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 I don't want to let you off easy.

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 I want to begin this year with a challenge.

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 Honestly, the very passage that I speak from today is a challenge in itself.

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 It's one that many have had a hard time understanding,

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 but it also is one that throws the challenge out to us.

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 It's found in the book of Ecclesiastes, a challenge in itself.

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 Ecclesiastes is an autographical book of advice from a man who experienced about all that you can

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 and learned from it and talked about as an old man,

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 wrote Ecclesiastes and talked about his exploits theologically.

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 And as we look at chapter 11, he begins his summation.

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 Of what he's experienced in his life at the end of this book.

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 And I believe there's value here as we stand here today on the first day of 2023.

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 It's in Ecclesiastes chapter 11, beginning in verse 1.

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 And it says,

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 Cast your bread upon the water,

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 for you will find it after many days.

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 Give a portion to seven or even to eight,

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 for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.

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 If the clouds are full of rain,

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 they empty themselves on the earth.

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 And if a tree falls to the south or to the north,

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 in the place where the tree falls,

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 there it will lie.

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 He who observes the wind will not sow,

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 and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

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 As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child,

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 so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

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 In the morning sow your seed,

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 in an evening withhold your hand,

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 for you do not know which will prosper this or that,

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 or whether both alike will be good.

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 There are some things that just make sense in life.

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 When clouds fill up,

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 it's going to rain.

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 And when a tree falls on its own,

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 it's going to lay there unless you move it.

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 And if you get too worried about those things,

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 you will become unproductive.

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 Instead, you watch.

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 And be wise.

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 The way to sow in biblical days was a sling of a seed.

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 You don't sling seed on particular windy days.

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 Because if you do,

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 the seed won't fall where you want it to.

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 And it may fall on a path where it don't work.

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 And Jesus spoke a whole parable about where the seed falls.

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 And you don't go to the field to harvest

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 if you know that you're going to get bogged down in the mud

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 from the coming rain.

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 You use wisdom in those things.

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 But you can't get caught in the paralysis of analysis.

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 Because if you're not careful,

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 you won't do anything.

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 If you wait on a perfect moment,

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 it will never get done.

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 You can't overthink.

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 Because if you do,

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 nothing will be done.

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 Before we moved here,

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 we lived on about a third of an acre

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 on a little cul-de-sac.

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 And when I moved there,

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 we had 33 tall pine trees on that little lot.

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 Most of those trees were over 100 feet tall.

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 A couple of them over 160 feet tall.

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 And even if I were a skinnier man,

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 two of me couldn't reach around the trunk

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 of two of those trees.

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 Storms came through that area

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 and they got our attention.

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 So what do you do?

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 You panic?

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 No.

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 The bad news is that big storms

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 take down big trees.

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 And the good news is

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 for trees to be that big,

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 they've withstood a lot of storms.

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 So,

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 we serve a big God.

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 And we trust Him.

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 And we cut trees

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 as often as we possibly could.

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 And the only tree

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 that ever hit our house

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 was one that was being done

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 by a good Samaritan

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 helping me out

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 to make sure a tree

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 didn't fall on my house.

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 And that's the one

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 that fell on the house.

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 God worked those things out as well.

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 That's the things

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 that verse 3 and verse 4

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 talk about

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 in this passage.

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 And then I want you

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 to notice verse 5.

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 verse 5.

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 Which says,

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 As you do not know

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 the way the Spirit

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 comes to the bones

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 of the womb

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 of a woman with child,

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 so you do not know

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 the work of God

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 who makes everything.

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 We know a lot more

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 about the womb now

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 than they did then,

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 yet even with all

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 that knowledge,

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 the world is dying

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 for the opportunity

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 to kill a baby in a womb.

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 Kind of fascinating.

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 Talk about people's rights.

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 What about the rights

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 of an unborn child?

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 Has anybody ever

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 thought about that?

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 Solomon in all his wisdom

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 when he wrote this

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 did not have an ultrasound

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 to see a child.

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 Did not know all

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 that we do

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 about that process,

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 yet even with

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 all of our knowledge

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 we still cannot grasp

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 how God

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 puts a soul

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 into a child

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 in the womb.

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 It's amazing.

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 Because God's amazing.

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 He works in amazing ways.

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 And that's what

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 verse 5 is talking about.

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 But all of that

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 is just a follow-up

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 to this beginning verse

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 in Ecclesiastes 11.1

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 which can be

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 a very confusing verse.

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 Cast your bread

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 upon the waters.

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 I'm just going to tell you

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 if you try that

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 it's not going to work.

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 You're going to get

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 soggy bread.

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 Every time I read

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 this passage

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 I think about

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 a very sweet man

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 that my grandmother

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 married in her latter years.

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 I don't know

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 what that man

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 had done in life

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 to deserve my grandmother

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 but he got her.

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 They lived outside

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 of Grand Rapids, Michigan

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 and so

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 we did not see them

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 very much

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 but when we did

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 Nick wanted to

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 make the most of it.

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 he had one of those

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 Volkswagens

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 that had been converted

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 into a dune buggy

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 and I was learning

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 to drive

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 and he wanted me

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 to drive it.

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 He's that kind of guy

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 you know

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 and so I got in

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 that dune buggy

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 and he put on his derby

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 and I was riding

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 down the road

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 on that dune buggy

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 and gas was dripping

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 on my foot

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 as I drove

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 and I said

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 this leaking gas

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 he said

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 go a little faster then.

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 So he just

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 he was just that kind of guy

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 you know

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 he wanted it to be

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 an experience

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 and I think

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 my grandmother

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 thought it's best

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 for children

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 not to be seen

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 or heard

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 but not Nick.

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 He wanted

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 a fun experience

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 and one of those

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 experiences that he wanted

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 was to go feed the ducks.

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 He woke up one morning

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 and said

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 we need to go feed the ducks

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 we got to go feed the ducks

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 kept talking about

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 feeding the ducks

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 till finally

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 we all jumped in

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 I think the LTD

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 the 76 LTD

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 and took off

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 to go buy supplies

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 to feed the ducks

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 we bought generic

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 saltine crackers

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 a sin against God

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 only premium

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 and

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 and

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 and

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 and

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 and

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 Cheeto puffs

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 of course not Cheetos

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 cheese puffs

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 you know

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 and I mean

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 we didn't buy a few of them

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 we bought a bunch of them

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 I would say

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 we filled up the trunk

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 of that LTD

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 but you could lay several bodies

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 in the trunk of an LTD

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 so I

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 I don't know about that

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 but we had a bunch of stuff

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 and we went to this little park

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 in town

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 and it had a little lake

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 out there

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 and ducks out there

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 and we

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 broke out the crackers

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 and broke out the cheese puffs

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 and

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 started feeding

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 the ducks

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 and

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 found out soon

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 that ducks

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 love

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 saltine crackers

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 and man

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 they'll eat them up

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 they don't like cheese puffs

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 and at least

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 for a good time

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 cheese puffs

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 float

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 and we had huge

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 not family

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 but party sized

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 bags

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 of generic

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 cheese puffs

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 probably

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 it's not set

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 to expire

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 until today

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 even though this has been

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 more than two decades ago

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 and

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 and we

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 we threw those out

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 and there were cheese puffs

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 floating all over that lake

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 families with their small children

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 walking around

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 strolling their children

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 and wondering

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 what are these orange aliens

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 on the water

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 what has happened

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 and

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 finally

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 when we realized

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 we were out of crackers

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 and out of cheese puffs

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 because we didn't let up

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 we were kids

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 man

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 we just sheepishly

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 got in the LTD

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 and left

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 you know

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 for the cheese puffs

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 I feel sure

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 that we left

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 our carbon footprint

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 that day

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 so when I read

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 this passage

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 about cast your bread

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 upon the water

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 that's what I think about

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 but that's not really

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 what it's talking about

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 it's often debated

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 exactly what it's talking about

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 and

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 many times

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 people talk about it

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 meaning trade

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 on the seas

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 maritime trade

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 was a

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 a very risky matter

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 in biblical days

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 I mean

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 there'd be

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 ships that would leave

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 and you just wouldn't see them again

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 nobody really knew

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 ever knew what happened to them

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 they didn't have the coast guard

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 to go

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 search them down

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 you know

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 it was a very risky deal

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 and to put all your grain

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 on a boat

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 and ship it out

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 you know

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 it's a good way to make money

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 or

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 to barter for something else

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 but

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 it was

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 of high risk

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 Solomon

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 as a businessman

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 could have been speaking of that

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 so it could be saying

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 to make a profit

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 take a risk

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 put it out

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 and

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 see it come back to you

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 the problem is

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 if you send out grain

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 you don't want grain

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 to come back to you

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 that's what you were sending out

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 you want something else

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 to come back to you

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 whatever you bartered for

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 whatever you traded for

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 when I look at this passage

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 I tend to think

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 that it's something else

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 some believe that it speaks

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 of giving generously

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 that what comes around

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 goes around

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 and you give to others

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 and it'll come back to you

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 as a matter of fact

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 verse 2 even points to

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 diversifying

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 dividing portions

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 and giving

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 and just watch

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 what comes back to you

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 as you give

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 I'd love to begin the year

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 talking about that very thing

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 but I really don't believe

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 that's what this passage

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 particularly

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 is talking about

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 I actually agree

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 with the scholars

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 that believe

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 that this is kind of

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 a both and

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 kind of passage

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 that the point of it

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 is more about risk

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 than it is about

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 how to trade

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 and barter

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 or than it is about

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 how to give

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 and that is

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 cast it out

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 throw it out there

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 take a risk

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 as Peter saw

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 walk on the water

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 venture out

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 whatever it is

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 that God would have

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 you to do

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 throw it out there

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 do it

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 now I must be honest

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 I don't have a clue

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 what 2023 holds

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 I'm excited about it

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 I look forward to it

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 but I don't have a clue

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 I preached on the first Sunday

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 of 2020

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 and preached a sermon

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 that a lot of other preachers preach

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 not the same sermon

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 but the same title

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 and that is

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 Vision 2020

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 and we love the idea

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 that 2020

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 was perfect vision

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 or good vision

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 or whatever

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 and that it was

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 we ought to have

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 that kind of vision

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 for what God would have us

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 to do in the days ahead

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 we had such a clear vision

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 and we cut a ribbon

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 on a new building

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 two months later

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 and ready to launch

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 new ministries

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 and three weeks

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 after we did that

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 we locked that building up

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 and did everything online

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 for several weeks

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 due to COVID

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 the brand new building

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 wasn't even utilized

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 until

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 for much of that year

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 because of COVID circumstances

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 preaching on Vision 2020

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 and none of us

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 had a vision for that

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 nobody predicted that

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 we had no clue

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 what was coming

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 in those days

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 our world changed

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 I said at the time

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 I felt like

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 that it was as big

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 as 9-11

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 now I say

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 I believe it's a whole lot bigger

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 at least spiritually

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 the tentacles

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 are still floating

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 dangerously in the water

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 from COVID

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 and I don't know

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 what 2023 holds

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 but I know

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 who holds 2023

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 and I challenge

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 you to trust him

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 I challenge you

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 to serve him

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 and to love him

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 and to share him

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 and commit yourself

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 to him

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 like you never have before

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 and that is a pertinent matter

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 in the day

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 in which we live

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 because something

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 happened to commitment

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 when COVID happened

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 something changed

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 in people

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 and it was happening

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 before COVID

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 but it just

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 got fast forward

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 and made so much worse

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 due to COVID

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 people have become

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 half committed

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 to the Lord's work

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 in the church

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 compared to what

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 they did before

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 things have changed

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 in that way

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 every Sunday attendance

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 for too often

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 has turned into

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 every other Sunday

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 and every month

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 has turned into

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 once a quarter

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 and those quarter comers

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 have turned into

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 Christers

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 that's Christmas and Easter

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 but let me ask you

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 something

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 what in the world

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 should we be more

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 committed to

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 than Jesus Christ

00:15:00.979 --> 00:15:03.259
 I mean

00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:04.539
 who has done more

00:15:04.539 --> 00:15:05.079
 for us

00:15:05.079 --> 00:15:06.019
 than Christ has

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 he is committed

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 enough to us

00:15:08.899 --> 00:15:10.019
 to die for us

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 and to provide

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 a way of salvation

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 he spent the bulk

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 of his earthly ministry

00:15:14.979 --> 00:15:16.199
 training 12 men

00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:17.860
 to found and establish

00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:18.460
 the church

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 to carry on his work

00:15:20.040 --> 00:15:20.800
 in the world

00:15:20.800 --> 00:15:21.900
 when he ascended

00:15:21.900 --> 00:15:22.900
 into heaven

00:15:22.900 --> 00:15:24.700
 for those who place

00:15:24.700 --> 00:15:26.100
 Christ first

00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:27.040
 in their life

00:15:27.040 --> 00:15:31.800
 what is most important

00:15:31.800 --> 00:15:32.379
 to you

00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:33.620
 by your commitment

00:15:33.620 --> 00:15:34.480
 to follow Christ

00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:35.000
 you've said

00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:36.000
 it is what's

00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:37.720
 most important

00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:41.160
 what is most important

00:15:41.160 --> 00:15:42.040
 to give to

00:15:42.040 --> 00:15:43.840
 what is most important

00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:44.820
 to talk about

00:15:44.820 --> 00:15:46.840
 if you're a child

00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:47.580
 of God today

00:15:47.580 --> 00:15:49.480
 who has had

00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:50.960
 the biggest impact

00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:52.860
 on your life

00:15:52.860 --> 00:15:56.020
 not only now

00:15:56.020 --> 00:15:59.060
 but for all eternity

00:15:59.060 --> 00:16:02.800
 some of y'all may remember

00:16:02.800 --> 00:16:04.400
 the old license tag

00:16:04.400 --> 00:16:07.040
 that said

00:16:07.040 --> 00:16:08.120
 let me tell you

00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:09.380
 about my grandchildren

00:16:09.380 --> 00:16:11.680
 I saw a car

00:16:11.680 --> 00:16:12.220
 the other day

00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:12.920
 that was as old

00:16:12.920 --> 00:16:13.680
 as that tag

00:16:13.680 --> 00:16:14.360
 and I was thinking

00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:16.000
 man just keep driving

00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:19.279
 that was kind of

00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:19.879
 another way

00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:20.360
 of saying

00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:22.139
 you better avoid me

00:16:22.139 --> 00:16:23.659
 because I'm going

00:16:23.659 --> 00:16:24.419
 to hold you up

00:16:24.419 --> 00:16:25.820
 I think people

00:16:25.820 --> 00:16:26.680
 actually put that

00:16:26.680 --> 00:16:28.899
 that license tag

00:16:28.899 --> 00:16:29.659
 on the front of their car

00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:30.240
 to keep people

00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:32.120
 away from them

00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:32.940
 to leave them alone

00:16:32.940 --> 00:16:34.860
 because people love

00:16:34.860 --> 00:16:35.320
 to talk about

00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:36.139
 their grandkids

00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:37.580
 they love to talk

00:16:37.580 --> 00:16:38.240
 about their grandkids

00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:39.620
 grandkids are

00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:40.500
 God's reward for you

00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:41.639
 for not killing the kids

00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:42.299
 you know

00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:46.299
 they love to

00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:47.080
 talk about

00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:47.919
 their grandkids

00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:48.740
 and they love to talk

00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:49.340
 about their favorite

00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:50.240
 sports teams

00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:51.600
 and they love to talk

00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:52.139
 about sometimes

00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:53.299
 and they love to talk

00:16:53.299 --> 00:16:54.199
 about their pets

00:16:54.199 --> 00:16:57.100
 and they love to talk

00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:58.100
 about their kids

00:16:58.100 --> 00:16:59.759
 when they're young

00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:01.600
 they grow strangely

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.399
 quiet when they're

00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:02.819
 teenagers

00:17:02.819 --> 00:17:03.500
 but anyway

00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:07.019
 but let's begin

00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:07.740
 2023

00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:09.200
 talking about

00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:09.900
 what is most

00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:10.940
 important to us

00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:13.720
 because nothing

00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:14.619
 has made an

00:17:14.619 --> 00:17:16.119
 eternal impact

00:17:16.119 --> 00:17:17.019
 on us

00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:18.920
 more than Christ

00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:20.480
 and eternal

00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:21.220
 is pretty big

00:17:21.220 --> 00:17:23.700
 and I want you

00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:24.019
 to understand

00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:24.720
 when I say eternal

00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:25.460
 I'm not talking about

00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:26.259
 just a quantity

00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:26.859
 of life

00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:28.099
 I'm talking about

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:29.140
 a quality of life

00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:31.540
 Jesus said

00:17:31.540 --> 00:17:32.360
 the thief comes

00:17:32.360 --> 00:17:33.300
 but for to steal

00:17:33.300 --> 00:17:33.900
 kill and destroy

00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:35.020
 but I have come

00:17:35.020 --> 00:17:36.560
 that you might have

00:17:36.560 --> 00:17:37.220
 life and have it

00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:37.960
 more abundantly

00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:39.680
 and he wasn't

00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:40.000
 talking about

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.680
 just longer

00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:42.160
 he was talking

00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:43.720
 about better

00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:47.120
 so I ask you

00:17:47.120 --> 00:17:47.680
 today on this

00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:48.500
 first day

00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:49.660
 of a new year

00:17:49.660 --> 00:17:52.740
 has there ever

00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.280
 been a time

00:17:53.280 --> 00:17:54.080
 in your life

00:17:54.080 --> 00:17:56.100
 when you've

00:17:56.100 --> 00:17:56.720
 acknowledged

00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:58.040
 the sin

00:17:58.039 --> 00:17:58.559
 and the wrong

00:17:58.559 --> 00:17:59.399
 in your life

00:17:59.399 --> 00:18:01.680
 and ask the Lord

00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:02.639
 Jesus to forgive

00:18:02.639 --> 00:18:03.079
 you

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:04.839
 to change

00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:05.259
 you

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:06.859
 to save

00:18:06.859 --> 00:18:07.319
 you

00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:11.539
 if that's

00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:12.200
 never happened

00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:12.680
 to you

00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:14.799
 there is not

00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:15.619
 a better

00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:16.279
 way

00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:18.279
 to begin

00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:18.960
 a new year

00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:20.700
 by surrendering

00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:21.099
 your life

00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:21.559
 to Christ

00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:21.960
 today

00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:24.700
 Lord I know

00:18:24.700 --> 00:18:25.240
 I'm not

00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:25.859
 who I need

00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:26.259
 to be

00:18:26.259 --> 00:18:28.240
 Lord I'll

00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:28.740
 never be

00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:29.240
 who I need

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.619
 to be

00:18:29.619 --> 00:18:30.859
 outside of

00:18:30.859 --> 00:18:31.079
 you

00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:32.980
 God will

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.480
 you forgive

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 me

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 cleanse

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 me

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 save

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 me

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 and change

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 me

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 on the

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 authority

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 of scripture

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 if you'll

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 surrender

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 your life

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 to Christ

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 today

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 he'll save

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 you

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 it's not

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 his will

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 that any

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 should perish

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 but that

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 all come

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 to Christ

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 what a great

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 opportunity

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 you have

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 to begin

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 the year

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 committing

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 your life

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 to Christ

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 if you've

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 done that

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 have you

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 ever obeyed

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 him by

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 showing

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 others

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 through

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 baptism

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 what Christ

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 has done

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 to you

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 inside

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 baptism

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 is just

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 a

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 physical

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 picture

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 of what

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 God does

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 on the

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 inside

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 when he

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 cleanses

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 us

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 and changes

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 us

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 from the

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 old self

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 that we

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 are

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 cleanses

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 us

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 and makes

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 us new

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 again

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 the old

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 is gone

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 the new

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 has come

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 so we're

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 a new

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 creation

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 in Christ

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 and baptism

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 celebrates

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 that

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 it's a

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 wonderful

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 way of

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 not only

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 that first

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 step of

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 obedience

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 when you

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 come into

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 a relationship

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 with Christ

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 man what a

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 testimony it

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 is to

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 to be a

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 part of

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 that

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 we baptized

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 four last

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 week

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 and I

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 will tell

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 you the

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 fruit of

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 that will

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 come evident

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 in the

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 days ahead

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 we even

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 saw the

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 morning they

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 come

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 that by

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 two

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 coming

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 another

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 came

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 it comes

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 it happens

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 that way

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 when we

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 obey God

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 when we

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 just step

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 out on the

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 water and

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 do what

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 God tells

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 us to

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 do

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 just cast

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 it out

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 just

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 obey

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 just

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 trust

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 verse

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 six

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 of

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 Ecclesiastes

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 11 says

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 in the

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 morning

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 in the

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 evening

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 withhold

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 not

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 your

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 hand

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 for you

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 don't

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 know

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 which

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 will

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 prosper

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 this

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 or that

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 whether

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 both

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 alike

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 will be

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 good

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 in other

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 words

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 cast your

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 bread upon

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 the water

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 throw it

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 out there

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 take a

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 risk

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 for the

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 Lord

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 he will

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 help

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 you

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 and he

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 will guide

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 you

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 I don't

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 know what

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 God's got in

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 store for

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 2023

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 my question

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 this morning

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 and my

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 challenge

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 for you

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 and for

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 me as

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 well is

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 will we

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 take a

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 risk for

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 the Lord

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 will we

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 simply obey

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 him when he

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 speaks to

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 us

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 will we

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 commit our

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 lives to

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 follow him

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 in whatever

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 he'd have us

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 to do

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 an old

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 preacher was

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 preparing for

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 a sermon

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 and needed

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 a good

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 illustration

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 for a

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 sermon that

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 he was

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 entitling

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 the wind

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.779
 blows

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 where it

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 wills

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 he was a

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 Scottish

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 pastor

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 so he went

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 down to

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 St.

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 Andrews and

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 found a

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 seasoned salt

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.859
 sailor

00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:33.299
 mending his

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 sails on a

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 ship

00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:37.039
 and he said

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 oh sailor

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:40.279
 you sail the

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:41.500
 seven seas

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:43.579
 I want you

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.120
 to tell me

00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:44.660
 how the

00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:45.559
 wind blows

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:48.180
 and the

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:48.700
 old sailor

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:50.720
 said I

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.059
 don't know

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.380
 how the

00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:52.079
 wind blows

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:55.319
 but you

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:55.740
 sail the

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.620
 seven seas

00:21:56.620 --> 00:21:57.259
 old

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.720
 sailor

00:21:57.720 --> 00:22:00.539
 you've

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:01.160
 seen it

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.620
 all just

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:02.059
 tell me

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:03.500
 how does

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:03.860
 the wind

00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:04.220
 blow

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:07.019
 I don't

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.339
 know how

00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:07.640
 the wind

00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:08.100
 blows

00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:10.839
 he was a

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.079
 desperate

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.620
 preacher on

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 a Friday

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.420
 afternoon

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:13.140
 then tell

00:22:13.140 --> 00:22:13.279
 me

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.680
 something

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:16.680
 and the

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.140
 old sailor

00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:17.640
 looked at

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:17.980
 him and

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:19.799
 said I'll

00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.019
 tell you

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.400
 what I do

00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:20.740
 know

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:22.920
 and that

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.440
 is when

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:23.839
 the wind

00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:24.420
 blows

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:26.460
 I have to

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:26.759
 hoist

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.600
 my sails

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:33.419
 I don't

00:22:33.419 --> 00:22:33.859
 know

00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:36.359
 how the

00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:36.799
 winds of

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.159
 the Holy

00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:37.599
 Spirit

00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:40.059
 will move

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.879
 and work

00:22:40.879 --> 00:22:41.419
 in our

00:22:41.419 --> 00:22:41.819
 midst

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.719
 in 2023

00:22:42.719 --> 00:22:45.759
 I am

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.259
 excited

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:48.159
 about what

00:22:48.159 --> 00:22:48.799
 I sense

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:51.319
 but whatever

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:52.079
 it is

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:54.079
 let's hoist

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:54.659
 our sails

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:57.440
 let's get

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:57.860
 ready to

00:22:57.860 --> 00:22:58.320
 let God

00:22:58.320 --> 00:22:59.019
 blow us

00:22:59.019 --> 00:23:00.019
 anywhere and

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.800
 everywhere he

00:23:00.800 --> 00:23:01.300
 would have

00:23:01.300 --> 00:23:02.120
 us to go

00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:03.720
 to cast it

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:05.279
 out to lay

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.920
 it out before

00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:07.580
 him to

00:23:07.580 --> 00:23:08.120
 commit our

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:08.700
 lives to

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.420
 follow him

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:10.940
 and watch

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:12.820
 him work

00:23:12.820 --> 00:23:13.640
 and move

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:14.920
 in our

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.360
 midst

00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:16.720
 what are

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.140
 you willing

00:23:17.140 --> 00:23:17.740
 to do

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:19.560
 in 2023

00:23:19.560 --> 00:23:22.140
 because the

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.519
 winds of the

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:22.960
 Spirit of God

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.320
 are going to

00:23:23.320 --> 00:23:23.660
 blow

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:25.680
 so I say

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.100
 we hoist

00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:26.640
 our sails

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:28.400
 I say

00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:28.840
 we sell

00:23:28.840 --> 00:23:29.360
 strong

00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:31.360
 for the

00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:31.680
 Lord

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:33.500
 with every

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:33.980
 head bowed

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.240
 and every

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:34.720
 eye closed

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.259
 I want to

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.620
 ask you

00:23:35.620 --> 00:23:36.120
 this morning

00:23:36.120 --> 00:23:39.259
 what is it

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.640
 that God

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.100
 is speaking

00:23:40.100 --> 00:23:40.560
 to you

00:23:40.560 --> 00:23:40.960
 about

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:43.360
 what do

00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:43.920
 you feel

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.759
 probing you

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.040
 in your

00:23:45.040 --> 00:23:45.400
 heart

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:47.040
 could it

00:23:47.040 --> 00:23:47.540
 be a

00:23:47.540 --> 00:23:48.420
 personal

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:48.779
 relationship

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.380
 with Christ

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:51.259
 that opportunity

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.860
 that I spoke

00:23:51.860 --> 00:23:52.420
 of of

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:53.160
 surrendering

00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:53.580
 your life

00:23:53.580 --> 00:23:54.200
 to Christ

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:56.900
 maybe it's

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.340
 making that

00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:57.980
 private decision

00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.340
 that you've

00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:58.700
 already made

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.100
 public

00:23:59.100 --> 00:24:00.500
 or maybe

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.940
 God's

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.460
 drawing you

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:01.740
 to be a

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:01.960
 part of

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.560
 this church

00:24:02.560 --> 00:24:03.540
 you know

00:24:03.540 --> 00:24:03.880
 this is

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.240
 where God

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.580
 would have

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 you to

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 join us

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 along our

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 journey

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 I encourage

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 you to

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 simply be

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 obedient about

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 that

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 more than

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 available to

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 talk to you

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 about that

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 in the coming

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 days

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 but if God's

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 leading you

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 today I

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 encourage you

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 come

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 maybe it's

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 just an

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 individual

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 thing

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 for the

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 most part

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 that's what

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 it'll be

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 it'll be

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 God speaking

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 to you

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 in your

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 life about

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 what he

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 would have

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 for you

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 in 2023

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 and not

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 so much

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 a clear

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 vision of

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 all that's

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 going to

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 happen in

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 this year

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 because we're

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 not going

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 to get

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 that

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 we don't

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 know

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 that

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 but the

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 question is

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 is our

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 heart

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 ready

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 for whatever

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 God would

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 have for

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 us

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 are we

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 ready to

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 cast it

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 out

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 are we

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 ready to

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 take a

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 risk

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 are we

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 ready to

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 trust him

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 to sense

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 the power

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 of the

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 spirit of

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 God

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 blowing in

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 our midst

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 and to

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 hoist

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 our sails

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 and go

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 with what

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 God would

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 have

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 that is

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 my prayer

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 and if

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 there's a

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 hindrance in

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 your life

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 today in

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 that then

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 get it

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 right

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 whether it's

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 where you

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 are at

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 this altar

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 or with a

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:21.960
 pastor praying

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 for you

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 get it

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 right

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 let's go

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 into 2023

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 clean and

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 ready for

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 God to

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 do a

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 wonderful move

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 in our

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 individual lives

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 and in the

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 life of this

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 church

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 heavenly

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 father thank

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 you for your

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 word and

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 your wisdom

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 I ask God

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 that you'll

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 help us

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 to be

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 diligent

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 to follow

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 your will

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 and your

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 way

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 in whatever

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 you would

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 have for us

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 to do

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 God

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 in Jesus

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 precious name

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 amen

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 so

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 you

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 together

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 assistance