

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 And the Bible

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 has this overarching story

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 that brokenness

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 and evil

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 and sin

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 and shame

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 and rebellion

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 and abuse,

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 that was created

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 when human beings

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 wanted to become like God

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 and rejected

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 their creator.

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 We rejected our creator

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 and that is this

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 fundamental breaking

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 or bending

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 in what it means

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 to be human

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 that happened

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 way back

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 in the very, very start

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 of us human beings

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 actually being human beings.

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 And the Bible tells

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 this wonderful

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 overarching story

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 both of how we were created

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 and what God created us to be

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 of this tragic break

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 and even in that tragic break

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 God instantly shared

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 a severe mercy

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 how the day would come

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 when he would send

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 a deliverer

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 because we human beings

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 could not deliver ourselves.

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 And what we call

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 the Old Testament

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 from Genesis 4

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 right on to the end

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 of the Old Testament

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 is God promising

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 and God preparing

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 for the time

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 when he would send

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 the one

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 who would start

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 to put all things right.

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 And we Christians

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 believe that Jesus

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 is the answer of God.

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 He is God keeping

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 his promise

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 that God,

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 the Son of God

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 takes on human nature

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 and he lives the life

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 that we were not able

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 to live

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 and he pays the price

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 that we were not able

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 to pay

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 and that he is

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 God's provision

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 for human beings

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 to be made right

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 with him

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 and he does everything

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 that has to be done

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 for us to be made right

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 with him

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 because we were bent,

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 we were twisted,

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 we cannot do it ourselves

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 and we receive it

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 by trusting in him

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 and as an act of grace

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 and mercy

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 God who has done

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 all that has to be done

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 to make us right

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 with himself

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 through his Son,

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 he gives that to us

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 when we hold out our hands,

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 our arms in faith

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 saying simply,

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 you know,

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 nothing in my hands

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 I bring,

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 simply to you

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 I want to cling

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 and God reaches

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 across that infinite distance

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 between him

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.700
 and us

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 and actually makes us

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 right with him

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 and takes us

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 as his child

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 and begins to change us

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 and the rest

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:14.079
 of the New Testament

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 is the promise

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 that God

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 who begins

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.920
 this rescue operation

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 with his Son

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.500
 that the day will come

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.599
 when Jesus will return

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 a second time

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 and then all things

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 will be brought

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 to their proper end

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 and all will be judged

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 and there will be

00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:29.259
 the new heaven

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 and the new earth

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 it's also the beginning

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 but what's it going

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 to look like

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 when the new beginning

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 is there?

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 When the new beginning

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 that's there

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.439
 we will be human

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 and we will live

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 in a created order

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 that is our home

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 and we will care

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:44.259
 and tend for the garden

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 and we will make music

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.359
 and song

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:48.740
 and poetry

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:50.859
 and buildings

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:52.159
 and dance

00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:54.119
 and we will once again

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.619
 be naked

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 and unashamed

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:56.779
 with other human beings

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:58.420
 and walk with God

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:59.259
 in the cool of the day

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:01.539
 where he will put his hand

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.839
 on your shoulder

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 and mine

00:30:03.399 --> 00:30:04.720
 and say

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.759
 I am your God

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 you are my child

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:08.460
 it is so good

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.220
 to walk together

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:10.079
 in the cool of the day

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:12.879
 and so to make

00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:13.879
 the type of person

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:15.259
 that God is making us into

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.740
 it means that we need wisdom

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:19.359
 it means that we need

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.980
 to be launched

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.619
 on a quest

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.200
 where we learn

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:22.079
 to trust in the Lord

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:23.000
 with all our heart

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:24.440
 and lean not

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.539
 on our own understanding

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:26.500
 and all our ways

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.359
 acknowledge him

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:28.519
 and he will make

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.400
 your path straight

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:31.559
 see that's why

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.480
 it's not just a matter

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.539
 of keeping rules

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:36.140
 but some of you

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.519
 might say

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.140
 I have to sort of

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:38.119
 start wrapping this up

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.619
 okay George

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.220
 well okay

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:40.240
 look at that text

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.859
 you know

00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.759
 trust in the Lord

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.740
 with all your heart

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.359
 it's just talking

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:44.099
 about emotions

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:45.019
 and stuff like that

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:46.680
 just about spiritual stuff

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.000
 you know

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:48.480
 and I'm a guy

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.339
 I don't know

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:50.599
 like do I even have emotions

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:51.380
 my wife says

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:52.099
 I have emotions

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:52.759
 but I don't know

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.640
 if I have emotions

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.100
 you know

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.880
 maybe I have emotions

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:56.480
 when in my case

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.160
 I haven't had to show

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.680
 my emotions

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.360
 in a long time

00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:59.300
 because the Oakland Raiders

00:30:59.300 --> 00:31:00.880
 have been a lousy football team

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.640
 for a long time

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.900
 but I show my emotions

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.720
 when they win

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.300
 or something

00:31:04.300 --> 00:31:06.560
 but this is just about emotions

00:31:06.560 --> 00:31:07.740
 can you put up the next point

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.080
 Andrew

00:31:08.080 --> 00:31:11.180
 this quest will involve

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:12.340
 all of your life

00:31:12.340 --> 00:31:14.600
 all of what makes you you

00:31:14.600 --> 00:31:17.100
 and all of what you will become

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:20.339
 when we learn to pray

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.379
 and to think through

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:22.219
 trust in the Lord

00:31:22.219 --> 00:31:22.959
 with all your heart

00:31:22.959 --> 00:31:23.599
 and do not lean

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.559
 on your own understanding

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.379
 in all your ways

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:26.019
 acknowledge him

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:27.500
 and he will make straight your paths

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.799
 this is a call

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:30.000
 not just to your emotions

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:31.740
 not just to the spiritual part

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.419
 of who you are

00:31:32.419 --> 00:31:34.480
 it's your mind

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.579
 it's your creativity

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.919
 it's your affections

00:31:36.919 --> 00:31:38.299
 it's your will

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.219
 it's your family

00:31:39.219 --> 00:31:40.419
 it's your sexuality

00:31:40.419 --> 00:31:41.899
 it's your money

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:43.779
 it's your aging

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:45.299
 it's your memory

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:46.779
 it's your desires

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.740
 it's everything

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:49.119
 that's meant to be you

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:50.420
 this quest will involve

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:51.379
 all of your life

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:52.680
 all of what makes you you

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:54.019
 and all of what you'll become

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:56.180
 and it's in this powerful word heart

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:57.619
 you see

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:59.680
 in that part of the Bible

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.740
 that we now call

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.519
 the Old Testament

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.559
 before the coming of Jesus

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:04.399
 every time you see the word heart

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:06.639
 what the Bible understood

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:08.139
 what God teaches us

00:32:08.139 --> 00:32:09.399
 is that there's one sort of

00:32:09.399 --> 00:32:10.839
 central command center

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.700
 of who we are

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:13.980
 and out of that central command center

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.680
 of who we are

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:16.599
 that's where our mind emerges

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:19.019
 that's where our creativity emerges

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:21.099
 that's where our humor emerges

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:23.399
 that's where our desires emerge

00:32:23.399 --> 00:32:25.319
 that's where our will emerges

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:28.399
 that's where our ability to love emerges

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:32.259
 that's where our power to do things emerges

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.839
 that every single thing

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.899
 that makes you human

00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:36.539
 emerges out of your heart

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:38.439
 and so when the Bible says

00:32:38.439 --> 00:32:40.299
 trust in the Lord with all your heart

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:43.459
 trust him with your memory

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:44.299
 your sexuality

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.960
 your money

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.799
 your career

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.720
 your ambition

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:48.160
 your past

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:49.220
 your future

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:50.880
 your dance

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:52.860
 your singing

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:55.360
 your entrepreneurial ability

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:57.039
 your submission

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:58.039
 your initiative

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:59.400
 all of it emerges

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.100
 out of the heart

00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:01.559
 and it says

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.120
 trust in the Lord

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:03.100
 with all your heart

00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:04.740
 and lean not on your own understanding

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.920
 in all your ways

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.600
 acknowledge him

00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:07.740
 the ways of your mind

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:09.059
 the ways of your desires

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:10.539
 the ways of your creativity

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:12.200
 the ways that you tell joke

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:13.359
 in all your ways

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:14.319
 it's the Bible

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:15.799
 launches you

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.659
 and says

00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:17.720
 you are to learn

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:19.819
 how it means to trust me as Lord

00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:22.480
 in everything that makes you you

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:24.599
 and all that you will become

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:26.079
 that's the quest

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:29.279
 it's not just a simple rule

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:29.940
 or a recipe

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.799
 it's a quest

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:34.039
 to learn how to live that

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:36.559
 but some of you say

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.119
 I don't know George

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.919
 it still sounds

00:33:37.919 --> 00:33:39.319
 a little bit

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:39.859
 I know

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.979
 anti-intellectual

00:33:40.979 --> 00:33:41.319
 like

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:42.159
 it says

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:44.119
 do not lean on your own understanding

00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:44.519
 George

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.479
 doesn't that make it

00:33:45.479 --> 00:33:46.439
 sort of

00:33:46.439 --> 00:33:48.739
 anti-intellectual

00:33:48.739 --> 00:33:49.839
 if you could put up

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.699
 the next point Andrew

00:33:50.699 --> 00:33:51.659
 that would be wonderful

00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:54.279
 actually

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:54.619
 sorry

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.339
 I'm not quite ready

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:55.779
 for the next

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.859
 well you can leave it up there anyway

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.079
 but

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:59.359
 I had something else

00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:00.139
 I had to say first

00:34:00.139 --> 00:34:00.879
 you know

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.279
 it's

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:02.659
 actually

00:34:02.659 --> 00:34:03.379
 take that

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:04.959
 go back to the scripture text

00:34:04.959 --> 00:34:05.899
 sorry Andrew

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:08.519
 this is why you have to always be nice to the sound guy

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.820
 at the beginning of the service

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.680
 and all the way through

00:34:10.680 --> 00:34:12.519
 look at the text again

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.280
 actually

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:14.260
 could you say it with me

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:15.960
 trust in the Lord

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:17.240
 with all your heart

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:18.780
 and do not lean

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:20.460
 on your own understanding

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:22.300
 in all your ways

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:23.340
 acknowledge him

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:25.820
 and he will make straight your paths

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.840
 now

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:29.139
 if all the Bible said

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:30.079
 was lean

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:31.240
 do not lean

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:32.280
 on your own understanding

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:33.900
 it would be very anti-intellectual

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:35.880
 in fact

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:37.200
 large parts

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:38.539
 of eastern thought

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.280
 is

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.880
 do not lean

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.960
 on your own understanding

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:43.639
 Christopher Hitchens

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.460
 in the 80s

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.400
 was doing documentaries

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:46.000
 on different

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:47.680
 eastern gurus

00:34:47.680 --> 00:34:48.360
 that were coming

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:48.860
 to the

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:50.780
 to the states

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.500
 to the west

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.119
 and one of the things

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.780
 that it was interesting

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.440
 that he reported

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:54.440
 that others didn't report

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:55.840
 is that when you were going

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:57.119
 to meet the Swami

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.740
 the guru

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:59.220
 there would be a sign

00:34:59.220 --> 00:34:59.780
 over the door

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:01.280
 he recounts one in particular

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:01.760
 and it says

00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:02.940
 leave your shoes

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:04.140
 and your mind

00:35:04.140 --> 00:35:05.120
 at the door

00:35:05.120 --> 00:35:07.320
 as you go in

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.920
 do not lean

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.920
 on your own understanding

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.840
 that's what they're saying

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.880
 but the Bible

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.920
 doesn't just say that

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:13.180
 it says

00:35:13.180 --> 00:35:14.080
 if you just lean

00:35:14.080 --> 00:35:15.300
 on your own understanding

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:16.400
 you're going to get in trouble

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:18.020
 and lean on

00:35:18.020 --> 00:35:19.200
 means to rely on

00:35:19.200 --> 00:35:19.980
 it's like what we do

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.640
 with a ladder

00:35:20.640 --> 00:35:23.880
 going up a ladder

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.640
 we're leaning

00:35:24.640 --> 00:35:25.800
 on our own understanding

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.500
 the Bible says

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:26.980
 the problem

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.980
 isn't just leaning

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:29.420
 isn't your understanding

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:30.040
 it's leaning

00:35:30.040 --> 00:35:31.340
 on your own understanding

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:33.460
 you need to trust

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:34.000
 in the Lord

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:35.220
 and acknowledge

00:35:35.220 --> 00:35:36.180
 means to know him

00:35:36.180 --> 00:35:37.680
 it is involved in mind

00:35:37.680 --> 00:35:38.480
 it involves listening

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.300
 to his word

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:40.539
 it involves

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:41.760
 looking at how

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.600
 he communicates

00:35:42.600 --> 00:35:43.220
 to the order

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:44.680
 and wonder of creation

00:35:44.680 --> 00:35:45.519
 it's a matter

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:46.800
 of using your mind

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.920
 and of thinking

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:49.140
 through what it means

00:35:49.140 --> 00:35:50.079
 that God exists

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.720
 and what it is

00:35:50.720 --> 00:35:51.180
 that he says

00:35:51.180 --> 00:35:51.740
 in his word

00:35:51.740 --> 00:35:52.680
 and how this applies

00:35:52.680 --> 00:35:53.559
 to this problem

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.860
 and this desire

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.680
 and this longing

00:35:55.680 --> 00:35:56.440
 and this yearning

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:57.280
 and this fear

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:59.940
 and this wound

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:01.400
 and this need

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:03.539
 and it's profoundly

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.360
 an invitation

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:06.000
 to use the mind

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:07.079
 that's why

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:08.079
 the heart

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:09.159
 refers to not only

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:10.300
 where other

00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:11.240
 like our emotions

00:36:11.240 --> 00:36:11.659
 come from

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:12.920
 but also our mind

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:14.880
 but some of you

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.200
 might say

00:36:15.200 --> 00:36:15.780
 well George

00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:16.860
 okay the problem is

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:18.079
 this whole straight

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.659
 thing

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:19.800
 I mean not just

00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:20.920
 I mean in a sexual

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:22.179
 sense about being straight

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:22.579
 I mean

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:23.860
 the fact of the matter

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.679
 is that Christians

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:26.159
 don't have successful

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:27.380
 and easy lives

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:29.360
 and we don't

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:29.980
 if you could put up

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:31.039
 the next point Andrew

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:32.619
 here's the thing

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:34.019
 on this quest

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:35.599
 the Lord does make

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.220
 the path

00:36:36.220 --> 00:36:37.340
 does not make

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:38.280
 the path easy

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:40.579
 he makes them straight

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:42.720
 the straight path

00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:44.019
 isn't the easy path

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:45.860
 if you could put up

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.880
 the next point Andrew

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:48.220
 on this quest

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:49.039
 the Lord will do

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:50.059
 more than guide

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:52.180
 he will make

00:36:52.180 --> 00:36:53.440
 the paths

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.440
 straight

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:56.559
 you see

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:58.820
 in the book

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.760
 of Proverbs

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:01.519
 and in the Old Testament

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.260
 and in the Bible

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:02.980
 the opposite

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:04.400
 of the straight path

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.619
 isn't the hard path

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:07.420
 it's the crooked path

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:09.679
 the opposite

00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:10.860
 of the straight path

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:12.619
 isn't the easy path

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.920
 but the path

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.780
 away from God

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:16.440
 the straight path

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:17.820
 is the path

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:19.200
 that involves

00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:20.400
 being in God's

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:21.039
 presence

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:22.420
 under his rule

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:26.139
 being in God's

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.680
 presence

00:37:26.680 --> 00:37:27.680
 under his rule

00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:28.940
 that's why this

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.639
 verse does not

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:30.480
 at all contradict

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.460
 when Jesus says

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:32.940
 take up your cross

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:34.280
 and follow me

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:40.180
 that we can understand

00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:40.659
 this verse

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.159
 in a far more

00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:42.019
 powerful way

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:44.200
 sometimes the straight

00:37:44.200 --> 00:37:44.960
 path will mean

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.659
 doing very

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.000
 very

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:46.380
 very

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:47.380
 very difficult

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:48.099
 and hard

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:48.659
 things

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:50.099
 and sometimes

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.920
 the straight path

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.380
 will mean

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:52.099
 doing things

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.500
 which are

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.239
 completely

00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:54.199
 nuts

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:58.059
 Hudson Taylor

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.380
 said

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.960
 God's work

00:37:58.960 --> 00:37:59.799
 done in God's way

00:37:59.799 --> 00:38:00.279
 will always

00:38:00.279 --> 00:38:01.039
 receive God's

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.339
 supply

00:38:01.339 --> 00:38:01.739
 and that's

00:38:01.739 --> 00:38:02.339
 a brilliant

00:38:02.339 --> 00:38:02.920
 summary

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.719
 of biblical

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:04.259
 teaching

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:07.480
 and

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:10.039
 you know

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:10.659
 some of you

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:10.980
 might know

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.400
 we're looking

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.900
 into whether

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.559
 God is calling

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.139
 us to start

00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:13.579
 two new

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:14.360
 congregations

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:14.819
 so you look

00:38:14.819 --> 00:38:15.420
 around the room

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:16.400
 that's the

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.239
 dumbest thing

00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:18.039
 to even consider

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.599
 in the world

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.839
 from an economic

00:38:19.839 --> 00:38:20.679
 and sociological

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:21.319
 point of view

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:23.039
 and Daniel

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.580
 was sharing

00:38:23.580 --> 00:38:23.940
 with me

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.480
 he was listening

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:25.200
 to a podcast

00:38:25.200 --> 00:38:25.860
 this week

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.340
 about what it

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:26.740
 was like

00:38:26.740 --> 00:38:27.440
 and it scared

00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:28.000
 him because

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:28.519
 it's so much

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:28.880
 work

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:30.440
 but

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:32.059
 you know

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.660
 if all we

00:38:32.660 --> 00:38:33.059
 were doing

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.480
 was being

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:33.960
 motivated

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.720
 purely by

00:38:34.720 --> 00:38:35.519
 economics

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:36.580
 and sociological

00:38:36.580 --> 00:38:37.140
 processes

00:38:37.140 --> 00:38:37.780
 you don't do

00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:38.340
 things like

00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:38.559
 that

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:38.880
 but the

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.220
 question

00:38:39.220 --> 00:38:39.680
 isn't

00:38:39.680 --> 00:38:40.700
 always

00:38:40.700 --> 00:38:41.320
 economics

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:42.180
 and sociological

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:42.780
 processes

00:38:42.780 --> 00:38:43.340
 is what's

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:43.640
 the Lord

00:38:43.640 --> 00:38:44.140
 calling us

00:38:44.140 --> 00:38:44.480
 to do

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:47.219
 and you

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:47.460
 see

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:47.940
 the thing

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.199
 about

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:48.659
 making

00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:49.179
 your path

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:49.559
 straight

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:49.960
 isn't

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.219
 just

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:50.460
 that

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:50.880
 God

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.880
 gives

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.500
 direction

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.500
 but he

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:54.079
 makes

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:55.039
 the path

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:56.000
 straight

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:58.659
 God's

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.139
 will done

00:38:59.139 --> 00:38:59.639
 in God's

00:38:59.639 --> 00:38:59.800
 way

00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:00.360
 will receive

00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:00.800
 God's

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:01.240
 supply

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:02.360
 every

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:02.980
 congregation

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.300
 every

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:03.699
 Christian

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:04.260
 is often

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.800
 being called

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:05.179
 to take

00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:05.539
 risks

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:06.000
 of stepping

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.340
 out in

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:06.719
 faith

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:07.940
 because

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.280
 God

00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:08.860
 is calling

00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.179
 them to

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:09.420
 do

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.800
 something

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.360
 that makes

00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:11.219
 no sense

00:39:11.219 --> 00:39:13.919
 now this

00:39:13.919 --> 00:39:14.779
 isn't an

00:39:14.779 --> 00:39:15.079
 invitation

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.539
 for you

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:16.000
 just to

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.219
 kiss

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:16.719
 your brains

00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:17.179
 goodbye

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:18.639
 you know

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.139
 trusting the

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.239
 Lord

00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:19.519
 with all

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:19.899
 your mind

00:39:19.899 --> 00:39:20.779
 will start

00:39:20.779 --> 00:39:21.019
 to mean

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.259
 that you

00:39:21.259 --> 00:39:21.719
 do put

00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:22.039
 sense

00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:22.359
 into it

00:39:22.359 --> 00:39:22.879
 but sometimes

00:39:22.879 --> 00:39:23.179
 you just

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.659
 gotta follow

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:24.179
 the Lord's

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.519
 leading

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:26.099
 you really

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:26.399
 do

00:39:26.399 --> 00:39:29.379
 and that's

00:39:29.379 --> 00:39:29.699
 what this

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:30.480
 text encourages

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:31.139
 us to do

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:32.619
 just want

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.519
 to wrap

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:33.879
 this up

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 because I'm

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.359
 up to

00:39:34.359 --> 00:39:35.219
 42 minutes

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:37.419
 some people

00:39:37.419 --> 00:39:37.699
 worry

00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:37.980
 I've just

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.379
 said that

00:39:38.379 --> 00:39:38.959
 this text

00:39:38.959 --> 00:39:39.179
 is gonna

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:39.559
 make us

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:39.879
 religious

00:39:39.879 --> 00:39:40.319
 and weird

00:39:40.319 --> 00:39:40.639
 it won't

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:40.980
 make us

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:41.279
 religious

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:41.739
 and weird

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:42.059
 but it

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:42.539
 will make

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:42.719
 us

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:43.039
 counter

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.559
 cultural

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:44.179
 if you

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:44.400
 could put

00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:44.619
 up the

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:45.119
 next point

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:45.480
 Andrew

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:46.500
 on this

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:46.839
 quest

00:39:46.839 --> 00:39:47.239
 the Lord

00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:47.679
 will make

00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:47.980
 you more

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.539
 human

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:49.839
 as you

00:39:49.839 --> 00:39:50.179
 become

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:50.440
 more

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:50.799
 humble

00:39:50.799 --> 00:39:51.379
 and wise

00:39:51.379 --> 00:39:52.879
 on this

00:39:52.879 --> 00:39:53.339
 quest

00:39:53.339 --> 00:39:54.480
 the Lord

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:54.920
 will make

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:55.299
 you more

00:39:55.299 --> 00:39:55.859
 human

00:39:55.859 --> 00:39:57.259
 as you

00:39:57.259 --> 00:39:57.559
 become

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:57.799
 more

00:39:57.799 --> 00:39:58.099
 humble

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:58.659
 and wise

00:39:58.659 --> 00:39:59.559
 and finally

00:39:59.559 --> 00:39:59.980
 the final

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:00.279
 point

00:40:00.279 --> 00:40:00.659
 Andrew

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:02.059
 the Lord

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:02.839
 is trustworthy

00:40:02.839 --> 00:40:04.219
 so this

00:40:04.219 --> 00:40:04.659
 quest

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:05.359
 will end

00:40:05.359 --> 00:40:06.239
 with you

00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:06.639
 being

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:07.500
 where you

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.279
 truly belong

00:40:08.279 --> 00:40:09.139
 see that's

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:09.599
 the wonderful

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:10.039
 thing that

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:10.619
 the gospel

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:10.940
 this

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.420
 when this

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:11.940
 text was

00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:12.219
 written

00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:12.859
 Jesus

00:40:12.859 --> 00:40:13.199
 still

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:13.539
 hadn't

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:13.900
 come

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.880
 but now

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.299
 when we

00:40:15.299 --> 00:40:15.819
 read this

00:40:15.819 --> 00:40:16.139
 text

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:16.440
 and we

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:16.779
 read it

00:40:16.779 --> 00:40:17.880
 through the lens

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.500
 of the gospel

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:19.099
 we have this

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:19.900
 powerful

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:21.119
 wonderful promise

00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:21.739
 we know

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:23.380
 that God so loved

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:23.880
 the world

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.500
 that he sent

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:25.059
 his one

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:25.659
 and only

00:40:25.659 --> 00:40:26.159
 son

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:27.239
 to the end

00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:27.719
 that all

00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:28.279
 that believe

00:40:28.279 --> 00:40:28.839
 in him

00:40:28.839 --> 00:40:29.799
 will not perish

00:40:29.799 --> 00:40:30.619
 but have eternal

00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:30.900
 life

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:31.859
 we know that

00:40:31.859 --> 00:40:32.259
 Jesus

00:40:32.259 --> 00:40:33.420
 is introduced

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:34.219
 as the Lamb

00:40:34.219 --> 00:40:34.599
 of God

00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:35.019
 who takes

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.539
 away the sin

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:35.980
 of the world

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.699
 but he also

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:38.339
 teaches John

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:39.160
 to teach us

00:40:39.160 --> 00:40:39.519
 to say

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:40.000
 in the beginning

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:40.740
 was the word

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:41.240
 and the word

00:40:41.240 --> 00:40:41.960
 was with God

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.380
 and the word

00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:43.039
 was God

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:43.900
 he was in the beginning

00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:44.460
 with God

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:45.480
 all things were made

00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:46.079
 through him

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:47.059
 and without him

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.880
 nothing was made

00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:48.539
 that was made

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:49.500
 that the same

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:50.600
 Lord who's created

00:40:50.600 --> 00:40:51.260
 all things

00:40:51.260 --> 00:40:51.940
 and is sovereign

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:52.940
 over all things

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:54.180
 the same Lord

00:40:54.180 --> 00:40:56.039
 saw who you were

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:57.920
 completely and perfectly

00:40:57.920 --> 00:41:00.180
 and still loved you

00:41:00.180 --> 00:41:00.900
 so much

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:02.260
 that he would send

00:41:02.260 --> 00:41:02.920
 the son

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:03.740
 and in the person

00:41:03.740 --> 00:41:04.280
 of the son

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:05.240
 both the father

00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:05.559
 the son

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:06.019
 and the holy spirit

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:07.139
 all of God

00:41:07.139 --> 00:41:07.659
 in a sense

00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:09.119
 takes into himself

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:10.059
 our rebellion

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.859
 that God

00:41:10.859 --> 00:41:11.679
 the son of God

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:13.000
 does what is needed

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:13.699
 to be done

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:14.879
 so that we can be

00:41:14.879 --> 00:41:15.779
 made right for God

00:41:15.779 --> 00:41:16.439
 and he does this

00:41:16.439 --> 00:41:17.479
 completely and utterly

00:41:17.479 --> 00:41:18.119
 out of love

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:19.099
 and he rises

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:19.799
 from the dead

00:41:19.799 --> 00:41:20.679
 after doing that

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:21.919
 and that can be known

00:41:21.919 --> 00:41:23.039
 and so we know

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:24.139
 that the Lord

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:25.199
 is deeply

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:26.659
 trustworthy

00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:31.699
 I think it's in Romans 8

00:41:31.699 --> 00:41:32.219
 that he says

00:41:32.219 --> 00:41:33.419
 if he who did not

00:41:33.419 --> 00:41:34.559
 spare his own son

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:37.400
 how will he not

00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:38.360
 give you all things

00:41:38.360 --> 00:41:42.340
 we can trust the Lord

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:43.799
 please stand

00:41:43.799 --> 00:41:51.679
 friends

00:41:51.679 --> 00:41:53.219
 the Lord calls us

00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:53.799
 to be deeply

00:41:53.799 --> 00:41:54.759
 countercultural

00:41:54.759 --> 00:41:58.739
 we breathe

00:41:58.739 --> 00:41:59.820
 the cultural air

00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:01.340
 of lean on

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:02.259
 your own understanding

00:42:02.259 --> 00:42:02.840
 we breathe

00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:03.940
 the cultural air

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:05.980
 of let it go

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:07.780
 and

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:09.280
 in the midst

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:09.900
 of such

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.559
 earthquake

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:12.860
 wind and fire

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:13.860
 the Lord speaks

00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:14.260
 to us

00:42:14.260 --> 00:42:14.740
 with such

00:42:14.740 --> 00:42:15.940
 apparent weakness

00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:18.260
 and quietness

00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:19.079
 through his word

00:42:19.079 --> 00:42:23.000
 and whispers

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.720
 to us

00:42:23.720 --> 00:42:25.139
 and says

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:26.679
 trust in the Lord

00:42:26.679 --> 00:42:27.700
 with all your heart

00:42:27.700 --> 00:42:29.000
 and lean not

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.440
 on your own

00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:30.119
 understanding

00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:31.859
 in all your ways

00:42:31.859 --> 00:42:32.679
 acknowledge him

00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:34.079
 he will make

00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:34.519
 your path

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:34.900
 straight

00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:36.759
 let's pray

00:42:36.759 --> 00:42:40.079
 father

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:41.099
 we can get

00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:42.000
 overawed

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:43.380
 by the thunder

00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:44.039
 of the world

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:45.579
 the crashing

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:46.420
 of the world

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:47.119
 the apparent

00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:48.380
 power of the world

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:48.920
 and father

00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:49.299
 it can

00:42:49.299 --> 00:42:49.920
 it can really

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:50.839
 be overwhelming

00:42:50.839 --> 00:42:51.599
 and sometimes

00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:52.339
 it can make us

00:42:52.339 --> 00:42:52.759
 afraid

00:42:52.759 --> 00:42:53.779
 and just want

00:42:53.779 --> 00:42:54.239
 to hide

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:55.420
 and and sometimes

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:56.199
 we just feel like

00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:57.000
 we should surrender

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.679
 to the world

00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:58.199
 because we don't

00:42:58.199 --> 00:42:58.539
 want to be

00:42:58.539 --> 00:42:59.500
 counter-cultural

00:42:59.500 --> 00:43:01.119
 but father

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:02.339
 we we thank you

00:43:02.339 --> 00:43:02.980
 for your word

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.679
 we thank you

00:43:03.679 --> 00:43:04.259
 for Jesus

00:43:04.259 --> 00:43:05.259
 we ask father

00:43:05.259 --> 00:43:05.879
 that you would

00:43:05.879 --> 00:43:07.119
 help us to

00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:08.279
 to lit

00:43:08.279 --> 00:43:09.239
 and to learn

00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:09.980
 this passage

00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:10.519
 of scripture

00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:11.059
 that you would

00:43:11.059 --> 00:43:11.799
 help us to pray

00:43:11.799 --> 00:43:12.639
 this passage

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:13.239
 of scripture

00:43:13.239 --> 00:43:13.980
 that you help us

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:15.019
 to live this

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.980
 passage of scripture

00:43:15.980 --> 00:43:17.099
 we thank you father

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:17.879
 that you are so

00:43:17.879 --> 00:43:18.460
 trustworthy

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:19.839
 that you are still

00:43:19.839 --> 00:43:20.460
 sovereign

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:21.619
 that you are still

00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:22.219
 present

00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:23.319
 that you are still

00:43:23.319 --> 00:43:24.440
 active and powerful

00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:25.019
 in the world

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:25.980
 that you are still

00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:26.779
 the God

00:43:26.780 --> 00:43:27.820
 who so loved

00:43:27.820 --> 00:43:28.620
 human beings

00:43:28.620 --> 00:43:29.220
 that you sent

00:43:29.220 --> 00:43:30.080
 your son to die

00:43:30.080 --> 00:43:31.300
 and that the gospel

00:43:31.300 --> 00:43:32.060
 still works

00:43:32.060 --> 00:43:32.840
 and it still has

00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:33.280
 power

00:43:33.280 --> 00:43:34.440
 and so father

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:35.220
 we ask that your

00:43:35.220 --> 00:43:35.980
 holy spirit

00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:36.800
 would draw us

00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:37.400
 to your word

00:43:37.400 --> 00:43:38.420
 and help us

00:43:38.420 --> 00:43:39.000
 to live

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:39.640
 and to pray

00:43:39.640 --> 00:43:40.380
 and to walk

00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:41.180
 in this wonderful

00:43:41.180 --> 00:43:42.000
 quest that we do

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:42.720
 not do alone

00:43:42.720 --> 00:43:43.860
 but do with you

00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:44.680
 who makes our

00:43:44.680 --> 00:43:45.540
 path straight

00:43:45.540 --> 00:43:46.840
 that we would

00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:47.720
 grow in trusting

00:43:47.720 --> 00:43:48.019
 you

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:49.560
 with everything

00:43:49.560 --> 00:43:50.240
 that we are

00:43:50.240 --> 00:43:51.760
 that we would

00:43:51.760 --> 00:43:52.500
 not just lean

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:53.180
 on our own

00:43:53.180 --> 00:43:53.940
 unaided

00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:55.280
 understanding

00:43:55.280 --> 00:43:55.880
 but that we

00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:56.560
 would acknowledge

00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:57.460
 you in every

00:43:57.460 --> 00:43:58.380
 aspect of who

00:43:58.380 --> 00:43:58.779
 we are

00:43:58.779 --> 00:44:00.119
 and we thank

00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:00.699
 you father

00:44:00.699 --> 00:44:02.059
 that you will

00:44:02.059 --> 00:44:02.980
 walk with us

00:44:02.980 --> 00:44:04.059
 and never

00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:04.960
 abandon us

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:06.179
 and that you

00:44:06.179 --> 00:44:06.699
 will always

00:44:06.699 --> 00:44:07.539
 care for us

00:44:07.539 --> 00:44:08.239
 and love us

00:44:08.239 --> 00:44:09.139
 and you will

00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:09.460
 make our

00:44:09.460 --> 00:44:10.199
 paths straight

00:44:10.199 --> 00:44:11.639
 all these things

00:44:11.639 --> 00:44:12.340
 we ask in the

00:44:12.340 --> 00:44:12.960
 name of Jesus

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:13.500
 your son

00:44:13.500 --> 00:44:14.079
 and our savior

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:14.579
 amen